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Emma

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
3632 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Aspire with Emma Grede
The Founder Playbook: How Michael Rubin Built Fanatics by Betting on Obsession

Oh. First of all, I think that I am the luckiest girl in the world. I feel so happy that my job is to come to work every day and I get to work with like jeans and undies. And I work with the, to me, I work with the best people in the world. I absolutely love it. Having said that, I am someone who if I wouldn't, I mean, I wouldn't come here if I wasn't making any money.

Aspire with Emma Grede
The Founder Playbook: How Michael Rubin Built Fanatics by Betting on Obsession

Oh. First of all, I think that I am the luckiest girl in the world. I feel so happy that my job is to come to work every day and I get to work with like jeans and undies. And I work with the, to me, I work with the best people in the world. I absolutely love it. Having said that, I am someone who if I wouldn't, I mean, I wouldn't come here if I wasn't making any money.

Aspire with Emma Grede
The Founder Playbook: How Michael Rubin Built Fanatics by Betting on Obsession

Like that has been an important part of what has driven me. I've never gone after something purely for the money, but it's like, I'm happy that I've made some at this point. And I did, I definitely feel like there was a time in my life where I was like, okay, I have this job And I'm not making enough money. If I get another job, I'm not going to get paid that much more money.

Aspire with Emma Grede
The Founder Playbook: How Michael Rubin Built Fanatics by Betting on Obsession

Like that has been an important part of what has driven me. I've never gone after something purely for the money, but it's like, I'm happy that I've made some at this point. And I did, I definitely feel like there was a time in my life where I was like, okay, I have this job And I'm not making enough money. If I get another job, I'm not going to get paid that much more money.

Aspire with Emma Grede
The Founder Playbook: How Michael Rubin Built Fanatics by Betting on Obsession

So taking it into my own hands and going, do you know what? I'm going to try something for myself was why I became an entrepreneur. I was like, I reckon I can do better and pay myself more than where I'm getting paid. That was the primary reason for me going, I've got to get out of the place where I'm being paid 30 grand a year.

Aspire with Emma Grede
The Founder Playbook: How Michael Rubin Built Fanatics by Betting on Obsession

So taking it into my own hands and going, do you know what? I'm going to try something for myself was why I became an entrepreneur. I was like, I reckon I can do better and pay myself more than where I'm getting paid. That was the primary reason for me going, I've got to get out of the place where I'm being paid 30 grand a year.

Aspire with Emma Grede
The Founder Playbook: How Michael Rubin Built Fanatics by Betting on Obsession

So interesting, isn't it?

Aspire with Emma Grede
The Founder Playbook: How Michael Rubin Built Fanatics by Betting on Obsession

So interesting, isn't it?

Aspire with Emma Grede
The Founder Playbook: How Michael Rubin Built Fanatics by Betting on Obsession

Oh yes, yes, yes, yes.

Aspire with Emma Grede
The Founder Playbook: How Michael Rubin Built Fanatics by Betting on Obsession

Oh yes, yes, yes, yes.

Aspire with Emma Grede
The Founder Playbook: How Michael Rubin Built Fanatics by Betting on Obsession

No, no. I mean, it's so clear to me. It's interesting that you say you were born to be an entrepreneur and it's so, it's so interesting because I feel like I don't even think I knew what an entrepreneur was. I had no ambition to ever start my own business. And it's, do you, I just wonder if you think that can be people, become entrepreneurs.

Aspire with Emma Grede
The Founder Playbook: How Michael Rubin Built Fanatics by Betting on Obsession

No, no. I mean, it's so clear to me. It's interesting that you say you were born to be an entrepreneur and it's so, it's so interesting because I feel like I don't even think I knew what an entrepreneur was. I had no ambition to ever start my own business. And it's, do you, I just wonder if you think that can be people, become entrepreneurs.

Aspire with Emma Grede
The Founder Playbook: How Michael Rubin Built Fanatics by Betting on Obsession

I feel like, you know, it's like I worked a corporate job until I was 24, 25. And if you are one of those people that's thinking like, I just need to do something different. What does it mean? What is it going to take? Like, what do you need? Like, what are those key things when you boil it down? And this is not necessarily just about you, but what are you looking for?

Aspire with Emma Grede
The Founder Playbook: How Michael Rubin Built Fanatics by Betting on Obsession

I feel like, you know, it's like I worked a corporate job until I was 24, 25. And if you are one of those people that's thinking like, I just need to do something different. What does it mean? What is it going to take? Like, what do you need? Like, what are those key things when you boil it down? And this is not necessarily just about you, but what are you looking for?

Aspire with Emma Grede
The Founder Playbook: How Michael Rubin Built Fanatics by Betting on Obsession

Thank you very much.

Aspire with Emma Grede
The Founder Playbook: How Michael Rubin Built Fanatics by Betting on Obsession

Thank you very much.

Aspire with Emma Grede
The Founder Playbook: How Michael Rubin Built Fanatics by Betting on Obsession

But do you ever deal with like pain? Like, do you have that in your business? Are there times when you're really taken aback by something that it actually, it hurts?

Aspire with Emma Grede
The Founder Playbook: How Michael Rubin Built Fanatics by Betting on Obsession

But do you ever deal with like pain? Like, do you have that in your business? Are there times when you're really taken aback by something that it actually, it hurts?

Aspire with Emma Grede
The Founder Playbook: How Michael Rubin Built Fanatics by Betting on Obsession

But you wouldn't, as someone who's so ambitious, right? If you're going to take $100 million of revenue out of the company this year, that means you've made- Profits?

Aspire with Emma Grede
The Founder Playbook: How Michael Rubin Built Fanatics by Betting on Obsession

But you wouldn't, as someone who's so ambitious, right? If you're going to take $100 million of revenue out of the company this year, that means you've made- Profits?