She Quit Her Corporate Job with No Money, No Connections and No Fashion Experience and Built the Brand Every Powerful Woman Is Wearing with Sali Christeson

About this episode

Sali Christeson shares her journey of leaving her corporate job to create a successful workwear brand for women.

She quit her corporate job at Cisco with no money, no connections, and no fashion background — and built the workwear brand worn by the most powerful women in the world. Sali Christeson founded Argent after reading a study that showed what a woman wears directly impacts her earnings over her lifetime. From fighting for every dollar of funding in a system that wasn't built for her, to surviving a pandemic eight and a half months pregnant, to selling out a hot pink suit in 24 hours and making h...

People in this episode

Hosts: Jaclyn Johnson, Marina Middleton

Guest: Sali Christeson

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• fashion
• women in business
• funding
• workwear

Keywords

• corporate job
• fashion brand
• women's workwear
• funding challenges
• entrepreneurial journey

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cisco, Argent

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