Eileen Fisher: “I’m always listening to people.”

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Eileen Fisher started her career as an interior and graphic designer. But that changed in the 80s. Eileen took a trip to Japan, where the kimono inspired her to start her own fashion brand. With no experience in clothing design. It’s worked out for her: These days, she’s the woman behind – you guessed it – Eileen Fisher. On the Couch, she talks to us about how she started her business (4:15), growing her company as an introvert (9:20), and why her company doesn’t have your average leadership structure (15:30). PS: Our book is (finally) out. It covers allll the most important parts of being an adult, like negotiating your salary, saving for retirement, and reading a wine list. Get it here:https://theskimm.com/book

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0:00.0	I think that because I'm an introvert I'm more of a listener than a talker so I think I
0:07.4	learn a lot that way and so I'm always listening to people.
0:10.6	I'm Carly Zaken.
0:13.0	I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:15.0	Welcome to Skim from the couch.
0:16.0	This podcast is where we go deep on career advice from women who have lived it.
0:20.0	From the good stuff like hiring and growing a team.
0:22.0	To the rough stuff, like negotiating your salary
0:25.3	and giving or getting hard feedback.
0:27.9	We started the skim from a couch,
0:29.4	so what better place to talk it all out
0:31.6	than where it began on a couch.
0:40.0	So please welcome Eileen Fisher to the couch.
0:42.4	You probably don't need us to tell you that Eileen is the woman behind Eileen Fisher,
0:47.2	the clothing brand that's all about simple, elegant designs.
0:50.7	Eileen started her career way back in the 80s with no experience in fashion or clothing
0:56.1	after she had spent 10 years as a graphic and interior designer.
1:00.3	Since then she's built Eileen Fisher into a 400 million dollar plus business.
1:07.0	Wow, goals.
1:09.0	Eileen, we are so excited to have you here.
1:12.0	Welcome to the couch.
1:13.7	Oh, well, thank you.
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