Shilpa Shah and Karla Gallardo, co-founders of Cuyana: “They have to inspire you every day”

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Shilpa Shah and Karla Gallardo are the co-founders of Cuyana, the fashion brand that’s all about “fewer, better things.” Aka high-quality clothes and bags at a price that doesn’t hurt your wallet. Shilpa spent the first part of her career building web and mobile apps for Fortune 500 companies. Karla grew up in Ecuador and had a quick career in finance before she and Shilpa met at business school. And decided to start Cuyana together. It paid off. Earlier this year, they closed their Series C round of funding. On the Couch, they talk to us about how to find a cofounder (7:00) and why fundraising is so hard (19:33). Plus we put them to a cofounder compatibility test that a VC gave us way back when (30:52). PS: The spring refresh has officially hit our bookshelves. We’re adding “The Hill to Die On” by Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer to our list. Get it here. The Hill to Die on/ Get it Here https://skimmth.is/2IzPxtI

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0:00.0	What we quickly realized that it was going to be an amazing journey is that our values are the same, right?
0:04.8	So like at any time when we had to pull in all night or we would, you know, that we both were able to think big
0:10.4	picture and also like sleep on the ground and foreign countries together you
0:14.7	know for a week at a time.
0:16.7	I'm Carly Zaken.
0:17.7	I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:18.8	Welcome to Skim from the couch.
0:20.4	This podcast is where we go deep on career advice from women who have lived it from the good stuff like hiring and growing a team
0:26.3	To the rough stuff like negotiating your salary and giving or getting hard feedback
0:31.8	We started the skim from a couch,
0:34.0	so what better place to talk it all out
0:36.0	than where it began on a couch?
0:38.0	So, please welcome Shelpa Shaw and Carla Gaiardo, the co-founder of Kuyana to the couch.
0:50.0	Shelpa started her career in interaction design and she spent more than 15 years building
0:56.2	web and mobile interfaces for Fortune 500 companies before she met Carla.
1:02.0	Carla was raised in Ecuador in a family that encouraged living a life
1:05.2	with fewer better things. Flash forward a couple years and a short career in finance and
1:10.5	that idea of fewer better things is the inspiration behind the fashion
1:15.4	brand she started with Shilpa and their idea resonates earlier this year
1:19.6	Carla and Shilpa closed their series C round of funding.
1:22.8	Congratulations guys and welcome to the couch.
1:25.6	Thank you.
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