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Founder Friday: How two lifelong friends turned 15 open tabs into a platform used by 450,000 shoppers

SORTD co-founders Alexis Aaron and Jodine Wolman share what they learned raising $3.26 million as young female founders and scaling to 450,000 users.

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SORTD co-founders Alexis Aaron and Jodine Wolman share what they learned raising $3.26 million as young female founders and scaling to 450,000 users.

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