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Jan 2025
53m 14s

Clean Beauty to $228M: Tower 28's Amy Li...

Vivian Tu
About this episode
Today I am joined by the amazing founder and CEO of Tower 28 beauty, Amy Liu! Amy is a badass woman creating phenomenal products for those with even the most sensitive skin and is always working to connect and uplift the AAPI community. Amy and I chatted all about the start of Tower 28, her failures and all of the roadblocks that come with starting a beauty ... Show More
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