10wedding dresses
an unexpected case study
SOMETIMES THE best opportunities in business are the most unexpected. If someone had taken out a crystal ball and told me all the businesses I would pursue in the course of my career, I might have believed banking, real estate, and maybe a vineyard. I might have even believed sports. But it is safe to say that one endeavor of which I never thought I would be a part is the wedding dress business.
I did not know anything about the wedding dress business when I received a phone call in 1999 from my friend Ronnie Rothstein, asking me if I would be interested in putting together a group of investors to buy a company called Kleinfeld Bridal. I had heard of Kleinfeld but could not place it.
Ronnie explained ...
Get Make Your Own Rules now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.