Alli Webb

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  • Founder of Drybar, Squeeze, and Becket + Quill
  • President of Canopy and Serial Entrepreneur
  • New York Times Bestselling Author, 'Good Hair for All'
  • Board of Directors, Ideal Image & The Onsite Foundation



Founder of Drybar, serial entrepreneur, and New York Times bestselling author Alli Webb shares actionable and inspiring business insights in captivating talks. Webb is the co-Founder of Drybar – which skyrocketed from an affordable in-home service offered by Webb herself into a 150+ location, nationally recognized, and highly sought-after brand. Diversifying the brand, Webb created a line of products and tools – this division was acquired by Helen of Troy for $225M. Webb is the President of Canopy, and the co-Founder, advisor, and angel investor for Squeeze – the latest extension of her expanding empire. She has also partnered with an LA-based jewelry designer to launch Becket + Quill, continuing her innovation in the affordable luxury space, and recently launched Brightside – a wellness space. In her informative, actionable, and inspiring remarks, Webb demystifies creating a company and brand culture that will transform any industry.

Webb has been on the cover of Inc. Magazine’s “How I Did This” issue, named one of the “100 Most Creative People in Business” by Fast Company, featured on Fortune’s “40 Under 40” list, and was one of Fortune’s “100 Women Building America’s Most Innovative and Ambitious Businesses.” She has appeared on ABC’s Emmy-nominated Shark Tank as a guest shark, and is the New York Times bestselling author of The Drybar Guide to Good Hair for All. Webb delights and motivates audiences with talks ranging from business innovation, to how to tap into the entrepreneurial spirit, to the challenges and opportunities in being a female entrepreneur, and beyond.

 

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Raising the Bar: Business Innovation and Tapping into the Entrepreneurial Spirit

Named to Fast Company's “100 Most Creative People in Business,” Fortune’s “40 Under 40” list, Inc.'s “100 Women Building America’s Most Innovative and Ambitious Businesses,” and much more, Drybar's Alli Webb knows what it takes to constantly innovate to keep a business relevant, useful, and resonati ...

Named to Fast Company's “100 Most Creative People in Business,” Fortune’s “40 Under 40” list, Inc.'s “100 Women Building America’s Most Innovative and Ambitious Businesses,” and much more, Drybar's Alli Webb knows what it takes to constantly innovate to keep a business relevant, useful, and resonating with its costumer base. 

A former professional hair stylist, the concept for Drybar started after Webb started her own family, and began offering affordable in-home blowout services to her mommy friends. Launching with just a sole California location, Drybar has exploded into a nationally-recognized and highly sought-after brand with over 100 locations nationwide and line of products and tools sold at popular retailers such as Nordstrom, Sephora, and Ulta.

In these insightful and empowering remarks, Webb shares her secrets to constant business innovation, and tactical insights into business growth, customer engagement, and cultural relevancy. Drawing on her profound first-hand experiences as well as lessons learned from her entrepreneur-focused podcast "Raising the Bar," Webb shares what it takes to risk everything on a great idea, and to tap into the constantly-innovating entrepreneurial spirit. 

It Starts With Culture: Identifying, Building and Expanding Your Company's Core Values

Alli Webb's Drybar has a cult-like following, with consumers knowing exactly what to expect and the kind of experience they will receive whether they're walking into a location in Manhattan, Los Angeles, or any one of Drybar's 150 locations.  In this actionable and informative conversation, Alli Web ...

Alli Webb's Drybar has a cult-like following, with consumers knowing exactly what to expect and the kind of experience they will receive whether they're walking into a location in Manhattan, Los Angeles, or any one of Drybar's 150 locations. 

In this actionable and informative conversation, Alli Webb shares her best tips and advice about building a company culture that is relevant, authentic, works for your employees, and that consumers trust. Drawing on her first-hand experiences expanding a successful business nationwide, working with franchisees, launching a product line, and hiring a CEO, Webb provides both tactical insights and bold inspiration that organizations can start implementing tomorrow. 

 

Turn Up the Volume: Women in Business

As a mom and successful entrepreneur, Alli Webb has navigated the ins and outs of work-life balance, and what it takes to be a woman launching a business from scratch. In these empowering and candid remarks, she shares her advice, tips, and motivations, providing audiences with both practical lesson ...

As a mom and successful entrepreneur, Alli Webb has navigated the ins and outs of work-life balance, and what it takes to be a woman launching a business from scratch. In these empowering and candid remarks, she shares her advice, tips, and motivations, providing audiences with both practical lessons and big picture inspiration. 

From breaking free of "mom guilt," to pushing through doubts and insecurities, cultivating a support system, and handling the critics, Webb opens up about her own triumphs and struggles juggling a family and growing a nationally-recognized business. From starting out driving around to her mommy-friend's houses, offering at home blowouts, to writing a New York Times bestselling book, launching a podcast, and starting yet another business, Webb's career trajectory is anything but typical. Her remarks are chock-full of engaging personal anecdotes, and first-hand business lessons, that leave audiences empowered and informed. 

