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How Lion Pose Got Into Sephora Before Having a Product

How Lion Pose Got Into Sephora Before Having a Product

Update: 2025-09-05
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In this episode of The DTC Insider podcast, Brian Roisentul sits down with Madhu Punjabi, co-founder and CEO of Lion Pose. Before building a skincare brand that landed in Sephora, Madhu held key roles at Google, Pinterest, and Meta—experiences that shaped how she builds today.


Here's a glimpse of what you'll learn:

  • Madhu’s early career at Google, Pinterest, and Meta

  • Lessons from launching products at big tech companies

  • Why she left to become a founder before having an idea

  • Building and selling her first company in infant formula

  • Co-founding Lion Pose and targeting Sephora from day one

  • The “questions framework” she learned at Meta and still uses

  • The realities of being a founder vs. corporate life

  • Defining passion in business and why it matters

  • Challenges of today’s DTC environment: rising costs, tougher acquisition, thinner margins

    • The importance of retention, customer insights, and knowing your numbers


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    How Lion Pose Got Into Sephora Before Having a Product

    How Lion Pose Got Into Sephora Before Having a Product

    Brian Roisentul