How often do you ask questions? Lately, for me, the answer to that has been a lot more than usual. Yes, as the host of the Spirit of 608 podcast, I’m used to posing questions to the guests who come on the show each week….
In this week’s episode, we have the first princess to grace the Spirit of 608 podcast – and the first guest with a finance background to tell us to stop and think about something more than numbers and money in order to build a brand…
What is the future of sustainable fashion? Ask this week’s guest, and she’s likely to tell you it’s about a lot more than consciously-made clothes. In fact, as the founder of a new venture fund backed by none other than Eileen Fisher herself, the FEST-ive…
How can brands work with ethical fashion influencers? This week, we have insight and advice from a YouTube vlogger and blogger who’s grown an enthusiastic following with her sunny, approachable style and spot-on tips for capsule wardrobes, slow fashion and conscious shopping. With her easygoing…
Where do you find great mentors? Heck, where do you even find a basically-okay-most-of-the-time mentor? It helps to be the founder of one of the most talked-about baby brands around, one with a thriving fan base that not only scoops up its organic apparel and…
Luxury is changing. How it used to be: big names, recognizable logos, It girls carrying It bags. But technology and a swelling desire on the part of shoppers to know what’s happening behind the scenes of the brands they sink their dollars into are opening…
What’s it like to found your first startup in your late 30’s after a successful Silicon Valley career where you’ve worked at someone of the biggest names in tech, then watch that company get acquired for $50M and next – instead of just kicking back…
Can a brand every truly be brand-less? On the show this week, we’re talking to one of the most accomplished female founders out there today about her attempt to build a company that does just that – all while bringing low-cost, yet high-quality food, beauty,…
In rethinking goals news, we have an episode this week diving into a different way to be a fashion designer than we typically talk about on the Spirit of 608 podcast. Yes, it’s true, we’re so often focused on building a business that involves a…
It’s been nearly four years since Heidi and I first met in the original Third Love offices in San Francisco. In this week’s episode of the Spirit of 608 podcast, I get to check in with the innovative fashion tech startup’s founder and find out…
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