Amy Errett is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist.

^[12] and social-mission visionary.

^{[13] [14]} In 2014, Amy co-founded Madison Reed, a San Francisco-based at-home hair colour company with co-founder Sabrina Riddle. A former Manhattan investment banker, ^[15] Amy is considered to be on the leading edge ^{[16] [17]} of disrupting ^[18] and successfully re-inventing existing business models.

Amy is a New York native who attended the University of Connecticut where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts (Class of 1979). In 2014, Amy was inducted in UConn School of Business' Hall of Fame ^[19] where she was recognised for her success as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. Amy continued her education at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where she received a Masters of Business Administration, Finance. ^[21]

After having academic success in high school and college, Amy planned to attend medical school but ended up not being able to get into one.

This led Amy to move to Manhattan where she started an entry-level job as a credit analyst.

^[12] At the age of 25, she was given her first management role in a bond-processing department.

It is here where Amy began to learn about leadership failures and successes, ^[12] which would shape her own philosophy as a leader going forward.

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Amy's time at E*Trade (2000 to 2002) was spent as their Chief Asset Gathering Officer where she ran a $200 million business the encompassed the management of growth. While there, she was responsible for turning the online brokerage into a one-stop financial services company. ^[12] From 2002 to 2007, Amy was the CEO of Olivia where she repositioned the travel business as a complete lifestyle brand increasing revenue from $5M to $25M in 2007. ^[12] During her tenure at Olivia, Amy was named the 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Northern California. Prior to joining Olivia, Amy founded and served as Chair and Chief Executive Officer of The Spectrem Group, ^[12] a global strategic consulting, information and M&A firm. They were acquired by an IPG subsidiary, NFO Worldwide. ^[12]

In 2008, Amy joined Maveron, a venture capital firm focused on investing in consumer-facing businesses, as a General Partner in their Bay Area office. While there, Amy lead Maveron's seed investment in General Assembly. ^{[12] [12]} In February 2014, Amy launched Madison Reed with co-founder Sabrina Riddle with the aim of revolutionising ^[12] the at-home hair colour experience. Named after her daughter, Madison Reed, Amy believes ^[13] people deserve a salon-quality product at an affordable price made with better ingredients. Amy felt it was time to bring high-tech disruption to the hair care industry. ^[13]

After moving to San Francisco, Amy met Clare Albanese whom she wed on July 19, 2014 ^[13] before friends and family in Napa Valley along with their daughter, Madison Reed.