I'm Poppy Harlow and in this episode of BossFiles. So Stitchfix is a personal stylist that's brought to your door.

We use online tools so that you can let us know what your size and style preferences are. We'll have a

stylist tool to choose five things for you to try on at home. You simply buy what you want, send back

what you don't want, just pay for what you keep. Stitch Fix founder and CEO Katrina Lake.

She's turned retail on its head and is the youngest female CEO to take a company public.

There haven't been a lot of founder CEOs that look like me where, you know,

that people would say like, oh, that she's going to be this someday.

And so, you know, I don't think that people ever doubted that I could do this, but I think it wasn't the obvious path, exactly. And she tells

me her time at Stanford actually deterred her from becoming an entrepreneur. We'll dig into that

ahead. Plus, she lived through sexual harassment, called out a big name Uber investor for the company's actions and

culture, and is calling for change across Silicon Valley. Also, why she says Stitch Fix is the anti-Amazon,

and how being a mother has changed her leadership style. Here's my conversation with Stitchvix founder

and CEO Katrina Lake.

Cat Lake. Thanks for being here. Thank you for having. Can I call you cat because that's what we

called you in high school? But everyone I see now, they call you Katrina. My team calls me Kat

actually. Okay. It's coming with me. So definitely. All right. Well, so for people who are

listening who don't know, Cat Lake, the founder of Stitch Fix, was before

that Cat Lake, my friend from high school.

Back in the day, 15 years old in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Blake School.

And now you have become the youngest woman ever to take a company public.

Reflect on that for me.

It's been a wild journey. Ilect on that for me.

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