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Athletes & Assets with Noah LackFrom college soccer to billion dollar shoe brand in 3 yearsFormer College Soccer player and CEO of billion dollar shoe brand Allbirds Joey Zwillinger chats about the importance of being part of a team, what it takes to be a great entrepreneur, and the mindset of wanting to fail or succeed quickly
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2025-01-1349 min
Business in BetweenTim Brown on Navigating the Highs & Lows of All Birds - Business Lessons with All White Turned EntrepreneurTim Brown had been a dream guest for us since we started the Between Two Beers podcast in 2019 – and he didn’t disappoint when we recorded with him at the end of 2023. This is one of our favourite episodes and we left this original recording feeling incredibly inspired. Tim was a professional footballer who played 112 times for the Wellington Phoenix and earned 30 caps for the All Whites. But at the same time, he was forming an idea for a woollen, environmentally friendly, sustainable shoe. That idea became Allbirds, and nine years afte...
2024-10-151h 06
Consensus in ConversationBen Goodwin of OLIPOP on Reimagining Soda, The Science of Gut Health, and Creative FormulationA favorite soda can be a huge part of people’s identity – roughly half of the American population drinks at least one soda on a daily basis – which is why OLIPOP is completely reimagining the soda industry with its healthier, prebiotic, low sugar alternative that tastes as good – if not better – than its traditional counterparts. Ben Goodwin has spent his entire career building the beverage industry and business skills needed to conjure great tasting flavors from great-for-you ingredients. Ben is not only OLIPOP’s co-founder, CEO, and formulator, but also a huge reason why the innovative B Corp Certif...
2024-08-1555 min
Grey Matter with Michael KrasnyJoey Zwillinger - Environment and Climate Change: The Green Trojan HorseAllbirds co-owner and CEO Joey Zwillinger joined us for a wide-ranging discussion focusing on the ups and downs and successes and challenges of the international shoe company as well as decarbonization and sustainability; entrepreneurship and branding; innovation and capitalism. We talked about the fashion industry and the CEO's role in the public company which makes over 200 million shoes a year. Worker's rights, DEI and factory conditions also emerged in the conversation which concluded with advice from Joey Zwillinger to aspiring entrepreneurs and those who want to make a difference against the existential threat of climate change.
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2024-02-0850 min
Global Innovators in BusinessFuture of Sustainable Fashion: Joey Zwillinger - Co-founder of AllbirdsIn 2015, Joey Zwillinger co-founded Allbirds with his partner Tim Brown. Since its founding, Allbirds has gone to design what Time Magazine has called the “World’s Most Comfortable Shoe” and has been worn by Barack Obama, Leonardo DiCaprio, and many others. But even more fascinating is Allbird’s no-compromise mentality to developing sustainable and eco-friendly shoes. Join us to learn more about Allbirds and Joey's journey with the brand!
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2024-01-1033 min
Wharton Launch PadJoey Zwillinger | AllbirdsAllbirds origin story from perspective of the early days. (Originally aired on Wharton Launch Pad - SiriusXM Business Radio Channel 132.)
2024-01-0857 min
Consensus in ConversationCiC 2023 Year End Wrap Up2023 has brought us 35 new guests and more than 2,000 minutes of conversations– join Conor Gaughan as he shares his insights, takeaways, and analysis on a few of our favorite moments from the year.Whether it’s breaking down sustainable business blueprints, finding motivation during difficult times, or imagining an entirely new industry, this episode has you covered! Featuring01:20 - 04:10 Catherine Roggero-Lovisi: CEO, Modern Meadow04:11 - 07:30 Rick Fox: Co-founder and CEO, Partanna07:31 - 11:24 Roger McClendon: Executive Director, Green Sports Alliance11:25 - 13:20 Tim Sheehy: Founder and CEO, Bridger Aerospace13:21 - 15:50 Greg Putnam: Co-founder and President, Littl...
2023-12-2149 min
Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)Joey Zwillinger, Allbirds Co-founder: How We Earned 7 Figures in Our First 30 Days With 0 Marketing Spend | Business E255It all started with a three-page vision statement for Joey Zwillinger and his company, Allbirds, which is revolutionizing the footwear industry with its eco-friendly and sustainable products. Joey and his co-founder Tim Brown set out to emulate nature’s brilliant design skills by creating the now iconic Wool Runner, a shoe made from Merino wool, and to create a sustainable global company in the process. In this episode, the latest in a limited series sponsored by Shopify, Joey shares some of the challenges that Allbirds faced, the technology that transformed their direct-to-consumer business into a global brand, and how to...
