The Founder Tapes with Gal Krohn

On today’s show (recorded at my guest’s own home in Jerusalem) I’m chatting with Israel (aka “Yisrael”) Kroizer, the Co-Founder and CTO of SolarGik - a company he founded in 2021 with a team of long-time solar energy veterans, including his son. It is hard to overstate the importance of Yisrael Kroizer in the world of solar energy. In 1980, and at the age of only 27, he was appointed Chief Engineer of the Israeli company Luz, which built the world's first solar power plant in California and proved that it was technically and economically possible. At the age of 34, he was CEO of the company, which employed 500 people in Israel. In 1991 Luz went bankrupt, according to Kroizer, "because the solar energy market disappeared." Indeed, at that time oil prices in the world dropped and solar energy production became unprofitable. "I fired 400 people from Luz in Israel, but they all remained my friends and they were all ready to come back when we started over with BrightSource.” After Luz, when solar technology turned from a means of producing relatively cheap electricity to a way to save the world, he led one of the main technologies that competed for its production - the solar towers. He did this through Brightsource Industries Israel - a company he founded and served as President of from 2006 to 2021. Today, the SolarGik company he founded with his son is engaged in the development and refinement of photovoltaic technology - which tracks sunlight and converts it directly into electricity. This episode is brought to you from Jerusalem - one of my favourite cities! Thank you for listening. Some other key topics discussed in this episode: Living in Jerusalem as a businessperson  What solar technology is and isn’t Firing 400 people as the CEO of a bankrupt company Why Israel is often dubbed the “Startup Nation” How to put family before career –Follow The Founder Tapes on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedInSubscribe to The Founder Tapes on YouTube! Full video episodes are coming soon. –Find Yisrael Kroizer on LinkedIn –Music License Number - QK7rZS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Zwier is the founder of Bonny, an eCommerce brand making comfortable, luxurious, yet affordable doonas. Before he founded Bonny, David was the global brand manager at Moose Toys, which was a 5-year masterclass in branding.  In his time there, David got to work on massive projects involving licensing deals with Disney and Marvel and making Shopkins a $1b brand in its own right. He got incredible opportunities like flying to LA to shoot TV commercials, pitching to Walmart executives, attending toy fares in Hong Kong, and so much more.  He then went out on his own, founding Bonny. After searching for a product idea, he found a niche but broad gap in the market. Niche as in no one was doing it, and broad as in it’s a product for everyone. He realised that there are so many doona types and brands out there, but no one is known as the #1 donna brand. Bonny makes doonas for summer, winter, and the months in-between. Part 1 of this interview (in previous episode) will be a branding masterclass, with a focus on the lessons and insights David accumulated while working at Moose Toys. Part 2 (this episode) will focus on the eCommerce side of things, and how to build a successful online business from nothing.David is a very logical thinker, and this 2-part interview is absolutely packed with insight, advice, and wisdom. Let’s get into it. –Follow The Founder Tapes on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedInSubscribe to The Founder Tapes on YouTube! Full video episodes are coming soon. –Find Bonny on Instagram: @chillwithbonny and TikTok: @chillwithbonnyFind Bonny’s doonas: https://bonny.com.au/ –Music License Number - QK7rZS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Zwier is the founder of Bonny, an eCommerce brand making comfortable, luxurious, yet affordable doonas. Before he founded Bonny, David was the global brand manager at Moose Toys, which was a 5-year masterclass in branding.  In his time there, David got to work on massive projects involving licensing deals with Disney and Marvel and making Shopkins a $1b brand in its own right. He got incredible opportunities like flying to LA to shoot TV commercials, pitching to Walmart executives, attending toy fares in Hong Kong, and so much more.  