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Stephan Ango
Co-founder of Lumi
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Building Genuine Brands
A great product does not equal a great brand. Co-founders Eric Prum and Josh Williams share the strategy behind the Very Great platform and how it has helped to build three consumer brands and counting — W&P Design, Wild One, and Courant.
Eric Prum
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Josh Williams
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Stephan Ango
· Jan 22, 2020
Podcast
Predicting the Next Decade
Fast Company Senior Staff Writer Elizabeth Segran reflects on the past decade of consumer trends and makes some insightful predictions about how gradual consumer shifts have lead to substantial changes in what consumers expect of brands.
Elizabeth Segran
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Stephan Ango
· Jan 16, 2020
Podcast
Using Waste as Currency
Phone cases don’t need to last a lifetime, but in a landfill, they might. Pela founder Jeremy Lang shares how he developed the compostable flax-based phone case material and how Pela is making a place for itself in the responsibility economy.
Jeremy Lang
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Stephan Ango
· Jan 8, 2020
Podcast
Prioritizing the Long Term
Momentum is building around sustainable purchasing and Stuart Landesberg believes this is just the beginning. The CEO and Co-founder of Grove Collaborative shares a piece-by-piece sustainability strategy and the outlook that could make Grove a 100-year company.
Stuart Landesberg
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Stephan Ango
· Jan 1, 2020
Podcast
Creating a Customer Journey
Trade Coffee is delivering on discovery, but the subscription part is more complex than it seems. Hear how they've optimized for their roasters and their customers.
Mike Lackman
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Stephan Ango
· Dec 18, 2019
Podcast
Reflecting the World As It Is
Universal Standard is building the largest size range in the world. Hear why they want to stop talking about size, and what they're doing to set a new standard.
Alexandra Waldman
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Stephan Ango
· Dec 11, 2019
Podcast
Solving a Worthy Problem
Framing priceless pieces requires a ton of customer confidence. Framebridge founder and CEO Susan Tynan built that confidence by sweating the details, building out a new factory, and launching two brick-and-mortar locations.
Susan Tynan
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Stephan Ango
· Dec 3, 2019
Podcast
Ask Lumi: Looking Back on 100 Episodes
Jesse and Stephan are answering your questions about the podcast, packaging, ecommerce, and Lumi.
Jesse Genet
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Katelan Cunningham
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Stephan Ango
· Nov 20, 2019
Podcast
Feeling Like a Kid Again
The magic of Magic Spoon is in its trifecta of sweeteners that keep it low in sugar and its high quality dairy protein. Co-founder Gregory Sewitz talks sourcing, formulations, and why he'll never work with live crickets again.
Greg Sewitz
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Stephan Ango
· Nov 12, 2019
Podcast
Controlling the Narrative
Combining her impressive background in tech and marketing with her husband's wine making expertise, Helena Price Hambrecht launched Haus – an aperitif that deserves to be the main attraction.
Helena Price Hambrecht
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Stephan Ango
· Oct 28, 2019
Podcast
Changing Consumer Behavior
Blueland is taking the refill model and dehydrating it. Founder and CEO Sarah Paiji Yoo takes us behind the scenes of Blueland's busy first year, the struggles to find a manufacturer for their cleaning tablets, and pitching on Shark Tank.
Sarah Paiji Yoo
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Stephan Ango
· Oct 23, 2019
Podcast
Running Authentically
Tracksmith not only captures the grit it takes to run — they glorify it. Co-founder Matt Taylor shares the strategy behind their captivating photography, their growing community, and the respite of a retail space.
Matt Taylor
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Stephan Ango
· Oct 9, 2019
Bulletin
Release Notes: Analytics
Lumi Analytics is a new feature that gives you quantifiable insights about your packaging supply chain.
Stephan Ango
· Oct 7, 2019
Podcast
Replacing Consumer Behavior
Shopping secondhand significantly offsets the amount of waste produced by the fashion industry. ThredUp's Brand Director talks sustainability, stigma, and streamlining resale with retail.
Erin Wallace
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Stephan Ango
· Sep 18, 2019
Podcast
Converting Shoppers into Buyers
A report on the state of direct-to-consumer brands, straight from an expert. Founder of The New Consumer, Dan Frommer helps us digest the some milestone moments in ecommerce and what they mean for the future.
Dan Frommer
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Stephan Ango
· Sep 4, 2019
Bulletin
Release Notes: Standardized Quality
Raising the bar for quality with new features and services that standardize capabilities across the Lumi Network.
Stephan Ango
· Aug 28, 2019
Podcast
Fixing Broken Beauty Laws
Beautycounter takes their mission straight to Capitol Hill. Hear how SVP of Social Mission, Lindsay Dahl lobbies for clean beauty.
Lindsay Dahl
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Stephan Ango
· Aug 28, 2019
Podcast
Stepping on All the Rakes
After selling Tonx to Blue Bottle Coffee, Tony Konecny's new company Yes Plz is making delicious coffee more attainable.
Tony Konecny
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Stephan Ango
· Aug 20, 2019
Podcast
Extending the Invitation
By focusing on functionality and a direct-to-consumer model, Year & Day encourages customers to focus on what and who is around the table.
Kathryn Duryea
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Stephan Ango
· Aug 7, 2019
Podcast
Being Unapologetically Free
Getting real with Knix founder, Joanna Griffiths about rebuilding her brand of intimate apparel online.
Joanna Griffiths
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Stephan Ango
· Jul 24, 2019
Podcast
Letting Community Lead the Way
We sit down with Poshmark founder and CEO, Manish Chandra to talk about the logistics of the resale marketplace, and building social ecommerce experiences.
Manish Chandra
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Stephan Ango
· Jul 17, 2019
Podcast
Taking Responsibility
As the co-founder of Seventh Generation and Sustain Natural, Jeffrey Hollender knows what it takes to build transparent businesses with a focus on sustainability. On this episode he shares successes, failures, and his current efforts to shift fundamental systems.
Jeffrey Hollender
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Stephan Ango
· Jul 10, 2019
Podcast
Perfecting Personalization
Hair care is getting personal — finally. We're talking with Function of Beauty's co-founder about the strategy behind their hundreds of bottling iterations and trillions of product combinations.
Zahir Dossa
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Stephan Ango
· Jul 2, 2019
Podcast
Chasing the Sun
Aishwarya Iyer talks about founding Brightland to bring fresh, traceable olive oils to the table.
Aishwarya Iyer
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Stephan Ango
· Jun 26, 2019
Podcast
Holding Space
Neighborhood Goods' Matt Alexander on bringing together people and stories under one roof.
Matt Alexander
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Stephan Ango
· Jun 20, 2019
Podcast
Recovering Returns
A chat with Happy Returns co-founder, David Sobie on the logistics of in-person, online purchase returns.
David Sobie
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Stephan Ango
· Jun 11, 2019
Podcast
Engineering Lifelong Razors
Hear how founder Adam Simone took his experience creating medical-grade tools to develop a refillable, plastic-free Leaf razor.
Adam Simone
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Stephan Ango
· Jun 5, 2019
Podcast
Kilning It
Alex Matisse of East Fork talks about walking the line between small scale craft and large scale commercialism.
Alex Matisse
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Stephan Ango
· May 22, 2019
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