Ben Alun-Jones's guest appearances

Ben Alun-Jones

Loose Threads — Inside the new consumer economy

Jeff Johnson

Max Levchin

Mack Weldon

Nadia Boujarwah

Rachel Blumenthal

Jackie De Jesu

Ashley Merrill

Jodie Fox

Stephan Ango

Holly Thaggard

Ariel Kaye

Hillary Peterson

Rachel Shechtman

Seph Skerritt

Jack Carlson

OwlTail

On the 5th episode of the Loose Threads Podcast, I talk with Ben Alun-Jones, CEO and co-founder of UNMADE, a fascinating fashion tech company based in London. UNMADE is building a platform that brings legacy knitwear machines into the 21st century, and reimagining the supply chain along the way. Ben and I talked about how UNMADE got started; why they launched a direct to consumer brand to showcase their technology; how they approached personalization and supply chain as the same problem; the difference between proactive and reactive supply chains; how they built early version of the platform; the power of software to abstract away complex problems; how UNMADE seeks to maintain a relationship with the consumer while still being an enterprise company; how they explained a technology in the early days that didn't yet exist; how can fashion tech can be more than marketing; and how UNMADE is working to only produce products that have a buyer. This might be my favorite episode so far because it touches on everything that makes Loose Threads what it is: exploring the intersection of fashion, technology and manufacturing in the same conversation, and using this mindset to reimagine traditional problems that have plagued the fashion industry for decades. — Show Notes — UNMADE http://unmade.com — About Loose Threads — Inside the fashion industry and what's next for ecommerce, by Richie Siegel. loosethreads.xyz Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/buLQY9 Twitter: http://twitter.com/loosethreadsxyz

On the 5th episode of the Loose Threads Podcast, I talk with Ben Alun-Jones, CEO and co-founder of UNMADE, a fascinating fashion tech company based in London. UNMADE is building a platform that brings legacy knitwear machines into the 21st century, and reimagining the supply chain along the way. Ben and I talked about how UNMADE got started; why they launched a direct to consumer brand to showcase their technology; how they approached personalization and supply chain as the same problem; the difference between proactive and reactive supply chains; how they built early version of the platform; the power of software to abstract away complex problems; how UNMADE seeks to maintain a relationship with the consumer while still being an enterprise company; how they explained a technology in the early days that didn't yet exist; how can fashion tech can be more than marketing; and how UNMADE is working to only produce products that have a buyer. This might be my favorite episode so far because it touches on everything that makes Loose Threads what it is: exploring the intersection of fashion, technology and manufacturing in the same conversation, and using this mindset to reimagine traditional problems that have plagued the fashion industry for decades. — Show Notes — UNMADE <a href="http://unmade.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://unmade.com</a> — About Loose Threads — Inside the fashion industry and what's next for ecommerce, by Richie Siegel. loosethreads.xyz Newsletter: <a href="http://eepurl.com/buLQY9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://eepurl.com/buLQY9</a> Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/loosethreadsxyz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/loosethreadsxyz</a>

Building the Knitwear Platform of the Future — with Ben Alun-Jones of UNMADE