M&P Ep. 193 Joana McKenna, Jane

Meat & Potatoes Podcast

In this episode, Garrett Clark meets with Joana McKenna, CEO of Jane. Jane is an e-commerce marketplace that houses more than 2,000 shops and big brand and designer names. In their discussion, Joana explains Jane's current business model and how Jane is planning on simplifying the process for designers to move their product directly onto Jane's marketplace platform. Joana also shares her life story and how she became CEO of Jane.

Joana has over 20 years of experience in high-growth e-commerce businesses. She has held key leadership roles in sales, general management, product management, marketing, supply chain and operations at Walmart eCommerce, Johnson & Johnson and Amazon.

Outline of the conversation:

0:00 Introduction

0:30 Introduction to Jane

2:30 Business model

4:15 Evergreen marketplace

5:45 Getting signed up

6:30 Curation

9:30 Advice to others

12:05 Joana McKenna background

15:00 Foundational principles

18:45 Being the CEO

25:00 Supporting sellers

28:00 Upcoming changes and events

Show links:

https://sell.jane.com

https://jane.com

Social:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/siliconslopes

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/siliconslopes/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/silicon-slopes/