Alli Webb: (LIVE From Boston) The Messy Truth: How Alli Sold Drybar for Millions, Almost Lost Herself And Everything In Between
To say Alli Webb is a force is an understatement and she is laying it all out in her new book- The Messy Truth: How I Sold My Business For Millions but Almost Lost Myself.
In this passion-filled, entertaining conversation I had with Alli during a LIVE podcast event in Boston to wrap up her East Coast book tour, we talk all things from the highs and lows of entrepreneurship, to our favorite old school hair tools and some of Alli’s hidden talents.
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Alli revolutionized the hair industry in 2010 when Drybar exploded into a nationally recognized and highly sought-after brand growing to over 150 locations and a highly successful product line, which sold for $255 million in 2020.
When Drybar and its world-famous blowouts took off seemingly overnight, she found herself surrounded by celebrity clients like Zooey Deschanel, Jennifer Garner, Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts, Maria Shriver, and others. She was named to multiple prestigious lists by Fast Company, Fortune, Marie Claire, and Inc. She published a New York Times bestselling book—all before she turned forty.
But it wasn’t until her marriage fell apart, her sixteen-year-old son entered rehab, and she no longer found meaning in the wildly successful business she had built that Alli realized she was spiraling into deep depression. She’d lost sight of what made her happy in favor of an aimless push to succeed above all. Something had to give. Piece by piece, Alli began to reinvent her personal and professional life with the goal of accepting her messy truth.
She learned how to embrace the honest in lieu of the perfect and realized that most of life happens somewhere in the middle, between the laughter and the tears.
In The Messy Truth, Webb invites readers into her world as an entrepreneur, a mother, and a partner, examining with startling humor and wisdom the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we learn to embrace the mess of life.
Alli’s other ventures include holding the role of President at Canopy, and Co-Founder of Squeeze, Brightside, and Becket + Quill. She is also a Co-Founder of The Blueprint Mastermind, an intimate mastermind where she is coaching women entrepreneurs all across the country looking to take their businesses to the next level.