He then went out on his own, founding Bonny. After searching for a product idea, he found a niche but broad gap in the market. Niche as in no one was doing it, and broad as in it’s a product for everyone. He realised that there are so many doona types and brands out there, but no one is known as the #1 donna brand. Bonny makes doonas for summer, winter, and the months in-between. Part 1 of this interview (which is this episode) will be a branding masterclass, with a focus on the lessons and insights David accumulated while working at Moose Toys. Part 2 will focus on the eCommerce side of things, and how to build a successful business from nothing. David is a very logical thinker, and this 2-part interview is absolutely packed with insight, advice, and wisdom. Let’s get into it. –Follow The Founder Tapes on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedInSubscribe to The Founder Tapes on YouTube! Full video episodes are coming soon. –Find Bonny on Instagram: @chillwithbonny and TikTok: @chillwithbonnyFind Bonny’s doonas: https://bonny.com.au/ –Music License Number - QK7rZS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Natassia Grace (otherwise known as Tass) is one of those founders that gets it DONE. She is the founder and CEO of Conserving Beauty - a skincare brand creating waterless skincare and dissolvable makeup wipes saving water, carbon and waste in the process. Natassia got Conserving Beauty into Mecca before even launching; she has used her superb networking skills to get entrepreneur and model Elle McPherson on her board of directors; she’s featured on the Forbes 30 under 30 list; she has sat on incredible panels like Vogue Codes; she was chosen as the first Business of Beauty Awards Winner, and so much more. She has a decade of experience working in product development, supply chain, and ethical sourcing within the beauty & wellness industry. Having built her career on supply chain transparency, she made it her mission to unite the best of science, technology, and impact to launch skincare product solutions anchored in world-first innovation.And Conserving Beauty is absolutely known for being at the forefront of innovation due to Tass’s waterless formulation approach and dissolving skincare technologies. By creating the world’s first dissolvable cleansing wipes, sheet masks and zit treatments, she has found a solution to replace plastic single-use products - and customers are obsessed. This episode is a treat, to say the least. Thank you for listening! –Follow The Founder Tapes on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedInSubscribe to The Founder Tapes on YouTube! Full video episodes are coming soon. –Find Natassia Grace on LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok  Find Conserving Beauty on LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok and Website–Music License Number - QK7rZS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I’m chatting with Richard James - a private investigator, surveillance specialist, and founder of his company RIVICA Investigations & Covert Solutions. Richard works with anyone from anxious business owners who are concerned they could be the target of damaging bogus claims from employees, to worried spouses suspecting their partner’s infidelity. In fact, Richard said that one of the recurring queries he encounters involves accessing messages, emails, and social media chats on a partner's phone. Richard started off in the South Wales police force, working his way up to becoming Detective Sergeant. He has also been a Surveillance Manager within various states across Australia, and spent 5 years being contracted to the Qatar Ministry of Interior to provide specialist training to Qatar Police. Today, Richard is an expert private investigator and founder of RIVICA. Established in 2014, RIVICA aims to provide a complete range of investigative solutions. His team of experts works across Australia and even trains police and military teams in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. From investigations, to training, to products, they tailor their response to fully address each client’s requirement. –Follow The Founder Tapes on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedInSubscribe to The Founder Tapes on YouTube! Full video episodes are rolling out now.  –Find Richard James on LinkedIn  Find RIVICA: https://rivica.com.au/ –Music License Number - QK7rZS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the show I’m chatting with Paul Bassat - an Australian businessman who is as passionate about entrepreneurship today as he was 30 years ago. Paul co-founded the online job search marketplace SEEK in 1997 with his brother Andrew Bassat and friend Matt Rockman. The brothers were co-CEOs until Paul resigned in 2011. What started off as not even knowing what the internet was, Paul together with the other two raised a small amount of initial capital and took on the newspaper companies one listing at a time. Against all the odds, SEEK managed to completely transform the landscape of employment advertising from print-dominated to onlineSEEK became one of Australia’s most successful online businesses, becoming an ASX top 100 listed company with a market capitalisation of $8 billion. It has expanded to China, Brazil, Mexico, New Zealand and various markets through South East Asia.Life post SEEK saw Paul co-founding his second company Square Peg Capital in 2012. Square Peg is a global private equity investment fund, and in particular, an active investor in early stage and growth stage technology companies. The VC firm is on a mission to empower exceptional founders, and to date has done exactly that - from being an early investor in Canva to backing companies like Airwallex, Fiverr and Stripe. Paul has always remained passionate about backing the next generation of founders, and is in awe of anyone who starts a business or goes out on their own. In