PODCAST · business
Well Made
by Lumi
The people and ideas that are shaping our patterns of consumption for the better. Hosted by Stephan Ango, co-founder of Lumi.com
Episodes
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152 What comes next with Amit Sharma, CEO and founder of Narvar
Since the early 2000s, Amit Sharma has worked with commerce giants like Walmart and Apple to build supply chain infrastructure. In 2012, he founded Narvar. If you've bought anything online in the past few years, you've no doubt interacted with Narvar. Brands like Sephora, Patagonia, Gap and…
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151 Motivated by obligation with climate reporter, Kendra Pierre-Louis
Climate anxiety is real. Expounding environmental factors and consumer guilt can make it hard to want to click on the latest climate change headline. But, climate reporter Kendra Pierre-Louis has a track record for making climate change coverage go viral. For example, she wrote a story in The New...
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150 Following opportunity with Emmett Shine, Co-founder of Pattern Brands
For Emmett Shine, being in the right place at the right time was never a matter of luck — it was a matter of hustle. It was a practice in leveling up a bit before you're ready, but not overstretching. After designing, building, and strategizing some of the most iconic modern brands — from...
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149 Writing a more optimistic future with Amit Gupta, Co-founder of Sudowrite
Being ingrained in the tech startup world has taken Amit Gupta down a different path than most. After selling his first company Photojojo in 2014, he started traveling, writing sci-fi, and more recently, building Sudowrite. Sudowrite is an app for creative writers that uses AI to beat writer's...
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148 Making meaning with Reggie James, CEO and founder of Eternal
An online identity is a cyclical existence that feeds on the past. Reggie James calls the pre-Facebook internet "proto-identity." From there, we quickly excelled from profile pages to performative identity, slicing up our full self into concise slivers. Reggie James is the CEO and founder of...
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147 Taking things apart with Tyler Mincey, Partner at Bolt
As more product categories are getting "smarter," are they actually getting better? Wires, buttons and ports are disappearing from tech devices, meanwhile microchips and apps are being introduced to products that, for decades, have worked just fine without them. Tyler Mincey is always thinking...
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146 Shipping is changing with Laura Behrens Wu CEO of Shippo
Accelerated by dire circumstance, ecommerce had record growth over the past year. But behind all those order confirmations and tracking numbers, supply chains and logistics were stretched further than ever. Returning guest Laura Behrens Wu is the CEO and founder of the shipping platform, Shippo…
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145 Becoming good ancestors with futurist Kevin Kelly
In his blog post titled My Life Countdown, Kevin Kelly cites a friend's philosophy of approaching your life's projects in 5-year chunks. His newest project, Vanishing Asia has broken this 5-year rule, clocking in at 5 decades. Every one of his trips to Asia in the past fifty years has led to this...
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144 Sourcing more patiently with Jeremiah McElwee, Chief Merchandising Officer at Thrive Market
For the past few decades, Jeremiah McElwee has not only had a front row seat to some of the most significant growth in the natural products industry, he's been one of the people in the driver's seat. As part of the Thrive Market team since its origin, Jeremiah has led everything from category...
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143 Taking care of yourself with Trinity Mouzon Wofford, co-founder of Golde
There are a number of ways that the wellness industry can feel exclusionary. Sometimes, a product's information is overly complex and other times it's pitched as a total lifestyle overhaul. But sustainable growth is often slow and healthy changes are gradual. In the three years since launching...
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142 Testing the edges with Jenna Lyons, founder and CEO of Loveseen
After 27 years as the iconic mind behind J.Crew creative, Jenna Lyons is a few months into the launch of a brand new startup – Loveseen. Of course, her decades of creative and marketing success are invaluable to her new pursuit, but she admits that she still has a lot she has to learn. Visit the...
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141 Keeping clothing out of landfills with Kristy Caylor, CEO and founder of For Days
When you order a Take Back bag from For Days, you fill it with old clothes (in any condition, from any brand), ship it back to them, and they give you store credit. But behind that very simple exchange is a complex supply chain that's built on circularity. When founder Kristy Caylor learned that…
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140 Streaming the runway with Hilary Milnes, Americas Editor at Vogue Business
In the summer of 2018, we talked to Hilary Milnes about how retail isn't dead but it's changing, the struggle of shuttering department stores, and innovative ways that online and offline shopping can intersect. Over two years later, it's a case of same same but different. Hilary is still covering...
