From Stay-At-Home Mom To Multimillion Dollar Businesswoman: Meet Drybar's Founder, Ali Webb

Alli Webb is an business owner and writer, most known for Drybar- a chain of hair salons that specialize in blowouts. Webb and her brother both worked for Nicole Miller before striking out on their own in 2010. Webb, her brother, and then husband cofounded Drybar. As of 2019, there are over 125 locations. In 2016 Ali released her book, The Drybar Guide To Good Hair For All which became a New York Times bestseller. Webb just published The Messy Truth: How I Sold My Business for Millions but Almost Lost Myself with Harper Horizon in November 2023. In recent years, she has guest starred on Shark Tank, started a podcast called “Raising the Bar with Landau, and been included in Fortune's '40 Under 40' list and Fast Company's'100 Most Creative People in Business' list in 2013. Alli Webb, the founder of Drybar, joins "Forbes New Money" to reflect on her journey from being a college dropout and stay-at-home mom to selling her company, Drybar, for $255 million. 0:00 Introduction 0:16 About Alli's Journey To Her Second Book 1:58 The Beginning Of Drybar 4:39 How Did Alli Become An Entrepreneur? 6:30 Starting Your Own Business Is Not Easy 8:20 The Building Process Of Drybar 12:21 Alli Was All In On Her Dream 13:19 Mistakes Of The Trade 16:26 Pivoting Is Not For The Faint Of Heart 17:57 Advice For Young Entrepreneurs 21:45 What's Next For Alli Webb? Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?s... Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more: https://account.forbes.com/membership... Stay Connected Forbes newsletters: https://newsletters.editorial.forbes.com Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes Forbes Video on Twitter:   / forbes   Forbes Video on Instagram:   / forbes   More From Forbes: http://forbes.com Forbes covers the intersection of entrepreneurship, wealth, technology, business and lifestyle with a focus on people and success.