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This seems like a great founder/product fit. She's hip/cool/fashionable and knows her product and demo pretty well. I really like the fact that stuck through t
by lowglow 14y ago
This seems like a great founder/product fit. She's hip/cool/fashionable and knows her product and demo pretty well.
I really like the fact that stuck through the grind, and slowly built up a loyal following. I think that is something missing from a lot of start-ups in the valley right now. People tend to shut down their projects when people don't come flocking. This also might be a testament to just building something people want.
- mgkimsal 14y agoThere's nothing in that article that suggests she "did a startup" though, which is the other side of the coin. She resold some clothes on ebay to make a few extra bucks, and it grew from there.
- tjic 14y agoWhat's your definition of startup? She started a company and it grew. Works for me.
- mgkimsal 14y agoI run in to loads of people that want to "do a startup". They've subscribed to the culture of 'tech startup', they know all the buzzwords, go to the right networking events, learn about VC and term sheets before they even have a product or service, and so on. She did have a Virgin tattoo, and was/is a fan of Branson from an early age; I'm assuming from that she had a head for business early on, and built from that, but that is miles different from the 'startup culture' I run in to these days ("how many accelerators have you applied to? are you on angel list?" etc)