 Rebecca Minkoff was born on 11 December 1980 in San Diego, California, United States into a middle-class family. After graduating from school, Rebecca Minkoff had a dream of owning her fashion designer brand but had to start as an intern for a fashion designer. She worked her way from the bottom to the top. It was tough as she first worked in the shipping department and did odd jobs like picking her boss's son from school and so on. Rebecca proved herself by working very hard on various projects she was assigned to. Now this made her boss to move her around various departments and increased her knowledge about the many aspects of the fashion business. Even though it was not easy, Rebecca saved up money from her hard earnings and started her own company in 2001 making stylish handbags at first. Now she managed her new company for four years and soon needed money to sustain and expand it. She was a big struggle and she knew that doing nothing meant she would lose her business after putting in so much effort. Rebecca, unable to access a loan desperately, turned to her father to invest money into her fashion business. She got a no but he asked her to reach out to her brother Yuri Minkoff to help, quoting would I not suffer another rejection Rebecca thought to herself and uncertain she approached Yuri. Unfortunately Yuri saw the potential in the business and decided to invest his savings and also because he was credit worthy took a loan to fund and expand the business. The siblings began a collaboration and co-founded the Rebecca Minkoff fashion design. Breaking into the fashion business market was not an easy fit for Rebecca and so they decided to break out from the traditional method of rich and out to clients in the fashion industry by engaging only editors from magazines. Rebecca and Yuri were willing to take risks and try something new. Rebecca decided to connect with customers through social media inspiring her target market who are mostly women. She also strategically worked with bloggers and social media brands to promote her brand. Before long, a social media community was built, RM Superwoman on Facebook and Instagram. This worked well for Rebecca's fashion brand. They created thematic bag names morning after, lovers clutch and the affair, the swoon and so on. The very creative Rebecca handled the apparel design making aspect while Yuri handled the business arm. The brand now sells in over 900 wholesale outlets. Rebecca and her brother Yuri Minkoff have both been able to build a brand that has made over 100 million dollars in sales. Now here's the thing, if you're thinking of starting your own business, Rebecca Story should give you some inspiration. You see entrepreneurship is one of the most misunderstood career paths there is. Most people who want to build a business don't have an idea as per what it takes to build a business. You have to be willing to make sacrifices, you must be disciplined and you have to believe in yourself. You must learn how to overcome your fears and you must accept rejections as part of the price for the greatness you seek. You must also be willing to start small as Francis Drake once said, great things have a small beginning. Vision like Haini said, and I quote, epic things start with small humble steps. Pay respect to your beginnings and if you're just starting know that it's okay to be sucky, to be small, to be messy and chaotic. Just make sure to never stop dreaming. If you don't learn how to keep a part of everything you earn, you can't build a business. If you don't learn how to motivate yourself into actions, nobody will do it for you. If you don't learn how to persist when the road is rough, you won't achieve your dreams. Get out today and eat that ugly frog.