“Our core premise is to provide a curated space that allows brands to enter physical retail and accomplish a broad variety of goals–whether that’s customer acquisition, product testing, or generating sales–while learning what it takes to run their own space."

“It was in one of those moments standing in the hot Kenya sun one day, that I realized the untapped potential of giving women opportunities and what could happen when everyone has the ability to pursue their dream. So, when I returned from Kenya, I vowed to continue to support …

"Collective gave us the flexibility to offer exceptional products to our customers without holding physical inventory. We could focus on connecting the right people to the right products, driving growth without financial constraints."

“My background is Taiwanese, I'm not Japanese, but I did spend a year teaching English in Japan and I feel like I have a pretty strong connection to it. My grandmother also speaks Japanese so I learned it when I was growing up.”

“I studied retail and consumer studies at University of Arizona and directly out of school worked for Nordstrom doing special events and sales promotion across a couple of states and many different stores. It was a great training ground for me to really learn and to bring that forward into …

"You have to shake off that feeling of heaviness. You just really have to carry on. You've got three other mouths to feed."

"I don't even really want to think of those days. It was damn hard."

"My family had, not nothing, but we were a humble family. My dad would drive me past houses and be like, you're gonna have these things some day."

"I pretty much became vegan overnight. I got a little juicer and started making these radical combinations at home."

"We had an order from Prince William and Kate Middleton when they were just having their first baby. We didn't realize it was such a big deal at first."

“When we started our Kickstarter campaign, we only had one women's jacket. We found out 60% of our customer base was women. We only had a bomber at the time and they wanted a three-quarter jacket. We had to quickly scramble and design one in a day and a half."

“We love clothing and product design,” David explains. “Not only are we really excited about getting to make things that represent who we are, and represent who our students are, but at the same time we know the product is making an impact. We call it a win-win. We get …

“At that time, there was essentially a punk rock economy emerging in the Bay Area. I was in the middle of a strong, counterculture community of fiercely independent people who were finding ways to pursue their ideals and passions as a career, rather than work for someone else.”

“When I was growing up, my parents were deal finders. We always bought used cars, we always bought used clothes. When I tried on a dress and fell in love with it, it was way out of my budget, but I just felt like, ‘I know I can find this …

“Shopify Capital was the life line my business needed this summer. As you can imagine, when you have a business where you have to maintain inventory, maintaining consistent positive cash flow becomes a challenge. So many things are dependent on sales. Shopify Capital has been very easy, very straightforward. You …