Listen Now: Attaining the Unattainable with IT Cosmetics’ Jamie Kern Lima

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🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Meghan sits down with close friend Jamie Kern Lima to share the incredible story of how she went from waiting tables at Denny’s to becoming the groundbreaking co-founder of IT Cosmetics. In 2016, Jamie sold the brand to L’Oréal for $1.2 Billion in cash, a deal that made her the first female CEO of a brand in the company’s history. The two discuss the power of authenticity, overcoming setbacks, and the critical importance of trusting your instincts.

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1:07.0	A week before, my one big shot KVC, we fly to Pennsylvania.
1:12.0	I go and I sit in this rental car all alone in the KVC parking lot, like watching the front doors of the building.
1:20.2	Going the next time I go in that building, I'm going to go on air.
1:24.2	I'm either going to leave bankrupt or I'm going to leave with my entire
1:29.1	life changed.
1:32.6	I'm Megan, and this is Confessions of a Female Founder, a show where I chat with female
1:37.7	entrepreneurs and friends about the sleepless nights, the lessons learned, and the laser
1:42.9	focus that got them to where they are today.
1:45.4	No time to get down because I'm moving up. No time to get down because I'm moving up. No time to get down because I'm moving up. Ah.
1:56.9	Any female founder or founder at all will tell you these moments happen where it feels like absolutely everything is on the line.
2:07.7	You feel as though whatever you and your team have been working towards, somehow it's all led you to this one point in time, whether it's a big interview or a high pressure investor meeting.
2:17.3	And I will tell you
2:18.9	firsthand, the stress, it's palpable. But what do you do when despite giving it your all,
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