Kate McLeod Thinks "Success" is a Bad Word

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

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🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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This episode is sponsored by Kate McLeod Kate McLeod has had a fascinating career journey with not one, not two but three career pivots. She started out in finance at Goldman Sachs, then went to culinary school and became a pastry chef. Then she started her own bakery in London. Then, one day her sister-in-law introduced her to cocoa butter as a swap for her moisturizer. A powerful ingredient, cocoa butter (the fat of the cocoa bean) is rock-solid at room temperature. So what did Kate do? She used her pastry-chef skills to temper the butter with oils and lowering the melting point. She tinkered in her kitchen until the body stone was born, a solid moisturizer that glides onto the skin like silk. "I made the first 10,000 myself and packaged the canisters," she says. On this episode of Girlboss Radio, Avery and Kate chatted about how Kate's rom-com-worthy love story (FYI: she's married to the founder and CEO of Hinge) informed her career journey, her hot takes on the beauty industry and why she hates the word success. Get 20% off your first order of the Kate McLeod Daily Stone with code GIRLBOSS20 at katemcleod.com. Follow Kate McLeod at @katemcleod on Instagram. Get your very own Workplace Affirmation Deck from Girlboss at girlboss.com/affirmations! Sign up for Girlboss Daily, our must-read morning newsletter, at girlboss.com/newsletter. You'll get A+ career advice, dream job postings, free coffee every Friday and a few emojis (because we’re fun like that), delivered right to your inbox. Looking for your next dream employee? Post your open role on our Girlboss Job Board at jobs.girlboss.com. Girlboss Goods, our women-owned and operated marketplace, makes it easier for you to vote with your dollar while also championing small businesses. Head to girlboss.com/goods. Happy shopping!

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0:00.0	The self-care looks like different things to different people, but for me, self-care is
0:05.2	stepping out of a hot shower and lathering lotion all over my body.
0:09.3	It's a simple ritual that reminds me to slow down even on my busiest days.
0:13.1	Now, I don't use any old drugstore lotion.
0:15.5	I use the Daily Stone from Kate MacLeod.
0:17.9	It's a solid stone made of cocoa butter and four nourishing oils.
0:21.6	That's it.
0:22.6	All you have to do is glide the stone along your skin and your body's natural heat will
0:26.5	melt and absorb the rich formula.
0:28.8	At 20% off your first order of the Kate MacLeod Daily Stone with code GirlBoss20.
0:35.8	Hello, and welcome back to GirlBoss Radio.
0:43.2	I'm your host, Avery, and the founder and CEO of the Workplace Design Consultancy Bloom.
0:48.2	And as your host, I want to mention to bring you real, useful advice through candy conversations
0:52.8	with some of the world's most impressive women.
0:55.3	Today, I'm joined by Kate MacLeod, the founder and CEO of her eco-friendly skincare brand.
1:00.3	Kate's had a fastening career journey with not one, not two, but three career pivots.
1:05.8	She started out in finance at Golden Sachs, then went to culinary school and became a pastry
1:10.2	chef.
1:11.2	Then she started her own bakery in London.
1:13.7	She eventually started her own line where she uses her pastry skills to formulate moisturizing
1:17.7	value zones that melt into the skin on contact.
1:21.2	It also happens to be married to the founder and CEO of Hinge, Justin MacLeod.
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