Lindsey Foust

I’ve been very fortunate to learn from a handful of incredible mentors who have shaped how I think, lead, and show up professionally. Jess Yang, who I met through Retail Women in Tech and founder of Halo, has shown me what creative, visionary leadership looks like. Chandler Minaldi has been one of the most impactful people in my professional development, always encouraging me to raise the bar and step into new levels of success. Zach Tarshis, who spent a decade at Google before we crossed paths at Archive, has pushed me think big and approach challenges and opportunities from new strategic angles. 

The best career advice I ever received came from Liz Ricketts, and it completely reframed how I think about impact. She helped me realize that creating another sustainable t-shirt wasn’t the goal, the real opportunity was to rethink and redesign the entire system behind it.

For someone looking to start a career in resale, my biggest piece of advice is to start by participating in resale yourself. List something on Depop, buy something on eBay, trade in your old lululemon in store, go thrifting, spend time in your local vintage shop, and really experience the magic of it from all angles. My second piece of advice to young women is to network early and often, because in a small industry like resale, the people you meet now are the ones you’ll grow alongside for years to come.

I think the biggest opportunity right now is how AI is fundamentally reshaping commerce, especially as agentic shopping makes discovery and comparison more accessible. Consumers can now evaluate new and secondhand options side by side in real time, which is accelerating transparency and pushing resale into a core purchasing channel.