Fashion & Founders The Podcast
Fashion & Founders is a media platform exploring how fashion is actually built. Hosted by Victoria Smith, the show sits at the intersection of fashion, technology, and capital spotlighting the founders, investors, and operators shaping the industry’s next era.
Through long-form conversations, we go beyond trends to unpack fundraising, manufacturing, resale, AI, sustainability, career, and the evolving business of fashion. This is where fashion’s builders speak, share, and connect.
Fashion & Founders The Podcast
2024 Fashion Founders Advice
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A big thank you to all the guests who came onto the podcast this year. I learned so much from each conversation and feel so grateful for the opportunity to connect so many amazing people and share their stories.
I put together a bonus episode with snippets of advice that founders shared from their experience. This ranges from fundraising, building a team, finding a co-founder the struggles of entrepreneurship. Mental health as a founder. What not to do tips on getting started, books and resources, finding your motivation. How to stay motivated and so much more.
This includes 13 different episodes. And even if you've listened to all of these, trust me, I think I have listened to each at least 20 times through and I found this still such a great and powerful reminder. I love these different snippets, so let's get into it and let's hear from them.
In this episode:
- Trinity Hislop founder of Third
- Claire Stepanek founder of Ergo
- Jade Begueling founder of 4AM Skin
- Jen Keane founder of Modern Synthesis
- Mary Korlin-Downs founder of Cropd.co Fashion Tech
- Kate Sanner founder of Beni
- Kristine Locker founder of Locker
- Naama and Manya founders of Threads of Tech
- Julia O'Mara founder of Pickle
- Genia Mineeva founder of BEEN London
- Diana Kakkar founder of MAES London
- Georgie Hyatt founder of Rotaro
- Natalia Ohanesian founder of Bipty
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