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#28. Beauty and wellness are evolving faster than ever before—but what's actually driving the industry's next chapter? Is it innovation, community, science... or the consumer?
This week, Kate sits down with Lindy Firstenberg, Co-Lead of the Beauty, Health & Wellness Practice at AlixPartners. From helping launch Louis Vuitton Fragrance to advising founders, retailers, investors, and global brands, Lindy has spent her career at the forefront of the industry's biggest shifts. Now, she's stepping into entrepreneurship herself, co-founding a science-backed scar repair company built around breakthrough biotechnology.
In this conversation, Lindy shares her perspective on where beauty, health, and wellness are headed, why today's consumers are more informed than ever, and the lessons she's learned through building businesses, navigating serious illness, and redefining what it means to live well.
In this episode, we discuss:
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Lindy's unconventional path from NASA to Louis Vuitton to AlixPartners
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The biggest shifts shaping the future of beauty, health, and wellness
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Why today's "Consumer PhD" is changing how brands must build trust
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The most common mistakes founders make when scaling consumer brands
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How retailers and brands should think differently about marketing, distribution, and community
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Why content, peer recommendations, and clienteling matter more than traditional influencer marketing
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The inspiration behind Lindy's new science-backed scar repair company
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What building a company alongside her husband has taught her about entrepreneurship and partnership
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How surviving a life-threatening illness reshaped her perspective on ambition, purpose, and risk
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The future of wellness, longevity, personalized health, and clinical validation in consumer products
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