Baggy makes real ruffle handbags & NFT bags. Unintuitive lessons from Claire Zhong: That impatience can be a virtue. That what resonates with people wins — and that’s not always correlated with how much time you've put into it. That maximalist designs can be worn by minimalists and grungy people. That you can make a business out of a product that’s not really your style. And while we're at it: hit baggylondon.com with the code ENTREPRENEURIAL15 for 15% off her amazing, colorful, fluffy, fun, maximalist bags.

Chapters
(00:00:00) Intro & Origins
(00:02:53) NFT Bags
(00:08:05) Learning How to Sew
(00:10:19) Making of the First Physical Bag
(00:15:15) Impatience as a Virtue
(00:18:48) From Idea to First Product in One Day
(00:21:47) The Randomness of What Resonates with People
(00:23:33) Loving the Creation Process over Having Expectations
(00:26:04) Weeks Passed until the First Sale
(00:28:39) What Makes a Trend
(00:33:21) Seeing a Baggy Girl in the Wild
(00:35:37) World Wide Audience
(00:38:07) Operational Flow & Fulfillment Process
(00:43:29) Sales Channels
(00:44:42) Challenges & Getting Designs Stolen
(00:49:05) Advice
(00:52:02) Juggling Full-Time Job as a Product Manager
(00:54:29) What's Next
(00:57:25) Thanks

Uproot makes plant milk dispensers for cafeterias, primarily for universities. Kevin shares his 5-year journey creating Uproot, from throwing away 8,000 gallons of plant milk once (due to the manufacturer's mistake) to finally experiencing exponential growth.

Timestamps

(00:00:00) Intro
(00:07:20) Origins
(00:16:35) First Customers
(00:19:06) Gap in Market
(00:22:50) Team
(00:29:29) Plant Milk Dispensers
(00:32:27) Covid
(00:34:36) Single-Serve Cartons
(00:37:25) Challenges
(00:43:01) Mentors
(00:44:24) Sales & Customers
(00:47:28) Business Model & Pricing
(00:49:41) Advice to Self
(00:56:02) Work-Life Balance
(00:58:36) Advice to Entrepreneurs
(01:00:15) Fundraising
(01:01:03) Thanks