Welcome back to Wilder Possibilities, hosted by Shelton Wilder — luxury Los Angeles Realtor, CEO, and female entrepreneur. Today's episode features Courtney Claghorn, Co-Founder & President of Sugared + Bronzed. In this conversation, Shelton and Courtney talk about how a $500 spray-tanning side hustle out of a Santa Monica apartment grew into a private-equity-backed beauty brand nearing 50 locations nationwide — and what it's really like scaling a business with your spouse.

We dive into:

• Courtney's path from Chicago to Boulder, Colorado, where she met her husband and future business partner, Sam
• The "click" moment — how one frustrating summer of overpriced spray tans sparked the idea
• Bootstrapping from their living room to their first real storefront on Montana Ave
• Building the Sugared + Bronzed brand  ...