How asking for 'a few million dollars' as a 21-year-old at her first job helped this woman build a $200 million company

Jennifer Hyman's first job out of college was at a travel company at one of the worst times for travel companies: Right after September 11.  "Industries that are chaotic are ripe for innovation," Hyman said during a talk at SXSW Friday afternoon. "They are open to anyone who has an idea." That was certainly the case at Hyman's company, the hotel and resort businesses Starwood, and she decided to take advantage of it. She'd realized, looking at trends and the lives of people she knew, that coupl...