Natalie Massenet Quotes
Top 76 wise famous quotes and sayings by Natalie Massenet
Natalie Massenet Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Natalie Massenet on Wise Famous Quotes.
Net-a-porter is an environment where a woman can really indulge, browsing through more than 160 brands in our fashion playground.
I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work.
Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.
Always go into meetings or negotiations with a positive attitude. Tell yourself you're going to make this the best deal for all parties.
Even without an economic downturn, women sometimes want to keep their shopping habits to themselves.
I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.
A tendency to focus on art over business has meant that too many designers have failed to make the most of their critical acclaim.
If you're a teenager in Palo Alto launching an app, you know from the outset how you plan to finance your business.
People always say to me, 'You've really strived to redefine retail.' But the reality is, I wanted to redefine magazines.
I attend Internet conferences all the time, and they literally make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
I think the fashion industry was slightly put off by people they didn't know. They were presented with things like 20-gatefold color brochures.
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.
Point out the problems, as long as you have a solution. I don't like critics who aren't doers themselves.
Every year I go to the Google Zeitgeist conference, which is invite-only, and I'm one of about 20 women and five fashion people out of the 400 there.
100% of Net-a-porter customers have a man in their lives in some capacity, and 59% are married or living with a partner.
As an entrepreneur, what drives you has to be the good news; otherwise, you just don't get out of bed.
In order to stay relevant, you have to stay open to new trends and keep educating yourself. You have to keep evolving.
There's no right time to have kids and no perfect formula. The good news is there isn't a wrong way, either.
My personal ambition remains the same - to be creative, to be modern, to stay one step ahead, to enjoy life.
You can no longer just have a magazine that shows you this glossy impervious image of women - in the studio, artificial, wearing a push-up bra.
Net-a-Porter offers catwalk fashion and trend-driven shopping, but for Mr Porter, while fashion is still important, style is key.
When I'm working, I have a hard time switching off, and when I'm not working, I have a hard time thinking of ever wanting to work again.
For Net-A-Porter and its customers, luxury means exceptional service, 24-7 - wherever they are, whenever they have time.
I realised at a certain point that if I was going to have the kind of life that I fantasised about, I needed to get my act together.
Once you start a business, you have to grow it and grow with it - starting a business is not just for Christmas.
What seems like a crazy idea today eventually grows. It's a 'with hindsight' thing. One day, someone will turn around and say, 'That was genius.'
Grown-up clothes are more appealing because customers need to be able to project themselves into them.
When I was a teenager, a psychic told me, 'Your biggest challenge will be life-work balance.' That's certainly turned out to be true!
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.
Never forget that you only have one opportunity to make a first impression - with investors, with customers, with PR, and with marketing.