I'm the sort of person I don't take no for an answer. I always believe there's a way to achieve what you want to achieve.

The self-doubt is just so antithetical to what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.

You have to have guts, you have to have gots. You have to have this crazy almost

irrational belief in your own ability to get something done in your own vision.

I'm Carly Zaken.

I'm Danielle Weisberg.

Welcome to Skim from the Couch.

This podcast is where we go deep on career advice from women who have lived it.

From the good stuff like hiring and growing a team.

To the rough stuff, like negotiating your salary

and giving or getting hard feedback.

We started the skim from a couch, so what better place to talk it all

out than where it began on a couch.

Hey everyone this show might sound a bit different today because we're skimming from three different couches. The skim is still working from home

for the time being because of COVID-19. Today Lily Gordon

is our guest on Skimmed from the Couch. She is the founder and CEO of First Aid Beauty, a clean beauty company on a rescue mission to solve skin challenges.

First Aid Beauty has also recently announced an initiative to rescue college graduates from their student debt

through a new million dollar commitment called Fab Aid.

Lily, thank you for joining us.

Welcome to Skin from the Couch.

Thank you. I'm excited to be here.

Let's start with the question that we ask everyone, which is skim your resume for us.

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