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Today's episode includes descriptions of sexual assault.

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For a lot of founders, selling your company is the ultimate dream.

But for Gwen Whiting, that dream was actually a bit of a nightmare.

Gwen's the entrepreneur behind The Laundress, the cult favorite brand that turned laundry into a luxury business without a single dollar of outside funding.

Gwen sold The Laundress to Unilever for a reported $100 million.

But after she left, the recalls started.

We talk about how she built it, what really happened during the Unilever acquisition, and the fallout that followed.

In the show notes, I'll also link the articles that Unilever responded to so you can see their side of the story.

Gwen also shares what she wishes she knew before she signed on the dotted line and why she's back now in the game with her new venture, The Fill.

We also talk about how Gwen manages professional challenges while dealing with personal ones.