When I turned 50, I truly felt I was too old to work in Silicon Valley. No one said anything to my face, but when you can be the mother of some of the people you're interviewing with, that says… — Julie Wainwright Copy Share Image
Why are people so obsessed with Pets.com? We shut it down and returned money to shareholders. Besides, there were plenty of other dot-com failures… — Julie Wainwright Copy Share Image
Failure is ultimately very liberating. Once you come out the other side of it, you just might have faced one of your biggest fears… — Julie Wainwright Copy Share Image
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… — Julie Wainwright Copy Share Image
Some people will be quite happy you have failed and will find a way to tell you so directly and indirectly. Yep, that is… — Julie Wainwright Copy Share Image
The truth is, Silicon Valley doesn't like people who are older, and they're not that much of a friend of the woman. I certainly… — Julie Wainwright Copy Share Image
When I started in e-commerce, there was not a lot of clutter because there were not a lot of companies. Nowadays, you have to… — Julie Wainwright Copy Share Image
Investors do not like losing money. They do not like companies that fail. They do not like entrepreneurs that fail. There is not a… — Julie Wainwright Copy Share Image
I had never created my own business before. I had always been the gun to hire... But I had to finally say, nobody is… — Julie Wainwright Copy Share Image
I'm happy to buy something that was previously owned, as long as I can get it conveniently. — Julie Wainwright Copy Share Image
The reason we went into jewelry was we were trying to cater to our consigner base, who was saying, 'Can you sell this for… — Julie Wainwright Copy Share Image
That is the beauty of doing something when you're older. It doesn't matter what anyone else says because you're not doing it to build… — Julie Wainwright Copy Share Image
