Jenny Fleiss built a billion dollar startup called Rent the Runway.
I had the chance to interview her.
A THREAD of 10 lessons learned:
I had the chance to interview her.
A THREAD of 10 lessons learned:
Everything in life is sales.
Selling
• a VC on your vision
• your friend on a dinner spot
• an employee to join your company
Selling
• a VC on your vision
• your friend on a dinner spot
• an employee to join your company
People in tech think business school is stupid.
But it can be the best time to meet your future co-founder.
But it can be the best time to meet your future co-founder.
Industry expertise is overrated.
Learning fast is more important.
Learning fast is more important.
The best interview question:
"On a scale of 1-10, how lucky do you feel?"
"On a scale of 1-10, how lucky do you feel?"
"Hire for flexibility."
The best employees are the ones that are open to what the business needs.
The best employees are the ones that are open to what the business needs.
The key to a consumer business:
"How does this make the customer feel?"
This is always changing.
So you need to pick up the phone and keep talking to customers to learn.
"How does this make the customer feel?"
This is always changing.
So you need to pick up the phone and keep talking to customers to learn.
Entrepreneurs that raise funding are risk averse.
They bet on themselves and don't put their own money in.
They bet on themselves and don't put their own money in.
Personal goals can be a limit on what you can achieve.
The best way to learn fast:
Ask a million super naive questions.
And ask people who just learned recently because it's fresh in their mind.
Ask a million super naive questions.
And ask people who just learned recently because it's fresh in their mind.
Great CEOs are coaches not players.
Coaches ask more questions.
Players answer more questions.
Coaches ask more questions.
Players answer more questions.
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