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Julie Wainwright

American Businesswoman

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Some people will be quite happy you have failed and will find a way to tell you so directly and indirectly. Yep, that is life. Do not let their insecurities impact you. Julie Wainwright

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Do not wallow in your failure. Spend some time grieving, learn from it, and then move on. Constantly replaying what went wrong will not benefit you. Get involved in another company, another cause, another relationship. Julie Wainwright

I thought to myself, 'What can I do that Amazon can't replicate?' I wanted to do something Amazon couldn't do, and something that I absolutely loved. Julie Wainwright

Myself Thought Something Absolutely Amazon Replicate Wanted Loved

I had never created my own business before. I had always been the gun to hire... But I had to finally say, nobody is going to give me my dream job, so I better figure it out myself. Julie Wainwright

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Investors do not like losing money. They do not like companies that fail. They do not like entrepreneurs that fail. There is not a culture of celebrating failure in Silicon Valley or anyplace else. That is a myth. Recognize this, and if you start another business, get it to a successful point before approaching outside investors again. Julie Wainwright

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You tend to do deals with people you have an affinity with, especially at the beginning. Julie Wainwright

You People Beginning Tend Deals Affinity

Something like Pinterest would scare the hell out of me. With $5 billion valuation - regardless how sound those numbers are - wouldn't be one that I would start, given what I would consider the risk of failure. Julie Wainwright

Me Failure Hell Consider Those Out Would Scare Something Risk Given Like How Sound Pinterest Regardless Billion Start Numbers

I said the only way I would join Pets.com was if I could get Amazon to invest, and I did. I knew that anything that could be sourced externally, Amazon could do better and cheaper than anyone else except Walmart. It was really obvious to me. Julie Wainwright

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Amazon has reported a loss of nearly $900M in 1999... because, guess what, ecommerce is a business of scale. And, the Internet bubble had burst... which meant that no one was getting funded. Julie Wainwright

Business Internet Guess Scale Bubble Had No-One Because Loss Amazon Reported Getting Which Burst Meant Nearly

When I started in e-commerce, there was not a lot of clutter because there were not a lot of companies. Nowadays, you have to have a pretty serious moat around your business to compete with Amazon, Wal-Mart, and even Alibaba online. Julie Wainwright

You Business Nowadays Pretty Online Because Around Were Amazon Lot Wal-Mart Clutter Your Companies Even Serious Compete Started

You really need a unique selling proposition, and people need to care about that unique selling proposition. Julie Wainwright

You People Care About Proposition Selling Really Unique Need

I'm happy to buy something that was previously owned, as long as I can get it conveniently. Julie Wainwright

Buy Happy Long Something Get Owned Conveniently

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