Impact at Scale

EP 52 - Shamini Dhana - Founder and CEO at Dhana, Inc. - They Saw Chaos at Its Best

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The Social Innovation Podcast had such a wonderful conversation with Shamini Dhana, the Founder and CEO of Dhana, Inc. and the CEO at D/Sphere.  Dhana Inc. is a fashion tech company, transforming customer experience from zero-waste designs to social and environmental impact through Circular Fashion. D/Sphere is the creative fashion platform for people to create clothing using second-life materials, share stories while doing good in the world.

Some of the topics that Shamini covered:

  • Recording on an auspicious day and naming her company after her father
  • Growing up in Singapore
  • How working for the government of California was a pivotal point in her career
  • Moving to Silicon Valley Bank and establishing it in India
  • Taking 25 VCs on a trip to India that was fascinating on so many levels
  • Seeing something first-hand has to touch you
  • Businesses are getting more value-aligned
  • The what, why, and how of D/Sphere
  • The circular economy and second-life materials
  • The fashion industry's contribution to the world's pollution
  • Driving social and environmental impact
  • Fashion as a mechanism for telling stories

    • Other titles we considered for this episode:

    1. Came With Two Suitcases and Not Knowing a Person
    2. Entrepreneurship Is About Being Able To Navigate In the Chaos
    3. A Trajectory of Your Whole Journey
    4. I Need To Show You Something
    5. We Fundamentally Believe In the Human Expression
    6. Empowering People To Create Impact
    7. Repair, Resale, Rental and Recycle
    8. The Store, the Studio, and the Story
      9. ...more
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