26. Pickle: Hyper Local and Scalable Peer to Peer Fashion Rental with Founder Julia O’Mara

26. Pickle: Hyper Local and Scalable Peer to Peer Fashion Rental with Founder Julia O’Mara

Author: Victoria Smith September 18, 2024 Duration: 38:47
Welcome back to Interwoven Stories, this week I had interviewed Julia O’Mara, Co-Founder and COO of Pickle. Pickle is a peer to peer fashion rental platform headquartered in New York City and we were able to meet in person amidst New York Fashion Week. In this episode Julia shares some fun stories about the early days of Pickle, advice for entrepreneurs, and really fun renter stories from engagements to revenge dresses. Julia has not always worked in fashion and before joining Forbes 30...

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