Natalie Massenet
Natalie Massenet
Dame Natalie Sara Massenet, DBEis a fashion entrepreneur and former journalist, who founded the designer fashion portal Net-a-Porter. Since 2013, she has been chairman of the British Fashion Council...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth13 May 1965
CountryUnited States of America
years california literature
I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work.
school paris catholic
I attended private Catholic schools in Paris and Los Angeles through high school.
british
I just wear what I like and lots of it is British,
fashion moving past
I think fashion is actually very good training for being in the tech world, because it's all about moving on to the next thing, looking for the next thing, not getting stuck in the past.
believe different moments
Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.
shoes ipads creating
Part of creating the future is to follow this consumer. Women are working; we've moved the store to the desk. Now though, she's is in the back of a cab with her iPhone or her iPad, she's tweeting an outfit that her friend is wearing and desperately trying to find out where she got her shoes online.
long doers problem
Point out the problems, as long as you have a solution. I don't like critics who aren't doers themselves.
country fashion people
British fashion is a serious business. The British fashion industry is worth £21bn to the U.K. economy and employs 819,000 people across the country.
starting grows starting-a-business
Once you start a business, you have to grow it and grow with it - starting a business is not just for Christmas.
hair necks internet
I attend Internet conferences all the time, and they literally make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
mother kids home
I think I'm a better mother because of work, because I'm happy. If I wasn't working, I would just be waiting for the kids to come home every day, and living vicariously through their lives.
attitude party negotiation
Always go into meetings or negotiations with a positive attitude. Tell yourself you're going to make this the best deal for all parties.
opportunity marketing first-impression
Never forget that you only have one opportunity to make a first impression - with investors, with customers, with PR, and with marketing.
shopping clothes touching
Touching clothes is just shopping foreplay, but it's changing. After all, you don't need to try a Mercedes to know that you'd like one.