Showpo’s Jane Lu on building a $30M fashion empire from her parents’ garage
Hear how high-achieving Ernst & Young graduate, Jane Lu, turned her back on finance and embraced serious personal debt to pursue her dream of becoming one of Australia’s leading entrepreneurs.
“Cracking that million-dollar month was the validation I needed. Even if I failed at that point, I at least had the validation to then be able to do something else.”
Jane’s key takeaways
In this chat, Jane shares her lessons when it comes to:
- Career risks that pay off
- Self-funding your empire
- Building a loyal customer base on social
- The value of a ‘Minimum Viable Product’ approach
- Growing your business and staff
Jane’s key takeaways
In this chat, Jane shares her lessons when it comes to:
- Career risks that pay off
- Self-funding your empire
- Building a loyal customer base on social
- The value of a ‘Minimum Viable Product’ approach
- Growing your business and staff
More about Jane
In 2010, Jane Lu founded the online fashion label Showpo from her parents’ garage. Starting with just a laptop and two shelves of clothing, Jane’s keen sense for social media marketing and disruptive approach to online retail soon saw the company grow into a global fashion empire.
Showpo now boasts an audience of 3.3 million engaged followers, a team of over 150 millennials across their central Sydney headquarters and a distribution centre, and an annual turnover totaling $30million this last financial year.
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