DAILYLOOK is a personal styling service that sends you a box of hand-picked fashion items right to your door every month. In this interview, Brian shares with us how he started his first business at 15 years old, created and then sold a newsletter with over 450k subscribers to a poker company, and then raised over $11M to build his company DAILYLOOK. Brian uncovers the challenges he faced from pivoting his business and shares some important red flags he looks out for when hiring.

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“I think there's a lot to be gained in experience from working with great teams and great people.”

“I definitely recommend having and surrounding yourself with as many experienced mentors as possible.”

“People that didn't have positive experiences with other coworkers in previous jobs will still tend to give a mediocre or medium type of reference check.”

“When you start a business, I do recommend that, depending on the business of course, that you have a co-founder.”

“I think the mental game is a challenging one. And with time and experience, I've learned my ways of how I cope with things in challenging times.”

“As an entrepreneur, self-doubt can creep in from many different angles and places and times.”

“I try to maintain the perspective and mindset of being a lifelong learner and always intellectually curious and open to learning new things. Learn from new people around you.”

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