Creating Thousand with Gloria Hwang

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🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Gloria Hwang created her helmet brand, Thousand, to make safety seamless and get people moving.

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0:00.0	We started in a place where we wanted to help make safety more seamless for people from
0:08.2	people who didn't want to wear helmets to wear a helmet and I think now we're in a place
0:11.2	where like again how can we make tools for urban travelers who are trying to get around
0:14.5	their cities.
0:15.6	So for us like taking that next step is like what gets me up every day.
0:22.7	That's Gloria Huang, founder of Thousand, a company that makes really cool helmets.
0:29.0	I love riding things with wheels, bikes, skateboards, one-wheels, even roller skates.
0:35.2	Yep, they're awesome for commuting, heading out and exploring new places and just burning
0:40.3	off some steam.
0:42.0	Doing these things with helmets is a pretty wise idea.
0:44.8	I mean helmets reduce the likelihood of getting a serious head injury by 60%.
0:50.3	A lot of people find helmets bulky and inconvenient though.
0:53.9	Gloria Huang felt the same way so she designed a helmet that people are really excited about.
1:00.3	I'm Shelby Stanger and this is wild ideas worth living.
1:07.1	Gloria didn't grow up with a dream to create a better helmet but she's always been business
1:11.5	minded and she fell in love with cycling in college.
1:15.1	Gloria has been using her bike to commute and to explore for a long time and she has a ton
1:20.0	of technical knowledge and experience.
1:22.6	Well, Gloria Huang, welcome to wild ideas worth living.
1:28.6	I'm excited to hear your story today.
1:30.7	Yeah, for sure.
1:31.7	Thanks for having me, Shelby.
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