2023-11-1059 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: From $4.1BN to $142M Market Cap; Why Public Markets Have Written Allbirds Off, What Allbirds Need to Do to Get Profitable, Why Growth has Slowed and The Bull Case for Allbirds Next Five Years with Joey Zwillinger, Co-Founder @ Allbirds Joey Zwillinger is the Co-Founder & CEO @ Allbirds, the company behind the world's most comfortable shoe. In Nov 2021, Joey took the company public and the stock soared to an all-time high of $4BN, today the company has a market cap of $137M. Prior to Allbirds, Joey spent six years at biotechnology firm, Terravia, leading its renewable chemical business, developing and selling high-performance algae-based chemicals into various industries such as CPG, personal care, and industrials. In Today's Episode with Joey Zwillinger We Discuss: The Founding Moment: How did Joey's wife's...
2023-11-0644 min
The Retail PilotInnovation and Sustainability: A Conversation with Allbirds Co-founder & CEO, Joey ZwillingerJoin us in this inspiring episode as Ken sits down with Joey Zwillinger, the Co-founder & CEO of Allbirds, the groundbreaking footwear brand that's taking the world by storm. From humble beginnings to a global sensation, Allbirds has redefined the way we think about shoes, combining style, comfort, and sustainability in a way that's never been seen before.In this candid conversation, Joey takes us on their remarkable journey, sharing the challenges he faced as they disrupted the traditional footwear industry with their eco-friendly, renewable materials and commitment to reducing their carbon footprint. Ken and Joey delve into...
2023-07-3143 min
Consensus in ConversationJoey Zwillinger: AllbirdsYou’ve probably heard – or seen a pair – of Allbirds, the eco-friendly shoe brand disrupting the fashion and footwear industries. Joey Zwillinger, CEO and co-founder of this certified B Corp, joins the pod to talk about the company’s origin, discuss how he aligns purpose and profits, and share his insights on the future of fashion, footwear, and sustainability. Joey’s story starts in California, ventures through banking and VC, and, after a chance encounter with co-founder Tim Brown, leads to the launch of Allbirds: listen now on your favorite podcast platform!More from the ep...
2023-06-2241 min
Entrepreneurs UnraveledEP11. How a Soccer Player sold Shoes to 4million Customers | Allbirds Co-founders, Tim Brown & Joey ZwillingerToday we are joined by Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger the co-founders of Allbirds. Allbirds is a footwear brand known for sustainable and comfortable shoes made from eco-friendly materials.
00:00 Intro
00:59 Chapter. 1 The Co-founders
05:35 Chapter. 2 Wool Runners
08:51 Chapter. 3 Sustainability
12:29 Chapter. 4 Team
2023-06-1416 min
Shopify MastersAllbirds CEO: Why Sustainability Leads to ProfitabilityAllbirds is a direct-to-consumer success story, upending the shoe industry with sustainable materials. Allbirds co-founder and CEO Joey Zwillinger shares how the company's mission fuels innovation in the first episode of the Shopify on Location in San Francisco.For more on Allbirds and show notes: https://www.shopify.com/blog/allbirds-sustainability
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2023-05-1838 min
PwC Pulse - a business podcast for executivesSustainability: How to deliver on your commitments to stakeholders—and the planetText us your thoughts on this episodeIt’s no secret that fast fashion often drives the clothing industry. Business models hinge on the concept that styles can change quickly — and it’s essential to keep up. But quick pivots also can correlate with low quality products that can add to landfills and contribute to unsustainable business practices.Allbirds is among the companies looking to kick the habit. Not only has Allbirds established aggressive sustainability goals, but it’s also backing them up with results. In this episode Alan Jones, National TMT Deals Leader and San Fran...
2023-03-0723 min
Out of Hours: The PodcastAllbirds: Building a sustainable shoe brand, with Tim Brown.If you enjoy this episode, please buy me a coffee to show your support! ☕️Today on the podcast we have Tim Brown, co-founder of Allbirds. Today Allbirds is a public company, with an IPO in 2021, and almost one thousand employees. But it didn’t start that way. In fact for many years, Allbirds was just an idea, a side project for Tim Brown - who was a professional footballer for the first part of his career, even playing in the world cup. Tim was bored of the branded shoes he had to wear as a foo...
