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Jennifer Hyman

(1980) Entrepreneur

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Jennifer Hyman is an entrepreneur.

Quick Facts About Jennifer Hyman

Born: August 24, 1980
Profession: Entrepreneur

About Jennifer Hyman

Jennifer Hyman is an American businesswoman who co‑founded and once led Rent the Runway, a company that rents high‑end clothing and accessories. She built a service that lets people borrow designer outfits instead of buying them, making fashion more affordable.

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While it can be challenging for women with disruptive, technology-based ideas to acquire significant funding, in my experience, once I was able…

Dreams

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We're in the '100 percent return' business. This is driving millions of new customers into brands; most of our customers are wearing…

Business

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Our goal is to teach young women who were brought up on H&M and Forever 21 that designer clothes are expensive for…

Art

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In early 2011, I had the opportunity to meet and spend significant time with Alfred Lin, a partner at Sequoia Capital and…

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I think a lot of people might've and probably did have the idea of renting clothes before me. I was the only…

Clothes

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I can dance to Beyonce, sing karaoke, create strategy, go on dates, and build a multi-billion company and show the world that…

Big business

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We are helping women express themselves and feel awesome about themselves, and I think that does change the course of your day.

Awesome

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The way I inspire loyalty in my team is for them to see me more casually, to have lunch with members of…

Family

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If your work isn't mission-driven or emotionally resonant to you, it will be very hard to maintain passion and focus over a…

Business

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As opposed to thinking about ourselves as disrupting the fashion industry, we're thinking about ourselves more broadly - about disrupting the closet…

Fashion

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Taking the time to identify and infuse values certainly does affect outcomes and is one of the most important things to get…

Company

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I dream of a not-so-distant future in which every woman can wake up, decide what she'll wear from the millions of styles…

Coffee

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In many cases, women are being harassed by people who are on their board or who are associated with one of their…

Being

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We learn about MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech. Take that same speech and put it in the voice of a woman.…

Communication

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Think about all of the non-entrepreneurial advice and resources you need when building a company. You need lawyers, accountants, financial experts.

Advice

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When you buy something for $9.99, and you know that it'll fall apart after you wear it once... you're going into the…

Experience

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Every single person around the world has this storage facility in their bedroom, and we call it a closet, and 80 percent…

Around the world

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My parents are both massive feminists and always led me to believe that I could dream big and do anything that I…

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All that Rent the Runway has really done is we've opened up the technology and logistics to make it possible to have…

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I'm constantly running to meetings outside of the office, and I think that you can't go wrong with a great pair of…

Fashion

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