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What a Dermatologist and a Mayor Didn't Know About Running a Business

What a Dermatologist and a Mayor Didn't Know About Running a Business

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Dr. Whitney Hovenic removes skin cancer for a living. She still didn't know what ROAS meant when she co-founded a sunscreen brand with Reno mayor Hillary Schieve. Two years in, she says she's basically earned an unofficial MBA the hard way.

Key Takeaways:

  • Know that expertise builds the product, not the customer base.
  • Budget for the real runway to cash positive.
  • Protect your brand voice from AI, even while using it elsewhere.
  • Build products from what you personally notice, not a spreadsheet.
  • Skip the viral-moment chase and go where your customer already is.
  • Lead with flexibility, not a rigid system, when your team is small.

Whitney had assumed that selling inventory would immediately fund more inventory. The real education came in learning how much a new brand has to invest upfront in PR, marketing, and free product before it becomes cash positive, a gap that turned out to be the steepest part of the founders' learning curve.

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