Episode 011: My Journey to Now
Dianna Cohen
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In this solo episode, I go deeper into my own story, the version before Crown Affair existed. I talk about being a B-plus student in a small town in South Florida who found the first thing she was ever good at in an art history classroom, and how that feeling of awe became a North Star I'm still chasing. I share the story of a marketing class at NYU where a guest speaker named Gary Vaynerchuk cracked something open in me, and the years that followed: working for Emily Weiss at Into The Gloss before anyone called it influencer marketing, meeting Ara Katz through a LinkedIn notification I wasn't even supposed to send, and eventually building my first company, Levitate, before I ever built Crown Affair.
I also get into what it actually felt like to take the leap in April 2019, and how every art reference I love, from Ed Ruscha to a Doctor Seuss quote in our very first product sample, ended up woven into the world of Crown Affair.
Tune in for a look at how ambition, curiosity, and the people you choose to work with quietly become the foundation for everything you eventually build.
(01:33) Six years of Crown Affair, and the moment it all started
(02:52) Growing up in South Florida and falling in love with New York
(04:31) The eighth-grade "villain origin story" and what art gave her
(05:59) Studying art history at NYU
(07:41) Meeting Gary Vaynerchuk, and her first job with Emily Weiss at Into The Gloss
(09:29) What came after Into The Gloss
(12:21) Building Levitate, her first company, and clients like Harry's and The Wing
(16:07) Taking the leap to Crown Affair, and building the brand's visual world with Sho Shibuya
(21:17) Year six of Crown Affair, year one of Take Your Time
Thank you for listening to Take Your Time. Subscribe to our podcast:
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YouTube: @diannacohen
Follow along on Instagram: Instagram: takeyourtimeuniverse
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Substack: https://dianna.substack.com/
Find everything Take Your Time at takeyourtimeuniverse.com
Check out Crown Affair: https://www.crownaffair.com/
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Episode 011: My Journey to Now
Dianna Cohen
630 views
In this solo episode, I go deeper into my own story, the version before Crown Affair existed. I talk about being a B-plus student in a small town in South Florida who found the first thing she was ever good at in an art history classroom, and how that feeling of awe became a North Star I'm still chasing. I share the story of a marketing class at NYU where a guest speaker named Gary Vaynerchuk cracked something open in me, and the years that followed: working for Emily Weiss at Into The Gloss before anyone called it influencer marketing, meeting Ara Katz through a LinkedIn notification I wasn't even supposed to send, and eventually building my first company, Levitate, before I ever built Crown Affair.
I also get into what it actually felt like to take the leap in April 2019, and how every art reference I love, from Ed Ruscha to a Doctor Seuss quote in our very first product sample, ended up woven into the world of Crown Affair.
Tune in for a look at how ambition, curiosity, and the people you choose to work with quietly become the foundation for everything you eventually build.
(01:33) Six years of Crown Affair, and the moment it all started
(02:52) Growing up in South Florida and falling in love with New York
(04:31) The eighth-grade "villain origin story" and what art gave her
(05:59) Studying art history at NYU
(07:41) Meeting Gary Vaynerchuk, and her first job with Emily Weiss at Into The Gloss
(09:29) What came after Into The Gloss
(12:21) Building Levitate, her first company, and clients like Harry's and The Wing
(16:07) Taking the leap to Crown Affair, and building the brand's visual world with Sho Shibuya
(21:17) Year six of Crown Affair, year one of Take Your Time
Thank you for listening to Take Your Time. Subscribe to our podcast:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3axzhup...
YouTube: @diannacohen
Follow along on Instagram: Instagram: takeyourtimeuniverse
Keep up on TikTok: TikTok: takeyourtimeuniverse
Follow Dianna on Instagram: Instagram: diannacohen
Substack: https://dianna.substack.com/
Find everything Take Your Time at takeyourtimeuniverse.com
Check out Crown Affair: https://www.crownaffair.com/