41 - Liah Yoo, KraveBeauty
Earned: Unlocking the Power of the Creator Economy
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Show Notes
In our first episode of 2022, Conor sits down with Liah Yoo. A powerhouse YouTuber, Liah is the founder and CEO of KraveBeauty, the sustainable beauty brand dedicated to demystifying skincare. We start the episode by hearing where Liah's interest in beauty came from, and learn why she decided to launch her own YouTube channel in 2011. Liah shares her "trial and error" strategies for expanding her YouTube audience to over one million subscribers, before discussing how she built KraveBeauty's community by prioritizing stakeholders over shareholders. We then dive into why Liah initially set out to create KraveBeauty, and explore the brand's mission-driven ethos. To close the show, Liah opens up about some difficult lessons she learned personally and professionally in 2021, and outlines her goals for the new year.