Taking a career risks is never easy. But super early on? It's easier in some ways, more challenging in others. But when you have a strong vision, knack for branding and drive to fill a hole in the marketplace, you might just cruise from risk...
A lot (A LOT) of female founders at the forefront of fashion, entrepreneurship, sustainability + tech (a space I call FEST) have come on the Spirit of 608 podcast since we launched four years ago, and we've reveled in their stories and advice for growing sustainable and...
Have you heard about practi-mental? Well, guess what! Probably not, because we're creating that focus here on the Spirit of 608 podcast. In this week's episode, here are four practical and four kinda-sorta woo-woo tips that will help you increase visibility, reach new people and get...
This week's podcast guest is all about collaboration - and not in the ways you might think. Yes, her brand, Secession Art & Design, is a gallery, boutique and workspace in San Francisco's Mission neighborhood that's championed the local arts scene for well over a decade....
Get ready, this week's guest has probably one of the most intriguing careers in sustainability thought leadership imaginable. Not only is it full of creativity, it's full of brains, combining behavioral psychology with gamification and analytic thinking to bring new techniques for creating change to...
Are you unknowingly sabotaging your own PR and media efforts without even realizing it? Listen to this week's episode of the Spirit of 608 podcast to find out. During the August hiatus that we take every year to reorganize and improve what we're doing behind the...
If her name sounds familiar, it's because Elizabeth Cline is one of the world’s leading go-to experts on the consequences of fast fashion, the realities of fashion industry labor and sustainability. Her first book, the critically acclaimed Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion first revealed...
If you're a FEST founder - or really any kind of ethical business owner - hoping to amp up your media outreach and gain visibility during this year's super important Fall retail and shopping season, you are absolutely going to need to send email pitches...
This week, listen in for a conversation about starting off small, only to end up making big change thanks to some very little things. And sparkle. Lots of drool-worthy, dreamy, sparkly goodness. The LA-based ecommerce startup entrepreneur at the heart of this episode is changing...
For a lesson in taking risks, going with your gut, standing by your vision and how to turn a very bad, no good bummer of a day into the biggest aha moment of your young life, pull out your earbuds and settle in for a...
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