Erika Jensen | Co-Founder @ The FLEX Company

TL;DR

Erika Jensen describes how saying "yes" to a psychic's dating challenge led her to take a job at vibrator company Jimmy Jane, which plunged her into selling taboo products. She learned to set hard boundaries in a male-dominated adult industry, eventually co‑founding period‑product startup The FLEX Company.

Key insights

• A psychic told Jensen she was a "habitual left swiper" and made her promise to swipe right on everyone for a month and go on first dates (unless the person was a "total creep").
• Saying "yes" to dating carried over into her career; she took a job at a vibrator company even though she thought it would ruin her consumer-marketing career.
• The adult toy industry has few HR problems despite constant use of explicit words like "clitoris," "anal beads," and "cock ring" in the office.