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Away's co-CEO Steph Korey to step down from the role for the second time in less than a year
Korey previously stepped down in December 2019 after a bombshell investigation into the working env…
Mary Hanbury
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Cofounders Jen Rubio and Steph Korey built online luggage retailer Away into a $1.4 billion company in just three years. Next up, it wants to be a 'travel brand.'
Skincare and makeup company Glossier was founded by Emily Weiss in 2014 and announced a $100 millio…
Megan Hernbroth
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Luggage startup Away is bringing back its former CEO and disputing reports about its toxic work culture and Slack messages that created a backlash online
"The way it became perceived it was like I stepped down and like I left the company," she told The …
Mary Hanbury
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Away CEO ousted days after investigation reveals she perpetuated cutthroat culture of bullying and burnout at the buzzy luggage startup
"Stuart's impressive track record in strategically scaling retail businesses and teams offers inval…
Kate Taylor
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Away cofounder Jen Rubio and Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield are expecting a baby together after a long fertility journey Rubio described as 'a whole road to get here'
Rubio detailed the couple's struggles with fertility, revealing that she had an early miscarriage a…
Avery Hartmans
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Buzzy luggage startup Away has furloughed half of its staff and laid off 60 employees as the coronavirus continues to crush the travel industry
The company's founders Steph Korey and Jen Rubio announced the cuts in a blog post on Tuesday, whic…
Tanya Dua
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Here's the full Slack message from Away's returning CEO calling a recent investigation into the company 'deliberate lies'
Steph Korey, the 31-year-old cofounder, stepped down as CEO in December following allegations that …
Mary Hanbury
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Away warns employees not to interact with criticism of the company's workplace after the CEO's public apology
Many of Korey's Slack conversations were included in the story. At one point, she reportedly called…
Mary Meisenzahl
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Some Away workers were reportedly fired after bosses caught them complaining in a secret Slack channel
Away's office culture was exceptionally Slack-centric, according to the report. Employees were repo…
Aaron Holmes
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The HR chief at $1.4 billion Away told us the company wants employees to 'bring their full, authentic selves to work.' But a new bombshell investigation describes a cutthroat culture of bullying and burnout.
"We want Away to be a company that sets the highest standards for how we treat our employees and he…
Shana Lebowitz
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How retail's lack of gender diversity and representation in leadership roles is hurting profitability - in an industry where just 12% of CEOs are women
A May 2020 McKinsey report found that profit performance can be close to 50 percent higher when wom…
Bethany Biron
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The fall of the girlboss is actually a good thing
The girlboss has long been seen as a champion of female empowerment, but June 2020 proved to be a t…
Hillary Hoffower
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A pair of former Warby Parker execs have raised $8.5 million to create the perfect suitcase
"We [had] three goals in mind: to bring our brand experience to life, to find out if our customers …
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The first-time founder's ultimate guide to building a winning pitch deck
Carbonell said one of the best pieces of advice she's heard on this topic is to pretend you're pres…
Shana Lebowitz
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15 organizers behind worker movements at Amazon, Google, Uber, Kickstarter, and other tech companies say the industry has reached an inflection point and that things aren't going back to the way they were before
Amazon, Google, Uber, and other tech organizers share how COVID-19 and anti-racism protests brought…
Tyler Sonnemaker,Allana Akhtar
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A pair of former Warby Parker execs are attempting to create the perfect carry-on bag
"We both love to travel and when we do, we pay a lot of attention to where we go, what we pack, and…
Talia Avakian
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How startups should develop a public relations strategy - and how to know whether to hire an agency or go in-house, say PR pros
"With a new company that's emerging with venture funding, there's an expectation to scale and to gr…
Alyssa Meyers
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20-somethings who dream of being the next Elon Musk may be victims of 'entrepreneurship porn,' and it doesn't bode well for their futures
Jen Rubio left her job at Warby Parker a few years before cofounding direct-to-consumer luggage com…