Audrey McLoghlin’s peer once compared her to a cockroach that could withstand nuclear warfare. Weird compliment? Maybe. But Audrey says she was touched. She grew up with an alcoholic father and learned early to rely on herself, not a partner, to make ends meet. As a serial entrepreneur in fashion, she’s built her businesses through some of the toughest economic times—think: the Great Recession and COVID-19—proving resilience is her superpower.
In this episode of 9 to 5ish, Audrey shares:
Her favorite Irish phrase that doesn't mean what you think it means
How she went from engineering to entrepreneurship
The biggest thing she learned going through personal bankruptcy
Why she thinks entrepreneurs owning 100% of their company isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach
On Timing as an Entrepreneur
Audrey: If you zoom out and you're in the game long enough, you're going to have gone through these catastrophic macro events. They have nothing to do with me or my timing. Horrible things can be timed and great things too, and you really don't have control over those. You only have control over your preparedness and how you handle huge massive conflicts like that.
On How Her Family Life Taught Her Resilience
Audrey: I was very clear that I never wanted to be in the position that my mother was in...and feel like I had no way out because they have financial control…Growing up , first of all, we were very isolated. My parents left Ireland. We had absolutely no family anywhere…We had no network and no support system. So we were extremely isolated, which only fosters abuse, right? I think that caused unbelievable resilience. I can deal with anything. My pain threshold is extremely high. That's served me extremely well in entrepreneurship.
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