Hannah Mendoza

What's going on?

What's going on?

I saw through the fact that I came to our first meeting practically barefoot and still believed that I could run a successful company.

I saw through the fact that I came to our first meeting practically barefoot and still believed that I could run a successful company.

Of course. Of course I remember. I mean, it was probably the biggest thing I'd done at that point, coming to a house and meeting with you. I remember being... Kind of in a disbelief at the situation I was in. It felt like only yesterday that I was working on our website during the day and working at a pizza restaurant in Oakland at nighttime and doing events on the weekend.

Of course. Of course I remember. I mean, it was probably the biggest thing I'd done at that point, coming to a house and meeting with you. I remember being... Kind of in a disbelief at the situation I was in. It felt like only yesterday that I was working on our website during the day and working at a pizza restaurant in Oakland at nighttime and doing events on the weekend.

Honestly, we were still actually very much in that very early phase when we met. And I'm really grateful that you were actually able to... you know, see the potential in something that, frankly, at the time was, it was still very much in its infancy.

Honestly, we were still actually very much in that very early phase when we met. And I'm really grateful that you were actually able to... you know, see the potential in something that, frankly, at the time was, it was still very much in its infancy.

It's all going to be good. I just have to say, you reminded me of the Birkenstock moment. And my first thought was, what on earth was I thinking? I think I wore Birkenstocks and a linen jumpsuit in the morning and being like, well, this is the least wrinkled thing that I have. This is going to be very impressive.

It's all going to be good. I just have to say, you reminded me of the Birkenstock moment. And my first thought was, what on earth was I thinking? I think I wore Birkenstocks and a linen jumpsuit in the morning and being like, well, this is the least wrinkled thing that I have. This is going to be very impressive.

So you basically saw through the fact that I came to our first meeting practically barefoot and still believed that I could run a successful company.

So you basically saw through the fact that I came to our first meeting practically barefoot and still believed that I could run a successful company.

I mean, all this really started with me moving to California, which was the biggest and most transformative decision of my life. From? I grew up just outside of London. I never really found my people there. I had a bit of a rough time in high school. I was a strange child.

I mean, all this really started with me moving to California, which was the biggest and most transformative decision of my life. From? I grew up just outside of London. I never really found my people there. I had a bit of a rough time in high school. I was a strange child.

Um... I wasn't very good at picking up on societal norms and conforming to them in a way that made it easier to fit in. It was very, very quirky. And I think it's hard when you're a teenager, when you're a young child, to have that before people value those traits in people.

Um... I wasn't very good at picking up on societal norms and conforming to them in a way that made it easier to fit in. It was very, very quirky. And I think it's hard when you're a teenager, when you're a young child, to have that before people value those traits in people.

I was so close to fitting in and I would just say something really bizarre or do something strange and then you kind of go back to the bottom of the social ladder.

I was so close to fitting in and I would just say something really bizarre or do something strange and then you kind of go back to the bottom of the social ladder.

Oh my gosh. I had so many schemes. The first one, which couldn't be further from what I'm doing now is I would buy cookies from Costco and I would buy whipped cream and I would, this was all for charity, but I would set up a table at lunchtime and resell these cookies from Costco with whipped cream on top of them for a, you know, for a bit of a margin.

Oh my gosh. I had so many schemes. The first one, which couldn't be further from what I'm doing now is I would buy cookies from Costco and I would buy whipped cream and I would, this was all for charity, but I would set up a table at lunchtime and resell these cookies from Costco with whipped cream on top of them for a, you know, for a bit of a margin.