Tehmina Haider's guest appearances

Tehmina Haider

Beauty Is Your Business - beautytech and beauty innovation

The Modern Retail Podcast

The Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing I Brands

Lerer Hippeau

Sarah LaFleur

Jeremy Cai

Stuart Landesberg

Jordan Nathan

Ariel Kaye

Seth Goldman

Sarah Kunst

Joe Kudla

Tyler Handley

Caitlin Strandberg

Andrew Dudum

Franklin Isacson

Joe Spector

Harry Slatkin

OwlTail

Harry's

Tehmina Haider, the VP, Head of Harry's Labs has worked with consumer brands for over a decade. She discusses how she has used the lessons she learned at Harry's to start new brands, and to acquire brands that they can take to the next level.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beautybizshow/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tehmina Haider, the VP, Head of Harry's Labs has worked with consumer brands for over a decade. She discusses how she has used the lessons she learned at Harry's to start new brands, and to acquire brands that they can take to the next level.<a href="https://www.instagram.com/beautybizshow/" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beautybizshow/</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Growing Brands - Tehmina Haider, VP Head of Harry's Labs

Gabby Etrog Cohen

Thank you Mike Duda for the intro to our guests today, [Gabby Cohen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabby-etrog-cohen-b91a635/) and [Tehmina Haider](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tehmina-haider-9081614/). Gabby is the Global head of intergrated marketing at [Harry's Inc](https://www.harrys.com/en/us). and Tehmina is Head of Harry's labs. It was amazing learning about the evolution of Harry's from a razor and shaving company, developing products in new categories and creating a portfolio of brands by both building and acquiring other consumer brands. In this episode you'll learn their approach brand development, the types of brands they look to acquire and how they think about different sales channels. Without further ado, here's Gabby and Tehmina.  Some of the questions I ask Gabby and Tehmina:  1. What attracted each of you to work and be part of Harry's? 2. Gabby - How would you describe or pitch Harry's brand to someone who had never interacted or heard of Harry's? 3. How does Harry's approach innovation?     1. Are there macro trends or consumer behaviors that might be an umbrella or a north star     2. What is Harry's Labs?     3. Is there a shared customer     4. When does it make sense to have more of an     5. What types of companies do you look to acquire?     6. How do you make that decision of building in house vs. acquiring?     7. What's Harry's advantage and what could brands gain when acquired? 4. When you build new brands like Flamingo, Cat Person and Headquarters, how do you think about sales channels to sell product (DTC vs. wholesale) and channel mix? 5. How would you describe this current era of DNVB? 6. Has COVID changed which categories you want to focus on when it comes to innovation? 7. What's one thing you would change about the perception of consumer brands? 8. What's one book that inspired each of you personally and each of you professionally? 9. What's the best piece of advice that you've received? 10. What's one piece of advice for founders building brands? 11. What's one book that inspired each of you personally and one book that inspired each of you professionally?

Thank you Mike Duda for the intro to our guests today, [Gabby Cohen](<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabby-etrog-cohen-b91a635/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabby-etrog-cohen-b91a635/</a>) and [Tehmina Haider](<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tehmina-haider-9081614/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/tehmina-haider-9081614/</a>). Gabby is the Global head of intergrated marketing at [Harry's Inc](<a href="https://www.harrys.com/en/us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.harrys.com/en/us</a>). and Tehmina is Head of Harry's labs. It was amazing learning about the evolution of Harry's from a razor and shaving company, developing products in new categories and creating a portfolio of brands by both building and acquiring other consumer brands. In this episode you'll learn their approach brand development, the types of brands they look to acquire and how they think about different sales channels. Without further ado, here's Gabby and Tehmina. Some of the questions I ask Gabby and Tehmina: 1. What attracted each of you to work and be part of Harry's? 2. Gabby - How would you describe or pitch Harry's brand to someone who had never interacted or heard of Harry's? 3. How does Harry's approach innovation?     1. Are there macro trends or consumer behaviors that might be an umbrella or a north star     2. What is Harry's Labs?     3. Is there a shared customer     4. When does it make sense to have more of an     5. What types of companies do you look to acquire?     6. How do you make that decision of building in house vs. acquiring?     7. What's Harry's advantage and what could brands gain when acquired? 4. When you build new brands like Flamingo, Cat Person and Headquarters, how do you think about sales channels to sell product (DTC vs. wholesale) and channel mix? 5. How would you describe this current era of DNVB? 6. Has COVID changed which categories you want to focus on when it comes to innovation? 7. What's one thing you would change about the perception of consumer brands? 8. What's one book that inspired each of you personally and each of you professionally? 9. What's the best piece of advice that you've received? 10. What's one piece of advice for founders building brands? 11. What's one book that inspired each of you personally and one book that inspired each of you professionally?

