Entrepreneurship
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Olamide Olowe Is Showing That Founder Success Can Include Letting Someone Else Lead
Source context Topicals founder Olamide Olowe is bringing in a former Fenty Beauty executive as CEO. Startup culture loves the image of the founder as permanent center of gravity: visionary, chief executive, spokesperson and final decision-maker all at once. Olamide Olowe’s decision to bring in a seasoned beauty executive to lead Topicals offers a more…
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Olamide Olowe Is Showing That Founder Success Can Include Letting Someone Else Lead
Source context Topicals founder Olamide Olowe is bringing in a former Fenty Beauty executive as CEO. Startup culture loves the image of the founder as permanent center of gravity: visionary, chief executive, spokesperson and final decision-maker all at once. Olamide Olowe’s decision to bring in a seasoned beauty executive to lead Topicals offers a more…
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Olamide Olowe Is Showing That Founder Success Can Include Letting Someone Else Lead
Source context Topicals founder Olamide Olowe is bringing in a former Fenty Beauty executive as CEO. Startup culture loves the image of the founder as permanent center of gravity: visionary, chief executive, spokesperson and final decision-maker all at once. Olamide Olowe’s decision to bring in a seasoned beauty executive to lead Topicals offers a more…
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The Career Pivot Is Not a Failure of the First Career
Source context Tax attorney Shari Linton built a custom tea business rooted in wellness and her Jamaican-American upbringing. Career pivots are often described as dramatic acts of escape: leave the respectable profession, follow the passion, never look back. Shari Linton’s path from tax law into a tea company is more interesting because the first career…
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Black Creators Need Ownership Literacy Before the Meeting Goes Well
Source context Attorney Desiree Talley uses POPLAW to teach creators about contracts, copyright and ownership. Creative industries run on excitement. A meeting happens, someone loves the idea, a bigger company asks to see more, and the opportunity feels too important to slow down with questions about ownership. That is exactly when legal literacy matters most.…