I think it's extremely important to think of your company as a series of chapters. — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
Around the year 2000, businesses around the country went 'business casual.' — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
Founders are often great storytellers because they're in the business of constantly selling a dream against all odds. — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
In the morning at home, I'm not functioning as an entrepreneur - I completely limit technology and any work-think - I'm functioning… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
As a female founder and CEO, it is important to me to support other women as they build their businesses. — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
I've found that entrepreneurship only gets harder every year, and as your team gets bigger, the stakes get higher. — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
I can dance to Beyonce, sing karaoke, create strategy, go on dates, and build a multi-billion company and show the world that… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
We're in the '100 percent return' business. This is driving millions of new customers into brands; most of our customers are wearing… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
Think about all of the non-entrepreneurial advice and resources you need when building a company. You need lawyers, accountants, financial experts. — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
I've always loved artists - creative, spontaneous, laid-back people - but I wasn't meeting these types in real life. So I figured… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
I think sales is the most important skill set young people can learn. Understanding how to pitch an idea with confidence and… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
What's interesting about the transportation market is that you're often dabbling in multiple categories. The same person who might own a car… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
There are a lot of subtle things that are harder to stamp out of a culture in terms of male entrepreneurs being… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
If you spend your time away from work looking at emails and making sure your inbox went down to zero, that's not… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
All early entrepreneurs fall prey to the same problem, which is everyone believes that if you are super intense in the beginning,… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
I didn't wake up one day and want to become an entrepreneur. I had the idea for Rent the Runway and thought… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
Every single day, entrepreneurship has highs and lows, and you need to feel like you have a community around you. That is… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
As leaders, we've all seen the painful effects of team members not keeping pace with company growth - it's called up-leveling, and… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
If your work isn't mission-driven or emotionally resonant to you, it will be very hard to maintain passion and focus over a… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
Our company wouldn't exist and wouldn't be around without our warehouse employees and our call center employees. And these employees - not… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
Because entrepreneurship is so hard and does take so long to build something great, you do have to build an environment that… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
You need to fail quickly and learn from those failures to continue to build along the way. — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share
My parents are both massive feminists and always led me to believe that I could dream big and do anything that I wanted in… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share
Like any startup in hyper-growth mode, growth often brings change, and with it, evolution in the executive team. — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share
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. — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share
I think if more people actually pursued what they loved, we'd have a lot more innovation and creativity. — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share
When we launched, we had to figure out every problem - big or small - on our own. — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share
Around the year 2000, businesses around the country went 'business casual.' — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share
The way I inspire loyalty in my team is for them to see me more casually, to have lunch with members of my team,… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share
When choosing vendors for my wedding, I intentionally searched for women who were at the beginning of their own founder journeys. — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share
While it can be challenging for women with disruptive, technology-based ideas to acquire significant funding, in my experience, once I was able to raise… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share
My contribution to Rent the Runway as the CEO is higher than the contribution of someone on my warehouse team, but my pregnancy is… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share
I've always loved artists - creative, spontaneous, laid-back people - but I wasn't meeting these types in real life. So I figured that, given… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share
There are a lot of subtle things that are harder to stamp out of a culture in terms of male entrepreneurs being mentored more… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share
I studied social studies at Harvard, which makes it sound like I was in seventh grade. It was a choose-your-own-adventure major, where you could… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share
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. — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share