2023-03-0253 min
Scaling Up: Lessons From The World's Best CEOs and FoundersFlying High - Tim Brown & Joey Zwillinger, Co-Founders & CEO’s Allbirds [S6.E1]Series 6 of Scaling Up kicks off with Tim Brown & Joey Zwillinger, the co-founders and co-CEOs of AllBirds. From a Kickstarter campaign, to listing on the NASDAQ (NASDAQ:BIRD) in a little over six years, this is an insane scaling story of one of the fastest growing brands in history.
Originally born out of hustle and grit and then of thoughtful growth and innovation, Allbirds’ brand has always centered on a promise that great products have to be sustainable. Allbirds is the leading brand when it comes to sustainability in amongst a global industry that emits 2.1billion tonnes of...
2022-07-1845 min
The Nordy PodEp 8. Joey Zwillinger, Allbirds CofounderIn this episode, I sit down with bioengineer and cofounder of Allbirds Joey Zwillinger. Joey Zwillinger really does walk the talk. In today's culture, where more and more consumers are searching for products that don't destroy the earth, Joey and partner Tim Brown stand at the forefront of the environmental sustainability movement with a company that's reimagining the entire manufacturing process. Allbirds, the fashion-forward, eco-friendly footwear brand, is breaking new ground through innovative technology, materials never before used and a system of accountability that challenges industry competitors to follow suit. But it's not enough to just have strong moral ethics...
2022-05-0956 min
Climate RisingHow Footwear Startup Allbirds is Decarbonizing FashionIn this bonus episode, sustainable footwear brand Allbirds co-founder and co-CEO Joey Zwillinger, Prof. Michael Toffel, and Cold Call host Brian Kenny discuss the growing environmental impact of the fashion industry, and how Allbirds is balancing a critical tension between sharing its know-how and material innovations with competitors to scale its efforts to decarbonize fashion, while also retaining brand differentiation. This was originally broadcast on the HBS Cold Call podcast episode profiling the HBS case, “Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion,” which Prof. Toffel wrote with Ken Pucker and Eren Kuzucu.For transcripts and other resources, visit climaterising.org.Gu...
2022-05-0434 min
Calling Bullsh!tAllbirds: Making a Material DifferenceAllbirds was founded on the purpose of “Better things made in a better way.” After 8 years of business, they’ve invented numerous ways to walk that talk. In 2014, Allbirds co-founders Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger created a way to make sneakers out of wool instead of oil. Only 8 years later, Allbirds is now a publicly-traded company working to put their entire industry on a more sustainable path. How did they get here, and what did it take to take it all on? Today’s episode is a 1-on-1 with Allbirds co-CEO, Joey Zwillinger. Joey shares with us...
2022-03-3040 min
CEO MattersMagazine Edition: Impactful Missions. Zoom Fatigue. Demise of Small Talk. | MAG003In this episode, you’ll get a week’s worth of reading in 15 minutes. Business is about dynamic leadership. Learn how Joey Zewilliger drove Allbirds from a startup to a $2.4 billion valuation in 6 years. Give up the small talk. Accept and adapt to Zoom Fatigue, Take insight over information. Brighten your winter. Learn how to curate 50,000 articles you’ll never read.CEO News you can use:1. CEO Spotlight: Joey Zwillinger, CEO of Allbirds2. Attention and Insight. What’s the difference?.3. Zoom Fatigue.4. Business quotes from Howard Schultz, Jeffrey Ommelt and Fred...
2022-02-0344 min
Cold CallHow Footwear Startup Allbirds Is Decarbonizing FashionIn 2021, the footwear startup Allbirds was extending its product range into apparel and expanding beyond its online store to open more retail stores around the world. It was also freely sharing its know-how and material innovations with its competitors to try to scale its efforts to decarbonize fashion, by substituting natural materials for conventional petroleum-based materials and leather. But the company also had to find ways to remain differentiated, based on design and comfort.
Harvard Business School professor Mike Toffel and Allbirds co-founder and co-CEO Joey Zwillinger discuss the growing environmental impact of the fashion industry and...
