Leslie Blodgett

Pretty Good Advice (eBook, ePUB)

For People Who Dream Big and Work Harder

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"[A] new literary genre, the MBA Memoir... Delivers 97 pearls of warmth, wit and wisdom from the most inspirational entrepreneur I have ever met." -Frances Edmonds,bestselling author of Repotting Your Life Called the "Queen of Beauty" and the most influential lone woman to impact the beauty industry since Estée Lauder by theNew York Times, Leslie Blodgett's story is anything but ordinary. As the CEO of BareMinerals, she reinvented how beauty was sold by tapping into the power of community before the idea of social media existed. In 2006, Blodgett took the company public in one of the largest cosmetic IPOs of the decade, and in 2010, the company was acquired for $1.8 billion. Pretty Good Adviceis her next chapter.This refreshing book features 97 candid and entertaining insights on business, life, and beauty. Personal and often surprising, Blodgett dishes on leading with humor, why wearing blush and reading obituaries are two of the most optimistic things you can do, and why you owe it to your coworkers not to be boring.Pretty Good Adviceis full of frank, actionable advice to help light a fire under you. "If you want to laugh, get totally inspired, learn a bunch and enjoy reading something so engrossing you won't put it down but you could because it's written in these amazing one-ish-page chunks, GET IT. Could not be better for right now." -Jean Godfrey June, Beauty Editor,GOOP "A moving and clear-eyed memoir of an extraordinary life. Charmingly made-up as a how-to guide, Leslie chronicles that life in vivid and memorable lessons that jump off the page." -John W. Evans, author ofShould I Still Wish

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: ABRAMS Image
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781683358848
• Artikelnr.: 58780018

Autorenporträt

Leslie Blodgett is a beauty industry pioneer, former 2018 Stanford DCI Fellow, angel investor, startup advisor, and philanthropist. She serves on the board of advisors for SPANX and on the Board of Directors for Stella & Dot and Every Mother Counts. For her efforts in reshaping the beauty industry, Leslie was recognized as one of the "Top Entrepreneurs of the Decade: 2000-2009" by Inc. Magazine, was named the first female recipient of the "Visionary of the Year Award" by Women's Wear Daily, and received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by the Fashion Institute of Technology. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband Keith. Among her personal accomplishments, Leslie is a pretty good dancer (she learns the latest moves on YouTube) and has recently mastered the art of the glamorous grandmother photoshoot.