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Rebecca Minkoff
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- An industry leader in accessible luxury handbags, accessories, footwear, and apparel. Her brand can be spotted in hundreds of stores around the world, popular among young women and celebrities alike. Founder of the Female Founder Collective, a network of businesses led by women who empower female-owned businesses. The ‘Superwomen with Rebecca Minkoff’ podcast consistently ranks in the Top 100 within its genre categories. One of 100+ high-profile entrepreneurs that have joined BFF, an open-access community with a mission to help women and non-binary people get educated, connected, and empowered in web3.
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Meet Rebecca Minkoff
An industry leader in accessible luxury handbags, accessories, footwear and apparel, Rebecca Minkoff’s modern bohemian designs are inspired by strong, confident and powerful women who embody the effortless, free-spirited lifestyle.
After developing an affinity for design while in the costume department in high school, Rebecca Minkoff moved to New York City at age 18 to pursue her dream of becoming a fashion designer.
In 2001, Rebecca designed a version of the “I Love New York” t-shirt as part of a five-piece capsule collection, which appeared on The Tonight Show and became an overnight sensation.
In 2005, Rebecca designed her first handbag, which she dubbed the “Morning After Bag,” a.k.a. the “M.A.B.” This iconic bag ignited Rebecca’s career as a handbag designer and inspired the brand’s expansion into a lifestyle brand in the years to come. Rebecca’s success was further accelerated by the support of her brother, the company’s CEO and co-founder, Uri Minkoff, who helped usher in and pioneer the company’s industry-leading innovations in technology and fashion.
Rebecca partnered with Resonance to create a sustainability tool and supply chain tracking platform called One.Code, which will allow shoppers to learn information about Minkoff’s products they’re purchasing, including details regarding carbon emissions, fabric and water usage. It also shows who made the garment and the energy and resources saved through the use of Resonance’s sustainable production model.
After four years of designing statement-making handbags and accessories with her trademark leathers, studs, and hardware, Rebecca returned to her roots in apparel design and introduced her first ready-to-wear collection.
Today, Rebecca Minkoff is a global brand with a wide range of apparel, handbags, footwear, jewelry, timepieces, eyewear, and fragrance.
Rebecca launched a podcast, Superwomen with Rebecca Minkoff. The podcast focuses on the incredible stories of resilience, failure, and success by luminaries such as Katie Couric, Bozoma St. John, and Jessica Alba. The podcast is consistently in the top 100 of her categories and has launched the #superwomen tribe across the world.
She established the Female Founder Collective, a network of businesses led by women who invest in women’s financial power across a socio-economic spectrum by enabling and empowering female-owned businesses. This organization has grown to over 9000 members and has supported women-owned businesses by giving them access to education, networks, and mentorship. Companies in this collective have gone on to raise over 15m in seed funding and taken their companies to higher levels of success.
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Fearless: The New Rules for Unlocking Creativity, Courage, and Success
Take your rightful place in the driver’s seat of your own life and career through focused and fearless business strategies.
Luxury fashion mogul and social activist Rebecca Minkoff built a fashion empire through hard work and a relentless drive to live her dream. It wasn’t easy and took tremendous resolve to remain hungry and persevere. By never giving up, she has created a space for herself on the shelves of luxury department stores across the world.
In this talk, Rebecca helps you learn how to:
- Face challenges head on, using Rebecca’s fearless approach to push yourself.
- Overcome the fear and trials female entrepreneurs often face.
- Break the rules and find success in places you previously thought to be inaccessible.
- Reach your goals, no matter how unattainable they may seem.
Rebecca shares her own stories and teaches you how she was able to reach her goals to become the successful fashion designer she is today. She shows that if you remain hungry, work hard, and face the unspoken rules that have held women back for centuries, you can make success happen for yourself.
Elevating Women on a Mission to Break Barriers
Rebecca Minkoff may run a global company, but she’s not content to rest on her laurels. She wants many more like hers. That’s why in 2018, Minkoff launched The Female Founder Collective with the intent to support, develop and elevate female founded and women-owned businesses. More and more businesses are being started by women than ever before. Since 2007, the number of women-owned firms has grown at five times the national average. But funding statistics are disappointing to put it lightly: women-owned businesses receive an average loan size of $59K compared to $156K for male-owned businesses.
With the uptick of entrepreneurial women, it is Rebecca’s mission to ensure that they’re a resounding success. In this discussion, Rebecca speaks to the continually evolving resources she is building for female founders.
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