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Maya Rudolph says she was burned out from running a production company she cofounded. "I like working, but I don't like killing myself," Rudolph told Town and Country Magazine. AdvertisementMaya Rudolph says she overworked herself while trying to run the production company she cofounded in 2018. In between running the company and starring in different shows, the workload caught up to her. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Persons: Maya Rudolph, Rudolph, , Natasha Lyonne, Danielle Renfrew Behrens Organizations: Town, Country Magazine, Service, Animal Pictures, Business
Don't let other people's judgments drain your faith in yourself, especially when it comes to pursuing big ideas. That's advice from Gregg Renfrew, who knows something about becoming successful by sticking to her convictions: Her clean beauty startup Beautycounter was most recently valued at $1 billion, as of April 2021. In some ways, humans are wired to be naysayers as a way of avoiding unnecessary risks, research shows. But ultimately, you need to build your confidence to be successful, Renfrew says. "You genuinely have everything you need to be successful, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise," she says.
Persons: Gregg Renfrew, Beautycounter, Renfrew Organizations: CNBC Locations: Renfrew
When Gregg Renfrew was a year out of college and racking up credit card debt, she called her mom for help — only to be told, bluntly, "Well, it's time to get a new job." "Living in fear of not being able to pay my bills — having literally no idea — it forced me to start hustling," she tells CNBC Make It. Less than a year after moving to the city, she "immediately racked up credit card bills," owing more than $1,000 on her American Express card, she says. Instead, her mom instructed her to find a way to make enough money to pay off her own debts. "I was fortunate to have a debt-free education and to receive any money," says Renfrew.
Persons: Gregg Renfrew, Renfrew's, Renfrew Organizations: CNBC, University of Vermont, American Express Locations: Renfrew, New York
Gregg Renfrew built a billion-dollar brand, only to end up on the outside looking in after investors brought in a replacement CEO. Renfrew, 55, founded clean beauty brand Beautycounter in 2011 with the mission of disrupting the cosmetics industry by only selling products made without "questionable or harmful chemicals." Along the way, Renfrew and Beautycounter raised more than $93 million from investors, according to Crunchbase. Renfrew: It was really, really difficult. I sold the business right before the world opened up with Covid and so much was changing and swirling around.
Persons: Gregg Renfrew, Beautycounter, Carlyle, Renfrew, Marc Rey, Martha Stewart, Rey, burnishing, Renfrew's, Carlyle Roberto Marques, it's, It's, you've Organizations: CNBC, Ulta, Carlyle Group Locations: Renfrew, New York, Denver, U.S, Washington
And you’re adding on top of all that body shaming.”Loomis competes in the women's high jump final at the Pan American Games in August 2019 in Lima, Peru. Dr. Brooks is the vice president and chief clinical officer for the Renfrew Center, a US-based clinic specializing in eating disorders treatments. Over Brooks’ 30 year career, she has treated many patients who suffer from eating disorders and acted as the eating disorders specialist in the HBO film Thin. “We are really understanding more and more that eating disorders are not just a White, suburban women’s disease, and that, you know, for a long time the belief was that women of color, particularly Black women, were protected culturally from developing eating disorders,” said Dr. Brooks. Three years later she placed fifth in the high jump at the Commonwealth Games in Australia.
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