The Female Founder Collective

Don't miss the event lineup for all our fashion + accessories. If you’re not in these industries, there’s still SO MUCH to be learned. We will cover partnerships, CX, Operations, Brand Strategy, Retail Partnerships + so much more. Mark your calendars: 📅 Expanding a Fashion Brand Through Partnerships + Customer Experience with Heather Kaminetsky, President of Mytheresa (LinkedIn Live) 🌟 What to expect: From creating a customer-centric shopping experience to prioritizing profitability, utilizing performance marketing and direct response marketing, and forming strategic partnerships, this event covers exactly how to grow as a fashion and accessories brand in today's market. ➡️ Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT 📅 Differentiation Through Operations and Brand Strategy with Raquel S. (members-only) 🌟 What to expect: From Tesla – where she led the mass-market battery program – to emerging deep-tech startups, she has built a reputation as a trusted operator, partner, and advisor to impact-driven organizations. ➡️ Thursday, August 15, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT 📅 Forming Successful Retail x Brand Partnerships with CMO of Saks, Tracy Margolies + Rebecca Minkoff (LinkedIn Live) 🌟 What to expect: With over 25 years of experience in merchandising, Tracy is an expert at maintaining successful partnerships between retailers and brands, knowing when to lean into trends vs when to pass on fleeting fads, and how to find the right mentor to stay ahead ➡️ Tuesday, August 20, 2024, 11:00 AM EDT 📅 Office Hours with Chief Merchandising Officer & Fashion Director at Revolve, Divya Mathur (members-only) 🌟 What to expect: Divya is a seasoned retail executive with 18 years of Buying & Merchandising experience. She has a proven track record of leading transformational growth across both digital and physical stores for prominent global brands including Saks Fifth Avenue, Shopbop, Michael Kors, and INTERMIX. ➡️ Thursday, August 29, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT 📅 Office Hours - Retail Partnerships and Standing Out Office Hours with Justine Liu (members-only) 🌟 What to expect: Before launching JLF Consulting, Justine’s career included impactful tenures at Saks Fifth Avenue, Reformation, Verishop’s Fashion Incubator, Billie the Label, Lett Clothing, and Girlfriend Collective. ➡️ Thursday, September 19, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT 📅 How To Achieve Longevity as a Consumer Brand with venture capitalist, Nicole Quinn (LinkedIn Live) 🌟 What to expect: Nicole is on the board of beehiiv, Lightyear, Multiverse, Calm, Daybreak, goop, Cameo and Haus Labs By Lady Gaga. Earlier, she sourced Rothy's and Zola. ➡️ Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT ✨ Apply to be a member: https://lnkd.in/gbZzYWnU 🚨 Doors close on August 21 ✨RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/ej2hvK8G

Something that is invaluable to me is learning from other people's lived experiences. One of the reasons I love being a member of the 10th house by The Female Founder Collective is it takes minutes for me to connect with founders who have been exactly where I am today... which is testing and getting ready to launch an MVP. I posted this call out last week and the result was: 5 women sharing their experiences, 2 commenting to stay in the know of the responses because they also are curious, 1 coffee chat and a whole new perspective on how to maximize this time. My takeaway for you? Find community, show up to that community, be curious, ask questions, be grateful to those who share! #networking #community #MVP #GTM #femalefounder

I've been looking for opportunities to help folks 1:1 outside of my work at The Whisper Group. How lucky am I that The North from The Female Founder Collective exists for exactly that purpose? I'm advising on exit planning and more. Check out the link here: https://lnkd.in/eNP-zagw

Join us Tuesday, August 13 at 4pm ET! Want to know exactly how Heather Kaminetsky, President of Mytheresa, North America, grew their gross merchandise value (GMV) by over 40%? Among luxury e-commerce brands, which have experienced unprecedented changes and declining sales over the last year, Germany-based Mytheresa has stood out as an anomaly —with its U.S. operations contributing significantly to their success. Heather Kaminetsky sits down with The Female Founder Collective CEO Alison Koplar Wyatt to shed light on the factors behind the growth in U.S. sales, which saw a robust 17% increase year-over-year in the latest quarter reported by the company. During this discussion, Heather will dive deep into Mytheresa's strategies for attracting high-spending American consumers, noting a striking 48% rise in this segment from September to December. From creating a customer-centric shopping experience to prioritizing profitability, utilizing performance marketing and direct response marketing, and forming strategic partnerships, this event covers exactly how to grow as a fashion and accessories brand in today's market. MORE ABOUT HEATHER Heather Kaminetsky joined Mytheresa in 2021 as President, North America to strategically lead the expansion of the Mytheresa business and brand in the United States and Canada. Heather’s initial focus was around setting up a fully dedicated customer-facing US team to help execute on the expansion which is a top priority market for Mytheresa. She is overseeing and leading all the brand’s customer-facing activities in the North American market, including Personal Shopping, Communications, and Affiliate Marketing. She is credited with the extraordinary GMV growth of 40.8% in the US for Q4 FY23. Throughout her career, Heather has worked across Fashion and Digital brands and brings a wealth of consumer-centered experience to this new role for Mytheresa. She has held executive positions in multiple companies which include NET-A-PORTER, where she was Vice President Global Marketing, Borderfree, where she served as SVP Business Management, Barneys New York as Vice President of Marketing and M.Gemi, where she most recently held the role of Chief Executive Officer.

