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Boujarwah: Restricting male VC and female founder dinners harms female founders
“As a founder, the relationship that I'm able to build, the trust, the partnership that we have with the members of our board and with our investors is critical to our success. And making sure that that happens in the same way that it would happen with a female…”
Boujarwah: Plus-size women spend 20 cents per dollar compared to smaller sizes
“That hundred million women today is spending only 20 cents on the dollar, what women in smaller sizes are spending”
Boujarwah: Fashion educators and retailers fail to prioritize plus-size technical design
“We have design educators who are not teaching what it looks like to be successful in garments for this customer. There are nuances to technical design and to grading and to construction. That really are required for success on the supply side that makes its wa…”
Boujarwah: VC gender imbalance leaves transformative female-led startups unfunded
“I think one of the biggest opportunities that we have for change in the world of VC is really in having more women venture capitalists. I think that there are so many opportunities, so many businesses that are likely not getting funded today that could have tr…”
Boujarwah: Plus-size customers spend disproportionately more online than standard apparel shoppers
“And we find that our customer really spends disproportionately relative to other customers online.”
Boujarwah: Traditional e-commerce fails to solve fit challenges in plus-size fashion
“The fundamental challenge that Persist is really a challenge around understanding fit, and that's one that traditional e-commerce just does not solve”
Boujarwah: Founder Collective passed on Dia & Co's initial pitch
“Yeah, we like to give Mike a hard time about this sometimes because founder collective did pass on Dia the first time we met them.”
Boujarwah: Dia & Co prioritizes net-new market expansion over existing market share
“Market share is not a measure of success at Dia. True market expansion is what's most important. To be able to interact with our customers in a way that not only shifts dollars that are being spent either in a different channel or with a different company towa…”
Boujarwah: 100 million U.S. women are size 14 or larger
“There are a hundred million women in the U.S. Who are size 14 or above, which is what the industry classifies as plus size”
Boujarwah: Dia & Co raised its first round from friends and family
“Ultimately, we ended up not raising money from institutions. There were no institutional investors in our first round. We raised around from friends and family.”