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<p><strong>Alli Webb continues to make headlines with her clear analysis for how businesses can thrive no matter the obstacles</strong></p>

Alli Webb continues to make headlines with her clear analysis for how businesses can thrive no matter the obstacles

Serial founder and New York Times bestselling author ALLI WEBB has been a constant presence in the headlines of business publications for years. Her journey as an entrepreneur has been covered in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Fortune, and more, from offering at-home blowouts and hair services herself to building the nationally-recognized brand Drybar with over 150 locations. Since the massive success of her first company, Webb has continued to build brand after brand in the affordable luxury and wellness space – Squeeze, Becket + Quill, and now Brightside – and serves as President of Canopy. So, when it comes to building a brand from the ground up, Webb is an expert, and she offers her clear analysis and tactical strategies in inspirational talks for audiences of all kinds.

As companies at every scale continue to grapple with questions of inflation and a potential downturn, and how these forces may impact their customers and their bottom line, Webb offers an informed and uplifting perspective. In Business Insider, she shared three ways to guarantee growth despite a downturn, and Inc. covered her captivating conversation at Goldman Sachs Small Business Summit. No matter the challenges facing an organization, team, or solo-preneur, Webb offers practical tools and major motivation in every talk.

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<p>Alli Webb offers advice on how to pivot your business during times of disruption</p>

Alli Webb offers advice on how to pivot your business during times of disruption

Founder of Drybar, New York Times bestselling author, on the Board of Directors at Ideal Image, and now President at Canopy, ALLI WEBB, has adjusted her business amidst disruption, and offers tangible insights and lessons for other organizations to do the same. Named to Fast Company's “100 Most Creative People in Business,” Fortune’s “40 Under 40” list, Inc.'s “100 Women Building America’s Most Innovative and Ambitious Businesses,” and much more, Webb knows what it takes to constantly innovate to keep a business relevant, useful, and resonating with its costumer base. A former professional hair stylist, the concept for Drybar started after Webb started her own family, and began offering affordable in-home blowout services to her mommy friends. Launching with just a sole California location, Drybar has exploded into a nationally-recognized and highly sought-after brand with over 100 locations nationwide and line of products and tools sold at popular retailers such as Nordstrom, Sephora, and Ulta. Now, Webb has made headlines in Fast Company for her insights into adjusting to a remote work environment. Webb's advice is also on display on her weekly podcast “Raising the Bar,” in which she interviews budding a successful entrepreneurs to reveal the ins and outs of a successful business. In her informative, actionable and inspiring remarks, Webb shares insights into business innovation and tapping into the entrepreneurial spirit, and creating a resilient and authentic company culture and brand. From tactical insights into business growth, customer engagement, and cultural relevancy, to sharing her first-hand experiences expanding a successful business nationwide, working with franchisees, launching a product line, and weathering disruption, Webb provides lessons and bold inspiration that organizations can start implementing tomorrow. 

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Alli Webb is an N.Y. Times Bestselling Author, Canopy President and Co-Founder of Drybar, Squeeze and Becket + Quill.
After spending 15 years as a professional hair stylist, Webb left the hair industry in 2005 to start a family, but after being a stay-at-home mom for 5 years, Webb decided to find a way to continue pursuing the creative side of hairstyling at a new-mom pace. She began offering affordable in-home blowout services to her mommy friends, which quickly expanded into a mobile operation by 2009. In 2010, Webb opened the first Drybar in Brentwood, CA. 10 years later and over 150+ locations across the U.S., Webb’s Drybar has exploded into a nationally recognized and highly sought-after brand.
Webb diversified the Drybar brand, creating a line of products and tools sold at popular retailers such as Nordstrom, Sephora, and Ulta, recently selling this product division to Helen of Troy for $255 million. Webb has been on the cover of Inc Magazine’s “How I Did This” issue, named the “100 Most Creative People in Business” by Fast Company, featured on Fortune magazine’s “40 Under 40” list, Marie Claire’s “Most Fascinating Women” and recently Inc. magazine recognized her as one of “The 100 Women Building America’s Most Innovative and Ambitious Businesses.” Webb appeared on season 10 of ABC’s Emmy nominated hit show “Shark Tank” as a guest shark in 2019.
Staying true to her signature approach to beauty and self-care, Squeeze, follows suit in the affordable luxury space as innovative massage concept that lets you book and pay online - the latest extension of her expanding empire where she operates as an active angel investor, advisor and co-founder. Squeeze’s first location is in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Studio City with several other locations across the country set to open in the next year.
Most recently Webb joined the Canopy team as President. Canopy’s best in class humidifiers are making big waves in the beauty industry and building innovative beauty devices. Canopy's first product is the reimagined humidifier to focus on providing functional benefits for healthy skin, hair and scalp. In addition to being anti-mold, easy maintenance and design-led, Canopy has an innovative aroma diffuser built in, with a new aroma kit dropping every few months. Canopy will continue to bring new products to the beauty & wellness category that will elevate people's skincare routines.
Webb also joined forces with LA based jewelry designer Meredith Quill to build yet another new brand, now known as Becket + Quill. Both ladies share a passion for beautiful, affordable luxuries that don’t break the bank. By using precious metals where it matters most and complementing them with alternative materials that look gorgeous and maintain quality, Becket + Quill makes it easy to indulge and give a gift that lasts. It’s high end, not high spend.

Webb is currently writing her second book and resides in Los Angeles, CA with her partner Adrian and their four children.