Olga Vidisheva Provides Shops With an Online Presence

Olga Vidisheva only had a strong vision – to provide women with immediate access to stylish boutiques around the world while also bringing them the intimate experience of browsing through curated pieces online – when she started Shoptiques.com. But the driven entrepreneur has transformed her strong vision into a strong platform for over 1, 200 stores - and counting – to sell their one-of-a-kind pieces online.

Vidisheva, a former model and Harvard Business School alumna, founded Shoptiques.com as a website that showcases and sells the curated items of local boutiques. She envisions 2015 as her business hyper-growth phase and her clients are in for the ride!

Upon her completion of her Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in Mathematics from Wellesley College, Vidisheva woked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. for the next two years. But she soon realized that her interests were not in finance so she enrolled at Harvard Business School. She went on to become the Co-President of the Retail & Luxury Goods Club and an intern at Chanel’s Fashion and Fragrance and Beauty marketing divisions.

Her idea for Shoptiques.com came when her friends wanted to buy a pair of shoes she purchased in Paris but were unable to do so; the boutique owner wanted the buyers to come to her shop instead of sending the goods to them. Vidisheva wanted to provide small-scale boutique businesses with a digital platform, thus, allowing them to maintain a competitive online presence. She wanted to give these businesses a strong online platform to show off and sell their high-end items in the United States and several other countries.



She raised the funds for her business from various venture capital firms, such as Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, and SV Angel.



Vidisheva launched Shoptique.com with just 50 stores on the Shoptique.com platform. In less than a year, the website was being mentioned in major shows and newspapers across the United States. The site earns income via humble and reasonable commissions on the sales of the curated items.