If you spend your time away from work looking at emails and making sure your inbox went down to zero, that’s not an effective way to spend your time as a CEO or an entrepreneur. Often times, those emails aren’t that important. Jennifer Hyman Read Quote
I’m a very social person, and I like being in different kinds of environments. Jennifer Hyman Read Quote
I didn’t wake up one day and want to become an entrepreneur. I had the idea for Rent the Runway and thought it would be fun to work on and also thought if it was successful, it would make women feel great about themselves. Jennifer Hyman Read Quote
As opposed to thinking about ourselves as disrupting the fashion industry, we’re thinking about ourselves more broadly – about disrupting the closet and how you get dressed. Jennifer Hyman Read Quote
You need to fail quickly and learn from those failures to continue to build along the way. Jennifer Hyman Read Quote
Think about all of the non-entrepreneurial advice and resources you need when building a company. You need lawyers, accountants, financial experts. Jennifer Hyman Read Quote
When we launched, we had to figure out every problem – big or small – on our own. Jennifer Hyman Read Quote
One of Rent the Runway’s core values is ‘Trust in Everyone’s Best of Intentions.’ We trust our team. Jennifer Hyman Read Quote
As leaders, we’ve all seen the painful effects of team members not keeping pace with company growth – it’s called up-leveling, and it’s all too common when a company goes from zero to something to hopefully an IPO. Jennifer Hyman Read Quote
When I traveled around the country visiting women in their own homes and talking to them about their closets, every woman lamented about ‘settling’ for many of the pieces in her closet. Jennifer Hyman Read Quote
