How Living Fearlessly Can Lead to Success with Rebecca Minkoff
Dear FoundHer...Real Founder Stories for Women Small Business Owners
Lindsay Pinchuk
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
If you're a women business owner over 40, join the Dear FoundHer... Forum to find support, advice, resources and mentorship—JUST FOR YOU. It’s all inside, without the gatekeeping and without the overwhelm.
No amount of business success is worth sacrificing your integrity, and Rebecca Minkoff has the receipts to prove it.
Lindsay Pinchuk sits down with the iconic fashion designer to talk about what it takes to build a brand with staying power. From sewing her own bat mitzvah dress to creating a handbag that became a cultural moment, Rebecca traces the early hustle and the breakthrough wins that helped her build a fashion empire. She shares the story behind the unexpected challenges that came with scaling, and why she eventually sold her company, along with the rights to her own name.
They talk about the rise and fall of influencer marketing, how COVID nearly crushed her business, and why The Real Housewives of New York City ended up testing her values more than she ever expected.
This episode is a reminder that building a business isn’t about one big break, but about what you do next.
Episode Breakdown:
00:00 Why Rebecca Minkoff Inspires The Dear FoundHer... Community
03:11 Rebecca Minkoff’s Story: From Apparel to Iconic Bags
16:09 Rejection, Networking, and Asking for Help
22:26 Inside the Rebecca Minkoff Brand Today
26:38 Selling Her Company: What Rebecca Learned
36:39 How Rebecca Balances Business, Family, and Creative Work
39:00 Rebecca’s Real Housewives Experience and Its Aftermath
Follow Rebecca:
http://www.instagram.com/rebeccaminkoff
http://www.instagram.com/beckyminkoff
Grab a copy of Rebecca's book.
Check out Rebecca's Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/superwomen-with-rebecca-minkoff/id1426026971
Dear FoundHer Forum: https://www.dearfoundher.com/dear-foundher-forum
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, guys, it's me Lindsay Pinchuk, host of Dear Fountain. |
| 0:03.6 | And in just a few moments, you're going to hear a conversation between me and a female founder I have looked up to and admired from afar for a very long time. |
| 0:13.0 | She is someone who truly inspired me to create the Deer Fountain Forum, a community for women business owners just like you and me. |
| 0:20.0 | Me is everything. |
| 0:21.0 | And similar to Rebecca Minkoff, I strive to support women business owners in any way I possibly |
| 0:26.1 | can, which is why late last year, I launched the Deer Founder Forum to provide you and other |
| 0:31.4 | women business owners over the age of 40 with an official place of support, advice, resources, |
| 0:36.7 | and mentorship just for you. |
| 0:38.8 | It's all inside, without the gatekeeping and without the overwhelm. |
| 0:42.5 | Because when you give your business support strategy and a real community, |
| 0:46.5 | you give yourself the gift of peace, clarity, and confidence. |
| 0:50.5 | The Deer Founder Forum is exactly this. |
| 0:53.3 | It is self-care for you and your business. |
| 0:55.8 | It's strategy. |
| 0:56.7 | It's support. |
| 0:57.4 | It's community minus the bullshit. |
| 0:59.6 | The women inside, they're just like you and me. |
| 1:02.3 | Women over 40 who are building, growing, and scaling businesses, but also women with |
| 1:06.6 | lives outside their work. |
| 1:08.2 | They're navigating the pivots of not only their career, but also their |
| 1:11.6 | family, their health, and their relationships. And with the forum, we can do it together. You have just |
| 1:17.7 | one week left to get inside at the lowest rate that we'll offer all year long. Use the code gift |
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