Inside Scoop

Recently, Sara listed 10 things — other than money — that people will work for. As I look around my living room, full of people here to help out, I can’t help but add two more motivators to the list: food and friendship.
Yes, it’s been a bit of a party here at the Taylor [...]

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If you thought it was tough to find out that your best-ever idea is currently worthless, get over it. There are tougher things in life, especially if you’ve chosen an entrepreneurial life.
For example, today’s lesson: you have to hire fast, and fire even faster. (Thanks to Jeff Clavier and Rob Hayes for the clever wording, [...]

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Revolutions in clothing retail happen rarely. But they happen big.
Here are the key technologies that changed clothing retail each century. Can you guess what the 21st century one will be?
1600s – The tailor ceased to be the sole preserve of royalty and the aristocracy, as Europe’s merchant and professional classes began to out-source their [...]

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In my previous post, I admitted that I wasn’t born with the fashionista gene, but my style as come a long way. No, I didn’t end up on some makeover show and have my entire wardrobe replaced all at once. Instead, I improved my style piece by piece as I learned what looked good on [...]

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There’s a quandary that almost every startup founder faces: to get money we have to build something, but to build something we need money. There are two ways to get around it:

Do it all yourself
Find people who’ll do it for little or no money

For most startups, #1 isn’t an option (you need a team to [...]

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We usually talk about what we’re building here at The Wardrobe Channel in terms of the benefit it will offer: making it much easier to find, buy and wear exactly the clothing that’s right for you.
That’s not the whole story though.
It’s also borne out of our research into new media, media convergence and transmedia — [...]

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As you may have guessed from my previous post, starring in an online show on style hasn’t been my lifelong ambition. Now I’ll admit that I haven’t had a single predominant career goal through most of my life so much as a long series of interests. Maybe that’s why I graduated college with [...]

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To build a great startup, you need a great team.
You probably have an idea of the type of people you want to work with: Smart. Motivated. Hard-working. Good at things you’re not. Not too painful to be around.
There’s one trait more important than all of this though:
Team player.
Every single person you hire must work well [...]

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It seems like only yesterday that I started writing at The Bargain Queens. It’s certainly been a good gig and I have mixed feelings about moving on from it because I’ve had so much fun writing there. Seriously, I got paid to window shop online and write about my favorite finds — how [...]

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If you’re starting a company, most likely you’re smart, motivated, hard-working and good at solving problems (even seemingly intractable ones). Chances are, you’re better at many things than almost anyone else.
Since you do a better job than other people, you might be tempted to do everything yourself. If that’s the case, you have three options:

Give [...]

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