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Sarah Potempa reposted thisSarah Potempa reposted thisSarah Potempa styled some of Hollywood's biggest names before inventing the tool that would become her own company. Now she is one of our 2026 Entreprenista 100 Awards judges. As founder of Beachwaver Co., Sarah holds 21 trademarks and 12 patents behind her patented rotating curling iron, and continues to inspire more than 1 million TikTok followers while building AI software for founders. We are beyond excited that Sarah is bringing her inventor's mindset to this year's applicant pool. Applications close October 22nd. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/eBp4asmJ
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Sarah Potempa shared thisExcited to share the stage with you!Sarah Potempa shared thisLanded in sunny Nashville and ready for Shoptalk! Excited for the action to begin tomorrow. Then, on Wednesday and Thursday, I have two sessions with some wonderful panelists: 🗓️ Wednesday, September 30 @ 2.00pm Mainstage keynote TikTok Shop & Beachwaver Featuring: Patrick Nommensen, Sarah Potempa 🗓️ Thursday, October 01 @ 1.20pm Retail Excellence Stage Best Buy, Kohl's, Rhone Featuring: Luke Motschenbacher, Arianne Parisi, Nate Checketts —- w/ Bchara G. Zúñiga
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Sarah Potempa shared thisI had the honor of speaking Amplify Founderverse LA about the Beachwaver story. 🌊 We got into all of it — going viral, inventing a product (see my original sketch from 2010 attached here!) that ended up connecting with millions of consumers, and yes, the real struggles of being independent, self-funded, and women-owned! We are incredibly proud of the community we have built, the custom formulas we've created and the wild content we have produced. The moments that have made memories, like the HS football team working the night shift, my brother-in-law going viral for his hair on tiktok, and celebrating 32 female founders during She Sleighs last holiday season, are the things we celebrate. We all struggle, fight to be seen, and show up every day to build a brand and being in a room of founders that get it was incredible! Huge shoutout to the phenomenal leader Melonie Carnegie for taking the stage with me to celebrate the journey! Thank you to the entire Growvana team for connecting us with Amplify and putting us in a room full of engaged, creative founders. The conversations were meaningful, the connections were real, and honestly — this is exactly why we need to keep showing up for each other. Celebrating each other. Partnering with each other. The entrepreneurial journey is a lot easier when we're not doing it alone. We've learned so much scaling a business quickly, and I love getting to hand those lessons off to other creators and founders. That's the whole point. Oh, and the location? Santa Monica, overlooking the ocean. Beachwaver's happy place. 🌊 Could not have asked for a better backdrop. And then our incredible hair team who has worked Fashion Week with us — Andy and Jasmine — showed up after to style hair and demo the products! Grateful days like this exist. Please comment if you were there or if you'll be joning the next one! 💛 #Beachwaver #WomenOwnedBusiness #Entrepreneurship #FounderStory #AmplifyLA
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Sarah Potempa shared thisOn my way to LA 🌴 Thrilled to be speaking at Amplify Founderverse Santa Monica on August 4th at the stunning Regent Hotel. Honored to be chatting alongside Growvana CEO Melonie Carnegie + Founder Rohan Thambrahalli to discuss the incredible entrepreneurial journey! As the founder of Beachwaver Co. we have learned so much over the past 15 years. I truly enjoy sharing the passion behind product development, the growth opportunities, the cool collabs, and the wild moments (like the time we got 45 million likes on a TikTok live on Black Friday!!) 💓 Amplify is where the fastest-growing brands in DTC, retail, and CPG come together — founders, operators, and creators who are done with the noise and focused on what actually drives growth. One day. High-impact. Right on the Pacific Coast — packed with tactical panels, expert-led conversations, and real networking with people who actually get it. Expect bold conversations, actionable takeaways, and a room full of builders who understand what it really takes to scale. If you're serious about growing your brand, this is the room to be in. Hope to see you there! https://lnkd.in/d-KS63mW
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Sarah Potempa shared thisThis is the best testimonial!!! So glad your Beachwaves lasted that long. Thank you!! 💓💓💓Sarah Potempa shared thisWhat being on a panel about data taught me about my hair. Last week at Amplify Founderverse NYC, the Beachwaver Co. team did my hair and it lasted THREE WHOLE days. That includes a run, a nine hour flight and a scuba dive. That was not the only thing that impressed me. It was my first time in New York for TrackBee. Celebrated accordingly with a black and white cookie received from Piper Martz during a lovely coffee chat (delish, fully recommend) and had another coffee with the wonderful Laura Svejnar which was long overdue. But let's talk Amplify. What I love most about rooms like Amplify is the stories. It's so so cool to be in an industry that allows you to hear the full stories of founders. Their creativity, their persistence. The Amplify team really did an exceptional job putting together a list of speakers that were an absolute joy to listen to. Especially liked the panel with Shirah Benarde and Anna Skaya. They're the stories that remind you that most overnight successes are anything but. On top of that I had the pleasure of being on a panel with Brent Ridge, MD and Dereck Fleury, moderated by Natasha Chilcott, talking about the revenue brands are quietly leaving on the table. My kind of conversation. Shoutout to all the cool people that are building amazing things. It was wonderful hearing about your products Sarah Potempa, Lisa Li, Alex Berner, Anuj Thakkar, Laura Whitmore, Elliana Olivo, Tamisha A. Guy and Hannah M. Le., Bart Valstar. Big thank you to Hamza Naqvi and Amanda Naqvi for putting together such a great event. And to the Beachwaver team - you already know. 🙏
