Amber Venz Box: From Intern To International Disruptor

If I asked you for your definition of success, what would you say? For me, it’s simple: success is unique to each and every one of us.

Welcome to The Success Revolution, the podcast that’s changing the way we talk – and think – about success. Having worked with one too many women who’s had her confidence and her identity diminished as a result of working towards an antiquated definition of success – you know it, money, power, status, etc.

In this episode of The Success Revolution, I speak to the inimitable businesswoman Amber Venz Box. Who despite starting her career rather uneventfully by being ignored by all of the American style magazines, when she wrote as asked to be an intern, did not give up on her pursuit of brilliance. What lay ahead, has even surprised her. Because after several years as a jobbing freelance stylist, making her own jewellery on the side, and generally just doing anything to stay in touch with the fashion industry that she has loved for as long as she can remember, Amber came up with a simple but game-changingly brilliant idea: technology that helps bloggers earn a small cut of the products or services that they are promoting.

Today that idea has spiralled into a business that has literally changed the shape of the fashion industry, promoting bloggers and influencers to their right position up the tree of credibility, and also giving them the revenue to be able to become individual content creators, which has directly impacted on traditional magazine and media sales and distribution globally.

Since RewardStyle’s inception in 2011, it’s no exaggeration to say that Amber and her team have created a fashion revolution. They’ve helped legitimise bloggers (and put them on the front rows) and democratised money and power away from the big brands.

Amber herself has been named on the Business of Fashion 500 power list, Forbes' 30 Under 30, Fast Co.'s Most Innovative and Glamour’s “Woman of the Year” for Technology, among many other accolades.

You can follow Amber and her ventures at:

@liketoknow.it

@rewardstylehq

@ambervenzbox

or via the website at rewardstyle.com and liketoknowit.com

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