Unbound Merino - The Everyday High-Performance Clothing
The Story of a Brand Show
Ramon Vela
4.9 • 147 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In the first part of this Feature, we interview Dan Demsky, co-Founder of Unbound Merino. Unbound Merino is a versatile, high performance & sustainable clothing line for men and women made from Merino wool.
Merino wool comes from the merino sheep in Australia. The secret in “nature’s miracle fabric” is that it holds the capabilities to insulate heat when it’s cold and breathe comfortably when it’s warm.
It’s also naturally antibacterial and moisture-wicking, which means less washing with clothes that stay dry, clean, and fresh. This makes it the perfect material to bring in your carry on to maximize your travel wardrobe or wear for everyday use.
Listen in as we talk to co-founder Dan Demsky, as he tells us how he turned merino wool into a travel apparel brand.
In part 1, Dan discusses Dan’s mentor experience; The Hundred-Foot Overview of Unbound Merino; Nature’s miracle fabric; How merino wool works; Crowdfunding your project; Utilizing the next travel hack; and much more.
Join Ramon Vela and Dan as they discuss Unbound Merino on The Story of a Brand.
For more on Unbound Merino, visit: https://unboundmerino.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Recorded at Attention Agency Studios. |
| 0:08.1 | This is not your average entrepreneur or e-commerce podcast. |
| 0:11.8 | And he's not your average host. |
| 0:14.3 | This is the story of a brand with your host, Ramon Vela. |
| 0:21.6 | And it wasn't until I had my own need for wanting to pack lighter that I discovered |
| 0:28.9 | Marina Wool and I discovered that I didn't really like what was out there in the market. |
| 0:33.0 | So that was, you know, years later, because I had this in the back of my head that I'm going to |
| 0:37.0 | create a product one day, that was the aha moment. I said, this is it. Marina Wool. |
| 0:46.0 | This episode is brought to you by Diasity. The good folks at Diasity provide a single view of your |
| 0:51.7 | sales and marketing data to identify the channels and products |
| 0:54.6 | that are performing the best so you can make better data and power decisions. You'll find that |
| 1:00.2 | in minutes, you'll unify all of your sales and marketing data to better understand critical |
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| 1:30.9 | strategist today. Again, that's DASity.com forward slash story. That's D-A-A-A-S-I-T-Y.com |
| 1:41.2 | forward slash story. Hey, everyone, this is Ramon Vela and this is another episode of the story of a brand. |
| 1:48.7 | Today, as always, I've got an amazing founder brand that we're going to feature today. |
| 1:53.3 | And I can't wait. |
| 1:54.5 | But, you know, I've actually been thinking about something. |
| 1:57.4 | And Dan, I'm just curious about something. |
| 2:00.8 | Do you remember a time when someone provided |
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