Meg Strachan: Dorsey Founder and CEO

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4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Dorsey CEO and founder Meg Strachan built her jewelry business by betting on classic vintage pieces at an accessible price. She started Dorsey two years ago and was its only employee for much of that time. She got the idea for the company while working as a vice president in the e-commerce space, where she had over 15 years of experience at places such as Goop, Anine Bing, and Carbon38. In this episode, Hillary and Meg discuss the business lessons Meg learned through her years in the ready-to-wear industry and how that informed her very successful solo project.

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0:00.0	I'm Kat Sadler and it sure is a beautiful day.
0:04.3	After such a bleak year, it's time for some joy and I cannot wait for you to hear my
0:08.7	fresh and fun new show.
0:10.9	I crack open about mom life, relationships, wellness and beauty, all the things.
0:16.3	Plus, I have provocative conversations with some of the most fascinating and famous
0:20.4	bases in pop culture.
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0:25.0	Check out, it sure is a beautiful day with me and you every Tuesday.
0:30.5	Hi everyone.
0:40.3	I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who Outwear and this is Second
0:46.5	Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.
0:51.0	We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting
0:54.8	aside their doubts or fears and what happens when they embark on their second life.
1:00.1	Our guest today left her job as a vice president in e-commerce at an active work company to
1:05.6	start a jewelry brand with a mission.
1:08.8	To make beautiful, high quality, vintage inspired jewelry at a much more accessible price point.
1:15.6	Picture a classic diamond tennis necklace except the diamonds are lab-grown and the price
1:21.7	isn't $30,000, it's under 500.
1:25.4	The company is called Dorsey and necklaces like the one I just mentioned have sold out
1:30.1	over and over again as celebrities like Justin Bieber, Hayley Bieber and Olivia Rodrigo
1:36.9	are huge fans of the brand.
1:39.1	The woman behind it all is here today, the one and only Meg Stracken, the CEO and founder
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