Host: Leekei Tang Contact : hello (at) betterbusinessfounder.com Music credits : Mister Sunny Face by Wayne Jones / Blue Skies by Silent Partner / Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes
02:00 Mary’s Vision of the world: Conscious living and more deliberate living 04:00 Mary launched Wild Doves to solve waste problem generated by the infant wear 08:00 The fashion items disposal problem and waste generated by the industry 13:00 Compost of 100% natural fashion fiber, repurpose and resale used fashion items 17:00 Discussions about recycling fibers used in fashion 19:30 The truth about bamboo fabrics 24:30 Her experience sourcing for fabrics with the minimum footprint 28:30 Mary’s d...
Retail pricing and retail sales channels. Let’s start with a question: what are your retail sales channels, today and in the future? In other words, where and how are you selling or you are planning to sell your products? Are you selling on the internet? If it’s on the internet, is it through your own website? Or on another site? If it’s on another site, is the other site a marketplace or a retailer? Are you selling in a physical store? Again is it your own store? Or in someone else’s store? If ...
02:00 Cashflow and investments, differences between a product-based business and a service-based business. 07:00 When it comes to promoting the business, no one's going to promote it as well as the founder. 08:30 Why Tammy launched her podcast, Plastics Revolution 12:30 Challenges and opportunities for businesses to take part in the sustainability movement. Design with sustainability in mind 16:00 Advice to mission-driven entrepreneur: consider the whole life-cycle 20:30 Dreams for The Refoundry...
You need to understand that the right price is very much linked to the psychology of your clients and how they feel about your products, your brand and how they perceived your price point. This episode is about the few things you need to consider when you want to change your price point. What is a price point? A price point is the average price range of your products. When you talk to BtoB buyers, your price point is usually one of their first questions. The price point helps the buyers and thei...
01:30 Why Tammy launched The Refoundry to help Mother Nature by making great products from recycled plastics 07:00 Leaving a job as the CEO of an animal welfare charity, paddling across 5 continents to witness plastic pollution everywhere and taking action to tackle the problem 09:30 From organizing rubbish collection near Canberra to the idea of manufacturing recycled plastic 11:30 A senior position in a small town and the challenge of recreating the public identity 14:30 High capital investmen...
Once upon a time, there was a little girl. Like many other little girls, she loved to read and to draw flowers and dresses. One day she asked her grandpa if he could give her money so she could buy some candies. Any other little girls would have asked their grandpa to buy them candies instead of money to buy candies. But her Grandpa was not like any other Grandpas in the world. She would never have thought of asking grandpa to buy anything because he was always busy working. See, Grandpa was a p...
Today it is the objective 12.2: achieve sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources. How can we, as a business owner integrate better practice in our business to achieve sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources? What is a natural resource? A natural resource is what we, people, can use which comes from the natural environment. Examples of natural resources are air, water, wind, wood, fossil fuels, natural gas, iron, coal... Some of these resources are renew...
02:00 Nadine adapts her offering as she discovers what the Wise Woman’s needs are. 04:30 Teaching is a two-way street. To be creative and adapt is part of the joy of teaching. 07:00 Nadine is missed when she moved her yoga classes to another location as she is filling a void 10:00 Why Nadine doesn’t own a yoga studio. She goes where the Wise Women are instead of making them come to her 13:30 The business challenge of shifting from being a medical doctor in a hospital to becoming a freelancer 17:...
Hi, this is Leekei, and today is the third episode of our Mindful Mondays series. Every Monday I share with you a specific foundation idea, a small dose of inspiration to help you quickstart your week. The idea behind that is simply because I’ve noticed that many fashion business owners are often struggling with the foundation and the Mindful Mondays series is here to help you get over that struggle. These episodes will sometimes be about a sustainability issue, about a business foundation conce...
01:30 Why Nadine transitioned from being an MD, Pathologist to be a Yoga Instructor and Health Coach for the Wise Women, women of over 60. 04:30 What is specific about aging bodies and how Nadine decided to adapt regular yoga practice to cater to the Wise Women 11:00 Her Podcast, Yogi MD, to reach more women and in a broader way by offering a more holistic approach to health and well-being 12:55 The dimensions of health: physical, mental, emotional, intellectual and spiritual 18:00 Word-of-Mouth...
Hi, this is Leekei, and today is the second episode of our Mindful Mondays series. Every Monday I share with you a specific foundation idea, a small dose of inspiration to help you quickstart your week. The idea behind that is simply because I’ve noticed that many fashion business owners are often struggling with the foundation and the Mindful Mondays series is here to help you get over that struggle. These episodes will sometimes be about a sustainability issue, about a particular mindset, some...
SHOW NOTES: 02:00 An introduction to Moldova, a former Soviet country with its wineries and plentiful beautiful landscapes 03:30 Starting a business making hand-painted silk dresses. Each piece is unique. 05:00 Making pieces of garment you want to pass from generation to generation. The concept of wearable art. 06:00 Taking the leap. How attending a fashion show gave Lilia the confidence to follow her dreams and to leave her career at the United Nation to become a fashion designer and launch her...
Hi, this is Leekei, and this is a new episode of the Mindful Monday series, a small dose of ideas and inspiration to help you quick start your week. In our constant quest for better understanding on how our business can deliver value to people and to the planet, I want to talk today about the Sustainable Development Goals, also known as the SDGs, and how these can be implemented in your fashion business. Do you know what these goals are? You might have heard about them in 2015 when these goals h...
======== Host: Leekei Tang Contact : hello (at) betterbusinessfounder.com Music credits : Mister Sunny Face by Wayne Jones / Blue Skies by Silent Partner / Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes
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Mindful Business Founder. It is the podcast for Fashion Business Founders seeking to build a meaningful and profitable business. My name is Leekei Tang, I run Fashion Business Acceleration Programs. I meet fashion founders and business owners who want to learn how they can better balance their business interests with environmental and social issues. Being a Fashion Business Founder myself, with a background in sustainable development and I can tell you that aligning business and environmental go...