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139 Impressing the eco-nerds with Alden Wicker, founder and EIC of EcoCult
When consumers see a brand that claims to be "sustainable," reporter Alden Wicker encourages them to investigate. Every product's supply chain has different sustainability opportunities, so sustainability strategies will look different for every brand. First, she says brands have to acknowledge...
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138 Getting comfortable with trade-offs with Ian Montgomery, Founder and Creative Director of Guacamole Airplane
When you're researching a sustainability topic, it can feel like a Russian nesting doll of rabbit holes — you often end up with more questions than when you started. The good news is, if you find yourself deliberating the gray areas of sustainability, then you're in the right place. Ian…
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137 Subscribing to a shoe with Caspar Coppetti, Co-founder of On
The first step to making Cyclon, On's recyclable shoe, was to use a single family of materials — polyamide (made from castor beans!). But that's just one piece of the cradle-to-cradle puzzle. To capture the shoes for recycling, they've developed a subscription model and a dedicated recycling...
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136 Building the future right now with Kristy Tillman, founder of Tomorrow Looks Bright
After four years as Slack's Head of Global Design and before taking her new role at Facebook, Kristy Tillman brought her side projects to the forefront. Kristy has a list of impressive side projects in her creative think tank, Tomorrow Looks Bright. It's a place where she does more than invite...
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135 Aspiring to ubiquity with Rumpl CEO and Founder, Wylie Robinson
Before Rumpl, sleeping-bag-style puffy blankets were predominantly marketed to Alpine athletes. Rumpl didn't invent the category, but founder and CEO, Wylie Robinson is doing everything he can to expand it. Wylie likes to ask people a simple question, "How many blankets do you have at home?" Then...
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134 Starting from scratch with Boll & Branch founder and CEO, Scott Tannen
By his own account, Boll & Branch founder, Scott Tannen knows that his bedding brand may not be the first that comes to mind when you think of "cool" DTCs. The branding is classic and the style feels universal, but dig into the Boll & Branch supply chain and you'll find that they're totally...
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133 Designing for longevity with Andy Fallshaw, Bellroy Co-founder and CEO
If you bought a Bellroy wallet when the company launched a decade ago, you're probably still using it. For the past ten years, while they've worked to slim down your every day carry, they've slimmed down their environmental impact behind the scenes. CEO and co-founder Andy Fallshaw has a unique...
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132 Creating future nostalgia with Sara Fritsch, President of Schoolhouse
By definition, an heirloom has proved that it's resilient, timeless, and special enough to have been passed down for generations. That's how Schoolhouse started, with the discovery of a collection of cast-iron molds that stood the test of time. For the past 18 years, Schoolhouse has designed and...
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131 Building direct relationships with Carl Rivera, General Manager of Shop
In April, Shopify launched Shop, the consumer-facing counterpart to Shopify. In the app, buyers have direct access to thousands of companies selling through Shopify. The Shop app not only connects shoppers to brands of all sizes, but it makes the checkout flows we're used to feel incredibly…
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130 Giving your brand a soul with Emily Singer, creator of the Chips + Dips newsletter
Emily Singer is the creator of the newsletter Chips + Dips. A couple times a month, she shares news about consumer brands and marketing trends, but her insights get deeper than data. She draws perceptive connections amidst brands, but she also gets personal, making the newsletter feel like a DTC...
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129 Unlearning and reeducating with Céline Semaan, founder of Slow Factory
The slow pace of the pandemic has given many of us the opportunity to take a step back and reexamine our impact on people and the planet. This slower pace may seem counterintuitive in the face of urgent crises like climate change and systemic racism, but Céline Semaan and her team at Slow Factory...
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128 Giving a Crap with Danny Alexander, co-founder and CPO of Who Gives a Crap
At the beginning of the pandemic, we all discovered that toilet paper is a product that we've taken for granted. But since 2012, Danny Alexander, Co-founder and CPO of Who Gives A Crap has unraveled the true potential of the stuff. From launch, Who Gives a Crap has had purpose built into their...
