It was a number of years ago when Lori Bush was approached with some sage advice about what she should do with her career.
“A colleague of mine said, ‘At some point in your career, you should start a company or be involved in the startup of a company. It’s the experience of a lifetime. You won’t regret it if you do it, whether it’s successful or not,’” Bush says. “I had it in me and I think anybody who has it in them should go for it. It’s a remarkable experience.”
Bush is president and CEO at Rodan + Fields, which launched in 2002 selling high-end clinical skin care products in department stores.
She met the company’s founders, Drs. Katie Rodan and Kathy Fields in the mid-1990s when they had an idea for a