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Julie Wainwright

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Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Julie Wainwright (Founder, The RealReal) on Facing the Competition and Taking Companies Public

I'm not. We're not going to go through. Did you see the documentary about Celine Dion where she has warehouses of costumes? It turns out. It's a thing in fashion, all right? Not just celebrities. And can you, this literally got the call at three o'clock in the afternoon. Can you be there tomorrow morning? I'll text you the address.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Julie Wainwright (Founder, The RealReal) on Facing the Competition and Taking Companies Public

I'm not. We're not going to go through. Did you see the documentary about Celine Dion where she has warehouses of costumes? It turns out. It's a thing in fashion, all right? Not just celebrities. And can you, this literally got the call at three o'clock in the afternoon. Can you be there tomorrow morning? I'll text you the address.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Julie Wainwright (Founder, The RealReal) on Facing the Competition and Taking Companies Public

I'm not. We're not going to go through. Did you see the documentary about Celine Dion where she has warehouses of costumes? It turns out. It's a thing in fashion, all right? Not just celebrities. And can you, this literally got the call at three o'clock in the afternoon. Can you be there tomorrow morning? I'll text you the address.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Julie Wainwright (Founder, The RealReal) on Facing the Competition and Taking Companies Public

Employee number one, Rati Levesque. At that time, Rati's not. Oh, Rati's now the issue. She's now the president.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Julie Wainwright (Founder, The RealReal) on Facing the Competition and Taking Companies Public

Employee number one, Rati Levesque. At that time, Rati's not. Oh, Rati's now the issue. She's now the president.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Julie Wainwright (Founder, The RealReal) on Facing the Competition and Taking Companies Public

Employee number one, Rati Levesque. At that time, Rati's not. Oh, Rati's now the issue. She's now the president.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Julie Wainwright (Founder, The RealReal) on Facing the Competition and Taking Companies Public

All right, so flew down and with an intern, all right, the next morning. So we had one intern in Georgia. All right, so Georgia and Raji fly down. Rent a U-Haul, which I'm sure Rachi will be mad I say this, but she's not the best driver. At least she wasn't at the time.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Julie Wainwright (Founder, The RealReal) on Facing the Competition and Taking Companies Public

All right, so flew down and with an intern, all right, the next morning. So we had one intern in Georgia. All right, so Georgia and Raji fly down. Rent a U-Haul, which I'm sure Rachi will be mad I say this, but she's not the best driver. At least she wasn't at the time.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Julie Wainwright (Founder, The RealReal) on Facing the Competition and Taking Companies Public

All right, so flew down and with an intern, all right, the next morning. So we had one intern in Georgia. All right, so Georgia and Raji fly down. Rent a U-Haul, which I'm sure Rachi will be mad I say this, but she's not the best driver. At least she wasn't at the time.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Julie Wainwright (Founder, The RealReal) on Facing the Competition and Taking Companies Public

So her car back in San Francisco was beaten up. I'm like, oh, I don't know about her driving this U-Haul. Anyway, they go to this person's warehouse. And I'm trying to, like, talk to them all day. They're like, yeah, there's a warehouse. This person then decided she wanted to try on everything one more time before consigning. Of course. Of course.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Julie Wainwright (Founder, The RealReal) on Facing the Competition and Taking Companies Public

So her car back in San Francisco was beaten up. I'm like, oh, I don't know about her driving this U-Haul. Anyway, they go to this person's warehouse. And I'm trying to, like, talk to them all day. They're like, yeah, there's a warehouse. This person then decided she wanted to try on everything one more time before consigning. Of course. Of course.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Julie Wainwright (Founder, The RealReal) on Facing the Competition and Taking Companies Public

So her car back in San Francisco was beaten up. I'm like, oh, I don't know about her driving this U-Haul. Anyway, they go to this person's warehouse. And I'm trying to, like, talk to them all day. They're like, yeah, there's a warehouse. This person then decided she wanted to try on everything one more time before consigning. Of course. Of course.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Julie Wainwright (Founder, The RealReal) on Facing the Competition and Taking Companies Public

You can't be sure you want to let go of it until you do a personal fashion show. A pickup that probably would have taken eight hours was now extended to two and a half days. Wow. which meant I had to call the intern, who was a high school girl's mom, and say, do you mind if Georgia spends the night in LA?

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Julie Wainwright (Founder, The RealReal) on Facing the Competition and Taking Companies Public

You can't be sure you want to let go of it until you do a personal fashion show. A pickup that probably would have taken eight hours was now extended to two and a half days. Wow. which meant I had to call the intern, who was a high school girl's mom, and say, do you mind if Georgia spends the night in LA?

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Julie Wainwright (Founder, The RealReal) on Facing the Competition and Taking Companies Public

You can't be sure you want to let go of it until you do a personal fashion show. A pickup that probably would have taken eight hours was now extended to two and a half days. Wow. which meant I had to call the intern, who was a high school girl's mom, and say, do you mind if Georgia spends the night in LA?

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Julie Wainwright (Founder, The RealReal) on Facing the Competition and Taking Companies Public

She was a summer break, but she was underage, so I had to get them a hotel room, and I had to, like, and then all of a sudden, they go in, and then I said, do you want me to fly someone down there? Because I'm answering the phone, I'm skewing product, I'm doing everything, I can't leave. Someone's got to be at the office. And remember, this is very early days. And she's like, send someone down.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Julie Wainwright (Founder, The RealReal) on Facing the Competition and Taking Companies Public

She was a summer break, but she was underage, so I had to get them a hotel room, and I had to, like, and then all of a sudden, they go in, and then I said, do you want me to fly someone down there? Because I'm answering the phone, I'm skewing product, I'm doing everything, I can't leave. Someone's got to be at the office. And remember, this is very early days. And she's like, send someone down.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Julie Wainwright (Founder, The RealReal) on Facing the Competition and Taking Companies Public

She was a summer break, but she was underage, so I had to get them a hotel room, and I had to, like, and then all of a sudden, they go in, and then I said, do you want me to fly someone down there? Because I'm answering the phone, I'm skewing product, I'm doing everything, I can't leave. Someone's got to be at the office. And remember, this is very early days. And she's like, send someone down.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Julie Wainwright (Founder, The RealReal) on Facing the Competition and Taking Companies Public

So I sent my boyfriend down. He's driving it back. All right. It just wasn't that great. So they're calling. It was a total punk. She gets there, opens the U-Haul. Tons of boxes. Tons. But nothing good? Everything was good. Oh. Not a lot of handbags, but everything was, no, she was totally punking me. But here's what happened. And this person's so little, it was like a double zero, zero.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Julie Wainwright (Founder, The RealReal) on Facing the Competition and Taking Companies Public

So I sent my boyfriend down. He's driving it back. All right. It just wasn't that great. So they're calling. It was a total punk. She gets there, opens the U-Haul. Tons of boxes. Tons. But nothing good? Everything was good. Oh. Not a lot of handbags, but everything was, no, she was totally punking me. But here's what happened. And this person's so little, it was like a double zero, zero.