Hospitality Mavericks Podcast

Today we are joined by the co-founder of a mission-driven fashion brand Thumbprint, as well as Strategy and Brand Consultant for a number of great hospitality brands – Edward Francis. We explore how Ed and his co-founder Evgenia Baydikova have launched a fashion brand that, from the outset, is helping the world become a better place. Thumbprint Apparel breaks the mold of the fashion industry, by building a business around the people who make your clothes: young women from low income communities in India, initially in south Mumbai.Tune in to this episode as Edward talks candidly about running a founder-led business, making space for experimentation, dealing with the complexity of the supply chain, and how he is intentionally living a simpler life.  Links:#134 David Lockwood, MD of Neal's Yard Dairy, on Having a 10-year Plan#161 Mats Lederhausen, Founder and CEO at Be-Cause, on Impactful Capitalism#150 Carly Trisk-Grove, Co-Creator of OPOP, on On How Restaurants Catalyze ChangeEd’s InstagramEd’s Linke