How Scarlett Johansson and Her Co-founder, Kate Foster, Lead With Integrity | Inc. - video Dailymotion

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Scarlett Johansson and Kate Foster, founders of skincare brand The Outset, discuss the current landscape of female entrepreneurship and how they hope it changes for their daughters.

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00:00 Hi, I'm Kate Foster.

00:01 Let me try again.

00:02 Hi, I'm Kate Foster.

00:03 What's your name?

00:04 Hi, I'm Kate Foster.

00:05 Sorry, you are?

00:06 I don't know.

00:07 [MUSIC]

00:13 I think the qualities that an entrepreneur needs is curiosity and resilience.

00:18 I think those are the two key attributes.

00:21 I think if you want to be successful as an entrepreneur, you have to have.

00:24 And then lastly, get yourself a great co-founder.

00:26 [LAUGH]

00:28 I agree with that one.

00:29 That should have been number one.

00:30 [MUSIC]

00:32 I had struggled with acne and sensitive skin forever.

00:37 And something like The Outset was not available.

00:40 I saw that opportunity and started brainstorming on finding a solution.

00:46 And during that process, I ended up meeting Kate, and the rest is history.

00:50 [MUSIC]

00:53 Being a business person or a business-minded person as a woman 15 years ago,

00:59 it was a different landscape then.

01:02 It was challenging because you felt like you always had to fight for your worth.

01:08 When I was a kid just like you, it was really like my mom would always say,

01:13 you can be anything you wanna be.

01:14 It wasn't maybe demonstrated before.

01:16 And now I find with my daughter who's 12,

01:19 if I say to her, you can be anything you want, she's like, yeah, of course.

01:22 It's definitely gotten better.

01:24 And I think it continues to get better, but it's still a struggle.

01:27 The more that you kind of start to chip away at those dusty,

01:32 long-held beliefs, it just kind of becomes more like, yeah, why not?

01:37 [MUSIC]

01:40 Over maybe the last decade, we've loved to put the female founder on this pedestal.

01:44 Everybody builds them up, and then they become very easy target practice for

01:48 small or large failures, whatever they are.

01:51 It would be great to have a world where there's a little more balance,

01:54 where it's less kind of like having to put people on pedestals because it's seen

01:58 more often.

01:59 >> I think women have a really high emotional intelligence,

02:04 and that's very valuable.

02:07 It is a very powerful tool to lean into.

02:11 >> There's a sense of empathy that women in leadership roles bring that I think

02:16 sometimes allows them to see the bigger picture, which I think is great for

02:20 everyone, this idea that all boats rise with the tide,

02:23 I think is a good one to keep in mind in business and in life.

02:26 [MUSIC]

02:36 (upbeat music)

02:39 [MUSIC PLAYING]

How Scarlett Johansson and Her Co-founder, Kate Foster, Lead With Integrity | Inc.

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