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Kosas Founder Sheena Yaitanes on Creating the DNA of Your Brand

Life with Marianna

Life with Marianna

Arts, Entrepreneurship, Summerfridays, Mariannahewitt, Fashion & Beauty, Beauty, Influencer, Business

4.92.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Fellow founder Sheena Yaitanes joins me to discuss what inspired her to start her own beauty brand, Kosas—something she had been dreaming about for almost a decade. Sheena and I share our thoughts on creating your own brand DNA, navigating product development and packaging, and dealing with perfectionism.
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0:00.0

The following podcast is a deer media production.

0:03.2

I'm Michelle Kwan.

0:04.8

In 1996, the world was in the midst of a massive cultural movement that saw women

0:09.9

finally taking center stage.

0:12.1

Nowhere was this shift more apparent than at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

0:17.9

This audience was the loudest thing I have ever heard in my life.

0:23.4

The noise everybody's cheering and we see all these USA flags.

0:28.2

It was the most important summer in women's sports history and team after team after team,

0:33.2

the US women kept winning.

0:35.2

Basketball soccer, softball gymnastics.

0:37.6

I just said give me mine, like give me mine.

0:41.7

Join me for deer medias Summer of Gold presented by Together.

0:47.3

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

0:54.9

Hey it's Mariana and welcome back to the Life with Mariana podcast

0:57.8

in this episode.

0:58.6

I've got the founder of Kosa's Sheena Yatainis.

1:01.5

Sheena has such a diverse background before starting this brand which I love by the way.

1:05.9

She was studying bio science in college.

1:07.8

She competed in master's chef.

1:09.4

She even tried a little bit of acting and pursuing her MBA.

1:12.3

And we sit down to talk about being a fellow founder and how she grew Kosa's to be the brand

1:16.6

it is today.

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