2022-01-2531 min
Brand on PurposeThis Early “BIRD” Caught a $4 Billion Worm: Transforming the Future of Sustainable Fashion with Allbirds Co-CEO & Co-Founder Joey ZwillingerAllbirds Co-CEO & Co-Founder Joey Zwillinger discusses the company’s mission to incorporate natural materials and eco-friendly sourcing into sneakers and how he’s made profit and purpose symbiotic through the creation of Allbirds. Since 2015, Allbirds has worked to build a distribution channel that relies on natural innovations and carbon-negative materials that reduce the company’s environmental impact. Joey and Aaron talk about how Allbirds is shifting consumer behavior when it comes to climate change, how the brand became an iconic staple in both fashion and eco-friendly design, and the steps Allbirds is taking to reduce its carbon footprint to near z...
2021-11-3030 min
Lumost55. Bölüm - Allbirds, Karlılığa Nasıl Ulaşabilir?Lumost'un 55. bölümünde konuğumuz, doğal merinos koyunu yünü kullanarak geliştirilen, dönüştürülebilir malzemeden üretilen, sağlıklı, görece uygun fiyatlı bir spor ayakkabı üreticisi olan Allbirds. Bonobos’a benzer şekilde Silikon vadisi merkezli bir girişim olan Allbirds, eski profesyonel futbolcu Tim Brown ve biyoteknoloji mühendisi Joey Zwillinger tarafından 2015 yılında bir kickstarter projesi olarak doğuyor. Sentetik malzeme kullanılmadan üretilen ayakkabılar kaşındırma, vurma, su toplama gibi en çok yakınılan şikayetlere karşı memnuniyet garantisi veriyor. Bu bölüm, çok güçlü rakiplere karşı ayakta kalmaya çalışan...
2021-11-2623 min
Hired!Great Shoes & Better Business Practices: The Story Of AllbirdsHost of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman re-visits her conversation with Allbirds founders, Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger.
The co-founders share how they brought their backgrounds in professional soccer and environmental science together to build a billion-dollar sneaker brand. They also speak about how their simple, sustainable product has set them apart from other shoe brands and the strength of their global production in the face of the Coronavirus.
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2021-11-1637 minEveryone Talks To Liz ClamanGreat Shoes & Better Business Practices: The Story Of AllbirdsHost of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman re-visits her conversation with Allbirds founders, Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger.
The co-founders share how they brought their backgrounds in professional soccer and environmental science together to build a billion-dollar sneaker brand. They also speak about how their simple, sustainable product has set them apart from other shoe brands and the strength of their global production in the face of the Coronavirus.
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2021-11-1637 min
FedSoc ForumsCorporate Social Responsibility, Investment Strategy, and Liability RisksEnvironmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) investing is growing in popularity, especially after major investment firm BlackRock signaled support for what it called "ESG Integration," or the practice of incorporating material ESG information into investment and divestment decisions. However, since this strategy is relatively young, the short- and long-term merits and potential harm to investors are both unclear.A distinguished panel joins us to discuss a new paper, titled "Corporate Collusion" and written by former U.S. Ambassador and White House Counsel C. Boyden Gray, and to offer their differing views on the legal issues involved, including ESG, ERISA...
2021-09-301h 29
TechTO TogetherRe-imagining The Consumer Experience | Joey ZwillingerThis episode originally aired on: June 15, 2020.Joey Zwillinger, Co-founder at Allbirds joins TechTO in a discussion about the alternative and unconventional ways of creating the right consumer experience.
2021-07-0722 min
How Leaders Lead with David Novak#31: Joey Zwillinger, Allbirds Cofounder—Have a Healthy Sense of UrgencyToday’s guest is Joey Zwillinger, Co-Founder of Allbirds, the world’s most comfortable shoe according to Time Magazine. His company is growing by leaps and bounds, and they’ve pioneered a truly sustainable shoe that people really love.But all of it almost never happened. Fortunately, a few years ago, Joey had the courage to ask himself one really powerful question. And when he did, he got a healthy sense of urgency that NOW was the time to start a company that could make a significant impact on the problems surrounding climate change.
