Sammi Cohen

I think you just hit on so many points that will resonate, especially what you said around the fact that these female founders were really...

I think you just hit on so many points that will resonate, especially what you said around the fact that these female founders were really...

I think you just hit on so many points that will resonate, especially what you said around the fact that these female founders were really...

stories onto themselves there was this lore around not only just themselves the companies that they were creating but everything that they stood for and number one that is a tremendous amount of pressure to feel like I am the female founder that's paving the way yeah and I think I

stories onto themselves there was this lore around not only just themselves the companies that they were creating but everything that they stood for and number one that is a tremendous amount of pressure to feel like I am the female founder that's paving the way yeah and I think I

stories onto themselves there was this lore around not only just themselves the companies that they were creating but everything that they stood for and number one that is a tremendous amount of pressure to feel like I am the female founder that's paving the way yeah and I think I

Another element that you didn't exactly speak to, but I think you're also alluding to, was from a financial standpoint, things were extremely different. And there was so much capital that was going into these companies, especially in the female-founded direct-to-consumer space. And so I think whenever you see someone who has this rocket ship success

Another element that you didn't exactly speak to, but I think you're also alluding to, was from a financial standpoint, things were extremely different. And there was so much capital that was going into these companies, especially in the female-founded direct-to-consumer space. And so I think whenever you see someone who has this rocket ship success

Another element that you didn't exactly speak to, but I think you're also alluding to, was from a financial standpoint, things were extremely different. And there was so much capital that was going into these companies, especially in the female-founded direct-to-consumer space. And so I think whenever you see someone who has this rocket ship success

As you said, it's an Achilles heel, but it's also a target on your back. The second that things turn, people are like hyenas willing to just jump out and attack. And I think now that we've had nearly five, 10 years from when the hype of this era happened in the first place, I think we can now start to see and almost do a postmortem on the why and how it even happened in the first place.

As you said, it's an Achilles heel, but it's also a target on your back. The second that things turn, people are like hyenas willing to just jump out and attack. And I think now that we've had nearly five, 10 years from when the hype of this era happened in the first place, I think we can now start to see and almost do a postmortem on the why and how it even happened in the first place.

As you said, it's an Achilles heel, but it's also a target on your back. The second that things turn, people are like hyenas willing to just jump out and attack. And I think now that we've had nearly five, 10 years from when the hype of this era happened in the first place, I think we can now start to see and almost do a postmortem on the why and how it even happened in the first place.

Yeah, I definitely think, and I agree with you, that the culture around all startups, not even just female-founded ones, there has been this collective, perhaps, agreement that the brand, the marketing of a company, that's all important, but ultimately important. The numbers of what is going to be driving the business, the profitability, your P&L.

Yeah, I definitely think, and I agree with you, that the culture around all startups, not even just female-founded ones, there has been this collective, perhaps, agreement that the brand, the marketing of a company, that's all important, but ultimately important. The numbers of what is going to be driving the business, the profitability, your P&L.

Yeah, I definitely think, and I agree with you, that the culture around all startups, not even just female-founded ones, there has been this collective, perhaps, agreement that the brand, the marketing of a company, that's all important, but ultimately important. The numbers of what is going to be driving the business, the profitability, your P&L.

Whereas before, that was almost like the sideshow of like, this is what we're doing. And it was very hand wavy. It speaks to the venture capital environment and the money in the space where it was okay to not be profitable.

Whereas before, that was almost like the sideshow of like, this is what we're doing. And it was very hand wavy. It speaks to the venture capital environment and the money in the space where it was okay to not be profitable.

Whereas before, that was almost like the sideshow of like, this is what we're doing. And it was very hand wavy. It speaks to the venture capital environment and the money in the space where it was okay to not be profitable.

And there was also no one that was telling you otherwise, right? It was all of these potential investors, your stakeholders, everyone who had something to say about the money that you took into the business, right? No one was probably saying, pump the brakes, let's get you to profitability, and then you can take on more money.

And there was also no one that was telling you otherwise, right? It was all of these potential investors, your stakeholders, everyone who had something to say about the money that you took into the business, right? No one was probably saying, pump the brakes, let's get you to profitability, and then you can take on more money.