I had never created my own business before. I had always been the gun to hire… But I had to finally say, nobody is going to give me my dream job, so I better figure it out myself. Julie Wainwright Read Quote
I came from a family that loved what they did every day, and they never stopped. Julie Wainwright Read Quote
Here is what the world looked like in 2000… there were no plug and play solutions for ecommerce/warehouse management and customer service that could scale… which means that we had to employ 40+ engineers. Cloud computing did not exist, which means that we had to have a server farm and several IT people to insure that the site did not go down. Julie Wainwright Read Quote
I always had a deep respect for people who started businesses, but now I cherish them. There’s a lot of anxiety and blood, sweat, and tears that goes into this, and I love it. Julie Wainwright Read Quote
The reason we went into jewelry was we were trying to cater to our consigner base, who was saying, ‘Can you sell this for me? Can you sell that?’ And we said, ‘You can bring in your jewelry and watches; we have a gemology and a watch expert on site.’ And it just exploded our business. Julie Wainwright Read Quote
Investors do not like losing money. They do not like companies that fail. They do not like entrepreneurs that fail. There is not a culture of celebrating failure in Silicon Valley or anyplace else. That is a myth. Recognize this, and if you start another business, get it to a successful point before approaching outside investors again. Julie Wainwright Read Quote
I thought to myself, ‘What can I do that Amazon can’t replicate?’ I wanted to do something Amazon couldn’t do, and something that I absolutely loved. Julie Wainwright Read Quote