In the show, you quit your job to start your own company. Tell us about that!
"I did! I didn’t tell anyone I was doing it. I joke that it was my gift to the producers during filming. Shonova launches this winter. We’re stealthy, but focused on content curation and high-end fashion. There is going to be a huge movement for luxury brands to shift from baby boomers to Gen Y. Shonova was originally going to be an education startup, but I realized much of the concept would work for fashion. We’re also building an education app focusing on not-for-profit online schools. I’ve always been passionate about the education space and its movement to online. It’s one of the most competitive keyword markets in Google, which means these schools are at a huge disadvantage in competing with their bigger for-profit counterparts. When it comes to education, U.S. News and World Report is the new Craigslist."