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Sarah Potempa shared thisFrom her breakout role on Euphoria to becoming one of Hollywood’s most captivating rising stars, Chloe Cherry brings an effortless confidence to everything she does. ✨ For this shoot, I wanted her hair to reflect that same energy—cool, undone, and naturally beautiful. The goal was movement, texture, and a look that felt elevated without trying too hard. To create it, I reached for the Beachwaver Co. Pro 1.25—one of my favorite tools to use on set because it creates soft, natural waves that look incredible on camera and photograph beautifully. Paired with Team Texture, it delivered the perfect balance of volume, definition, and lived-in softness. Seeing the final images come to life in WWD was iconic 🤍 https://lnkd.in/eJt7MBuP
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Sarah Potempa shared thisHuge gratitude to Growvana for partnering with us to share our story at Amplify Founderverse NYC. Speaking alongside the phenomenal business strategist Melonie Carnegie about scaling a woman-owned brand in the modern tech era — and a new partnership building this alongside the entire Growvana team — was incredible! Hamza Naqvi and Amanda Naqvi, founders of Amplify, created something truly special. An event where founders could show up authentically, share the messy middle, celebrate wins, and connect over the real journey of building. That matters. Our story? It started with a sketch, then our first customer email. Then TikTok live streaming that went viral. Then working night shifts in the warehouse while building the brand during the day. That’s the reality of scaling as female founders — you’re doing it all, and you do it because you believe. And seeing it come to life at Amplify was incredible. Tiffany and Armand, our amazing pro Beachwaver Co. hairstylists, were there Beachwaving, activating the brand, and networking with founders from every corner of the industry. Watching our product and passion in action while connecting with real builders? That was so much fun to see come to life! What Melonie Carnegie and I talked about on that stage was this: scaling doesn’t mean you have to do it all. It means you find the right infrastructure, the right partners, and the right modern tools to amplify what’s already working. We are so honored and grateful for the opportunity to partner with them on this venture. Growvana then hosted an incredible summer rooftop event that brought everybody together to share stories, to laugh, and to remember why we’re building. That’s where partnership shows up — not just in strategy, but in creating space for real connection. That’s what we’re building with Growvana team. Rohan Thambrahalli has a phenomenal vision for modern infrastructure built for founders who’ve lived this journey. Here’s to scaling with intention. 🚀 #FounderLife #WomenInBusiness #Scaling #FromTheGround #Growvana #BeachwaverCo
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Sarah Potempa shared thisTOMORROW! So excited for my fireside chat with Melonie Carnegie at Amplify Founderverse ✨ Let me know if you will be there!
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Sarah Potempa shared thisExcited to be speaking at Amplify NYC on May 19 🙌 Amplify Founderverse is where the fastest-growing brands in DTC, retail, and CPG founders, operators, and creators who are done with the noise and focused on what actually drives growth come together. This is a one-day, high-impact event in the heart of Silicon Alley, packed with tactical panels, expert-led conversations, interactive content pods, and real networking with people who actually get it. Expect bold conversations, actionable takeaways, and a room full of builders who understand what it really takes to scale. If you’re serious about growing your brand, this is the room to be in. https://lnkd.in/gVKzey_9 #AmplifyNYC #FounderCommunity #DTC
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Sarah Potempa liked thisSarah Potempa liked thisSarah Potempa styled some of Hollywood's biggest names before inventing the tool that would become her own company. Now she is one of our 2026 Entreprenista 100 Awards judges. As founder of Beachwaver Co., Sarah holds 21 trademarks and 12 patents behind her patented rotating curling iron, and continues to inspire more than 1 million TikTok followers while building AI software for founders. We are beyond excited that Sarah is bringing her inventor's mindset to this year's applicant pool. Applications close October 22nd. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/eBp4asmJ
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Sarah Potempa liked thisSarah Potempa liked thisLanded in sunny Nashville and ready for Shoptalk! Excited for the action to begin tomorrow. Then, on Wednesday and Thursday, I have two sessions with some wonderful panelists: 🗓️ Wednesday, September 30 @ 2.00pm Mainstage keynote TikTok Shop & Beachwaver Featuring: Patrick Nommensen, Sarah Potempa 🗓️ Thursday, October 01 @ 1.20pm Retail Excellence Stage Best Buy, Kohl's, Rhone Featuring: Luke Motschenbacher, Arianne Parisi, Nate Checketts —- w/ Bchara G. Zúñiga
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Sarah Potempa liked thisSarah Potempa liked thisHiggsfield was launched just 18 months ago. Yesterday, it crossed $1B in annualized revenue 🔥 Honestly, hard to describe how this feels from the inside. Our sales team is under 20 people. Several product releases every week. New state-of-the-art models on the platform within 24 hours of release. That pace is what it took, and every single person here carried it. 390 of the Fortune 500 and thousands of agencies, studios and in-house brand teams moved real budgets into AI production. Some of them cut production costs by up to 97% and now create content for every market instead of one hero campaign. Huge thanks to every brand building with Higgsfield AI. And to the team, who shipped something new almost every week this year. Really proud of you guys. If you're thinking about how to make more content for your brand without more shoots, my DMs are open.
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