In this episode of The WTiN Podcast, we talk to the CEO and co-founder of Ministry of Supply, Aman Advani.

Founded by Advani and his co-founder Gihan Amarasiriwardena in 2012, Ministry of Supply is based in Boston, US, and was born in the labs of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The company specialises in engineering clothes for motion, comfort, easy care, and the planet. Garments include the Apollo Dress Shirt, which is made with the same phase change materials that NASA invented to control an astronauts’ body temperature in space; and the Kinetic suit, which Amarasiriwardena wore to run a ‘record-shattering’ half-marathon.

In this podcast, Advani talks more about the company’s beginning back at MIT and he explains what makes the brand’s products so unique. Elsewhere, he talks about how the company has been coping with Covid-19. Towards the start of the outbreak, the team donated lots of masks to shelters and hospitals and now it has created a 3D printed face mask, which is available to buy through the website. And finally, when asked about any advice he could give aspiring entrepreneurs, he explains that “growth and comfort rarely coexist”.