Danny Rimer: Nasty Gal Could Have Succeeded With Co-Investor Board Support
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Danny Rimer, partner at Index Ventures, analyzes why e-commerce retailer Nasty Gal failed despite its potential.
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“And I often think that what I should have done was share the workload with Someone else who's super competent and who would have been really helpful in the journey, because there were a lot of reasons why nasty gal could have been a phenomenal investment, but just didn't have a lot of the support that was needed to try and make it successful.”
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