When this week's guest started building her ethical fashion startup, she had high hopes for its future. But after years of hustle to grow her store, a well-known favorite among many stylish urbanites seeking cool clothes with a conscience, she started feeling uneasy about the...
On this week's episode of the Spirit of 608 podcast, we hear from the founder of what is arguably the first luxury vegan handbag brand. In business for almost 10 years, this company has successfully navigated challenges that many FEST founders face, from sourcing high-quality materials...
How often are you collecting customer feedback and business insights that will help your business move toward an even more badass future? Do you even know where to start? This episode is all about how learning more about the Spirit of 608 audience turned into one...
Do you love a good fail-to-succeed story? If your answer is a resounding, internal air guitar of a yes, then you're going to love this week's conversation with a FEST-ive founder who, while still in her early twenties, turned job rejection into fuel for a...
A theme around here at Spirit of 608 is making FEST brands more visible - and not just brands, but the founders behind them. Continuing our recent spate of Knowledge Drop episodes focused on bringing you actionable tactical advice from entrepreneurs who want to support FEST...
If there's one thing ethical fashion brands and values-driven product companies struggle with today, it's the problem of packaging. Sure, maybe it's not that sexy of a subject. But it's an arena ripe for change. Cardboard boxes and plastic mailers may seem like the only...
It's a new Knowledge Drop episode that came at the right time for me - and I hope it will be arriving at the right time for you, too. After all, we've got these summer months to reconfigure what we're doing before the fall rush...
We're back with a live media coaching episode for the first time in months. In today’s episode, you’ll hear a live media strategy session with a FEST founder and Spirit of 608 Facebook group member who needs help building a path to press coverage for her...
It's all well and good to know DIY PR and media outreach are possible for emerging fashion brands and fashion startups, but how does it actually work and what happens along the way? In today's Knowledge Drop episode of the Spirit of 608 podcast, we have...
We're diving into branding again on the Spirit of 608 podcast this week - and for good reason: it's consistently one of the top puzzles independent fashion companies have to sort out. And let's not forget: you can't really ever just "sort it" and move on....
© Spirit of 608