272: How Quitting and Failing Lead to a Fashion Empire

The Goal Digger Podcast

Jenna Kutcher | Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy & Marketing

Business, Marketing

4.8 • 12.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

I can picture you sitting there at your desk, glancing around those stark office walls, the ping of your email inbox echoing in your ears, and you’re thinking: There’s more for me than this.

Jane Lu was an accountant, she had a stable job in the corporate world, but after starting a business on the side she became so distracted that her work suffered. So she quit. And she didn’t tell anyone. And then her business failed.

Now what? No job, no promise of finding another one, and no business. But now Jane is the founder of Showpo and sitting on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, on track for $200 million in sales. There’s so much between point A and point B… Actually, Jane’s story is more of a point A to point XYZ.

Jane is funny and unfiltered, and she’s sharing her story that all started with a decision to quit.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Gold Digger Podcast episode number 272.
0:05.0	I can picture you sitting there at your desk, glancing around those stark office walls,
0:10.0	the ping of your email inbox echoing in your ears and you're thinking,
0:13.0	there has got to be more for me than this.
0:16.0	If quitting your 9-5 and diving headfirst into your big entrepreneurial dreams is on your heart,
0:21.0	you know the feeling of wanting to break free as soon as possible.
0:25.0	Today, I'm so excited to have a conversation with my guest about quitting and what comes next.
0:30.0	How do you know you're ready to quit? What will your friends and family think?
0:34.0	Where will the money to grow your business even come from?
0:37.0	And what happens on day one of unemployment when you officially change your title to entrepreneur?
0:43.0	What do those first days and weeks and months look like after you said goodbye to security and wave hello to all of the unknowns?
0:50.0	I'll bet you can see yourself in Jane Luce's story.
0:53.0	Jane was an accountant who hated her job and she got let go.
0:58.0	She didn't even tell her family for two years.
1:01.0	Meanwhile, she was bootstrapping her now massive fashion empire showpo.
1:06.0	Jane went from being major in debt to a Forbes 30 under 30 and on track for $100 million in sales by 2020.
1:15.0	Those numbers sound absolutely unreal, but it all started with her decision to quit.
1:20.0	Here she is, Jane Luce.
1:23.0	You're listening to the Gold Digger podcast where we firmly believe that work doesn't have to feel like work.
1:29.0	Self-made millionaire in marketing guru Jenna Kutcher will help you redefine what success looks like.
1:36.0	It's time to hear from the experts, listen in on honest conversations,
1:41.0	and learn the best tips and tricks that helped others pave their own way and craft their dream career.
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