Gabby Etrog Cohen & Tehmina Haider (Harry's) - Building Harry's Portfolio of Brands

Last year, when razor startup Harry’s backed a cat food company, it was -- in part -- due to the work of Tehmina Haider.Haider is the head of Harry’s Lab, which both launches new CPG brands as well as invests in and acquires existing ones. Haider described the operation as being a “diversification engine.” She joined the Modern Retail Podcast and explained how she’s built out the program over the last three years.Haider’s background is in consumer investing, hailing from L Catterton where she helped fund brands in the beauty and personal care space. She joined Harry’s in 2018, around a year after Harry’s Lab first started. Her mandate was to take her past investing experience and put that toward the task of building out an expansive Harry’s umbrella.The idea, she said, is that “we, at Harry’s, can really help brands that are focused on the same things that we are: Disrupting categories and serving consumers better, scale and successfully grow.”So far, Harry’s Labs’ work has materialized in a variety of ways. The first company Harry’s Labs launched was Flamingo, a women’s body care brand. But the company also invested in Cat Person, a DTC cat food company. Harry’s Labs began as a way for the company to launch its own brands, but has evolved into a growing M&amp;A engine.This work, of course, is easier said than done. Much of Haider’s day to day is finding the next big brand to either build or acquire. This, she said, is where her work differs from her investing past. While investors are focused primarily on the economics (something Harry’s, of course, is also focused on too), her team is also looking for companies that have long-term ambitions. She’s not trying invest in a company and make a quick profit.“We’re buying to own,” she said.

Last year, when razor startup Harry’s backed a cat food company, it was -- in part -- due to the work of Tehmina Haider.Haider is the head of Harry’s Lab, which both launches new CPG brands as well as invests in and acquires existing ones. Haider described the operation as being a “diversification engine.” She joined the Modern Retail Podcast and explained how she’s built out the program over the last three years.Haider’s background is in consumer investing, hailing from L Catterton where she helped fund brands in the beauty and personal care space. She joined Harry’s in 2018, around a year after Harry’s Lab first started. Her mandate was to take her past investing experience and put that toward the task of building out an expansive Harry’s umbrella.The idea, she said, is that “we, at Harry’s, can really help brands that are focused on the same things that we are: Disrupting categories and serving consumers better, scale and successfully grow.”So far, Harry’s Labs’ work has materialized in a variety of ways. The first company Harry’s Labs launched was Flamingo, a women’s body care brand. But the company also invested in Cat Person, a DTC cat food company. Harry’s Labs began as a way for the company to launch its own brands, but has evolved into a growing M&amp;A engine.This work, of course, is easier said than done. Much of Haider’s day to day is finding the next big brand to either build or acquire. This, she said, is where her work differs from her investing past. While investors are focused primarily on the economics (something Harry’s, of course, is also focused on too), her team is also looking for companies that have long-term ambitions. She’s not trying invest in a company and make a quick profit.“We’re buying to own,” she said.

Harry’s Labs’ Tehmina Haider on how the CPG giant is building out a portfolio of brands