Melissa Butler

Melissa Butler is an American entrepreneur who founded the vegan lipstick brand The Lip Bar. She is known for her 2015 appearance on Shark Tank, where she unsuccessfully pitched her vegan lipstick brand. She later launched and grew the company. Quotes “Most small business owners are not funded so, we’re operating our businesses paycheck to paycheck, for the most part. And even if you do get a round of funding, it doesn’t mean that you’re necessarily going to get another round of funding. Or maybe you don’t have the expertise to know what to do with that round of funding. So, I think it’s a matter of, first of all, of course, apply for those loans, apply for those grants—apply but, don’t rely.” “Beauty doesn’t look like one thing. It looks like all things, and I’m included within that.” “If I could inspire a movement it would be to encourage transparency. I want us all to stop faking. We don’t all have it together. No one is perfect.” “One of the most important things that an entrepreneur or any human can have in their back pocket is this fearlessness that says, ‘Okay, if this goes wrong, I’ve learned from it. I’ve experienced it. Now I’m changed from it.’” “You are already beautiful as is, and if you would like to enhance your beauty, then I want you to be able to do that using these high‑quality, vegan, cruelty‑free cosmetics at a very affordable cost.” Internal link