Startup - #13 Fake It Til You Make It
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Gimlet considers making an app, makes a prototype with GV
Ben Tossell
StartUp Season 4, #6: Part 3: Photos — To understand the present, we take a look at the past
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Ben Tossell
Part 3 in the Dov Charney story! In this episode, we trace American Apparel’s rise from the early wholesale days in South Carolina to the booming retail behemoth it eventually became. Along the way, we speak with some of the people closest to former CEO Dov Charney, in order to figure out how his past informs the present. We also begin to explore how sexuality came to define the American Apparel brand, and how Dov’s unorthodox business practices and questionable personal behavior led to widespread scrutiny about what was really going on at the company.