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Mandana Dayani: Everything But the House Chief Brand Officer

Second Life

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4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

From an outsider's point of view, Mandana Dayani was on a clear path to success: After graduating from USC Gould School of Law, she had an offer lined up at a top firm. But something wasn't right. In episode six of Second Life, the chief brand officer of Everything But the House and former vice president of Rachel Zoe Inc. explains why changing careers was the best decision she ever made.

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From MyDomain.com, this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring

0:11.1

careers.

0:12.1

We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting

0:16.0

aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their second life.

0:21.0

Today, I'm talking to Madonna Dianne, a chief brand officer of the Digital Estate Sale

0:26.2

Platform, everything but the house.

0:29.0

Some of you might know her from her time as Rachel Zoes vice president, where she helped

0:33.2

launch Zoes' eponymous women's wear collection and was awesome on the Rachel Zo project

0:37.6

on Bravo.

0:38.8

But before becoming a brilliant business woman, Madonna started out in a totally different

0:43.5

profession.

0:44.5

She was a lawyer.

0:46.0

To me, being a lawyer always seemed kind of like a single track profession, so I couldn't

0:50.8

wait to sit down with her and discuss how she knew it's time to leave the firm behind

0:55.2

and use her training and skills in a more entrepreneurial way.

0:58.7

This is Madonna Dianne on Second Life.

1:02.8

So when you first started your career, you started in law?

1:06.4

Yes.

1:07.4

So was that always the plan to go to law school?

1:10.7

I was one of those people who my entire life woke up every morning and thought I'm going

1:14.7

to change the world, and that was just like the way that I operated, and that was the

1:18.8

ridiculous amount of pressure I put on myself.

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