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127 Adopting new shopping behaviors with Dan Frommer, founder and Editor-in-Chief of The New Consumer
In the US, more people are shopping online than ever. This stark jump in ecommerce has left a lot of industry experts asking how new ecommerce businesses can successfully launch in the midst of a pandemic, where does the ecommerce experience still falls short, and if the pandemic has permanently...
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126 Decolonizing spices with Sana Javeri Kadri, founder of Diaspora Co.
Most of the spices you buy at the grocery store are several years old, but that's only part of the problem. When Diaspora Co. founder Sana Javeri Kadri discovered how disconnected US spice pantries are from their origins, she started a company to change how we think about our spice supply...
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125 Making it onto the grocery list with Chris Kirby, founder and President of Ithaca Hummus
Five months into a pandemic, going to the grocery store requires much more than a reusable tote. You're probably suiting up with a mask, hand sanitizer, and a grocery list to make sure that you're in and out as quickly as possible. Ithaca Hummus can only be found in grocery stores but the…
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124 Protecting people and planet with Leah Thomas, founder of Intersectional Environmentalist
"Intersectional environmentalist." You may have heard those two words separately, but Leah Thomas was the first person to put them together. "Intersectional" is a powerful framework that, when combined with the environmentalist movement, illuminates issues of inequity in climate change. As Leah...
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123 Looking to Nature with Hillary Peterson, Founder of True Botanicals
One of the biggest obstacles for True Botanicals was the preconceived notion that natural products don't work as well as those riddled with toxins. To prove the potency of natural ingredients, True Botanicals invested in top notch suppliers promoting biodiversity and clinical trials to prove that...
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122 Scaling Environmental Accountability with Chelsea Mozen, Director of Sustainability at Etsy
Every time you order an item from a seller on Etsy, the company offsets the emissions created from shipping that order. Since the start of this initiative in February of last year, Etsy has invested in offsetting 173,000 metric tons of CO2. While offsetting these emissions accomplishes a big goal...
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121 Following Through with Stephan Ango
On our podcast, we talk about changing patterns of consumption to mitigate the risk of climate change, but we've overlooked a huge blindspot — how climate change disproportionally and profoundly harms communities of color. Full episode transcript available.
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120 Trying New Things with Julie Nguyen, CEO and Co-founder of Methodology
A fridge that's full of Methodology meals isn't stacked with disposable trays. A Methodology fridge is stocked with columns of colorful foods, visible through glass jars. Founder Julie Nguyen knows that the Methodology audience is niche — busy people who value high quality, sustainable…
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119 Knowing What it Means to Be a Good Business with Eric Edelson, CEO of Fireclay Tile
The tile industry moves slowly, but when Eric Edelson joined the Fireclay Tile team, he was set on speeding things up. They were making a phenomenal product and it felt like they’d hit their limit in wholesale. In a sort of eureka moment, Eric penned a new manifesto/business model for a going...
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118 Making Kombucha Mainstream with Vanessa Dew, Co-founder and CSO of Health-Ade Kombucha
If you already know that kombucha is fermented tea, you're in the minority. If you drink it, you're in an even smaller minority. In the US, only 17% of US households drink kombucha. The idea of a fermented tea made from a hunk of slimy-looking culture is not immediately appetizing, but the taste...
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117 Preparing for the Unexpected with Simon Huck, CEO and Co-founder of Judy
The very nature of an emergency is that you don't know when it's coming. It's this vast unknown that paralyzes most people from making plans for worst-case scenarios. Simon Huck, CEO and co-founder of Judy says that people who are unprepared often fall victim to thinking that emergencies could...
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116 Rethinking your Framework with Vanessa Barboni Hallik, CEO of Another Tomorrow
Another Tomorrow launched in January, and already they've built an impressive criteria of sustainability standards to keep their supply chain ethical for human, animals, and the planet. Those are the three pillars of their business. Vanessa Barboni Hallik didn't start in fashion. She started in...
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115 Navigating Difficult Times with Davis Smith, Founder and CEO of Cotopaxi
Davis Smith is the founder of Cotopaxi and to grow his team, he's built an environment where people can create. One of the most physical manifestations of those creations is the Del Dia Collection of bags. They're repurposed from remnants of fabric and each bag is a one-of-a-kind colorway,...
