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Ep45 - Gilt and Glamsquad co-founder Alexandra Wilkus Wilson on how to launch
SheSez with Linda Grasso
English - May 22, 2018 08:00 - 29 minutes - 16.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 149 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture Business Careers motherhood antiaging careerpivot careers emptynest femaleentrepreneurs femaleleaders forwardthinkers happiness health Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
She co-founded a major retail disruptor–the flash-sale website Gilt in 2007. She then moved on to launch Glamsquad, which—with the tap of an app—sends hair and make-up professionals to your home.
But Alexandra loves a challenge and, in early 2018, she made a major pivot—from being her own boss, to working at Allergan, the mega-successful pharmaceutical company which makes Botox, among other products.
In this episode, Alexandra shares with Linda her key strategies to launching a start-up, why she thinks networking is critical and she offers some fundraising advice—from how to time the pitch to how to handle a blow-off.