Vicky Tsai, Founder of Tatcha: "If I keep doing what I’m doing, there is a 100% chance that I’ll be unhappy. If I try something new, theres a 50% chance I’ll be unhappy."

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Vicky Tsai is the founder of Tatcha Beauty Products, which will soon be celebrating its 10th anniversary. Beauty goes beyond skin-deep for Vicky, as the brand also has a strong philanthropic mission of promoting literacy and education for girls in Asia & Africa. In this episode, Vicky talks about how she was willing to give up her financial security (4:28), how taking a big risk actually made perfect sense (12:08), and why she turned down acquisition & financing offers year after year as a values-driven company (27:19). This episode of Skimm’d From the Couch is sponsored by AC Hotels by Marriott.

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0:00.0	Today Skimmed from the Couch is presented by AC Hotels by Marriott.
0:04.4	It's a global hotel brand that'll be unhappy. If I try something new, there's a 50% chance I'll be unhappy.
0:20.0	If I try something new, there's a 50% chance I'll be unhappy.
0:25.0	Statistically, I should really just try something new.
0:28.0	I'm Carly Zaken.
0:31.0	I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:32.0	Welcome to Skim from the couch.
0:34.0	This podcast is where we go deep on career advice from women who have lived it.
0:38.0	From the good stuff like hiring and growing a team.
0:40.0	To the rough stuff, like negotiating your salary and giving or getting hard feedback.
0:46.0	We started the skim from a couch, so what better place to talk it all out than where it began on a couch. Today's guest is Vicky Sigh,
1:00.0	founder of Tacha Beauty Products
1:02.0	after a life-changing trip to Kyoto where a modern day
1:05.4	Gaysha introduced her to classical Japanese beauty rituals, Vicky gave up her
1:10.9	high-powered corporate trajectory to form her own brand.
1:15.5	It's now one of Sephora's top brands and will be celebrating its 10-year anniversary soon.
1:22.0	Leading a beautiful life goes beyond the skin deep for Vicky.
1:26.2	With its philanthropic mission, Tacha helps to fund room to read, which promotes literacy
1:31.4	and education for girls in Asia and Africa.
1:34.0	Vicky, welcome to the couch. We are so excited to have you here and we want to get into
1:40.0	what sparked this and how you built it so thank you the honor is mine thanks for
1:44.4	having me so let's jump and skim your resume for us oh my resume I started out
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