Meet the Founders Who Built a $4 Million Skincare Brand for Women Too Busy for Skincare

About this episode

The episode features the founders of 4AM Skin, who discuss their journey in creating a skincare brand based on circadian rhythm science.

They were best friends from Georgetown — one burning out on Wall Street watching her skin deteriorate, the other finishing medical school while obsessing over skincare science. Together they built 4AM Skin, a circadian rhythm skincare brand backed by Nobel Prize winning science that says the opposite of everything the skincare industry has been telling you. From bootstrapping on $80K for three years to closing a $4 million round with Kaboo, landing in 1,745 Target stores, and selling out four...

People in this episode

Hosts: Jaclyn Johnson, Marina Middleton

Topics covered

• skincare
• entrepreneurship
• women in business
• startup funding
• health and wellness

Keywords

• skincare
• 4AM Skin
• entrepreneurship
• Nobel Prize
• Kaboo
• Target
• women entrepreneurs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 4AM Skin, Kaboo, Target

Places: Georgetown

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