As cofounder of e-commerce site, Brandless, Tina Sharkey never shied away from acknowledging her past failures and says entrepreneurs must always be in 'relentless pursuit of their ideas'
Her unwavering focus on her customers is paying off, proving that profit and purpose need not be mutually exclusive. In just over a year since launch, Brandless now offers more than 300 proprietary Brandless products and ships to 48 states. In July, Brandless announced an investment of $240 million in Series C funding from SoftBank’s Vision Fund, with the deal valuing the anti-Amazon at over $500 million.
“In high school, I would take the subway from Stuyvesant up to mom’s office in the Garment District. She used to say, ‘You can join any meeting you want, as long as your homework is done and you only speak when spoken to.’ I was able to be a fly on the wall, occasionally participate or be asked for my opinion. And it never dawned on me that I never had a seat at the table.”
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