Stitch Fix: Katrina Lake (2018)

Hey, it's Guy here. So Katrina Lake still holds the record as the youngest female founder in the US to ever take a company public. Stitchfakes is also one of a recent crop of female founded companies now worth over a billion dollars. The story of how Katrina built it is Pretty incredible. This episode first ran in April of last year, but it's so good, we think it's worth hearing again. Enjoy. At that seed stage, like it was 100% just an idea. I would come in and I'd say, like, you know, here's the beta that I did with like twenty people and here's how I think the business model will shape up and then probably talk to

Thirty angel investors. who said no. And when you're doing something that nobody else is doing You are either the Smartest Or the stupidest person in the room.

Rom NPR, it's how I built this. show about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements they built. Guy Roz, and on today's show, how Katrina Lake defied the investment world to build a tech company. Transformed clothes shopping.

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