this episode, we chat about:Who is Paul Bassat? What kind of businessman Paul is Paul’s studies and career before SEEK The way the idea for SEEK came about, and how he co-built the platformFinding the right investors for SEEK in the early days The biggest problems Paul faced when building the company What indicated the idea was starting to workHow long it took to get SEEK to profitability Expanding to other geographies, and when the right time to do it wasTaking SEEK public with an IPO in 2005, and what it meant to become a public companyHow SEEK was almost stolen from Paul and his co-foundersWhy Paul left SEEK in 2011 Co-founding Square Peg How Square Peg picks who to invest in and who it might reject The most important things about startups Investing in AI companies The startup success of Israel The most existential problem entrepreneurs face –Follow The Founder Tapes on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedInSubscribe to The Founder Tapes on YouTube! Full video episodes are coming soon. –Find Paul Bassat on LinkedIn and X  Find Square Peg Capital: https://www.squarepeg.vc/ –Music License Number - QK7rZS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Storytelling is critical, especially when you want to succeed in business. Not only does it humanise you, but it allows for people to connect with your brand in ways slogans, marketing and logos can’t. Think about it: what is more interesting, a company’s ‘About Us’ page or the founder’s personal journey to founding it? In this episode, Joel Hines will help you craft your best communication and storytelling skills yet. Joel is a facilitator, TEDx speaker, author, trainer and storyteller. Throughout a career spanning over 25 years working in mental health, IT, training, educational leadership and group facilitation, there has been a common theme of guiding others to explore the shared experience of being human. In that time, he was also the school principal at a school based on Buddhist philosophies, and talks about how that manifested in the day-to-day of managing the school - both for teachers and for students.   Exemplifying integrity and authenticity, Joel motivates and enables leaders to cultivate engagement, foster collaboration and empower others. His natural gift for storytelling, combined with his calm and approachable demeanour, fuels his passion for enriching workplace connections and fostering the growth of facilitation skills and confidence.–Follow The Founder Tapes on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedInSubscribe to The Founder Tapes on YouTube! –Find Joel Hines on LinkedIn Find Being Human on LinkedIn or visit https://www.beinghuman.net.au/ Find Joel’s book here: Holding Space: Strategies To Cultivate Connection and Enable Potential Watch Joel’s TEDx speech here: https://youtu.be/-QpGJNtuYZo?si=rHYdEqgxD3Izg5l5 –Music License Number - QK7rZS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alon Loeffler is a Postdoctoral Scientist at Cortical Labs in Melbourne. Cortical Labs are a biological computing startup putting live neurons into chips to revolutionise computing. This in part means the ability to teach real human brain cells to do things, outside the person’s body. The company works with real neurons, studying their electrical activity and even teaching them to play Pong (you read that right!). Entering the field of neuroscience came after a significant turning point in Alon’s life at the age of 16. He developed an autoimmune disease called Transverse Myelitis, which left him paralysed in his hands and legs. Despite the challenges of dealing with recovery and rehabilitation as a teenager, it shifted his priorities from parties to taking care of his health and understanding why this happened.His first project in this field led him to pursue a PhD in nanotechnology at the University of Sydney. He worked on neuromorphic materials that mimic the behaviour of real neurons. This application can be used to process dynamic, noisy and real-time data that AI can't deal with currently. Alon’s work at the company involves data science, algorithm development and software development - a role he describes as his dream job: “It’s fascinating work with huge potential, like testing neurological diseases and possibly replacing animal testing.”  In this episode, we chat about: What is a synthetic biological intelligence postdoctoral scientist? What are neurons?Neurodegenerative diseasesElectrophysiological reward and punishment What is Cortical Labs?What is synthetic biological intelligence? Why are humans so much smarter than AI with less data points?The function of neuronsConsciousnessNeuromorphicsAutoimmune diseases–Follow The Founder Tapes on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedInSubscribe to The Founder Tapes on YouTube! –Find Alon Loeffler on LinkedIn Find Cortical Labs on LinkedIn or visit their website–Music License Number - QK7rZS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Claire Walczak is an accredited family law specialist and a partner in Lander & Rogers' Melbourne family and relationship law office.Having practised exclusively in family law since her admission to