How Curtsy is Redefining College Fashion

David Oates

with David Oates

Founder at Curtsy

How Curtsy is Redefining College Fashion

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David and Jenna discuss how Curtsy is empowering women in college to be entrepreneurs, the future of social commerce, and his DoorDash fame.

Learning Points

  • Curtsy’s experience at Y Combinator 
  • The most common user behavior on Curtsy and how the app’s evolved since launching at Ole Miss
  • The rise of the amateur in fashion, partnering with bloggers, and the evolution of social commerce
  • Curtsy’s distributed ambassador model and their unique commitment to empowering their university directors
  • How to tap into user’s emotional needs to design meaningful products
  • Key learnings from David’s experiences at HubSpot; “Be the teacher, not the billboard.”
  • Life as an “indefinite optimist”