“Never forget that you only have one opportunity to make a first impression - with investors, with customers, with PR, and with marketing.”
“My personal ambition remains the same - to be creative, to be modern, to stay one step ahead, to enjoy life.”
“Having the positive belief that it will all be O.K. just means that you hustle and make it work because failure is not even an option in your own mind.”
“Always go into meetings or negotiations with a positive attitude. Tell yourself you're going to make this the best deal for all parties.”
“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.”
“One of my goals is that, at a dinner party some time in the future, someone will say, 'Oh, my nephew is starting a ready-to-wear brand', and 20 people will turn around and say, 'Is he? Can we invest?' in the same way that, now, if you were to say, 'My nephew is starting a mobile app,' everyone would say, 'Oh, smashing! Can I invest?'”
“I believe all positive things and negative things are valuable because they shape you.”
“As much as I love to shop online, I also love walking the streets on a beautiful day and seeing what finds I can discover in a small shop or vintage store.”
“People always say to me, 'You've really strived to redefine retail.' But the reality is, I wanted to redefine magazines.”
“To be a designer today is to be an entrepreneur. Whether you're a two-man operation in Shoreditch or a 3,000-person, vertically integrated brand, you need to have the wherewithal to run your business through investment, considering everything from start-up funds to your exit plan or what it takes to go public.”