Today our team is sitting down with Archie Clay III, Co-founder of WEAR BRIMS -a luxury hat company elevating high-end fashion while instilling unapologetic confidence into everyone, one brim at a time. Archie and his business partner Tahj run their business out of Plywood Place. Wear Brims has been featured in Nordstrom, O Magazine, British GQ, Huffington Post, and The Root as well as Beyonce's Black Parade Route.
In this episode, we get into it - from how we can learn through our customers to the impact entrepreneurship has on our relationships to the Wear Brims model of launching products, and we also talk about the tensions of securing funding as a black entrepreneur. Let's get to it!
One question to consider: What makes a good partner for collaboration?
Check out Wear Brims:
https://www.wearbrims.com/
This episode is brought to you by our partner Ronald Blue Trust!
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