Jaleh Bisharat, co-founder and CEO of NakedPoppy, has built some of Silicon Valley’s most vibrant brands from the ground up. After serving as VP Marketing at Amazon.com in the late 1990’s, she held board seats or c-suite marketing roles at OpenTable, Upwork, Eventbrite, Skillshare, and Wealthfront. Very few people out there can build a business like Jaleh.

In this episode, Jaleh discusses what she learned as a child when her family lost everything and how it gave her the mindset she needed to succeed later in life. Jaleh shares how defining NakedPoppy’s moat and moving slower to get it right was actually the best strategy of all.

Check out this episode to hear more about:

• The career power you hold when you have a positive attitude and positive energy
• How to go from the riskiest hire to the biggest power player in a business
• How focusing on your people can be your best growth strategy

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