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ποΈ 15 January 2025
β±οΈ 64 minutes
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Summary
Introducing I built a $2bn Company By Paying Everybody The Same As Me - Nicola Kilner from Secret Leaders with Dan Murray-Serter & Chris Donnelly .
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In this episode, we sit down with Nicola Kilner, former CEO of The Ordinary, to dive deep into the unique story behind her journey in building a $2 billion company. Nicola shares the highs and lows of her path to success, including the challenges she faced as a leader and the pivotal moments that shaped her career.
We discuss why her Co-CEO fired her and what that experience was like as well as revealing her leadership superpower and why she decided to pay everyone in C-suite the same salary as herself for a period of time.
Additionally, we explore her thoughts on why women suffer the most from working from home and the impact it has on their careers.
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| 1:01.0 | corporate facades, Nicola Kilner built a multi-billion dollar empire by doing the exact opposite. |
| 1:07.7 | Radical honesty about everything from pricing to personal tragedy. As CEO of DESEM, |
| 1:13.1 | she transformed a startup into a global phenomenon through controversial moves like plain packaging, |
| 1:19.4 | scientific product names and publicly calling out industry pricing BS. She shared the heartbreaking |
| 1:24.8 | story of losing her co-founder, Brandon, while building Deciam. |
| 1:28.9 | But that turned out to be just the beginning of her extraordinary journey. |
| 1:32.9 | Now, Nicola is finally ready to reveal the raw truth about leading through trauma, |
| 1:38.0 | transforming corporate culture, and what it really means to build a billion-dollar company |
| 1:42.1 | with kindness at its core. |
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