"The reality is, the higher you go in corporate America, the less you do of the thing that drew you there. We both loved building products - mine were physical, his were digital. When you look up the ladder, success looks more like managing 40 or 50 people, sitting in meetings all day, navigating politics, and less about creating. That didn't appeal to us."
"We both actually liked our jobs Gemma: We felt challenged, and we were working in industries we admired. I once thought it'd be so cool to be VP of merchandising at a retailer I love. Daniel had ambitions in tech leadership. We weren't miserable, but 10 years in, we started asking: Where is this path going? What does it look like in another five or 10 years?"
"When he was seven months old, we took a five-hour flight from San Francisco to Hawaii, and it was a disaster. Everything that could go wrong did. We were miserable, and honestly, angry at each other. Sitting on that plane, we thought, Why isn't anyone making this easier? There are travel brands and parenting brands, but there was nothing at the intersection."
Gemma Ng spent a decade in fashion as a merchant and buyer at brands like Ralph Lauren, Theory, and Banana Republic. Daniel Ng began in finance and moved into tech after his MBA, working at companies including Yelp and One Kings Lane. Both enjoyed work but grew dissatisfied that senior roles emphasized people management and meetings over product creation. A disastrous five-hour flight with their seven-month-old son revealed a gap between travel and parenting needs. They founded No Reception Club to design products and services that make family travel easier.
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