practice, she takes pride in providing specialist legal advice to her clients and empowering them with the financial independence and emotional security to plan for the next chapter of their lives.In recent years, she has expanded her practice to work with family offices and high net worth individuals, drafting financial agreements for the protection of inter-generational wealth. This advice often involves working alongside her clients' network of trusted financial advisors and is particularly important for families seeking to successfully preserve, grow and transfer their legacy across future generations. In addition to attaining her specialist accreditation in family law, Claire is currently studying a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Melbourne Business School. She has been recognised by the legal profession in several industry awards, including as a finalist for "Senior Associate of the Year - BigLaw" at the Women In Law Awards (2021), the Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 "Wellness Advocate" award (2019) and the Law Institute of Victoria 15th Victorian Legal Awards "Wellbeing Award" (2019). In this episode, we chat about: - How to navigate work-life balance- What is family law- Divorce cases - How the courts approach the division of property - Complex financial situations- Special interest cases- What women can do to build their financial literacy and freedom- Financial agreements / prenups - What happens to an engagement ring in a separation- De facto relationships - When a couple doesn’t want to get married- What if a client is obviously lying to their lawyer - When there is a death between the partners- Relocation matters- AI in family law- Why become a family lawyer- Factors that contributed to Claire’s success in making Partner- What criteria do law firms look for when selecting a Partner- Why do an MBA- Advice for junior lawyers –Follow The Founder Tapes on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedInSubscribe to The Founder Tapes on YouTube! –Find Claire Walczak on LinkedIn, and more about Claire here.–Find Lander & Rogers:Website: https://www.landers.com.au/ Instagram: @landerrogersLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lander-rogers/ –Music License Number - QK7rZS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gabriella is the CEO and Founding Director of GRP Speech Pathology and a certified practising Speech Pathologist. She’s committed to assisting people on their journey of restoring their ability to communicate, capacity to eat and swallow safely and ultimately to enhance their quality of life through the highest quality and most evidence-based approaches.Gaby comes with a wealth of experience both locally in Australia and at internationally acclaimed teaching hospitals throughout the UK. This includes working as a speech pathologist at Monash, Austin and St Vincent’s health’s neurological department as well as time spent working in the UK at the Royal Free and Wellington hospitals and St Bart’s Health.She established the Melbourne based mobile speech pathology practice in 2017 in order to provide a functional approach to therapy which facilitates the implementation of intervention within the comfort of client’s own homes. Gaby believes in therapy that makes a tangible difference to each client’s communication function and overall quality of life.In this episode, we chat about:- What are Allied Health professionals?- What is speech pathology- Examples of people who might engage a speech pathologist- Why is there more demand for speech pathologists in Australia - Stephen Hawking and how he communicated through his glasses - Family resistance to care - Why GRP is a mobile service - How many people are on the NDIS - How to improve your work-life balance - How to manage 35 employees day-to-day–Follow The Founder Tapes on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedInSubscribe to The Founder Tapes on YouTube! –Find GRP Speech Pathology: Website: https://www.grpspeechpathology.com.au/ Instagram: @grp.speechpathologyLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriellaptasznik/ –Music License Number - QK7rZS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Richard Zinn is a Cosmetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgeon with a special expertise in breast reconstruction as well as augmentation. Richard is well trained both locally and internationally, and is highly experienced with 2 postgraduate fellowships in breast surgery, microsurgery and general plastic surgery. He maintains involvement in both public and private centres, and is actively involved in training junior surgeons at the Northern Hospital, Royal Melbourne Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. In this episode, we chat about:- What plastic surgery is, and the procedures involved - Biggest misconceptions about plastic surgery - Cosmetic vs reconstructive plastic surgery explained - The effects of Ozempic on liposuction demand - Most common and in-demand procedures for different age groups - Cosmetic tourism - Fat grafting for breast implants / breast reconstruction & augmentation - Plastic surgery post