又一明星创业翻车？赛琳娜的心理健康公司被曝欠薪，母亲抵押房产救急…

摘要：Wondermind, a mental health startup cofounded by singer, actor and business mogul Selena Gomez, is in the midst of a crisis after

从童星出道的“美国甜心”，到横扫全球的流行歌后；从金球奖提名女主，到戛纳封后；

再到一手打造出估值20亿美金的美妆品牌 Rare Beauty，身家飙到13亿美元，成功跻身全球亿万富豪榜！

她就是赛琳娜·戈麦斯（Selena Gomez）——妥妥的人生赢家。然而，最近外媒爆料她在事业上翻车了……

《福布斯》：赛琳娜·戈麦斯的心理健康创业公司上个月无法支付员工工资

Wondermind, a mental health startup cofounded by singer, actor and business mogul Selena Gomez, is in the midst of a crisis after apparently running out of cash and failing to pay its employees, vendors and freelancers starting in late March.

由歌手、演员兼商业大亨赛琳娜·戈麦斯联合创办的心理健康初创公司 Wondermind，如今正陷入一场危机：自3月下旬起，公司疑似资金短缺，无法支付员工工资、供应商款项和自由撰稿人稿费。

For now, the Los Angeles-based company, which employs around 15 people to publish articles, interviews and podcasts about mental health topics, is being kept afloat by Gomez’s mom and Wondermind’s CEO Mandy Teefey, who told employees on Thursday that she took out a loan against her home to pay back its outstanding debts.

这家总部位于洛杉矶、拥有约15名员工的公司，目前主要发布心理健康相关的文章、采访和播客，正在靠戈麦斯的母亲——同时也是Wondermind CEO的曼迪·蒂菲艰难支撑。她在上周四告诉员工，自己已经抵押房产贷款，来偿还公司的部分债务。

Employees have been repaid for one missing paycheck but are still waiting on another, while freelancers and vendors are owed tens of thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of dollars.

员工们目前收到了其中一笔拖欠的工资，但另一笔钱仍未到账；与此同时，公司还拖欠自由撰稿人和供应商数万甚至数十万美元的款项。

32岁的戈麦斯是美国最富有的白手起家企业家之一，个人净资产估计约为7亿美元。她的大部分财富来自她在2020年创立的美妆品牌 Rare Beauty，该品牌在2023年的营收接近3.7亿美元。

She launched Wondermind in 2021 with her mom and Daniella Pierson, the founder and CEO of women’s newsletterThe Newsette.

2021年，她和母亲曼迪·蒂菲以及女性资讯平台 The Newsette 的创始人兼CEO 达妮艾拉·皮尔森共同创办了 Wondermind。

2022年，也就是Wondermind成立一周年时，该公司在由网球明星塞雷娜·威廉姆斯的投资公司Serena Ventures 领投的A轮融资中，以1亿美元的估值筹集了500万美元，房地产亿万富翁巴里·斯特恩利希特的家族基金也参与了本轮融资。

Two current employees say problems began in January 2023. That’s when Teefey became sole CEO. Pierson had been running the company with her as co-CEO but exited that same month. It’s unclear why. Both she and the company declined to comment on her departure. Either way, that’s when Teefey, who had reportedly managed Gomez’ career for many years, took the reins alone.

据两位现任员工透露，问题始于2023年1月。当时，曼迪·蒂菲成为公司唯一的首席执行官。在此之前，达妮艾拉·皮尔森曾与她共同担任联席CEO，但她在同月退出了公司。关于皮尔森离职的原因，目前尚不清楚，她本人和公司均拒绝对此发表评论。不管原因如何，从那时起，曾长期负责戈麦斯事业的蒂菲正式独自掌控Wondermind的运营。

These two employees argue Teefey did not have the operational knowledge to make the brandsucceed. According to these employees, Teefey turned down crucial brand deals if they wanted her daughter to be involved, including a multi-million dollar deal with Airbnb, which they say contributed to the company’s financial problems.

这两位员工表示，曼迪·蒂菲缺乏足够的运营管理经验，无法带领品牌走向成功。据他们透露，蒂菲曾拒绝多个知名品牌合作机会，尤其是那些希望赛琳娜亲自参与的合作案，其中包括与爱彼迎的数百万美元合作，这也被认为是导致公司财务危机的原因之一。

Gomez, for her part, does not have an active role at Wondermind. She’s listed as the chief impact officer on the company’s website. “We have to fight with her agent to get her to do anything for us and she rarely does. And by ‘do anything’ I mean post something on Instagram or interview her for an article so it does good traffic,” one Wondermind employee told Forbes, noting that Gomez met with the staff only once in three years.

至于戈麦斯本人，她在 Wondermind 并不承担实际运营角色。虽然她在公司官网上被列为“首席影响力官”，但据一位 Wondermind 员工向《福布斯》透露：“我们每次都得跟她的经纪人反复沟通，才能让她为公司做点什么，而且她还是很少配合。所谓的‘做点什么’，也不过是发条 Instagram 或接受采访，带来点流量而已。”该员工还指出，戈麦斯在过去三年里只和团队见过一次面。