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Christy Buss

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360 total appearances

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Mick Unplugged
Christy Buss | From Last-Minute Choreography to CEO: Christy Buss Reflects on Her Journey

Okay. Well, first of all, like you said, I can get things done. I ran a dance studio for 28 years and I had over 3,000 kids come through that I taught. And somehow I found a way because I did it all by myself. And so COVID came around four years ago, obviously, and I actually lost my studio. So we were trying to do things online because I lost the brick and mortar because I couldn't

Mick Unplugged
Christy Buss | From Last-Minute Choreography to CEO: Christy Buss Reflects on Her Journey

I couldn't pay the rent. And, you know, at that time, I just said, it's time. It's time to move the baton to the person that I've been training. And so my assistant bought it from me and I led her to a different place, smaller so that she could afford it. And it was great. It was great. So it just at 60, I was doing a TV like a show is called Ageless Ambitions.

Mick Unplugged
Christy Buss | From Last-Minute Choreography to CEO: Christy Buss Reflects on Her Journey

I couldn't pay the rent. And, you know, at that time, I just said, it's time. It's time to move the baton to the person that I've been training. And so my assistant bought it from me and I led her to a different place, smaller so that she could afford it. And it was great. It was great. So it just at 60, I was doing a TV like a show is called Ageless Ambitions.

Mick Unplugged
Christy Buss | From Last-Minute Choreography to CEO: Christy Buss Reflects on Her Journey

I couldn't pay the rent. And, you know, at that time, I just said, it's time. It's time to move the baton to the person that I've been training. And so my assistant bought it from me and I led her to a different place, smaller so that she could afford it. And it was great. It was great. So it just at 60, I was doing a TV like a show is called Ageless Ambitions.

Mick Unplugged
Christy Buss | From Last-Minute Choreography to CEO: Christy Buss Reflects on Her Journey

And I had on one of my dear friends and I never got in depth like we're doing now, like more in depth about what she did owning three med spas. And I was so intrigued by her talking about skin. It just, cause I always took care of my body. My body was my instrument, but when you get older, this thing's, Things start changing. And I was just loving, loving what she was saying.

Mick Unplugged
Christy Buss | From Last-Minute Choreography to CEO: Christy Buss Reflects on Her Journey

And I had on one of my dear friends and I never got in depth like we're doing now, like more in depth about what she did owning three med spas. And I was so intrigued by her talking about skin. It just, cause I always took care of my body. My body was my instrument, but when you get older, this thing's, Things start changing. And I was just loving, loving what she was saying.

Mick Unplugged
Christy Buss | From Last-Minute Choreography to CEO: Christy Buss Reflects on Her Journey

And I had on one of my dear friends and I never got in depth like we're doing now, like more in depth about what she did owning three med spas. And I was so intrigued by her talking about skin. It just, cause I always took care of my body. My body was my instrument, but when you get older, this thing's, Things start changing. And I was just loving, loving what she was saying.

Mick Unplugged
Christy Buss | From Last-Minute Choreography to CEO: Christy Buss Reflects on Her Journey

And so I'm like, I want to know more. I want to, I want to be around you. So she's like, well, come on down and see what I do. But more than that, she told me, I think you should do a skincare line. I think you can do this because of your tenacity and how you ran your dance studio. I think it'd be something to, you know, transfer or mold into something new.

Mick Unplugged
Christy Buss | From Last-Minute Choreography to CEO: Christy Buss Reflects on Her Journey

And so I'm like, I want to know more. I want to, I want to be around you. So she's like, well, come on down and see what I do. But more than that, she told me, I think you should do a skincare line. I think you can do this because of your tenacity and how you ran your dance studio. I think it'd be something to, you know, transfer or mold into something new.

Mick Unplugged
Christy Buss | From Last-Minute Choreography to CEO: Christy Buss Reflects on Her Journey

And so I'm like, I want to know more. I want to, I want to be around you. So she's like, well, come on down and see what I do. But more than that, she told me, I think you should do a skincare line. I think you can do this because of your tenacity and how you ran your dance studio. I think it'd be something to, you know, transfer or mold into something new.