pandemic - Richard Zinn Plastic Surgery practice & business - Why Richard became a plastic surgeon + study & career path - How to find a balance between a busy career and your life –Follow The Founder Tapes on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedInSubscribe to The Founder Tapes on YouTube! –Find Richard Zinn Plastic Surgery: Website: https://richardzinnplasticsurgery.com.au/ Instagram: @richardzinnplasticsurgeryLinkedIn: /in/richard-zinn-85994280/ –Music License Number - QK7rZS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I’m chatting with Deanna Depetro. She is the co-owner and creative director of Mossman - a women's fashion brand she’s been a part of for more than 12 years now. What makes this journey a little different is that Deanna didn’t found Mossman, she actually bought the business back in 2016 with a work colleague (and now business partner) Ben De Rango. I chat to Deanna about how she entered the fashion space and her 20 years of experience in the industry so far. We chat about why she chose to buy a brand rather than start her own, and what surprised her about being a business owner. She talks about what it looks like running a clothing brand in such a competitive space; the best business decisions she’s ever made; and how to grow as a fashion brand in Australia and in the U.S.  Deanna also touches on making it as a fashion brand through covid; how she maintains a strong and positive team; how she puts herself out there as the brand’s designer and her strategy when it comes to personal branding.  –Find The Founder Tapes on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn –Find Deanna Depetro: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deannadepetro/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@deannadepetro LinkedIn: in/deanna-depetro–Find Mossman:Mossman: Website and LinkedIn–Thank you for listening! Music License Number - QK7rZS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Berlinski is a clinical psychologist with an aim: to help people connect with their emotions to develop a deeper understanding of themselves. He is also the co-founder of Toolbox Education - which runs preventative mental health workshops for schools, and the co-founder of Toolbox Clinic, a psychology practice specialising in child, teen, young adult and adult mental health.In this episode, we chat about:- Why become a psychologist + career path - Books that have shaped his thinking the most - The process of supervision in psychology - Transference and countertransference - What happens in the room in therapy - Attachment theory explained in depth - The child and the caregiver - Anger and our lack of understanding of it - Depression and anxiety explored - Toolbox Education and Toolbox Clinic This episode contains topics like suicide, self harm, and suicide ideation, which may be triggering for some listeners. Please keep this in mind before listening. –Find The Founder Tapes on Instagram and TikTok –Find David Berlinski: Website: davidberlinskipsychology.comLinkedIn: in/david-berlinski–Find Toolbox:Toolbox Education: website and LinkedInToolbox Clinic: website and LinkedIn Toolbox Instagram and TikTok –You are not alone. Lifeline is here to listen. Call 13 11 14Text 0477 13 11 14​Visit https://www.lifeline.org.au/ –If you or someone you know is experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, domestic, family or sexual violence, you can call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732, text 0458 737 732 or visit their website for online chat and video call services. –Music License Number - QK7rZS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Hamilton joins The Founder Tapes to discuss how she founded, built, and advised multiple successful beauty brands in Australia - namely Bellabox, Sand & Sky, Mermade Hair and now the scalp care brand STRAAND. Bellabox, a beauty subscription box inspired by Birchbox in the U.S., was Sarah’s first venture - and one she co-founded with her twin sister Emily. Following Bellabox’s success, the two of them really embraced the eCommerce opportunities that were becoming apparent in the 2010s, founding their other brands like the popular Sand & Sky - which took social media by storm. This is a time when Facebook and Instagram were in this sweet spot of engagement, YouTubers were becoming celebrities, influencers would feature products for free and organic reach was at its prime. In this episode, Sarah will talk about whether there is a certain formula she adopted to grow each of her successful beauty brands; what it really takes to get your product in customers’ hands; and whether or not she personally believes it’s worth starting an online business in 2024. We’ll also chat about her strategy when pitching and asking investors for money; what she learnt from doing it 10s of times; and the exact things she would focus on when pitching today. It’s a jam-packed one, so let’s get into the show! —Find Sarah Hamilton on LinkedInFind STRAAND on Instagram & LinkedIn —Find video snippets from this episode on Instagram and TikTok Thank you for listening Music License Number - QK7rZS  