Uploaded December 2016 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago

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Melody McCloskey founded StyleSeat, the largest and most integrated online marketplace for beauty and wellness services, in 2011 after feeling frustrated that there was no convenient way to book beauty appointments. Today, StyleSeat is the ultimate beauty platform that allows consumers to search, book and pay for their beauty needs in one place and also enables hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs to grow and scale their businesses. Over the past 5 years, StyleSeat has booked over 50 million bookings and now represents over 400,000 stylists. In this talk, Melody will share some of her knowledge and learnings from her startup journey as she’s quickly scaled her business nationally.

Melody McCloskey
CEO and founder, StyleSeat