The entrepreneur founded Phenomenal Woman, which creates products addressing sociopolitical injustices, and has another career as a children s author. Her latest endeavor is a children s book entitled Ambitious Girl. Set to be released on January 19, the book tells the story of a young girl who learns to embrace her ambitions in life.
The book comes a year after the release of Harris first book, Kamala and Maya s Big Idea, which was inspired by her mother, Maya and her aunt, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. (That became a New York Times best-seller, and more recently, a video that Meena posted of her aunt exceeded 10 million views on TikTok.)
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Meet the millennial CEO who wants to redefine the ownership of men s clothing, and convinced Alexis Ohanian and Nas to invest
Meet the millennial CEO who wants to redefine the ownership of men s clothing, and convinced Alexis Ohanian and Nas to invest
Dominic-Madori DavisJan 17, 2021, 20:52 IST
Regy Perlera.Courtesy of Seasons
rental platform.
Alexis Ohanian s Initialized Capital, Notation Capital, and the rapper
Nas. It currently offers over 500 products and has 18 official brand partners.
Perlera launched the company in November 2019 after noticing many rental platforms were targeted toward women, but few were focused on men.
In an interview with Business Insider, Perlera talks about his company Seasons and how he wants to redefine ownership for the next generation.
Regy Perlera, 28, is the founder and CEO of Seasons, a menswear rental platform.
Seasons raised $4.3 million in 2019 from investors such as Alexis Ohanian s Initialized Capital, Notation Capital, and the rapper Nas. It currently offers over 500 products and has 18 official brand partners.
Perlera launched the company in November 2019 after noticing many rental platforms were targeted toward women, but few were focused on men.
In an interview with Business Insider, Perlera talks about his company Seasons and how he wants to redefine ownership for the next generation.
In the summer of 2019, Regy Perlera found himself scurrying around New York. He had just left his job as a product designer at Nike and was on the hunt for investors for a new idea: a platform that would allow men to rent designer clothing.
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