Ep.1 Knowing & Growing A Multi-Million Dollar Brand with House of CB Founder, Conna Walker
Working Hard with Grace Beverley
sophie@grace-beverley.com
4.2 • 901 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
My guest today is Conna Walker, Founder and CEO of House of CB and Mistress Rocks. Conna started House of CB at just age 17 with a £3,000 family loan. Since then House of CB has grown into a multi-million-pound business with over 40 retail locations and a worldwide community of over 3m. Worn by Chrissy Teigen, Jennifer Lopez, the Kardashians, and many more... Conna’s business is an innovator in brand marketing and her goal is to embrace the female form in order to champion female empowerment. Conna is one of the youngest, and most successful entrepreneurs in the online fashion retail space, I’ve always admired her vision and clarity of brand identity, and I am so excited to chat to her today.
Topics:
Does your business need a USP?
Being a 'Girlboss'
Being a business owner in the public eye
Having confidence in your vision
The cycle of creativity
The reality of running a business
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| 0:34.0 | Thank you for tuning in to today's episode where I talk to the one, the only Connor Walker. |
| 0:42.8 | She is a huge, I don't want to say idol of mine because I'm trying not to appear too uncool. |
| 0:49.4 | But no, she's fantastic and I've been a huge fan of what House of CB has done, not just in terms |
| 0:55.6 | of being a big brand, but in terms of having such a clear brand identity and clear USPs and so |
| 1:02.2 | true to their brand voice. And I think that is exactly why they've been able to evolve and evolve and |
| 1:06.6 | evolve. So today I talked to Connor about exactly that, about how they do that, about how she has been |
| 1:13.6 | able to use her unique kind of essence in building that brand. And then we talk about the troubles |
| 1:19.5 | kind of outside of that. So, you know, balancing work and personal life, how it's been being a |
| 1:25.0 | young woman in business, whether we enjoy the term girl boss, |
| 1:28.4 | and everything in between. I think you are going to love this episode. If you do, please, please |
| 1:33.4 | leave a review on whatever podcast platform you are listening to it on, though I have heard on |
| 1:37.8 | the podcast, Grapevine, that leaving one on Apple is the best way to boost our podcast. Our podcast, |
| 1:43.3 | don't know why I said ours. It's mine, |
| 1:44.7 | really, but you can join the party. Um, so I hope you really enjoy this episode and have a great day. So my guest today is Connor Walker, founder and CEO of House of CB and Mistress Rocks. |
| 2:05.6 | Connor started House of CB at just age 17 with a family loan. Since then, House of CB has grown |
| 2:12.6 | into a multi-million pound business with over 40 retail locations and a worldwide community of over 3 million. |
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