2021-03-1858 min
Launch PadAllBirds UpdateJoey Zwillinger, CEO and Founder of AllBirds From merino wool to eucalyptus, Joey tells Rob how AllBirds has evolved to become a leading brand in material innovation. He also shares how the company has adapted to meet customer needs by creating a comfortable facemask you'll actually want to wear. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2021-01-1253 min
Forever a Golden BearJoey Zwillinger: Cal Men’s Soccer / Co-Founder, Co-CEO, AllbirdsOur guest for this episode is Joey Zwillinger, a former Cal Men’s Soccer player and the co-founder and co-CEO of the ubiquitous shoe company: Allbirds. In this episode, Joey shares with us the contrasts of the roles he’s experienced in his career, which include: management consultant, large company Vice President, startup entrepreneur, and chief executive. We also discuss the importance of contributing to society and, more broadly, sustainability; the relevance of MBA’s to aspiring entrepreneurs; the value of intentionality; how the empathy that Joey practiced as a Cal soccer player improved collaboration, morale and products at Allbird...
2020-12-231h 09
Wharton Business Radio Guest AudioJoey Zwillinger on Launch PadJoey Zwillinger, Co-Founder of AllBirds, joins Launch Pad host Rob Coneybeer on Business Radio, SiriusXM 132. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2020-12-2151 min
Radically PersonalALLBIRDS: Changing the World, One Step at a Time - Bonus EpisodeWe’ve got a treat for you! Allbirds is back with bonus episode and this time Joey Zwillinger, Co-Founder and CEO of Allbirds is spilling the beans on their greater mission to combat climate change and why Joey himself got where he is today. Hear Joey’s thoughts on entrepreneurship and why he became an entrepreneur himself, Allbird's approach to promoting sustainability while still making more great products and so much more.
2020-12-1314 minRadically PersonalALLBIRDS: Changing the World, One Step at a TimeWhat does it mean to be more like a tree than a business? According to Allbirds CEO, Joey Zwillinger, it’s all about giving back more to the environment than you take from it. And that is the premise that drives a lot of the decision-making behind what the sustainable, eco-conscious brand creates, from the sugar cane-based shoe soles to t-shirts made from discarded crab shells. In this episode, Joey shares the principles and driving force behind Allbirds, and the investments the brand makes into ensuring their customers have the best experience no matter the medium they use to me...
2020-12-0631 min
Planet Reimagined with Adam Met8. Shoes, Sheep, and Shared Responsibility - Allbirds CEO, Joey ZwillingerToday we are chatting with Joey Zwillinger, Co-Founder of the shoe company Allbirds. We talk about the fashion industry, corporate responsibility, and why sustainability is baked into his company’s mission. Joey is an incredible guy who has creative ideas about the future.
Executive Produced by Sustainable Partners, Inc.
Edited/Produced by Shelby Kaufman
Engineered by Drew Allsbrook
Music by Ryan and Jack Met of AJR
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2020-10-2900 min
Hurdle with Emily Abbate134. Tim Brown, Co-Founder of AllBirdsTim Brown once had a thriving career as a pro soccer player. But the New Zealand native had a curiosity about merino wool and a passion for design that had him walking away from one career in favor of another, founding Allbirds in 2016 with friend Joey Zwillinger. For episode 134, he gives me the lowdown on how it all happened, creating a smarter sneaker that we know today as the wool runner. He talks to me about the brand's original Kickstarter that caught on fire but resulted in the "worst year of his life," and the big lessons he's learned...
2020-10-261h 02
Mission Critical with Lance ChungJoey Zwillinger (CEO, Allbirds): Should Companies Pay for Their Pollution?Joey Zwillinger is the CEO and co-founder of Allbirds, a San Francisco-based material innovation company that specializes in making the world’s most comfortable shoes (and now, apparel!) More importantly, they’re a company on a mission to tackle what Joey calls the biggest problem of our lifetime: climate change. In this episode, Joey and Lance talk about sustainability, activism, and whether companies should pay for their pollution.Key Highlights[3:29] Allbirds was created to make better things in a better way.[6:53] What does it mean...
2020-10-2234 min
Sustainability In Your EarEarth911 Podcast: Meet Adam Met, AJR Bassist and UN Sustainable Development AdvocateEarth911 talks with Adam Met, bassist of the multi-platinum indie pop group AJR and advocate for the United Nations Sustainable Development Program, about his new podcast, Planet Reimagined and how to start a lasting sustainability transition. Adam and his brothers Jack and Ryan launched AJR as teens. They've produced numerous hits, including their current release Bummerland, while Adam continued his studies in philosophy and international law. He is completing a Ph.D. in International Human Rights Law and is the executive director of Sustainable Partners, Inc., a "thought and action think tank" that creates sustainability initiatives around the world. He...
