Today's guest is Karen Harvey, the CEO and founder of the Karen Harvey companies.

I had the pleasure of meeting Karen when she took a deep dive into my company several years ago

and made a ton of incredibly helpful recommendations on who I should keep and who should go.

I think if I had listened to her,

I would have had an entirely different outcome in the best possible way. Anyways, Karen Harvey

is the CEO and founder of the Karen Harvey companies, KHC, Fashion Tech Forum, and Index. She has spent

her career working with global brands across luxury,

retail, fashion, hospitality, technology, and innovation. Her ability to work both in traditional

and non-traditional ways has earned her firm international recognition for bringing some of the

industry's most successful CEOs and creative leaders to the most powerful global

brands. Her ability to work in both traditional and non-traditional ways has earned her firm

international recognition for bringing some of the industry's most successful CEOs and creative

leaders to the most powerful global brands in fashion and retail. We had an incredible

conversation. So if you're interested in the business of fashion or fashion and how to get

involved into it and get hired, this is a must listen. Karen, welcome to the podcast.

Rebecca, thank you so much. I'm really so honored that you invited me to be here.

Of course. I think that, you know, for those listening, I had the opportunity to meet Karen when

we were sort of re-looking at the structure of my company many years ago and getting your expert

opinion and thoughts. But beyond that, you have placed some incredible people in incredible places

within the fashion industry, as well as launching your podcast, the fashion tech forum.

So I just want to start from the beginning. You know,

what got you interested in in the people business? And then on top of that, why fashion?

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