Tracee Ellis Ross talks Pattern Beauty, advocacy, and joy with Samira Nasr

Masters of Scale

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Management, Reid Hoffman, Mindset, Diversity & Inclusion, Jeff Berman, Bob Safian, Startups

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Award-winning actress and founder of Pattern Beauty Tracee Ellis Ross didn’t see Black beauty being represented well in the market – so she built a company from scratch to fix that. In this episode, she shares entrepreneurial lessons with her longtime friend Samira Nasr, who is editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar. Their conversation was recorded live on stage at the 2024 Masters of Scale Summit.

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1:52.3	Hi, everyone. Jeff Berman here.
1:58.2	We at Masters of Scale were so fortunate to have actress, activist, advocate, and Pattern Beauty founder and co-CEO, Tracy Tracy Ellis Ross at her summit event this fall.
2:03.4	She was joined on stage by Samira Nasser, editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar.
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