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114 Finding Strength in Numbers with Nate Checketts, founder and CEO of Rhone
In the midst of a pandemic, businesses and consumers are prompted to hurry up and wait. Meanwhile, the definition of essentials is governed, retail locations are ordered to close, and more and more people are out of work. While a period of in-between can feel stagnant, Rhone founder Nate…
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113 Trying to Do Right with Alden Wicker, sustainability journalist and founder of Eco Cult
With fewer cars on the road, COVID-19 could lead to the biggest drop in emissions since WWII, but this stat doesn't paint a full picture of the pandemic's environmental impact. Sustainability is complicated, and journalist Alden Wicker is an expert in navigating the nuances. Alden worries that…
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112 Branding a Feeling with Benjamin Witte, Founder and CEO of Recess
In many ways, the cannabis industry still feels like a grey area. That's why Recess founder Benjamin Witte didn't set out to build a brand on top of an ingredient — he wanted to build a brand on top of a feeling. The creative community has adopted the fruit-infused CBD drink with open arms, which...
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111 Becoming a Forest with Henrik Werdelin, CEO and Co-Founder of Bark
Barkbox hasn't followed the conventional direct-to-consumer-brand growth plan. Since launching Barkbox in 2012, Henrik Werdelin and his co-founders have launched several companion brands including Super Chewer and Bark Bright — dog dental hygiene products. These products may seem obvious, but the...
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110 Longing for Less with Author Kyle Chayka
While it feels like a new trend, every couple decades, there is a new take on minimalism. Writer Kyle Chayka has studied minimalism's many iterations over time and he argues that our modern interpretation — one that's rooted so deeply in aesthetics — is as far as we've ever been from true...
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109 Offsetting Carbon with Peter Dering, Co-Founder of Climate Neutral of CEO at Peak Design
Peter Dering knows that there's some controversy around purchasing carbon offsets, but as the founder of Climate Neutral, he thinks it's an immediate path forward. Before Climate Neutral, he founded Peak Design. He and his team design photographic accessories and outsource the manufacturing.…
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108 Culling Through the Clutter with Emily Schildt, founder of Pop-Up Grocer
The grocery store model hasn’t adapted with how people shop. Traditional big box stores stock up on everything under the sun and rely on small margins based for big cart sizes. With traditional grocery stores struggling and US consumers being slow to adopt online grocery, Emily Schildt saw an...
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107 Building Genuine Brands with Very Great Co-founders, Eric Prum and Josh Williams
There are dozens of tools out there to build and launch products, but Very Great has set out to launch brands — companies creating products that improve lives and keep people coming back. They're doing it with a platform that centralizes the functions of any consumer brand. From research and...
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106 Predicting the Next Decade with Elizabeth Segran
Fast Company Senior Staff writer, Elizabeth Segran is an expert in the cross section where fashion, technology, and ecommerce overlap. For every company that recycles innovative materials for fabric, opens an immersive retails space, or builds a sustainability initiative into their model, she's...
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105 Using Waste as Currency with Jeremy Lang, Founder of Pela
Phone cases don’t need to last a lifetime, but in a landfill, they might. Pela cases are made from a blend of biopolymers and flax scraps meant last a few years — basically, the lifetime of your phone. When you get a new device, you can compost the case or ship it back to Pela. As more and more...
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104 Prioritizing the Long Term with Stuart Landesberg, CEO and Co-founder of Grove Collaborative
To take on their huge ambitions of making Grove Collaborative and 100-year company, CEO and Co-founder, Stuart Landesberg only looks far enough ahead to see the next milestone. He doesn't let perfection get in the way of progress. As more and more people adopt sustainable purchasing habits, the...
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103 Creating a Customer Journey with Mike Lackman, CEO of Trade Coffee
Trade Coffee ships customers new coffee based on their tastes. It's a subscription, but CEO Mike Lackman says that part s a necessary evil. Some subscriptions help you discover new products while others help you replenish the products you already love. Trade does a bit of both. Mike comes from…
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The people and ideas that are shaping our patterns of consumption for the better. Hosted by Stephan Ango, co-founder of Lumi.com
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