✨With the kick-off of our new cohort designed specifically for founders in fashion, accessories + jewelry, we wanted to take a moment to introduce you to a *few* of the members you can connect with inside The 10th House. 🤩Get to know their huge accomplishments and the type of support you could find yourself getting from members like this. Here’s what these members have had to say about their experience inside The 10th House: ✨Zoe Furman “Since joining 10th House, I’ve made numerous valuable connections with fellow female founders. These relationships have helped me solve problems and generate new ideas to grow my business.” ✨Amami Luxury “10th House has provided me with the network and sisterhood I’ve needed to move forward with fulfilling my career dreams.” Larken "Our best referrals for key hires and partners have come from this community, and my ability to grow professionally and personally and weather the highs and lows of this journey has been hugely impacted by the connections I’ve made through the 10th House.” BRETT LAUREN Jewelry “These are some of the most inspiring and generous women around: members and the team!” Marcher Studio “It was exactly what I had been looking for...but could never find! The community is beyond supportive and the expertise of this group wildly exceeded my expectations.“ ➡️ Learn more + join us: https://hubs.li/Q02HYYtQ0 ➡️ Applications are open until August 21 - don't wait to apply!

🌟 Aaaaand we're live! 🌟 You're invited to join us for our new 10th House Fashion, Jewelry + Accessories Cohort ~ to go back with us full circle to the vision that inspired the movement that is now FFC, a community of more than 20k … And we are just getting started. "In my early days of launching Rebecca Minkoff, I sought every opportunity to network, eager for intros to the key people who could help me grow—whether it was the buyer I dreamed of meeting or someone who could assist in financing my next collection." -RM This cohort is designed for the entrepreneur who is seeking those vital connections, a supportive community, and strategies to thrive in the ever-changing fashion industry. So, this is the call to join us where we're on a mission to lift you up, give you the tools to scale ➡️ Learn more + join us here: https://hubs.li/Q02HYYtQ0 ➡️ Applications are open through August 21 Alison Koplar Wyatt Rebecca Minkoff

Colombian fashion designer Andrea Salazar co-founded SETA APPAREL with her sister 10 years ago, has since been a contestant on Making the Cut and her designs have been worn by celebrities like Heidi Klum, Kathy Hilton, and Kyle Richards. Andrea’s journey has been a rollercoaster of highs and lows, from launching her first collection to overcoming countless challenges, SETA stands out with unique, high-quality pieces that defy conventions and reflect individuality. Her advice for aspiring founders? Stay true to your vision, embrace authenticity, and be open to challenges. Believe in your brand’s potential to shine. Andrea’s superpower is her ability to inspire through storytelling, understanding market trends, and driving creativity. She hopes her journey inspires her daughter to pursue her passions fearlessly and believe in her own potential. ✨ ICYMI: We JUST launched the waitlist to join our upcoming cohort designed especially for founders in the fashion, accessories + jewelry industries to scale and get in front of the resources you need to get to the next level. ➡️ Learn more + join the waitlist here: https://hubs.li/Q02HdTT50

From brick and mortar expansions to Target rollouts, we have all your female founder news right here ⬇ 📰 Beyond Yoga Co-Founder + CEO, Michelle Wahler shares how the $400MM deal to sell to Levi Straus, initally began from a LinkedIn cold outreach message. Read about it at Fortune Mag: https://lnkd.in/gvJ39Rey 📰Learn how Cassandra Thurswell, founder of Kitsch went from hand-making her hair accessories to launching in Target and growing into a multi-million dollar brand. Read about it at WWD: https://lnkd.in/eSsiTPtv 📰 MM LaFleur is relaunching retails stores after an ill-timed launch 6 weeks before the pandemic. Learn about their new strategy to expand in retail once more. Read about it at Retail Dive: https://lnkd.in/gAjCksnk Follow along for more news roundups like this

Well, THIS is a full circle moment! Back at Fashion Week in 2018 when the concept for FFC was spawned, I had no idea we’d be launching our first-ever fashion-specific cohort nearly 7 years later. You see, back then it as a winner-take-all scenario (none of the linked arms we are so lucky to see more + more of now). I *always* felt that collaboration lead to greater success. So with that, I’m thrilled to share that we’ll soon be opening our doors for all of you founders changing the fashion, jewelry + accessories world! - RM We can't wait to support you to scale your businesses with everything we wish *we* had when starting our businesses! Join the waitlist to get inside of this cohort made specifically for fashion, accessories + jewelry founders here: https://lnkd.in/gRa_TH-b See you inside The 10th House! x- Rebecca Minkoff + Alison Koplar Wyatt #fashion #fashionindustry #accessoriesfounders #femalefounders #startup #jewelrybrands #womenfounders #entrepreneurship #founderadvice #businesstips #womeninbiz #entrepreneurlife

🚨Now raising! Get to know Endless Co an exciting, pre-revenue brand creating a breakthrough in the single-use sunscreen industry. They are 20% to their fundraising goal and you can learn more about getting in on this deal by getting in touch with co-founder Siobhan Frost at hello@iamendless.co or commenting below and we can make a warm intro.