As the founder of Briogeo Hair Care and Makers Mindset, Nancy Twine knows how to build a business from the ground up. After leaving her career as a VP at Goldman Sachs to follow her passion for clean beauty, Nancy launched Briogeo in 2013, growing it from a small startup to a globally recognized brand worth nine figures in less than ten years. Now, Nancy is inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs through Makers Mindset–a podcast, workshop, community, and accelerator that gives aspiring founders the insights, tools, and resources they need to build their businesses. Join us as we discuss Nancy’s finance background, what inspired her to create Briogeo, and the recipe for a successful business.

Don’t miss this episode of Claim Your Confidence where we talk about:

• What Nancy learned at Goldman Sachs and the skills she took with her when becoming an entrepreneur
• The hurdles Nancy faced during Briogeo’s early stages and how she overcame them
• Knowing your brand’s identity, staying authentic, and being the energetic epicenter for your team
• The importance of leveraging your story when marketing your business
• How Nancy is supporting entrepreneurs with the Dream Makers Founder Grant and Makers Mindset

Find Nancy:

www.nancytwine.com

IG: @nancytwine

LinkedIn: Nancy Twine

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2013, Gregg Renfrew turned the beauty industry on its head with the launch of her company Beautycounter, a revolutionary skincare and cosmetics brand dedicated to creating safer products using clean ingredients. After selling a majority stake in Beautycounter to a private equity firm in 2021 and seeing the brand’s decline and eventual foreclosure, Gregg bought back Beautycounter’s assets in 2024 and decided to rebuild. Now, she is back to lead clean beauty with the launch of her new brand, Counter. Join us as we talk about knowing your worth, how Gregg pioneered the clean beauty movement, and how she’s reinventing the wheel with Counter.

Don’t miss this episode where we discuss:

• Gregg’s early career and her sales philosophy
• Scaling your business and the highs and lows of bringing in outside capital
• Beautycounter’s lifespan and what Gregg learned from selling and buying back her business
• The behind the scenes of running a company and what it means to be a leader
• How Gregg reimagined Beautycounter’s model to create Counter, and what she’s doing differently this time around

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www.counter.com

IG: @greggrenfrew

LinkedIn: Gregg Renfrew

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LinkedIn: Lydia Fenet

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Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky know the importance of using their voices to make a positive impact. Former Fox News employees who experienced sexual harassment, they have since dedicated themselves to advocating for change. In 2019, they founded Lift Our Voices, a nonprofit organization focused on ending the use of NDAs and forced arbitration in cases of workplace harassment, discrimination, and abuse.

Through Lift Our Voices, Gretchen and Julie have helped pass two federal laws that protect victims of workplace sexual assault and harassment–and these victories are just the beginning. In this episode of Claim Your Confidence, we talk about their remarkable careers, what you need to know about NDAs and forced arbitration, and how Lift Our Voices is changing things for the better.

Join us as we discuss:

• Gretchen and Julie’s early careers, how they both came to work at Fox News, and the “just do it” mentality that helped them find confidence
• How their personal experiences with NDAs inspired them to change the system
• Embracing uncertainty while claiming your confidence meeting the moment in spite of fear
• How Gretchen and Julie came together to found Lift Our Voices and their mission to make workplaces safer for everyone
• LOV’s federal legislative victories and what Gretchen and Julie plan to tackle next

Find Gretchen:

liftourvoices.org

gretchencarlson.com

IG: @gretchencarlson

X: @GretchenCarlson

TikTok: @thegretchencarlson

Facebook: @GretchenCarlson

LinkedIn: Gretchen Carlson

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liftourvoices.org

IG: @julieroginsky

X: @julieroginsky

Substack: @saltypolitics

LinkedIn: Julie Roginsky

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www.lydiafenet.com

IG: @lydiafenet

LinkedIn: Lydia Fenet

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