Laura Low Ah Kee and Shannon Savage: Co-Founders of Left on Friday

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🗓️ 27 May 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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After spending over 10 years working together at Lululemon, Laura Low Ah Kee and Shannon Savage embarked on their own entrepreneurial journey when they launched their premium athletic swimwear line, Left on Friday. During their tenure at Lululemon, Laura and Shannon bonded over their love of the beach and frustration regarding the lack of high-performance, stylish swimsuits. They realized that with Laura’s merchandising knowledge and Shannon’s design eye, they were uniquely poised to disrupt the swimwear space, and in 2018, they did just that. Today, Left on Friday boasts a wide array of swimwear styles and the opportunity to provide the uniforms for the Canadian National Women’s Beach Volleyball team for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Sacks.com.
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0:35.5	juggling work and kids and squeezing in a little bit of a social life you can shop
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0:47.0	Hi everyone, I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of
0:55.9	who what wear and this is Second Life a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers. We're talking
1:05.1	about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting aside
1:09.1	their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their second life.
1:15.0	Today I'm joined by the co-founders of Left on Friday, Laura Lowakee and Shannon Savage.
1:22.0	Though Laura and Shannon are entrepreneurs now, they spent the early years of their career in a more structured corporate environment, working for the brand that pretty much invented
1:34.0	Ath leisure, Lulu Lemon. The two joined the company in its early stages and
1:39.0	spent the next 10-plus years growing alongside the brand. By the time they left, Laura held the title of
1:45.9	Director of Merchandising and Shannon was the VP of Design. While there, the two
1:51.1	became friends and bonded over their love of the beach and their
1:56.0	shared frustration about how few swimsuits were both practical and stylish.
2:02.4	They realized that with Laura's merchandising prowess and Shannon's
2:05.9	design eye, they were uniquely poised to disrupt the swimwear space. And in 2018 they launched left on Friday as a premium athletic
2:16.3	swimwear brand. Today they continue to expand their product
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