Tory Burch
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Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)
I launched with a terrible name and also a logo.
Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)
And it was because I couldn't get jacks.
Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)
And that was why, that was the start of me doing my own thing.
Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)
Are you absolutely kidding me?
Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)
So it was totally unintentional.
Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)
So that takes a little bit of a while.
Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)
I started it with my ex-husband who had a history of a company called Eagle's Eye.
Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)
So he...
Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)
He did the production in Hong Kong.
Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)
And so he had that knowledge.
Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)
So we started this company.
Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)
I had this logo.
Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)
People had so many different opinions.
Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)
I had this idea.
Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)
It was contrary to everything that people had told me to do.
Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)
So it was a direct-to-consumer concept.
Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)
It was an e-commerce site.
Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)
Wow, direct-to-consumer.
Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)
Which year was this now?
Aspire with Emma Grede
On Negativity, Ambition, and Building a Serious Business (Tory Burch)
It was 2004.