Mick Unplugged
Christy Buss | From Last-Minute Choreography to CEO: Christy Buss Reflects on Her Journey

At 60 years old, I knew I was excited about doing something different. And so she said, I'll help you. And I knew nothing at 60. So I went back and studied. I went back online school and I learned about formulations. I learned about ingredients because there's no way I was going to do this and not know what I was talking about. I led my career in dance because I knew what I was doing.

Mick Unplugged
Christy Buss | From Last-Minute Choreography to CEO: Christy Buss Reflects on Her Journey

At 60 years old, I knew I was excited about doing something different. And so she said, I'll help you. And I knew nothing at 60. So I went back and studied. I went back online school and I learned about formulations. I learned about ingredients because there's no way I was going to do this and not know what I was talking about. I led my career in dance because I knew what I was doing.

Mick Unplugged
Christy Buss | From Last-Minute Choreography to CEO: Christy Buss Reflects on Her Journey

At 60 years old, I knew I was excited about doing something different. And so she said, I'll help you. And I knew nothing at 60. So I went back and studied. I went back online school and I learned about formulations. I learned about ingredients because there's no way I was going to do this and not know what I was talking about. I led my career in dance because I knew what I was doing.

Mick Unplugged
Christy Buss | From Last-Minute Choreography to CEO: Christy Buss Reflects on Her Journey

And so I could do it, you know, with my eyes closed. But this was something very, very different, very different. And selling a product is another thing that's very different. I was the product, so I could sell myself, but it's hard to sell a bottle, right? So, wow, it was just like a lot. And to know words and make your brain work again so differently, reestablish your muscle memory of learning.

Mick Unplugged
Christy Buss | From Last-Minute Choreography to CEO: Christy Buss Reflects on Her Journey

And so I could do it, you know, with my eyes closed. But this was something very, very different, very different. And selling a product is another thing that's very different. I was the product, so I could sell myself, but it's hard to sell a bottle, right? So, wow, it was just like a lot. And to know words and make your brain work again so differently, reestablish your muscle memory of learning.

Mick Unplugged
Christy Buss | From Last-Minute Choreography to CEO: Christy Buss Reflects on Her Journey

And so I could do it, you know, with my eyes closed. But this was something very, very different, very different. And selling a product is another thing that's very different. I was the product, so I could sell myself, but it's hard to sell a bottle, right? So, wow, it was just like a lot. And to know words and make your brain work again so differently, reestablish your muscle memory of learning.

Mick Unplugged
Christy Buss | From Last-Minute Choreography to CEO: Christy Buss Reflects on Her Journey

That's what we need to do, right? So we need to keep evolving to keep ourselves young and vibrant and, you know, just not static, you know, more. OK, let's keep the flower blooming. So. I studied and I met with her main people that she works with through a lab that works with just medical doctors and medical spas.

Mick Unplugged
Christy Buss | From Last-Minute Choreography to CEO: Christy Buss Reflects on Her Journey

That's what we need to do, right? So we need to keep evolving to keep ourselves young and vibrant and, you know, just not static, you know, more. OK, let's keep the flower blooming. So. I studied and I met with her main people that she works with through a lab that works with just medical doctors and medical spas.

Mick Unplugged
Christy Buss | From Last-Minute Choreography to CEO: Christy Buss Reflects on Her Journey

That's what we need to do, right? So we need to keep evolving to keep ourselves young and vibrant and, you know, just not static, you know, more. OK, let's keep the flower blooming. So. I studied and I met with her main people that she works with through a lab that works with just medical doctors and medical spas.

Mick Unplugged
Christy Buss | From Last-Minute Choreography to CEO: Christy Buss Reflects on Her Journey

And so I got that opportunity because of her to use and guide myself through some of the products that were going to be in some of those. And then I leaned into doing some of my own based on what I was learning. And that's how HEDA was born. And did I...