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The Mothership

The Mothership

This Mindset Saved a $100M Brand | Rebecca Minkoff’s Delusional Optimism is Everything

Oct 13, 2026 · 40m

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Rebecca Minkoff built a $100M brand while being mama to four amazing kids and mentoring female founders around the globe... and then she lived through a pandemic business collapse, a forced sale, and a Real Housewives of New York season. On the premiere episode of The Mothership, she sits down with Daphne Oz to talk about her “delusional optimism,” the wins and losses of mothering while building a business, how she got her power back after losing it inside her own company, and the moment she realized she could let it all go... but not just yet! What You’ll Learn [00:01:46] Why Rebecca’s parents gave her zero structure growing up — and how that became her greatest business asset [00:04:05]…