The best thing in business is to follow your gut. If a decision is not sitting well with you, don't just make it.

For a while after college, I was thinking of becoming a fitness trainer, and I am a certified aqua trainer.

My parents were inspired by Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas when naming me. They specifically saved this masculine name for their only girl.

Pinterest has been helpful to my business. Making inspiration boards is really key to developing products. When I was getting married, I literally cut out tear sheets and put my own boards together. Had I known about Pinterest, I would have been able to do it so much more easily.

My mom is a painter and photographer and my grandfather was an artist, so I've always been surrounded by creative people.

I've been entrepreneurial since middle school. I was always arranging bake sales, dances and school trips to raise money for the Dalton School.

I know everything about candy. Would you believe I even know where to find gumballs in the middle of Africa?