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Michelle Phan- Creator of Ipsy, EM Cosmetics & OG Beauty YouTuber

Girlboss Radio

Girlboss Radio

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.41.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Michelle Phan is a digital pioneer, who trail-blazed the online beauty industry. Michelle’s beauty videos have been viewed more than 1 billion times, making her one of the most watched talents in the digital space.She has been featured on Forbes' 30 Under 30 list in the category of Art and Style, Inc’s 30 Under 30 Coolest Entrepreneurs and Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business. Michelle was a creator and founder of Ipsy. In 2017, Michelle acquired EM Cosmetics from Ipsy. She is also the co-founder of Thematic, a free peer-to-peer marketplace that enables creators to find and use great songs from real artists in their videos. Today Michelle is here to share how to adapt to changing technology as an entrepreneur, the difference between being an "influencer" and a "creator" and what’s next for her now that she is “retired” from youtube.

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0:00.0

Hey Girl Boss, this is your host Sophia Amruzzo, the founder and CEO of Girl Boss, and we have a great guest today.

0:10.0

She's an entrepreneur, youtuber, founder of M Cosmetics, co-founder of Thematic, the ultimate

0:15.7

creator, Michelle Fawn.

0:18.2

Before we get to that, I want to tell you about the Girl Boss Rally.

0:21.8

It is heading back to New York this fall, and it's going to be bigger and better than ever. It's two days and registration is officially open.

0:30.0

All of the early nerd, which is really our early bird spots,

0:34.0

sold out in 24 hours.

0:35.3

So before you lose out, go to Girl Boss Rally.com

0:38.8

to reserve your spot.

0:40.9

And now we have two ticket tiers.

0:42.3

You can come by to shop, attend the day that works for you,

0:45.4

Saturday or Sunday, or stay for the whole weekend. I can't wait to see you. We have incredible speakers,

0:50.7

incredible programming, and a whole lot of amazing women that's

0:55.1

girl boss rally.com and remember if you like what you are on today's show please go

1:01.2

ahead rate review and subscribe and tell a friend.

1:04.3

We'll get to our chat with Michelle Fawn in just a second, but first I want to talk a little bit

1:08.6

about Stitch Fix. So if you don't know what Stitch Fix is, it's an online

1:12.4

personal styling service that finds and delivers clothes, shoes and accessories to fit your body, budget and lifestyle.

1:18.5

I can't tell you how many stitch fix, like packages come into the Girl boss offices it's pretty it's amazing to use

1:26.2

stitch fix you just go to stitch fix dot com slash girl boss you tell them your

1:29.8

sizes what styles you like your budget and you'll be paired with your own personal stylist,

1:36.0

which so few of us really ever get to experience other than like the red carpet ladies.

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