Rebecca Minkoff: Founder Resilience, Secret to Long-Term Success, How to Stay Relevant As A Brand & More
The Dream Bigger Podcast
Siffat Haider
4.8 • 625 Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode I am speaking with fashion powerhouse Rebecca Minkoff who shares the story behind building her iconic brand — from scrappy beginnings and early celebrity buzz to navigating influencer marketing before it was mainstream. She opens up about the hard-earned path to profitability, the evolving role of creative leadership, and why resilience is the ultimate founder superpower. Plus, Rebecca dives into lessons from launching the Female Founder Collective, surviving industry headwinds, and what she’d do differently if she started today. A must-listen for entrepreneurs, creatives, and anyone curious about the long game of success. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:05.0 | Hi, I'm Sif Heider, the founder of Foray. I'm a wellness entrepreneur and digital creator, |
| 0:10.8 | and this is my show, The Dream Bigger podcast. Listen, I love dreaming big, but you know what I love |
| 0:16.6 | more? Actually having the resources to make those big dreams happen. And hey, dreams can sometimes |
| 0:22.7 | be private jets, but other times, they can look a little something like having the best |
| 0:27.5 | skin of your damn life, or starting a successful business, or delving into spirituality. So on this |
| 0:34.5 | podcast, I chat with experts and thought leaders from different fields about their |
| 0:38.5 | tips and tricks on doing exactly that. So let's get right into it. |
| 0:46.5 | Hello, hello, friends, and welcome back to another episode of the Dream Bigger podcast. |
| 0:51.2 | Today, I am so excited to bring to you my conversation with Rebecca Minkoff, |
| 0:56.5 | who when I was growing up, she was one of my idols. I mean, she had built this incredible fashion |
| 1:03.8 | brand, which I mean, to this day has so much longevity. And she's gone on since launching |
| 1:10.0 | Rebecca Minkoff to kind of becoming this |
| 1:12.8 | founder and building this founder community. So she is just incredible. And today's episode is |
| 1:19.0 | so full of knowledge and wisdom. And, you know, we discuss everything from what it was like |
| 1:26.3 | to launch Rebecca Minkoff and have that |
| 1:29.0 | gross as a fashion brand. And this was like really pre-social media even when the brand blew up. |
| 1:36.1 | So we talk about all of that, what it's been like to continue to be relevant as a brand, |
| 1:41.2 | challenges as a founder, challenges as someone who has been growing a business for |
| 1:45.4 | so long, finding community as a founder. I mean, this conversation, I think, is so robust. |
| 1:51.1 | And it is honestly such an honor to speak to someone like Rebecca and bring her to the podcast |
| 1:56.7 | for you guys to listen to her as well because she has so much wisdom to offer. So with that, let's welcome the one and only Rebecca Minkoff to the Dream Bigger podcast. |
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