100 Quotes by Jennifer Hyman

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    I was sexually harassed while building Rent the Runway - propositioned, sent sexual text messages, harassed and threatened in person.

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    Industries that are chaotic are ripe for innovation. They are open to anyone who has an idea.

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    There are a lot of subtle things that are harder to stamp out of a culture in terms of male entrepreneurs being mentored more than female entrepreneurs... male entrepreneurs getting several strikes against them before they're kind of let go, whereas female entrepreneurs, it's kind of one strike and you're out.

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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 venture capitalists.

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    I dream of democratizing the fashion industry by giving everyone access to feeling their most beautiful and powerful every day and, at the same time, using technology to modernize how we get dressed.

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    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.

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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 shopping experience knowing that you're renting. So all I'm doing is making the rental process more efficient.

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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 brands they've never tried before.

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    Around the year 2000, businesses around the country went 'business casual.'

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