Hill House Home Founder Nell Diamond on Paving the Way as an Influencer and Entrepreneur

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

When Hill House Home first started, founder and CEO Nell Diamond wasn’t focused on selling the now-famous “Nap Dress”, or cultivating her Instagram presence. Rather, the brand started as a bedding company, and Nell’s Instagram was a space for her creativity. Seven years later, the Nap Dress is a cult-favorite, selling out in minutes, Nell’s created the model for the influencer-entrepreneur, and Hill House is now valued at $150M.

In this episode, shares:

• Why she followed her instincts to go into fashion, despite people telling her it wasn’t a “serious” profession
• What her first job at Abercrombie taught her
• Why you don’t need to be a natural risk-taker to be an entrepreneur
• The thing she wishes more executives would understand
• The tools she’s leaned on as a manager and executive

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