Her name graces the aisles of high-end department stores, the pages of magazines, and even on many of your favorite celebrities in the form of clothing and accessories. You’ll likely recognize the name Rebecca Minkoff from her line of modern, sophisticated purses and bags, or maybe from her classic, feminine dresses and clothing she successfully puts together season after season.

Rebecca Minkoff is a globally known brand in the fashion world, and Rebecca, designer and founder, is the powerhouse woman who took the success of a single t-shirt she designed many years ago and turned it into a hugely successful business.

Today on Courtney, Beyond the Cake, Rebecca shares with us the risks she took to start her brand, why getting fired from her first job was one of the best things that ever happened to her, how facing our fears gives us strength, and her rules for unlocking creativity, courage and success.