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Business of HYPE

Sean Wotherspoon - Part 1

Business of HYPE

HYPEBEAST

Society & Culture

4.8785 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Co-Founder of Round Two, Sean Wotherspoon sits down with jeffstaple in part 1 of this two-part series to discuss how he became a household name in streetwear. The vintage expert and recent Nike collaborator tells us how it all started from a vintage Polo Bear shirt, to Round Two’s humble beginnings in Virginia, to the joys of finding a “priceless” item and much more.

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0:00.0

From Hype Beast and Hype Radio, I am Jeff Staples, and this is the business of hype, a show about creative entrepreneurs, brand builders, innovators, and the realities behind the dreams they've built.

0:30.8

Today's guest on the business of hype is a B-O-H-1. It will be the first time that a guest interview is done as a two-part series. This

0:39.5

week will be part one, and we will follow up with part two in the next episode. Why? It's not

0:45.0

because he couldn't shut up. It's because while today's guest has had many huge chapters in his

0:49.4

life, he's at a relatively early start, and his trajectory is still on the rise.

0:58.6

I think he's very indicative of today's entrepreneur and what their potential is,

1:01.9

doing a ton of things in a very short amount of time.

1:05.2

This week's guest wasn't born with the internet in his face.

1:10.2

He's part of the last generation of humans that knows what a pre-internet world is like,

1:12.0

but fully has tech at the palm of his fingers and is second nature for him to use its power.

1:16.2

So on the one hand, he's extremely charismatic and personable in real-life situations, and

1:21.2

on the other hand, he can reach every human on every continent with the snap of his fingers.

1:26.4

In my opinion, it's this combination that makes his efficiency for output so damn good.

1:31.8

So we're going to start from his roots of dumpster diving in the Salvation Army, find

1:35.9

out how he created a retail empire, a brand, and a legendary collaboration with Nike, to how

1:41.5

he manages his nearly one million social media followers and to learn how he

1:46.0

went from being a businessman to a business man get ready for the first episode of a two-part

1:52.5

conversation with the round two founder and vegan sean witherspoon um my name is Sean Wetherspoon.

2:02.9

One of the owners of Round 2 did the Nike shoe.

2:08.3

Where are we now?

2:09.3

Yeah, we're in Round 2.

2:10.3

We're in our actually our Round 2 clothing store, which is on Melrose across from our main

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