Mastering Love and Fear While Building a Brand: Simon Fisher, Headspace Design Lab Founder

The Business of Apparel

Mastering Love and Fear While Building a Brand with Headspace Design Lab Founder, Simon Fisher

In this episode, Rachel wanders through the intriguing maze of brand creation and scaling with her past mentor, the seasoned Simon Fisher. The voyage unveils Simon's trials with corporate restructuring, illuminating the pivotal decisions that sculpted his journey. We explore his unique New Year's resolution and how this philosophy propelled him to face daunting tasks for his exciting new venture, Headspace Design Lab.

Simon offers compelling insights from the field of project management, shedding light on its multifaceted role in harmonizing different business elements. The conversation takes a turn as we peel back the layers of starting a business, with Simon offering candid accounts of his exhilaration and trepidation. He reveals the magic of setting a North Star, the unexpected mentorships that guided his path, and the powerful momentum of taking small, daily strides toward success.

Simon has been riding, working, and generally kicking around the bike and outdoor industry for over 30 years. His career started building helmets for Giro Sport Design in 1992 and most recently was the Category Manager of Bell Helmets for bike and motorcycle riders. Recently he founded Headspace Design Lab, Inc. with four other industry veterans to help consult, test, innovate, and engineer better head protection for a wide range of industries.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

-The unique New Year’s resolution that helped drive the force behind Simon’s newest endeavors.

-A detailed human account of the realities of leaving corporate life behind to jump into entrepreneurship.

-How working in project management acted as some of the best training for moving forward in building a business.

-The importance of having a coach to guide you on a path after coming from such a structure in the corporate world.

-The differences between independent innovation and factory innovation.

We can’t wait to hear what you think of this episode!

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http://headspacedl.com/

@headspacedesignlab

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