Aden + Anais: Raegan Moya-Jones (2019)

How I Built This with Guy Raz

Guy Raz | Wondery

Business

4.8 • 31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Cotton muslin baby blankets are commonplace in Australia, where Raegan Moya-Jones grew up. But when she started a new life and family in NYC, she couldn't find them anywhere. So in 2006, she started the baby blanket company Aden + Anais, which now makes more than $100 million in annual revenue. We first ran this episode in 2017 – but about a year later, Raegan's role as leader and co-founder took a dramatic turn. She fills Guy in on what happened in this special updated episode. PLUS in our postscript "How You Built That," we check back with Brian Sonia-Wallace, who started the business Rent Poet, and makes a living writing spontaneous poetry at weddings, corporate events, and other gatherings. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to how I built this early and ad-free on Amazon Music.
0:07.0	Download the app today.
0:09.0	New years is here, and with it brings the possibility of change.
0:13.0	As one behavioral scientist put it, first starts are really powerful.
0:17.0	So as you head into 2023, LifeKit is a great resource to help you plan your life and tackle changes, both big and small.
0:24.0	Listen to the LifeKit podcast from NPR.
0:27.0	So really quick before we start the show, I want to tell you about our how I built this live tour.
0:32.0	It's happening this fall, supported by American Express.
0:35.0	I'll be in New York, talking with Christina Toecy of Milkbar, in Boston, with Luke Holden, and Ben Conniff Founders of Luke's Lobster,
0:42.0	in Washington, D.C., with Tristan Walker of Walker & Company, and wrapping up the tour in Denver, with Kurt Richardson, Founder of Otter Products.
0:51.0	You can get tickets for all these shows and get more information at nprpresents.org.
0:56.0	And I hope to see you on the road.
0:59.0	If you run a company, a lot can change in a year or two.
1:05.0	And that is certainly the case for Reagan-Moya Jones, whose career took a major turn after we first ran this episode about two years ago.
1:13.0	So, earlier this month, I called her up to get an update.
1:17.0	You'll hear that brand new conversation at the end of this episode, which first aired in July of 2017.
1:24.0	I had read a lot of literature about women entrepreneurs, and I had learned the statistic that only two percent of all women owned businesses ever break a million dollar revenue.
1:42.0	Is that true?
1:43.0	Yes, isn't that frightening?
1:44.0	It's shocking, yeah.
1:45.0	But I had set myself that goal.
1:48.0	So I just said, right, once I get to a million in revenue, I've done something that most women entrepreneurs aren't able to do.
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