Special Episode: Who's betting on fashion tech?

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4.2 • 365 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Is sustainable fashion possible? Today, we’re bringing you two bonus conversations all about sustainability in fashion from TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. First up you’ll hear Harri Weber sit down with three powerhouses in sustainable fashion: Jim Ajioka from Colorifix, Beth Esponnette from unspun and Julie Willoughby from Circ. In part two, you'll hear from TechCrunch’s Morgan Sung and Jemima Bunbury, the co-founder of the curated fashion app, BLEND.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups where we
0:15.4	unpacked the numbers and the nuance behind the headlines. My name is Alex
0:19.3	Wilhelm and today we have a very special episode for you.
0:22.7	We are bringing you not one, but two interviews all about sustainability in fashion from Tech Ranch Disrupt
0:28.4	2023.
0:30.7	First up, you'll hear from our very own Harry Weber as she sat down with three guests, Jim
0:35.5	Ajocca, Beth Espinette, and Julie Willoughby. They are all powerhouses in
0:40.5	sustainable fashion and they all happen to join Harry on the sustainability stage.
0:45.5	In today's conversation, they attempt to answer the following question, is sustainable fashion
0:50.5	possible?
0:51.5	And if you want to hear their on-stage interview, we have a link to that in the
0:54.6	description. And be sure to stick around for our second fashion forward conversation with
0:58.6	Morgan sung and Jemima Bunbury from Blend. Let's go.
1:06.6	My name is Harry Weber. I'm a senior reporter at Tech Runge.
1:09.1	I'm here with three innovators in fashion tech and we're going to talk about sustainability in fast fashion.
1:16.5	This is a follow-up from a panel discussion we had on stage at Tech Ranch Disrupt 2023,
1:23.0	where we talked about the same topic, Fast Fashion.
1:25.6	This panel will be posted.
1:28.0	We'll include a link with the podcast.
1:30.0	Be sure to check it out.
1:31.2	Let's take it away.
1:32.1	Beth, could you introduce yourself
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