Can I Laugh On Your Shoulder? - Sustainability & Future-Proofing Your Business | EP 313: Selina Ho, Recloseted

Sustainability & Future-Proofing Your Business | EP 313: Selina Ho, Recloseted

08/31/22 • 45 min

My guest this week is Selina Ho, founder & CEO of Recloseted, a company that is working to transform the harmful fashion industry. She learned she had to do her part after learning the devastating truths behind garments.

Selina gathered a team of all-stars — from sourcing experts to material scientists – and leveraged her own business experience working at startups and Fortune 500s to help amazing slow fashion clients.

When she’s not working, Selina loves to hike and snowboard, meditate/do yoga, or cook a new recipe.

3:57 – Selina 101

Recloseted is the first one-stop consulting agency for sustainable fashion.
The company helps launch and scale sustainable brands and make existing companies more sustainable.
She wore a polyester shirt at work and broke out in a rash. That led her down a rabbit hole of what’s in clothing.

7:39 – What she has learned

A lot of synthetic materials are made out of oil.
Cotton uses so much water.
Selina was shocked by the treatment of garment workers.

15:42 – How she helps companies

Recloseted works with companies to determine budget, resources and goals.
Many of the owners are creative, passionate people who need business knowledge.

21:07 – Bumps along the way

There are trials and tribulations and rough patches, but you need to keep going.
You haven’t failed until you stop.

25:13 – Leveling up

At every level of business, you become a better version of yourself. You keep leveling up.
A big thing has been realizing and learning how to lose control. When it’s your business, you really like to hold on tight.
You need to trust other people to do good work, and you need to empower them.

30:43 – Future proofing your business

Sustainability is not a nice-to-have. It’s a must-have.
Make sure your finance and business is sustainable and in order.

39:20 – Recloseted Radio

Selina talks more about this topic on her podcast, Recloseted Radio

41:24 – Get to know you

Favorite meal? Poke bowl
Something we’d never guess about her? She’s very outdoorsy

FEATURED QUOTES

For me, a big thing has been just realizing and learning how to lose control. When it’s your business, you really like to hold on tight.

You need to trust other people to do good work, and you need to empower them.

At some point, you need to not be the smartest person in the room.

https://www.recloseted.com/

Thank you to our partners of the show!

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When she’s not working, Selina loves to hike and snowboard, meditate/do yoga, or cook a new recipe.

3:57 – Selina 101

Recloseted is the first one-stop consulting agency for sustainable fashion.
The company helps launch and scale sustainable brands and make existing companies more sustainable.
She wore a polyester shirt at work and broke out in a rash. That led her down a rabbit hole of what’s in clothing.

7:39 – What she has learned

A lot of synthetic materials are made out of oil.
Cotton uses so much water.
Selina was shocked by the treatment of garment workers.

15:42 – How she helps companies

Recloseted works with companies to determine budget, resources and goals.
Many of the owners are creative, passionate people who need business knowledge.

21:07 – Bumps along the way

There are trials and tribulations and rough patches, but you need to keep going.
You haven’t failed until you stop.

25:13 – Leveling up

At every level of business, you become a better version of yourself. You keep leveling up.
A big thing has been realizing and learning how to lose control. When it’s your business, you really like to hold on tight.
You need to trust other people to do good work, and you need to empower them.

30:43 – Future proofing your business

Sustainability is not a nice-to-have. It’s a must-have.
Make sure your finance and business is sustainable and in order.

39:20 – Recloseted Radio

Selina talks more about this topic on her podcast, Recloseted Radio

41:24 – Get to know you

Favorite meal? Poke bowl
Something we’d never guess about her? She’s very outdoorsy

FEATURED QUOTES

For me, a big thing has been just realizing and learning how to lose control. When it’s your business, you really like to hold on tight.

You need to trust other people to do good work, and you need to empower them.

At some point, you need to not be the smartest person in the room.

https://www.recloseted.com/

Thank you to our partners of the show!

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How Personas, Platforms, and Profits are Hurting the Church | EP 312: Katelyn Beaty

My guest this week is Katelyn Beaty, an editorial director for Brazos Press. She loves words and believes they can change the world. Katelyn is a Midwest native living in New York City and has written for The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and The New York Times on topics such as politics, gender, and theology.

She is cohost of the Saved by the City podcast and previously served as print managing editor at Christianity Today. She’s the author of Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church and A Woman's Place: A Christian Vision for Your Calling in the Office, the Home, and the World.

2:48 – Katelyn 101

Katelyn’s an oldest child and an INFJ/Enneagram 3w4.
She was excited to head to Italy to spend some time with girlfriends.

7:10 – Passion for writing

She loved reading the newspaper as a child and learning what was happening around the world.
Katelyn was the kind of student who enjoyed writing papers in high school and college.

10:00 – College newspaper

In college, Katelyn loved writing op-eds in the college newspaper. Students came up to her and said they appreciated her articulating what they had been thinking.

20:30 – Celebrities for Jesus book

It’s not a light, breezy topic, but it’s hopeful.
Don’t center ministries on one charismatic individual.
Spiritual leaders need accountability, especially those with big platforms.

45:10 – Forgiveness

You need to make things right when things are broken.
Restitution is important when you have done wrong.
Avoid apologies that sound like PR statements, and sit out longer than you think you need to.

1:03:29 – Get to know you

Weirdest pet peeve? Standing on a moving walkway

FEATURED QUOTES

I enjoy helping authors steward their message well.

I was the kind of student who, in high school and college, enjoyed writing papers.

The bigger your platform, the more accountability you need.

CONNECT:

https://www.katelynbeaty.com/

Thank you to our partners of the show!

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How (and Why) to Shift Your Money Mindset | EP 314: Jen Smith, Frugal Friends

My guest this week is Jen Smith, a personal finance expert and author of the Amazon best-selling book The No-Spend Challenge Guide.

Jen and her husband paid off $78,000 of debt in less than two years making well under 6-figures. She talks about it on her blog, Modern Frugality, and as the co-host of the Frugal Friends Podcast.

3:07 – Jen 101

Jen’s podcast teaches people how to spend.
She believes people can live a life they love with the money they already have.

9:48 – Money mindsets

We think that money is just numbers on a screen when you check your account balance or dollars in a wallet, but it’s only a means to get the things you want.
Money touches everything in your life that you care about.

19:30 – Pivotal moments

There are pivotal moments in your life where you can choose to be challenged, but it will provide a lot of growth.

21:58 – Dealing with debt

Paying off debt is like going on a diet. You try to go extreme and lose it fast, and then a week in you aren’t doing it anymore.
The radical middle is making small changes with large impact.

32:41 – Less friction

The less friction and barriers there are to paying for something, the more people pay, on average, according to studies.

39:53 – Post debt hangover

After paying off debt, it can be hard to get over the shame of how you previously spent money.
You can always choose a different path.

51:17 – Get to know you

Her splurge item? CrossFit
Something we’d never guess about her? She doesn’t like celery.

FEATURED QUOTES

When I was able to identify what a money mindset really is, I was able to start identifying what I thought about money.

We think that money is just numbers on a screen when you check your account balance or dollars in a wallet, but it’s only a means to get the things you want.

Money touches everything in your life that you care about.

https://www.modernfrugality.com/author/jensmith/page/5/

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/about/

Thank you to our partners of the show!