Part Two: I Quit – Saturdays NYC

Like many entrepreneurs, the crew started building the business while working at day jobs. “New York is a very motivating city. We were always having conversations about starting something on our own, something that was completely controlled by our input. I think it reached a point where Saturdays had an opportunity to actually become real, and I was having trouble, mentally, going to work for someone else every day,” Collett says. “I knew if Saturdays was going to have any chance at making it, it needed 100 percent of my attention. I would DJ four or five nights a week to make a living while I devoted 12 to 16 hours a day to getting Saturdays off the ground.” Tunstall echoes that idea that taking the leap just has to happen at some point:

As Saturdays NYC expands into new markets and womenswear this year, focusing on design and production, and opening new retail locations, what would they tell their younger selves today? “Everything is going to be OK,” Tunstall says. “Just work hard and know that it’s going to lead to great things.” Collett agrees: “Don’t be so stressed out. The journey is part of it all.”