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🗓️ 31 July 2018
⏱️ 32 minutes
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0:00.0 | every day I am seeing a new problem thinking of a new solution. I have to like hold myself back |
0:06.2 | on starting and working on new concepts all the time. And so that energy and that drive to work |
0:11.3 | at a really early stage startup really started to get a little bit lost as the company grew. |
0:16.4 | I was still kind of itching for that 30 person team in a a room, all cram there, working on an early-stage concept. |
0:23.9 | From ABC, it's no limits. |
0:26.9 | I'm Rebecca Jarvis, and each week we're talking to the most bold and influential women playing at the top of their game, |
0:34.3 | trying to demystify success and what it really takes to get there and all the |
0:39.4 | tradeoffs, whether you're looking for answers or you just want to hear a good story, |
0:44.7 | you're in the right place. |
0:47.0 | On today's episode, you probably recognize the name of this entrepreneur's first major company, |
0:52.9 | Rent the Runway. |
0:53.8 | Well, she co-founded it alongside |
0:56.0 | her business school classmate and a No Limits podcast alum, Jen Hyman. And while she's still on the |
1:02.2 | board of Rent the Runway, Jenny Fleiss is now the CEO and co-founder of Jetflack. Jetflack is a |
1:08.7 | personal shopping service via text message, which was born out of Walmart's |
1:12.8 | startup incubator. And what I think is really interesting about Jenny's story is that she was able to |
1:19.3 | create this company with the backing of an enormous organization, Walmart. Or as Jenny says, |
1:25.9 | creating a template for innovation inside of one of the largest retailers |
1:29.7 | in the world. I think this is really an interesting story for anyone who's working inside a big |
1:35.7 | company. Maybe you're not sure you want to take that leap and build your own thing. Well, |
1:41.2 | it's possible to do it from within. Here's Jenny to tell you how she did. |
1:46.4 | Jenny Fleiss, welcome to No Limits. Thank you. Thanks for having me. I'm thrilled to have you. |
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