“There is an unsettling trend to interview ex-employees of female-founded companies and report their claims either at face value or without any context … These are trends that will only serve to drive women back out of the board room,” wrote Tyler Haney
Photo: Noam Galai/2017 Getty Images Tyler “Ty” Haney, the co-founder and CEO of athleisure company Outdoor Voices, has finally spoken up after resigning from the company in late February.
The news of Haney’s exit came a few days after the Business of Fashion reported she was effectively forced to step down as a CEO and assume a “founder” title. The site reported that Cliff Moskowitz, co-founder of fashion investment firm Interluxe, would be interim CEO, while Haney would remain on the company’s board of directors. The changes, BoF reports, came after Other Voices had faced several months of significant financial challenges.
BuzzFeed reported that the 31-year-old announced her resignation in an internal Slack announcement, writing “with heartbreak, I have tendered my resignation” with the following message: “You all know how much I value and I am incredibly proud of the brand community and team we have built together to get the world moving over the last six years. This has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life and I am so grateful to each and every one of you. THANK YOU. Sending all of my love. The future is bright and it’s yours for the taking.”
Outdoor Voices was founded in 2012 and quickly became a beloved athletic-wear brand among millennial consumers. Haney, a cross-country runner who studied design at Parsons, has been the face of the label since its creation, and it’s unclear what the brand will look like without her leadership. OV has raised $60 million in funding and currently has ten storefronts, but in spite of its popularity with millennials it has, like other DTC product start-ups, struggled to scale.
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