Serial Entrepreneur: Marcia Kilgore (2018)

How I Built This with Guy Raz

Guy Raz | Wondery

Business

4.8 • 31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

After high school, Marcia Kilgore moved to New York City with $300 in her pocket and no real plan. One step at a time, she became a successful serial entrepreneur. First, she used her high school bodybuilding experience to find work as a personal trainer. Then she taught herself to give facials, and eventually started her own spa and skincare line, Bliss. The spa became so popular that it was booked months in advance with a list of celebrity clientele. After selling her shares in Bliss, Marcia went on to start four new successful companies: Soap & Glory, FitFlop, Soaper Duper, and Beauty Pie. PLUS in our postscript "How You Built That," we check back with Emma Cohen, who explains how she helped develop and market The Final Straw, a collapsible metal drinking straw. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to how I built this early and ad-free on Amazon Music.
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0:09.0	New years is here, and with it brings the possibility of change.
0:13.0	As one behavioral scientist put it, first starts are really powerful.
0:17.0	So as you head into 2023, LifeKit is a great resource to help you plan your life and tackle changes, both big and small.
0:24.0	Listen to the LifeKit podcast from NPR.
0:27.0	So before we start the show, I want to tell you about a few how I built this live shows you can attend on the East Coast this fall, supported by American Express.
0:36.0	First, I'll be heading to New York on September 10th, where I'll be talking with Christina Toasty of Milkbar at Town Hall.
0:43.0	And then, I'll head to Washington, DC on September 12th with Tristan Walker of Walker & Company at Lincoln Theater.
0:50.0	You can get your tickets and find out more about our live events, including a third East Coast show that will be announcing very soon at nprpresentz.org.
1:00.0	And I hope to see you there.
1:02.0	I also want to let you know that tickets are almost entirely sold out for NPR's how I built this summit, happening this October in San Francisco.
1:10.0	It's also supported by American Express.
1:13.0	There will be a bunch of incredible founders there from companies like Spanx, Instagram, Slack, JetBlue, and many, many others.
1:21.0	You can find out more information and get your tickets before they're gone at summit.npr.org.
1:28.0	And one of the other founders that will be there is Marcia Kilgore.
1:31.0	You know, some of us are lucky enough to have one really good idea that's worth building into a business.
1:37.0	But Marcia Kilgore, she had five, five ideas, all different, all of which turned into incredibly successful companies.
1:46.0	This is an unbelievable story.
1:48.0	And I can't wait to talk to her more about it at the summit in San Francisco.
1:52.0	We first ran this episode in January of last year.
1:55.0	If you haven't heard it, it is so crazy.
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