A beauty industry veteran with two decades at L'Oréal, Redken, Matrix, and Equinox just solved a problem the entire hair color industry accepted as inevitable — fade. Aditi Sharma, co-founder and COO of Qoat, breaks down the science behind why hair color fades, how she and her team engineered the fix, and what it really takes to launch a beauty product in a saturated market. Plus: how to read beauty product labels like an insider, and her honest take on leaving corporate for founder life.
0:00 Intro — Meet Sharma, Co-Founder of Coat
3:35 Why Your Hair Color Always Fades (The Science)
6:56 How to Actually Read Beauty Product Labels
14:58 Launching a Beauty Brand in a Saturated Market
19:18 From Corporate to Founder: The Leap
23:28 Staying Grounded Through the Hard Parts
28:42 Rapid Fire Round
31:48 Why "Coat" Has a Q, Not a C
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