From fired to founder: How Madison Reed’s Amy Errett built a beauty empire | Masters of Scale

About Amy

• Founder & CEO of Madison Reed, a $200M+ profitable, high-growth beauty brand (2025)
• Raised $240M+ in funding; served 5M+ customers with innovative hair color products
• 4-time entrepreneur, former General Partner at Maveron VC with 30+ years in business
• Featured on Fast Company’s Queer 50 list (2020-2023) & Inc. Female Founders 100 (2021)
• Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Bay Area Award winner (2022)