Tim Brown (Allbirds) - Innovating for a Sustainable World

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Stanford eCorner

Journey, Startups, Education, Stanford, Culture, Strategy, Stanford University, Entrepreneurship, Business, Life Lessons, Thought Leadership, Creativity, Etl, Challenges, Leadership, Innovation, Founders

4.4 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Tim Brown is the co-founder, co-CEO, and creative vision behind Allbirds, the sustainability-focused shoe company he co-founded in 2015. His experience as a World Cup soccer player for New Zealand led him to think about things on a grand scale, whether that be crafting shoes or running a business. In this conversation with Stanford adjunct lecturer Ravi Belani, Brown discusses his predictions for a future economy shaped by carbon accounting and reflects on how aspiring entrepreneurs can learn from his experiences building a sustainable brand.

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0:00.0	Who you are defines how you build.
0:05.0	This is the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series.
0:09.0	Brought to you by Stanford E. Corner.
0:13.0	Welcome YouTube, Stanford and ETL communities
0:18.0	to the Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar.
0:21.3	It is so great to have you here today.
0:23.5	I'm Ravi Balani, a lecturer in the management science and engineering department at Stanford,
0:28.0	and the director of Alchemist and Accelerator for Enterprise Startups.
0:32.3	This entrepreneurial thought leader series is brought to you by STVP,
0:36.3	the Stanford Engineering Entrepreneurship Center,
0:39.1	and Basis, the Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students.
0:43.6	Off of the heels of our recent announcement of a new school at Stanford, the Stanford School
0:48.2	of Sustainability, we are so thrilled to have our first sustainability-focused speaker here
0:53.1	at ETL, which is Tim Brown.
0:56.2	Tim is the creative vision behind Allbirds. How many people have heard of Allbirds?
1:02.4	Oh, fantastic. So very little introductions needed. How many people own a pair of Allbirds?
1:08.8	Oh, even more fantastic. That's terrific. So if you know of Allbirds, you know that
1:12.9	Allbirds is the sustainability focused shoe and clothing company, which Time has called the
1:18.0	world's most comfortable shoe, and I can attest to that as well. Tim co-founded Allbirds in 2015
1:25.1	with co-founder Joey Zoolinger. And Tim Pryor crafted a revolutionary focused footwear fabric made from sheep marina wool, which
1:34.3	became the basis of their flagship running shoes.
1:37.3	And it's no coincidence because Tim is a Kiwi. He hails from New Zealand, the land of the sheep,
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