Taking a company public is perhaps one of the best days in a founder's life — but out of the 7,000 companies that have IPO’d throughout history, only about 30 of them have been founded and led by women. One of those women is Julie Wainwright — and she’s done it twice. Known best as the founder of The RealReal, Julie also shares details on her newest venture, Ahara. She gets candid about her success (and struggles) as a woman in tech, and details how her entrepreneurial spirit always served as her guide. (And yes, she dishes on the challenges of securing funding as a female founder, and dealing with ageism.) We loved this conversation and we hope you will, too!

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