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I'm bad at hiding my emotions.
I'm obsessed with 'New York' magazine.
We derive confidence as women from what we wear.
As a little kid, I would watch Oprah almost every day.
I'm totally obsessed with Italian food and Mexican food.
Fashion should be a daily convenience, not a daily chore.
I can grow as a leader only if I'm willing to accept feedback.
Be brave and take accountability for your thoughts and beliefs.
When you don't have to buy something, it allows you to try new things.
As a leader, you have to have a vision that inspires people around you.
Around the year 2000, businesses around the country went 'business casual.'
I'm a very social person, and I like being in different kinds of environments.
I think it's extremely important to think of your company as a series of chapters.
I'm an auditory learner, and if you put something into a song, I'll remember it forever.
If I am looking to impress people, I'll be in a Rent the Runway dress and great accessories.
Industries that are chaotic are ripe for innovation. They are open to anyone who has an idea.
As women and men, we're not primed and taught to feel that women are as inspirational as men.
We've found that employees who live full, happy lives tend to be the most effective contributors.
One of Rent the Runway's core values is 'Trust in Everyone's Best of Intentions.' We trust our team.
I think layering is key for fall along with a really colorful scarf to bring spiciness to the outfit.
I think if more people actually pursued what they loved, we'd have a lot more innovation and creativity.
As a female founder and CEO, it is important to me to support other women as they build their businesses.
I want to have an 'Eat, Pray, Love' experience where I drop off the face of the planet and move to Greece.
I've always felt the connection between clothing and confidence, which is why I probably was such a shopaholic.
Like any startup in hyper-growth mode, growth often brings change, and with it, evolution in the executive team.
When I feel like the day is great? Pasta. When I feel like I want the day to be great? Pasta. It's just awesome.
I've found that entrepreneurship only gets harder every year, and as your team gets bigger, the stakes get higher.
I'm a magazine junkie. I have 30 different subscriptions to various magazines, and I like old-school, real magazines.
Founders are often great storytellers because they're in the business of constantly selling a dream against all odds.
I think, so often, female cofounders are positioned in this competitive, catty way. It's just awful. It's not reality.
It's amazing how much misinformation there is about pregnancy and how many myths are still ingrained into our culture.
If you're passionate about something, go for it, because people are great at what they love and when they're the happiest.
In order to really believe in an idea being revolutionary, you have to truly understand how it's going to revolutionize life.
We are helping women express themselves and feel awesome about themselves, and I think that does change the course of your day.
I'm constantly running to meetings outside of the office, and I think that you can't go wrong with a great pair of Lanvin pumps.
When choosing vendors for my wedding, I intentionally searched for women who were at the beginning of their own founder journeys.
I was sexually harassed while building Rent the Runway - propositioned, sent sexual text messages, harassed and threatened in person.
In many cases, women are being harassed by people who are on their board or who are associated with one of their venture capitalists.
Even though she's my younger sister, Becky's definitely a role model in my life. She's the most genuinely positive person I've ever met.
I sleep around 8 hours, but I tend to wake up several times a night with constant dreams, thoughts, and ideas related to Rent the Runway.
Clothing enables people to self-express, and that's why variety, when it comes to our wardrobe, has become more and more important over time.
Taking the time to identify and infuse values certainly does affect outcomes and is one of the most important things to get right as the CEO.
In early 2011, I had the opportunity to meet and spend significant time with Alfred Lin, a partner at Sequoia Capital and co-founder of Zappos.
I think about people like Jeff Bezos or Reed Hastings, and I really marvel at the stamina they've had to keep on trucking no matter what happens.
Our goal is to teach young women who were brought up on H&M and Forever 21 that designer clothes are expensive for a reason. They're works of art.
Think about all of the non-entrepreneurial advice and resources you need when building a company. You need lawyers, accountants, financial experts.
I think a lot of people might've and probably did have the idea of renting clothes before me. I was the only one who was crazy enough to attempt it.
We're giving our customer access to things she wouldn't have otherwise purchased, either because it wasn't smart to buy it, or she couldn't afford it.
Real-time feedback and coaching promotes learning. When feedback is connected to compensation, feedback is muted, distorted, and given less frequently.
I kick off every monthly team meeting with 'core value stories' - team members stand up and recognize how another team member exemplified a core value.