Danielle Vermeer

It’s not that people don’t want to work. It’s that their jobs feel, for whatever reason, unsustainable: unsustainable for their mental and physical health, but also unsustainable for their family, and their longterm survival. Many people actually really like the work that they do, if they were, indeed, allocating the bulk of their time to doing... See more

But aggregation won’t be enough to make secondhand fashion first choice. Consumers need better discovery and curation, which is why I believe that the future of (re)commerce is curation. 

The United Nations Environmental Programme found that not only is the dyeing process for fabrics the second largest source of water pollution, but that the fashion industry alone is producing 20% of the world's wastewater.

According to a 2019 report by McKinsey, Gen Z’s annual spending power in the U.S. is $150 billion.

In addition to quarterly in-person board meetings, it’s a good practice to send a 2-page monthly update email (sample here) to the board at the beginning of every month. The email usually includes a summary of last month’s performance; a hiring update; a section outlining burning issues; and a section with specific asks for help.

It is invariably the case that the company is better served if the Chairman and CEO are different people. The CEO can focus on managing the company and providing information to the Board. The Chairman in his role as mentor and overseer, can advise the CEO on alternative courses of action, question missing data, probe her analysis and decisions,... See more