shoes – Danielle R. Simon

Great article. I would imagine that this teenager will probably become rich and famous in the future.

Some gems:

…when his friend in school mentioned the investment value of Supreme, a streetwear brand with products that can resell for triple the original price, he decided to go for a “drop,” an event where the brand releases its latest items. His first turnaround earned him a $250 profit.

During the school year, Jake spends four to five hours a day working on the business, in addition to eight hours of school, plus homework. He quit sports to have more time to work, and he often stays up all night when a new pair drops.

This year alone, Jake has sold thousands of pairs. He once had a buyer drop nearly $120,000 with him in one night https://slovenska-lekaren.com/amox…z-receptu/. However, his personal collection isn’t overwhelming, totaling no more than about 15 pairs. Jake prefers to reinvest everything he earns into his business with hopes to gain enough capital to move into the real-estate sector.

Meet the 15-year-old who has made 6 figures reselling sneakers

Not the slightest bit interested in luxury shoes, or fashion. But this is an amazing article about an unshaken belief in a vision and doing things differently. This article also encapsulates all of my core business values–professionalism, innovation and diversity (PID).

Gems:

[Tamara Mellon] could do things the way they’d always been done, or she could blaze her own path, despite the discomfort that was sure to follow edlekarna.com/.

She chose her own path. “And that,” she says, “is how I ended up in Chapter 11.”

But it would be worth it.

She’d stop focusing on retailers and instead build an exclusively direct-to-consumer model. That way, she could finally release products as often as she wanted — while also cutting out the middleman, enabling her to slash prices.

Investors balked. They wanted her to follow retailers’ rules. She refused. “I knew the ultimate vision was right,” she says.

Soon after, a company-wide Slack channel dubbed “Crazy ideas” was introduced as a judgment-free zone; it’s produced some of their biggest hits. “Someone suggested letting customers return shoes whenever they want, with no time limit, and we rolled that out,” Mellon says. “Old luxury is intimidating; we want people to feel welcome.”

Today, Tamara Mellon is 42 people strong — 35 of whom are women. Tom Dean, CTO, is one of seven men. And it’s been an education.

“The ladies tell me when I’m being a dumb ass,” he says. “We were working on a damaged-product sample sale, and I said, ‘Ladies, don’t catfight.’ And [integrated marketing senior director] Caitlin Bray looked at me and said, ‘Don’t be a misogynistic dick.’ And I was like, ‘OK! Fair enough!’ ”

From Bankruptcy to $87 Million in Funding: How Tamara Mellon Saved Her Namesake Brand