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2025-05-05 2:16:14

The Woman That Makes Millionaires: They're Lying About Work Life Balance! I Built SKIMS Without Fashion Knowledge!

She turned hustle into a $4 billion brand, Emma Grede breaks down how she built Kardashian fashion empires 



Emma Grede is the founding partner behind the globally successful brands SKIMS, Good American, and Safely, all launched with the Kardashian family. She is also Chairwoman of The Fifteen Percent Pledge, is a board member at Baby2Baby, and was named one of Forbes ‘Richest Self-Made Women in America’. 



She explains: 



Growing up in East London, raised by a single mother, and how early hardship forged her fierce independence.




Taking on a maternal role from childhood, learning to lead through responsibility, empathy, and survival.




Turning rejection, dyslexia, and a lack of qualifications into fuel for building billion-dollar fashion brands.




Balancing ambition and motherhood, and the personal toll of leadership, hustle, and hard decisions.




Building SKIMS and Good American without fashion training, and the mindset that made it all possible.








Intro  

Becoming Emma Grede  

Acting as the Mum and Raising My Siblings  

Lacking a Father Figure Growing Up  

Anger Management Tools I Learned  

My Dream Was Always Fashion  

Understanding Money Attachment Styles  

Emma's Recipe to Achieve Anything  

Customer Feedback  

The Importance of Reliable Decision Partners & Mentality Shifts  

Do People Need Mentors to Succeed?  

The One Skill That Made Me an Entrepreneur  

The Three Most Important Words for Career Advancement  

Does Working in an Office Make Employees More Successful?  

Traits of Future Successful People  

Interview Red Flags & Work-Life Balance  

Can You Be Successful and Have Work-Life Balance?  

You Can't Be a Leader and a People Pleaser  

Being Cancelled as a Leader and Public Figure  

Racism and Sexism in the Business Industry  

Dealing With Business Struggles and Crises  

Top 3 Valuable Practices for Founders  

Don't Get Stuck—Keep Fresh Eyes  

Brands Copying Other Brands  

Advice for People With Unsupportive Partners  

Scheduling Date Night  

Meeting Kris Jenner  

Pitching to Khloé Kardashian  

Turning an Idea Into a Business  

Strategies Deployed in Business  

Building a Brand Strategy in 2025  

First Principles of Business  

How to Become the Best Salesperson  

Learning How to Fire People  

Attracting Top Talent to Your Company  

What a Founder Shouldn't Do in Business  

Hiring Exceptional People  

Prejudices in the Workplace  

Why Prejudices Shouldn’t Limit Anyone  

How to Stop Giving a F***  

When Do Successful Women Have Children?  

My IVF Journey and Miscarriages  

The Taboo Around Surrogacy, Freezing Eggs & Pregnancy  

Emma Grede's New Podcast ‘Aspire’  



Follow Emma: 

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/emmagrede/?hl=en 

Good American - https://www.goodamerican.com/

SKIMS - http://skims.com/

Safely - https://getsafely.com/ 

Aspire With Emma Grede Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aspire-with-emma-grede/id1811878340



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