{"id":599549,"date":"2023-01-20T17:49:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T23:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/20\/kim-kardashian-speaking-at-harvard-draws-mixed-but-predictable-reactions\/"},"modified":"2023-01-20T17:49:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T23:49:32","slug":"kim-kardashian-speaking-at-harvard-draws-mixed-but-predictable-reactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/20\/kim-kardashian-speaking-at-harvard-draws-mixed-but-predictable-reactions\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Kardashian Speaking at Harvard Draws Mixed (But Predictable) Reactions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Students of Harvard Business School got a surprise on Friday, Jan. 20 when influencer Kim Kardashian popped in to give a talk.<\/p>\n

Kardashian spoke for close to two hours about\u00a0Skims, the shapewear-turned-clothing line she founded in 2019. She was accompanied by\u00a0Skims\u00a0co-founder and CEO Jens Grede.<\/p>\n

Kardashian and Grede spoke on the topic of direct-to-consumer businesses to the students of a course called Moving Beyond DTC.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Video of Kardashian leaving after the speech was posted on Twitter by NBC Boston, saying that she spoke for nearly two hours and students said they “learned a ton.”<\/p>\n

Kardashian Causes Mixed Reactions (as Usual)<\/h2>\n

Some Twitter users were less than thrilled to hear about the influencer’s visit to the school, referring back to her sex tape scandal to pour vitriol on the entrepreneur.<\/p>\n

However, the students in the class itself seemed to be impressed with what Kardashian and Grede had to share.<\/p>\n

Others seemed regretful that they missed Kardashian’s speech.<\/p>\n

The Business of Skims<\/h2>\n

While\u00a0Skims\u00a0got off to a bit of a bumpy start after Kardashian was accused of cultural appropriation<\/a> after originally naming her company Kimono, the company has found its financial footing and then some.<\/p>\n

The company had a worth of 3.2 billion as of January 2022 after raising an additional $200 million from investors. Kardashian was $600 million richer only two years after Skims launched, Forbes reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Skims has also leaned into collaborations, leading to one with Fendi in October than sold out in 10 minutes and brought in more than $3 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Colette Bennett<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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