2020-09-2824 min
Business of HYPETim Brown of AllbirdsTim Brown is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO alongside Joey Zwillinger of footwear company, Allbirds. In just under a five years, the company has amassed over 500 employees, 17 retail locations and over a billion dollars in valuation. What most may not know is that this idea was the brainchild of Tim's for years while he was a professional soccer player.
Having played for the Newcastle Jets, the Welllington Phoenix and the 2010 World Cup, Tim began designing sneakers and visiting factories to create more than hundreds of variations for a prototype shoe all during his offseasons. What started as just a...
2020-05-111h 09Business of HYPETim Brown of AllbirdsTim Brown is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO alongside Joey Zwillinger of footwear company, Allbirds. In just under a five years, the company has amassed over 500 employees, 17 retail locations and over a billion dollars in valuation. What most may not know is that this idea was the brainchild of Tim's for years while he was a professional soccer player.
Having played for the Newcastle Jets, the Welllington Phoenix and the 2010 World Cup, Tim began designing sneakers and visiting factories to create more than hundreds of variations for a prototype shoe all during his offseasons. What started as just a...
2020-05-111h 09
Conduit Conversations5 Highlights from Conversations with ChangemakersGet inspired for a new decade as host Paul van Zyl revisits five memorable moments from the first two series of Conduit Conversations. Hear from CNN's Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour on fake news; learn how Allbirds CEO Joey Zwillinger reacted when Amazon produced a copycat shoe design; understand why internationally-recognised climate change leader Christiana Figueres wants us to get excited about changing our habits; get to know how actor Chiwetel Ejiofor balances Hollywood stardom with his activism, and be uplifted by novelist Elif Shafak's unusual take on optimism versus pessimism.
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2020-01-1223 min
The Mentor FilesRerun: 17 Tim Brown - The Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Allbirds on Building a Brandless BrandAs a professional soccer player, Tim Brown was used to receiving and trying out lots of free shoes. Somewhere along the line, he started to notice that all sports shoes were beginning to look the same. So, with that in mind, he set out to make his own. Tim grew up in New Zealand and was familiar with the great qualities of wool - it's not only good for minimizing odor but also for regulating temperature. The benefits had been applied to clothing, but not yet to footwear. Alongside co-founder Joey Zwillinger, he went through hundreds of...
2020-01-0842 min
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare PressThe Eco Awesomeness of Allbirds - Sustainable Shoes for ChangemakersObsessed with Allbirds? Join the club. For the last Episode of Series 3, Clare visits the San Francisco HQ of the hottest comfy shoe brand on the planet, and unpicks what makes it work.On the way, she discovers the secrets of algae as an eco ingredient, asks the hard questions about end-of-life and greenwashing, and decodes the complexity of carbon offsetting. Oh, and sits next to Matthew McConaughey on the plane… Alright, alright, alright!“Phenomenal for customers, and also phenomenal for the planet… that's a big idea,” says Joey Zwillinger. But what does it look like in...
2019-12-1948 min
IEN RadioShoe Co. Blasts Amazon for Private Label KnockoffIt’s cyber Monday and, for many of us, that means sneaking glances at the online price slashing throughout the day in order to net the best deals possible on our holiday purchases.If your shopping takes you to Amazon, you already know that you need to be on alert for knock-off products as the e-tailer itself has admitted it faces challenges in policing the millions of SKUs it offers.But what about products that aren’t exactly counterfeit, rather, simply knock offs of existing designs selling at half the price? And what if the sell...
2019-12-0402 min
Axios Re:CapAmazon’s copycat strategyAllbirds CEO and co-founder Joey Zwillinger is calling Amazon “algorithmically inspired” for releasing a private label shoe that looks nearly identical to Allbirds’ iconic wool sneaker. Dan digs in with Zwillinger. Plus: Google changes up its rules for political ads and President Trump thinks he opened a factory that actually opened in 2013.
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2019-11-2110 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt039 Joey Zwillinger - The co-founders of Allbirds, the Sustainable Sneaker BrandWhen I began to do some research on Joey Zwillinger, the co-founder of the sustainable footwear brand Allbirds, it was hard not to notice the pull quote from Time magazine on the company’s website that referred to its Merino wool sneakers as “the world’s most comfortable shoe”, or when Refinery 29 said “we won’t blame you if never wear any other shoe ever again”. Clearly, the brand that Zwillinger, a biotech engineer, created with Tim Brown, a former football player from New Zealand, has fans, including the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio who invested early in the company – raising 2.7 million dollars...
