Alli Webb

16 statements across 3 episodes · 6 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 9, 2017 by Alli Webb · said 2 times in 2 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Jan 9, 2017
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Webb's brother held the largest financial stake in Drybar's launch
“My brother was probably the most nervous because he had the biggest stake in it financially.”
Alli Webb Jan 9, 2017 ▶ 13:16 Drybar: Alli Webb
Jan 9, 2017 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Webb says Drybar faced zero direct competition when it launched
“No, there was no competition. There were hair salons.”
Alli Webb Jan 9, 2017 ▶ 14:36 Drybar: Alli Webb
Jan 9, 2017
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Drybar modeled its first salon's viability at 30 to 40 daily blowouts
“And at that point, we had figured out if we can do, like, 30 blowouts a day, 30, 40 blowouts, like, that'd be a great business”
Alli Webb Jan 9, 2017 ▶ 13:32 Drybar: Alli Webb
Jan 9, 2017 positive
Insight
Drybar intentionally hides mirrors to create a dramatic post-blowout reveal
“So we the mirrors are behind the stations, and that's very intentional, that when the client is done, the stylist spins her around for the big reveal, and that totally came from my blowout business.”
Alli Webb Jan 9, 2017 ▶ 16:12 Drybar: Alli Webb
Jan 9, 2017 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Drybar reinvested early revenue to open a second store within six months
“Well, even within that first year, we turned everything back into the business, so not really, you know, I mean, we were barely taking any money for ourselves, and within six months, we opened our second store, and it just kept going and going.”
Alli Webb Jan 9, 2017 ▶ 19:03 Drybar: Alli Webb
Jan 9, 2017
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Drybar scaled to over 60 locations without a formal business plan
“It wasn't a premeditated, like, we didn't have a business plan. It wasn't like, this is our goal, and this is our trajectory. Like, there was none of that. It was all this very organic, and we're on to something, so we're going to figure it out and keep growin…”
Alli Webb Jan 9, 2017 ▶ 26:19 Drybar: Alli Webb
Jan 9, 2017 neutral
Disclosure
Webb's mobile blow-dry precursor yielded zero profit after gas and travel
“Yes, I was in traffic, and between gas and whatever, I don't think I actually made any money. But it really wasn't about the money.”
Alli Webb Jan 9, 2017 ▶ 9:07 Drybar: Alli Webb
Jan 9, 2017 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Webb tested her mobile blow-dry concept on an LA moms Yahoo group
“So I posted on this mommy group called Peach Head, where it was like a Yahoo group, and it was this resource for moms. It was like 5000 moms in LA, and they all went to this site. So I posted on there one day, when I had this idea popped in my head, I said, I'…”
Alli Webb Jan 9, 2017 ▶ 7:37 Drybar: Alli Webb
Jul 23, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Drybar grew to employ 3,000 stylists and 80 corporate support staff
“Well, there's about 3000 stylists, and about, I don't know, maybe 70, 80 people in our support center, so it's pretty massive now”
Alli Webb Jul 23, 2018 ▶ 24:10 Drybar: Alli Webb (2017)
Jul 23, 2018
Assertion Partly supported
Drybar reinvested first-year revenue to open second salon within six months
“Well, even within that first year, we turned everything back into the business, so not really, you know, I mean, we were barely taking any money for ourselves, and within six months, we opened our second store, and it just kept going and going.”
Alli Webb Jul 23, 2018 ▶ 20:03 Drybar: Alli Webb (2017)
Jul 23, 2018
Disclosure
Drybar traded equity to architect Josh Heitler to design first salon
“When I had this idea to have a salon, he went to Josh and said, do you want to build a hair salon for my sister? And Josh was like, sure, and we offered him some equity to get involved”
Alli Webb Jul 23, 2018 ▶ 16:05 Drybar: Alli Webb (2017)
Jul 23, 2018 negative
Insight
Drybar capitalized on the missing middle between luxury and discount salons
“God, there really is two bad choices out there, and that's it. And so that's when I think the idea started percolating for me, and I was like, huh, you know, there's no place, like, in the middle”
Alli Webb Jul 23, 2018 ▶ 10:48 Drybar: Alli Webb (2017)
Jul 23, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Drybar expanded to 67 locations organically without a formal business plan
“It wasn't a premeditated, like, we didn't have a business plan, it wasn't like, this is our goal, and this is our trajectory, like, there was none of that. It was all this very organic, and we're on to something, so we're going to figure it out and keep growin…”
Alli Webb Jul 23, 2018 ▶ 27:10 Drybar: Alli Webb (2017)
May 30, 2020 positive
Insight
Webb: Founders can win by fixing poorly executed existing service categories
“There may be something that you love that is just not executed well, or branded well, or run well, that you could probably take that same idea and make it your own.”
Alli Webb May 30, 2020 ▶ 8:15 How I Built Resilience: Live with Alli Webb and Andy Puddicombe & Rich Pierson
May 30, 2020 neutral
Insight
Webb: Scaling large businesses requires specialist operators, not early founders
“To grow and scale to the size that we have, that takes people who understand that world and that, and how to do that. And that wasn't like my strongest suit.”
Alli Webb May 30, 2020 ▶ 2:18 How I Built Resilience: Live with Alli Webb and Andy Puddicombe & Rich Pierson
May 30, 2020 positive
Insight
Webb: Drybar Succeeded by Focusing on Emotional Impact Over Just Hair
“Frankly, that's why Drybar has been so successful. I mean, yes, we're doing great blowouts, and your hair looks amazing, but it's about the way you feel when you have great hair, or the way you feel when you put on an outfit that makes you feel good, or if you…”
Alli Webb May 30, 2020 ▶ 6:30 How I Built Resilience: Live with Alli Webb and Andy Puddicombe & Rich Pierson
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