Flexing Entrepreneurial Muscles with Alala CEO Denise Lee

The Real Reel

Natalie Barbu

Education, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.8 • 982 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Episode 226: From growing up in Singapore to living the American dream, this week Natalie is joined by Denise Lee, the dynamic force behind the thriving active wear brand we know and love: Alala. She opens up about her traditional upbringing and the influence her parents had on her natural transition into the world of fashion and entrepreneurship. Denise then expresses her true thoughts on business school and if it’s really worth it, why you shouldn’t quit your job right away when you start your own company, and why she regrets not putting more effort into marketing Alala sooner. Her story touches on the oh-so-relatable experience of imposter syndrome, struggling with body image, and why we need to stop tying our identity to our work. This episode offers a candid glimpse into the complexities of entrepreneurship and self-discovery and will hopefully leave you feeling that much more inspired. Enjoy! Please be sure to rate, follow, review, and of course, post to your highlight reel. Follow your host Natalie on Instagram @nataliebarbu and @therealreelpodcast. Follow Denise @denisexlee, @alala and check out Alala at www.alalastyle.com Thank you to our sponsors for making this episode possible. Check out these deals just for you: Lume - Get $5 off off your Starter Pack (that’s over 40% off) with promo code REALREEL at lumedeodorant.com/REALREEL Honeylove - Get 20% OFF @honeylove by going to honeylove.com/REALREEL Delavie - Use discount code “REALREEL” for 10% off your purchase! Ritual - Visit ritual.com/realreel to start Ritual or add Essential For Women 18+ to your subscription today. Shopify - Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/realreel OUAI - Go to theouai.com and use code REALREEL for 15% off your entire purchase! LMT - Go to DrinkLMNT.com/RealReel to receive a free sample pack with any purchase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast
0:03.0	nation.
0:04.0	This is brought to you by Podcast Nation. If somebody meets you for the first time and says, oh, hi Natalie, like, you know, introduce yourself to me.
0:16.0	If you couldn't talk about work at all, you couldn't talk about where you went to school or where you grew up, like, what would you say?
0:24.0	Yeah, I don't even know.
0:27.0	I don't know either, and I think that's such a simple question,
0:31.0	but such a hard question for anybody to answer, right?
0:33.7	It's because we're tied to go closely into like, oh, I'm this or that I'm a VP at this company
0:39.2	or I'm whatever.
0:40.8	But it doesn't matter.
0:42.2	Like I think there are things outside of what you do that make you who you are and I think you know if we all kind of spend a little bit more time thinking about that.
0:52.7	We'd probably be a lot happier with our lives.
0:55.4	Work and progress for me, for sure.
1:00.5	Welcome to the Real Real,
1:01.7	where I take you behind the Instagram reel and into the real lives of entrepreneurs, content creators, and anyone who inspires me and may inspire you too.
1:10.0	I'm your host Natalie Barboo and let's get into it.
1:13.0	Welcome back to the podcast.
1:19.0	I know that I've been doing more solo episodes lately but this time I have a lovely guest and I've
1:25.2	been prioritizing like in-person guests over virtual guests but I could not say no to
1:30.4	Denise because her story was so cool and I just wanted to chat with her as soon as I could.
1:36.4	So Denise is actually an entrepreneur and she is the founder of Allaha which is a self-funded multi-million dollar apparel brand that she wants to bring joy to women through
1:46.1	sophisticated high quality clothing. She is incredible. She got her MBA from NYU. She grew up in Singapore. She left her family to pursue the career in the United States.
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