2019-10-1825 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt039 Joey Zwillinger - The co-founders of Allbirds, the Sustainable Sneaker BrandWhen I began to do some research on Joey Zwillinger, the co-founder of the sustainable footwear brand Allbirds, it was hard not to notice the pull quote from Time magazine on the company’s website that referred to its Merino wool sneakers as “the world’s most comfortable shoe”, or when Refinery 29 said “we won’t blame you if never wear any other shoe ever again”.
Clearly, the brand that Zwillinger, a biotech engineer, created with Tim Brown, a former football player from New Zealand, has fans, including the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio who invested early in the company – raising 2.7 million dollars...
2019-10-1825 minConduit ConversationsEP.03 - Joey ZwillingerThis week, Paul speaks to Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Allbirds, Joey Zwillinger. They delve into what it really means to build a shoe brand that's as successful as it is sustainable, from sourcing innovative materials to dealing with Amazon's copycat designs, and Joey shares his advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.
2019-09-3045 min
M24: The EntrepreneursThe Entrepreneurs - AllbirdsJoey Zwillinger is an engineer and renewables expert who co-founded Allbirds along with former New Zealand professional footballer Tim Brown in 2015, who was our guest on ‘The Entrepreneurs’ last year. This week, Zwillinger tells us about new eco-friendly materials and production methods that the Certified B company has introduced to help it grow its product line and retail footprint while maintaining its commitment to sustainability.
2019-09-2712 min
How I Built This with Guy RazAllbirds: Tim Brown & Joey ZwillingerGrowing up, Tim Brown discovered he was very good at two things: design and soccer. While playing professional soccer in New Zealand, he was turned off by the flashy logos on most athletic gear. He started making simple canvas shoes for his teammates, but soon discovered a better material: soft merino wool from his country's plentiful sheep. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, his future business partner Joey Zwillinger was frustrated that most companies lacked a genuine commitment to sustainability. In 2015, Tim and Joey teamed up to create Allbirds, a company with two ambitious goals: create the world's...
2019-06-101h 09
This Week in BusinessGenetic Therapy with Bluebird BioBusiness Radio Special: Host Joey Zwillinger, Wharton Alum and Co-Founder/Co-CEO of Allbirds, talks with Nick Leschly, CEO of Bluebird Bio, about their mission to heal people on a genetic level with targeted gene therapy on Purpose Built.Tune in on Business Radio SiriusXM 132 and Insights SiriusXM 121 for more great content. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2019-06-0553 minThis Week in BusinessAdvocating for Safer Beauty Products with BeautycounterBusiness Radio Special: Host Joey Zwillinger, Wharton Alum and Co-Founder/Co-CEO of Allbirds, talks with Gregg Renfrew, entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Beautycounter, about her inspiration behind the brand and why she's passionate about advocating for safer beauty products Purpose Built.Tune in on Business Radio SiriusXM 132 and Insights SiriusXM 121 for more great content. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2019-04-1752 minThis Week in BusinessPurpose Built: Mission-Oriented Entrepreneurs Making an ImpactPurpose Built is a brand new special series on SiriusXM hosted by Allbirds Co-Founder and Co-CEO Joey Zwillinger, featuring mission-oriented entrepreneurs sharing their experiences in building brands that thrive as they prioritize using their business for good. This series premiere episode features SiriusXM P.O.T.U.S. host Michael Smerconish leading a conversation with Allbirds Co-Founders and CEOs Joey Zwillinger and Tim Brown, as they detail their journey from startup to success in creating one of the most recognizable footwear companies today. Zwillinger and Brown share how they produce and open-source their carbon-negative soles and how they make the...
2019-03-2952 min
Secret LeadersAllbirds Co-Founder Tim Brown: Designing and Manufacturing the World’s Most Comfortable ShoesTim Brown is an ex-professional New Zealand footballer turned American shoemaker entrepreneur.After a successful football career, Tim got injured. This caused a career turning point and he looked outside the sporting world at a business future.He first obtained a master’s from LSC, and then he entered into a partnership with Joey Zwillinger. The result? Allbirds, a sustainable tech and science-led footwear that has a huge A-list Hollywood following and that’s creating massive waves in the funding community as a direct to consumer brand.We’re here to delve deeper into t...
