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Gemma Aguiar is Founder and CEO of Design Like Whoa, a women-led and San Francisco-based agency with a design-forward focus who makes sustainable attainable for their clients.

Microsoft dropped their first capsule collection called Hardware and to create their branded clothing line they partnered with Gavin Mathieu, Creative Director and CEO of Supervsn Studios, the LA Times called Supervsn LA’s premier streetwear energy brand.

Here's the thing about that piece on swag by Elizabeth Segran in Fast Company: it missed the mark. Where Fast Company is right: No one wants the return of useless low-quality conference swag that ends up in the trash. No one. Not recipients, not buyers, and (surprise!) not sellers.

Kate Hallett is the Chief Marketing Officer at Harper + Scott. She has over ten years of integrated marketing experience with a proven track record for growing businesses. Kate is a passionate storyteller with disciplines across multiple industries, including enterprise and late-stage startups in both B2B and B2C environments.

Dan Pantano is the President and CEO of alphabroder –  Prime Line, one of the foremost leaders in the industry. With more than 90,000 customers, they ship over 50,000 boxes and more than a million units of product a day. It’s a massive operation, and we chat with Dan about some of the most pressing issues facing alphabroder and our industry.

Ben Pawsey is the VP of Marketing at HPG, one of the largest promotional products suppliers in North America, comprising 10 specialist brands including Hub, Origaudio, Debco, and more.

Each year, ASI (Advertising Specialty Institute) reveals insights from their State of the Industry Report, the single most researched report about the promotional products industry, providing in-depth analysis on multiple topics including trends in growth, challenges in manufacturing, industry verticals that possess the most opportunity, and much more.

SwagCycle is a startup focused on responsibly managing the lifecycle of branded merch. When companies rebrand or get acquired, many of those companies, through their distributor partners, often dispose of their obsolete branded merchandise.

Our guests are Matt Fischer, CEO and one of the founders and owners at Probitas Promotions, and Krisi Lund, Account Manager and client expert extraordinaire. Probitas is a North Dakota based distributor. Part of their story is the merging/acquisition of Trojan Promotions in 2019. Trojan Promotions was a distributorship owned by Jessica and Troy Nelson who were tragically killed in an accident. Today, Krisi and Matt share the story of how they integrated two different teams while honoring the work of Jessica and Troy.

In this special episode of skucast, Seth Godin joins us to talk about the opposing views in which people view the challenges of climate change: wizards who believe that only technological innovation and human progress offer hope for the planet; prophets who seek dramatic reductions in the ways that humans interact with the natural world; and ostriches who say there is a possibility that the climate isn’t actually changing.