Tina Sharkey, Co-Founder of Brandless: “I don’t think that luck happens. I think you create luck.”

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Tina Sharkey is the powerhouse behind Brandless, the direct-to-consumer company that’s all about community. But before she started Brandless with her cofounder, she spent her career building communities online for major companies like AOL and Johnson & Johnson. Tina’s also been on the investing side and has helped out in tons of startups … including ours. Thanks, Tina. On the Couch, she talks to us about how her family taught her hustle (3:51), how she thinks about mentorship (10:18), and why she decided to step down as CEO in March (25:00). PS: Our book – "How To Skimm Your Life" – is finally out. Get it here: https://theskimm.com/book

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0:00.0	One of the things I try and teach my kids and I try and teach everybody is to do what I call make the advance.
0:07.0	And making the advance can mean just ask the next question because I don't think that luck happens. I think you create luck.
0:14.0	I'm Carly Zaken.
0:17.0	I'm Danielle Weisberg. Welcome to Skim from the couch.
0:19.0	This podcast is where we go deep on career advice from women who have lived it.
0:23.4	From the good stuff like hiring and growing a team.
0:26.1	To the rough stuff, like negotiating your salary and giving or getting hard feedback.
0:31.6	We started the skim from a couch so what better place to
0:34.2	talk it all out than where it began on a couch.
0:46.0	So please welcome Tina Sharkey to the couch. Tina is a serial entrepreneur and an investor and she spent her career building communities online
0:52.3	working for major companies like AOL and Johnson
0:55.7	and Johnson. In 2015, she left to start Brandless with her co-founder, and since then they've
1:01.8	been working to build direct relationships between
1:04.1	suppliers and customers. We are so excited about Brandless. We're gonna let Tina
1:10.5	get into that soon. Tina, we have known you for such a long time.
1:16.7	You have been such a great supporter of the skim,
1:20.5	an investor in the skim, and we are so excited to have you here today welcome to the couch.
1:25.8	Thank you for just for the record for those who don't see they are on the couch and I'm in a chair
1:30.0	but I'm okay with that. It's actually it's good that no one can see because we both look really tired today.
1:37.0	So let's start.
1:38.0	We're going to ease into it.
1:39.0	Tina, skim your resume for us.
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