So I'm kind of fascinated by people who have decided to opt out of college and then ended

up building really substantial companies, enterprises, brands that make giant differences

out there. Today's guest, Rebecca Minkoff, is one amazing example of this. Growing up in

San Diego and Tampa, she learned at a really young age if she wanted something she'd have

to work for it or make it herself. And that ethic led her to begin making her own clothes

in her early teens, then eventually leaving Tampa behind to head straight to New York

where she wasn't feeling college. She actually tried it for a few weeks worth of evening courses

and it just wasn't working for her. So she went into the world of fashion and design,

learning every aspect of the business that she could eventually started making her own

things and working just relentlessly to find her way. She created a single t-shirt that

would eventually see the launch of a company that would grow an iconic line of handbags,

a parallel accessories footwear jewelry and really build it into a global enterprise. More

recently, she is actually even heading into an entirely new territory with the launch of

her own podcast, Superwomen, which celebrates the multi-dimensionality of women from CEOs

to chefs, entrepreneurs and all sorts of different people who shape culture, change the world

and really lift each other up along the way. We talk about all of this along with myths

and truths about founding and building a company. We dive into the choice to opt into or

out of secondary education and so many other different places. We talk about building a

mega brand around a personal name, around a set of values and transparency in the world

that we live in today and building something where you're really adopting and standing

behind a larger set of public values as well. Really fascinating. I learned a ton from

this conversation. So excited to share this with you. I'm Johnathan Fields and this is

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