Quotes by Natalie Massenet

About Natalie Massenet:

Natalie Massenet is a fashion entrepreneur and former journalist, who founded the designer fashion portal Net-a-Porter. Since 2013, she has been chairman of the British Fashion Council.
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I think fashion is actually very good training for being in the tech world, because it's all about moving on to the next thing, looking for the next thing, not getting stuck in the past.

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Twice I let people talk me out of good ideas.

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My father always had people around the house who were famous psychics.

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One of my goals is that, at a dinner party some time in the future, someone will say, 'Oh, my nephew is starting a ready-to-wear brand', and 20 people will turn around and say, 'Is he? Can we invest?' in the same way that, now, if you were to say, 'M...

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I realised at a certain point that if I was going to have the kind of life that I fantasised about, I needed to get my act together.

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My personal ambition remains the same - to be creative, to be modern, to stay one step ahead, to enjoy life.

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Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.

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I attend Internet conferences all the time, and they literally make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

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For Net-A-Porter and its customers, luxury means exceptional service, 24-7 - wherever they are, whenever they have time.

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The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.

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When I'm working, I have a hard time switching off, and when I'm not working, I have a hard time thinking of ever wanting to work again.

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When I started Net-a-Porter, I knew nothing. And I was pregnant. Starting a new venture and being pregnant for the first time are pretty similar in many ways. If you knew what was going to happen to you, you wouldn't venture down that road.

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It's a false assumption that people with a lot of money have a lot of free time to shop.

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I have donated money to campaigns. And I have been known to take to the street in protest. But I am more committed to my immediate politics than general politics.

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I cry at anything remotely touching - smile at me warmly and I'm off... television also does it, everything from 'X-Factor' to cereal commercials. I cry when I am tired. I also cry when I laugh.

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If you want success, be unique.

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Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.

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As much as I love to shop online, I also love walking the streets on a beautiful day and seeing what finds I can discover in a small shop or vintage store.

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I love that I love my job, and from what I'm told, that others who I work with do, too.

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When you love something, it doesn't feel like work.

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I love contemporary culture. Even the stuff I don't like.

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Author Bio

  • NameNatalie Massenet
  • DescriptionAmerican businessman
  • BornMay 13, 1965
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionEntrepreneur
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire