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

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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