Product design is an essential component to making the world a better place. How? Good products solve consumer problems and like TOMS, can inspire others, particularly within fashion trends. But more so, good design and material choice have significant impact on the environment and people working within the supply chain that produces it. Read more…
A love for bamboo, from personal heritage, eco-friendliness and poverty alleviation to sustainable clothing, tree-planting companies and skateboard adoration. Read more…
Within the Tianzifang arts district of Shanghai is a little shop called SHOKAY. SHOKAY is a luxury boutique and social enterprise specializing in yak cashmere fashion to bring economic growth to traditional herding communities in Tibet and Western China through design, supply chain and education…
A few years ago, I met Bonita Lim, head of Brown Rice Designs and the inspiration behind the NuoMi Shanghai label, through a friend’s introduction. Founded in 2006, NuoMi set out to help others through sustainable, eco-friendly, stylish fashion. At the time I was with TOMS Shoes, and eagerly exploring China’s teen fashion market.
Some amazing expeditions begin with a dream and inspiration. My journey began in jest. Three years into my job, I had managed to build a very successful business from scratch within a major mobile tech company and was knee-deep in starting up my second. It had been a transformational ride from boot-strap social entrepreneur to corporate manager jet-setting Asia and Europe in the name of product and profit.
The Social Entrepreneur Lifestyle 