EP 08: TARYN JONES LAEBEN
President and Founder of IRL Ventures, Taryn Jones Laeben. You may know of her from her previous role as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of SoulCycle, the revolutionary indoor cycling brand, founded in New York City in 2006. Before her time at SoulCycle, Taryn was the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Casper, the fast-growing sleep company, where she led rapid expansion across retail, wholesale, partnerships, customer experience, and strategy at large. Prior to joining Casper, Taryn spent many years generating industry leading results in fashion & retail. Taryn led NYC-based jewelry brand Alexis Bittar as President after having run the North America and International businesses for Kate Spade New York as Senior Vice President of North America and Vice President of International.
Acting as fractional-COO/CCO, IRL VENTURES partners with 5-6 portfolio companies a year from Pre-Seed to Series A to build operational excellence and long‑term Enterprise Value creation.
