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

Find Gregg:

www.counter.com

IG: @greggrenfrew

LinkedIn: Gregg Renfrew

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IG: @lydiafenet

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

Find Julie:

liftourvoices.org

IG: @julieroginsky

X: @julieroginsky

Substack: @saltypolitics

LinkedIn: Julie Roginsky

Follow Lydia:

www.lydiafenet.com

IG: @lydiafenet

LinkedIn: Lydia Fenet

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After starting her career as a professional ballerina, Brynn Putnam’s pivot into the tech world revolutionized at-home fitness in 2018 when she launched Mirror, the interactive smart device that brings studio fitness classes to the comfort of your home. After selling Mirror to Lululemon for $500 million in 2020, Brynn Putnam is back to revolutionize yet another industry with her newest creation, Board, a first-of-its-kind tabletop game console specifically designed to bring players of any age or skill level together. Join us as we discuss Brynn’s entrepreneurial journey, how she turned Mirror from an idea into a multi-million dollar business as a tech outsider, and the inspiration behind Board.

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

• How Brynn’s side hustle teaching fitness classes eventually led to the creation of Mirror
• Designing products to solve specific problems and how constraints lead to creativity
• What to know when scaling your business and forming your team
• What Brynn learned while creating Mirror and the lessons she’s taking with her as she launches Board
• Building your network, taking the leap, and how failures ultimately lead to success

Find Brynn:

www.board.fun

X: @BrynnPutnam

LinkedIn: Brynn Jinnett Putnam

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www.lydiafenet.com

IG: @lydiafenet

LinkedIn: Lydia Fenet

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