Dermalogica Founder: Building A Billion Dollar Business While Looking After Your Mental Health

By Real Divorce Stories On Jun 15, 2022 0

This episode is part of our USA series, over the coming weeks you will get to see some incredible conversations with guests the likes of which we’ve never seen before. Bringing more value, more incredible stories, and more world-beating expertise.

Jane Wurwand is the co-founder of Dermalogica, which revolutionised skincare for millions of people worldwide. One of the first skincare brands when it launched in the 1980s, Jane got people to care about something they didn’t realise was important. Today she finally tells her incredible story in this conversation and in her new book, Skin in the Game.

Topics:
00:00 Intro
01:39 How did you become the person you’re today
12:43 How did moving to South Africa impact you?
16:59 Starting up as an entrepreneur and moving to LA
28:12 What made you a good entrepreneur?
34:55 Attention to detail
38:13 How to turn your weakness into a strength
41:51 Leadership and decision making
45:55 Dermalogica’s journey
50:48 The cost of working hard
57:45 Therapy and finding who you are
01:05:42 Dealing with insomnia and anxiety
01:12:24 Allocating time to your true priorities
01:17:13 Acquisition of Dermalogica
01:22:32 Our last guest’s questions