Atlanta, US · Angel
Sara Blakely
Founder
Latest rounds
- PhiaSeed · $8MSept 2025
BacksE-commerceAIFashion
Rounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 1
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $8M
- Active
- 2025
PhiaSeed$8MUSJoined · +6 investors
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Companies they are listed as backing
Portfolio
Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Company raisingNURTURE INCDirectorsince 2011
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How to find your big idea w/Spanx's Sara Blakely
WithSara Blakely
MentionsEndeavorNational GeographicLinda RottenbergMichelle LeeOprah Winfrey
About this episode
To find your big idea? Look for it. And look for it. And be ready to act. Spanx founder Sara Blakely was actively seeking a business idea when she thought of Spanx. Then she moved fast, found help in the right places, and went all-in. The result: A billion-dollar company & women's wardrobes…
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Apple PodcastsHow to find your big idea w/Spanx's Sara Blakely
WithSara Blakely
MentionsEndeavorNational GeographicLinda RottenbergMichelle LeeOprah Winfrey
About this episode
To find your big idea? Look for it. And look for it. And be ready to act. Spanx founder Sara Blakely was actively seeking a business idea when she thought of Spanx. Then she moved fast, found help in the right places, and went all-in. The result: A billion-dollar company & women's wardrobes…
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Live From The HIBT Summit: Sara Blakely Of Spanx
WithSara Blakely
About this episode
Our first episode from the 2019 How I Built This Summit features Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx. In front of a live audience, she tells Guy how she stayed confident in the earliest days of building the business, and why one day she still wound up sobbing on the floor of Office Depot. Every Thursday…
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Apple PodcastsHow to find your big idea, w/Spanx's Sara Blakely
WithSara Blakely
MentionsNational GeographicMichelle Lee
About this episode
How to find your big idea? Look for it. And look for it. And be ready to act. Spanx founder Sara Blakely was actively seeking a business idea when she thought of Spanx (she shares a never-fail technique). Then she moved fast, found help in the right places, and went all-in. The result: A…
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Apple PodcastsSpanx: Sara Blakely (2017)
WithSara Blakely
About this episode
We're hard at work planning our upcoming live shows, so we bring you this favorite from the last year: Spanx. At 27, Sara Blakely was selling fax machines and desperate to reinvent her life. So she came up with Spanx, hosiery that eliminates panty lines, and set to work building her business.…
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Apple PodcastsSpanx: Sara Blakely
WithSara Blakely
About this episode
At 27, Sara Blakely was selling fax machines and desperate to reinvent her life. So she came up with Spanx, hosiery that eliminates panty lines, and set to work building her business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mentioned in
Episodes that name Sara Blakely in their description, which is not the same as being on them.
10 Years of How I Built This: A Decade of Innovation, Risk and Reinvention
MentionsGuy RazKatrina LakeSara Blakely
About this episode
Stories about starting a business are almost always full of drama. They’re about ambition, loss, triumph, catastrophe, resilience. And they’re also full of life lessons – which is why Guy Raz launched How I Built This 10 years ago: He wanted to host a free master class in entrepreneurship, one…
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Leading Consumer Growth Investor: Blackstone Growth’s Katie Storer
MentionsSara Blakely
About this episode
In this episode, we speak with Katie Storer, a Managing Director with Blackstone Growth. Katie was recently recognized by GrowthCap as a Top Woman Leader in Growth Investing of 2023. Katie focuses on investments in the consumer sector and was a leader of the all-female investment team for Spanx,… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's page
Ben Casnocha on his learnings from working with Reid Hoffman, building network incentives, and the art of portfolio construction.
WithBen Casnocha
Their bookThe Start-up of You
MentionsReid HoffmanBill GatesChris YehGreylockJeff BezosMark Zuckerberg
About this episode
Follow me @samirkaji for my (usually) daily thoughts on the world of venture capital. We’re pleased to provide this week’s episode with Ben Casnocha, founding partner of Village Globa l. Prior to Village, Ben was an entrepreneur and also acted as Chief of Staff at LinkedIn and Greylock working… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageEntrepreneurship as a second act, w/Gwyneth Paltrow
WithGwyneth Paltrow
MentionsBrian CheskySara Blakely
About this episode
It’s never too late to join the entrepreneurial party. We've heard all the stories of young geniuses, but plenty of influential entrepreneurs founded companies in their 30s, 40s, 50s. There’s value to being a late-stage founder – like the fact that you’re bringing along all your life experience.…
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