High-Key Growth | The Podcast

What does it take to break into one of the most competitive, relationship-driven industries…and build something from the ground up?In this episode of High-Key Growth, I sit down with Olivia Suchko, Founder of Olive, to talk about the realities of building in fashion—an industry where who you know can matter just as much as what you create. From early traction to long-term vision, Olivia shares how she’s leveraging networking, relationships, and technology to carve out space in a traditionally offline process. We get into what it looks like to build in the early days, why relationships are still one of the most powerful growth levers, and how she’s approaching a global fit problem with tech. In this episode, Olivia covers: Why networking and relationship-building are critical in industries like fashionWhat it really looks like to build from the ground up in the early stagesAdvice for other founders at this stage of the game, and where she’s found success so far