Lena Phoenix's guest appearances

Lena Phoenix

How I Built This with Guy Raz

Today's Leading Women with Marie Grace Berg ~ Real Stories. Real Inspiration. Real Take-aways. 7-Days A Week!

Wings of Inspired Business

10XTogether

How She Went Global

Jamie Greenberg

Natalie Ledwell

Meaghan Connell

Melinda Wittstock

AJ Yager

Ali Skylar

Melanie Coburn

Frederic Gobeil

DAVID DACHINGER

Couplepreneur Stacey

Amy Stefanik

Dan Lievens

Glen Ledwell

Christy Whitman

Steven Sashen

OwlTail

In 2007, Steven Sashen went on a 5K run in his bare feet, an experience that felt so surprisingly natural that it led him to launch one of the best-known minimalist shoe brands in the world. After reading the best-seller Born to Run by Christopher McDougall and fashioning his own, thin-soled sandals that helped him fully feel the ground, Steven noticed he was running faster and having fewer injuries. His friends began asking him to make sandals for them, and soon enough, he convinced his wife Lena to help him launch a do-it-yourself sandal kit business. As their minimalist shoe line slowly expanded to ready-to-wear sandals and closed-toe shoes, Steven and Lena faced every imaginable obstacle for a small business: manufacturing meltdowns, a mountain of debt, anxious investors, a trade war with China, and an appearance on Shark Tank that resulted in an insulting offer. But more than a decade after launch, Xero Shoes are sold around the world, with nearly $50 million in sales and a near-evangelical following. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In 2007, Steven Sashen went on a 5K run in his bare feet, an experience that felt so surprisingly natural that it led him to launch one of the best-known minimalist shoe brands in the world. After reading the best-seller Born to Run by Christopher McDougall and fashioning his own, thin-soled sandals that helped him fully feel the ground, Steven noticed he was running faster and having fewer injuries. His friends began asking him to make sandals for them, and soon enough, he convinced his wife Lena to help him launch a do-it-yourself sandal kit business. As their minimalist shoe line slowly expanded to ready-to-wear sandals and closed-toe shoes, Steven and Lena faced every imaginable obstacle for a small business: manufacturing meltdowns, a mountain of debt, anxious investors, a trade war with China, and an appearance on Shark Tank that resulted in an insulting offer. But more than a decade after launch, Xero Shoes are sold around the world, with nearly $50 million in sales and a near-evangelical following. See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

Xero Shoes: Steven Sashen and Lena Phoenix

Lena Phoenix and Steven Sashen are sprinting with their fast-scaling business Xero Shoes, and today on Valentine’s Day we get a peek inside the lives of a “Couplepreneur”, how they manage their love of business and the business of love, and why they rejected Kevin O’Leary’s offer of $400,000 on Shark Tank. This episode is the first in a series of weekly Wings Of Inspired Business interviews with married entrepreneurs. What is it like to juggle it all? What makes it work?

Lena Phoenix and Steven Sashen are sprinting with their fast-scaling business Xero Shoes, and today on Valentine’s Day we get a peek inside the lives of a “Couplepreneur”, how they manage their love of business and the business of love, and why they rejected Kevin O’Leary’s offer of $400,000 on Shark Tank. This episode is the first in a series of weekly Wings Of Inspired Business interviews with married entrepreneurs. What is it like to juggle it all? What makes it work?

285 Opposites Attract: Entrepreneurs Lena Phoenix and Steven Sashen on Love, Business and Turning Down a Shark Tank Check

Lena Phoenix and Steven Sashen are sprinting with their fast-scaling business Xero Shoes, moving from “nail-biting survival” to “nail-biting growth”. They reveal how they manage their love of business with the business of love, and why they rejected Kevin O’Leary’s offer of $400,000 on Shark Tank.

Lena Phoenix and Steven Sashen are sprinting with their fast-scaling business Xero Shoes, moving from “nail-biting survival” to “nail-biting growth”. They reveal how they manage their love of business with the business of love, and why they rejected Kevin O’Leary’s offer of $400,000 on Shark Tank.

Opposites Attract: Entrepreneurs Lena Phoenix and Steven Sashen on Love, Business and Turning Down Shark Tank 