"Nobody really likes doing sales tax returns—it’s one of those bottom-of-the-barrel jobs that you have to do. You worry about getting audited. You have to be super exact. I never looked forward to the end of the month."

"Our value proposition to users is to deliver tangible value for one’s literal sweat equity. As an early-stage startup, predicting which products would resonate with our customers was a luxury we didn’t have. Every inventory decision carried risks, from selecting the right apparel sizes to managing potential surplus. The traditional …