2019-02-1943 min
Shoe-InThe Inside Scoop on How Allbirds Built their Brand with a Total Focus on SustainabilityIn this episode, the team talks about 2018 trends and shares audio clips from FDRA's Sourcing Summit featuring Allbirds CEO Joey Zwillinger. Joey explains how they started their brand with a sustainability first mindset and how they strategically built their brand into a rising all start in the fashion industry.
2018-12-1740 min
Talks at GSTim Brown and Joey Zwillinger, Allbirds co-founders
The Allbirds co-founders discuss leaving professional soccer and biotech behind to launch the sustainable, direct-to-consumer footwear company and why they believe natural materials make for better products and a better planet. The conversation is moderated by Goldman Sachs' Kathy Elsesser.
Date: July 24, 2018
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2018-08-0846 min
When to JumpFrom microorganisms to shoes w/ Joey Zwillinger (Allbirds co-founder)Joey Zwillinger wasn't especially interested in shoes growing up, but his passion for sustainability led him to co-found Allbirds, a rapidly-growing footwear company. In conversation, Zwillinger preaches the virtues of patience in making a jump, among other lessons.Purchase the When To Jump book hereThis week's episode is sponsored by Grasshopper (grasshopper.com/whentojump) and Design Crowd (DesignCrowd.com/JUMP).
2018-03-1326 min
The Mentor Files17 Tim Brown - The Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Allbirds on Building a Brandless BrandAs a professional soccer player, Tim Brown was used to receiving and trying out lots of free shoes. Somewhere along the line, he started to notice that all sports shoes were beginning to look the same. So, with that in mind, he set out to make his own. Tim grew up in New Zealand and was familiar with the great qualities of wool - it's not only good for minimizing odor but also for regulating temperature. The benefits had been applied to clothing, but not yet to footwear. Alongside co-founder Joey Zwillinger, he went through hundreds of...
2018-01-1742 min
Launch PadAllbirds Elevator PitchKarl Ulrich's Elevator Pitch of the Month for November is Allbirds, founded by Joey Zwillinger, WG'10.Elevator Pitch: “We set out to make the most comfortable shoe in the world. What we did to do that was strip away every single detail of a current construction of a shoe that is unnecessary and either takes away for comfort or is focused on dropping cost or doing something else that's unrelated to our customer. And then we engineered and innovated a fabric where we packed in fibers from the merino sheep that are about 20 percent of the wi...
2017-11-2008 min
Retail Gets RealAllbirds gets a kick out of disrupting shoe designDisruption seems to be the buzzword these days, and Allbirds co-founder Joey Zwillinger found shoemaking to be ripe for the picking. With longer working hours the norm and a modern way of dressing in the workplace, Zwillinger’s innovative idea was to make a shoe that takes the customer from day to evening with “extraordinary” comfort. On this episode, Zwillinger describes how the digital startup got its foot in the door of a long-established industry with direct-to-consumer marketing.
2017-10-1616 min
Recode ReplayBenjamin Porto, partner, Snarkitecture and Joey Zwillinger, co-founder, AllbirdsSnarkitecture partner Benjamin Porto and Allbirds co-founder Joey Zwillinger talk with Recode’s Edmund Lee about designing architecture and shoes for Silicon Valley, respectively. Brick-and-mortar spaces continue to be important as storytelling vehicles for brands, they say, even as the numbers point to e-commerce growing and retail shrinking. Physical stores are actually thriving, Zwillinger says, because Amazon’s speediness has forced them to up their standards and unique offerings.
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2017-09-1922 min
O'Reilly Design Podcast - O'Reilly Media PodcastSimon Endres on designing in an arms race of high-tech materialsThe O’Reilly Design Podcast: The guiding light of strategy, designing Allbirds, and what makes the magic of a brand identity.In this week’s Design Podcast, I sit down with Simon Endres, creative director and partner at Red Antler. We talk about working from a single idea, how Red Antler is helping transform product categories, and the importance of having a point of view. Here are some highlights from our conversation:
Bringing the power of nature to the footwear industry
One of the founders of Allbirds, Tim Brown, is an ex-p...
2017-02-1643 min
The Jeff Schlarb PodcastEp. 6: Joey ZwillingerThe co-founder of Allbirds is utilizing his experience as a bioengineer to disrupt the shoe industry. Hear how Joey plans to make the world a more sustainable place one foot at a time.
2016-10-0445 min