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s show I’m chatting with Mattie Gouman, co-founder of bather brand Two Swim and fashion TikTok’s IT girl. In a short amount of time Mattie has gotten over 100,000 followers on TikTok and over 50,000 on Instagram. And look, it's not all about the numbers, but with the way Mattie executes on content, and with the loyal audience she has built - I think there's a lot to learn from her. She’s a great example of doing social media and business management right - especially for a young audience. Her content is mainly about fashion, but I feel that you can really apply the tips and approaches that she uses to any sort of industry, content or marketing that you're trying to do. In this conversation, we chat about:- Her “happy accident” called TikTok- How she has seized the opportunities that have come with going viral and being noticed - Working with brands and building relationships - The judgement and criticism that comes with the title “influencer” - What Mattie would do if social media was gone tomorrow - Starting and building her swimwear brand Two Swim - The dark side of the fashion industry and the biggest problems it is facing - And of course, girl stuff: nails, outfits, and everything in between —Find Mattie Gouman on Instagram and TikTok - or search @mattiegouman Find Two Swim bathers: https://www.twoswim.com.au/ —Find video snippets from this episode on Instagram and TikTok —Thank you for listening to The Founder Tapes podcast Hosted by Gal KrohnMusic License Number - QK7rZS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet Bobby: A sustainable, low-sugar soft drink alternative. Today I’m chatting to its founder, Kristian Johannsen. He operates in what is called the “functional beverage” industry (aka drinks with health benefits), tipped to be worth over $1b by 2027. The soft drink alternative gives consumers the familiar feeling of having a Coke, Fanta or Solo, without the guilt of it being a bad-for-you drink. Kristian saw a trend in the US for “better for you” soft drinks that are low in sugar and filled with prebiotics and wanted to bring it over to Australia. Simultaneously, there was the kombucha “boom,” and it was clear Australians were going to be interested in a healthier drink alternative. Something he heavily focused on was the flavour - he wanted the drink he created to taste great, not “healthy.” We chat a lot about what it’s like operating a business in the FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) space. He shares his experience and key learnings when it comes to asking investors for money, as well as his exit goal of one day being bought out (“by Coca Cola, hopefully”). And he’s definitely on track to making Bobby an Australian FMCG success story. Before even having enough cash to build the stock for his first order, Kristian already made a deal to get Bobby stocked in 7-Eleven stores nationwide. Then, less than a year after launching his business, he also landed a deal with Coles. Today, sales are booming month after month, and interest is growing at a fast pace. You’ll learn a lot from the insights Kristian shares, so let’s get into the show. Find Bobby on Instagram and TikTokShop Bobby: www.drinkbobby.com —-----Find video snippets from this episode on Instagram and TikTok Thank you for listening Music License Number - QK7rZS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode one of The Founder Tapes! In this episode, I sit with Lauren Kennedy and Brooke Marks - co-founders and co-CEOs of High End - “the future of luxury resale.”In a nutshell, High End is an app for buying and selling second-hand luxury items like your Gucci wallet, Zimmermann Dress or Camilla And Marc blazer. It started off as a Facebook page which saw over 100,000 members join, 10 years later becoming an AI-driven app that heavily focuses on customer trust through technology, authentication and curation. For those wanting to buy second-hand instead of brand new luxury items, this is a trustworthy solution, and one that lets customers get a curated, unique wardrobe with their favourite pieces. Their aim is to make luxury fashion accessible to everyone, and the app is fast becoming Australia’s premier destination for luxury resale. Lauren and Brooke mention that if you look at the data, it’s clear young people are really starting to adopt the mentality of second-hand over brand new when it comes to their shopping habits. One day, they say, it will be resale over retail. Other than chatting about the process of authenticating luxury clothing so that you and I can get a real Chanel handbag and not a fake (it’s harder to spot than you think!), we chat about what it's like starting a company; what it’s like asking investors for money when you’ve never done that before; what it’s like working together as co-founders with different sets of skills, and so much more. Find High End on Instagram and TikTokDownload the High End app on on iOS and Google PlayFind High End on their online marketplace—-----Find video snippets from this episode on Instagram and TikTok Thank you for listening Music License Number - QK7rZS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.