Dwight Lee

Co-founder & COO, Hero Cosmetics · 1 appearance on the record.

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Dwight Lee is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Hero Cosmetics, the skincare brand best known for its Mighty Patch acne patches. Alongside co-founders Ju Rhyu and his brother Andy Lee, he launched the company in 2017 and grew it until its 2022 acquisition by Church & Dwight.

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Disclosure

Hero Cosmetics Rejected Early 2020 VC Deals With Predatory Liquidation Preferences

“There were just a lot of little tricks, a lot of trap doors and, you know, onerous prep structures so that essentially we could sell the business later on and still walk away with barely anything. I mean, they were just very investor friendly, very founder unf…”

Dwight Lee Dec 30, 2024 ▶ 1:03:10 Hero Cosmetics: Ju Rhyu and Dwight Lee

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Anthropologie Expanded Hero Cosmetics Chain-Wide Just Two Weeks After Initial Test

“I think it was a week or two weeks after the buyer called and said, we were selling so well that we're going to go full chain immediately.”

Dwight Lee Dec 30, 2024 ▶ 48:50 Hero Cosmetics: Ju Rhyu and Dwight Lee

Insight

Physical Retail Packaging Requires Text Legible From 10 Feet Away

“How you sell a product in retail is much different than how you sell it online. And so this, the box has to stand upright. The text has to be legible from say, 10 feet away, as opposed to, you know, three feet from your monitor.”

Dwight Lee Dec 30, 2024 ▶ 49:14 Hero Cosmetics: Ju Rhyu and Dwight Lee

Disclosure

Rapid Target PO Growth Caused Acute Early Cash Flow Constraints

“You have to remember, I mean, we were profitable early on. The problem with the business was we're always chasing growth in terms of the, we were growing so rapidly and the POs were getting bigger and bigger that even though our top line was really high, I mea…”

Dwight Lee Dec 30, 2024 ▶ 1:01:24 Hero Cosmetics: Ju Rhyu and Dwight Lee

Disclosure

Hero Cosmetics Scaled Up to Six Months of Safety Stock During COVID

“For us, the strategy was to just lean into the inventory, which is risky. So we went essentially from one month of inventory on hand with lots of orders to at one point, we're up to six months of inventory on hand.”

Dwight Lee Dec 30, 2024 ▶ 1:04:50 Hero Cosmetics: Ju Rhyu and Dwight Lee

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
Hero Cosmetics: Ju Rhyu and Dwight Lee	Dec 30, 2024	10m

Dwight Lee

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