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Stormy Simon is the former president of Overstock.com. She joined in 2001 during the formative years of e-commerce and at the time revenue was less than $20M and with a staff of under 100. In her career, she has gone from executive assistant to VP of Branding to VP of customer care to CMO to eventually becoming President. During her tenure, Overstock became a top 25 e-tailer by traffic and grew to nearly $2B in revenue and had approximately 1600 employees.  Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:  [2:40] Jeremy introduces his guest, Stormy Simon.  [4:40] Stormy shares her career trajectory and how it has changed over the years.  [12:40] A story from Stormy’s Hard Rock Cafe days.  [16:30] What Stormy wanted to do when she was a child.  [20:00] How having a child shifted Stormy’s perspective.  [22:00] Stormy talks about her time at Overstock.  [33:00] What were some of the early products featured on Overstock?  [36:30] Hard decisions Stormy made as the president of Overstock.  [41:20] Why the founder of Oversto