Lindsay Angelo discovered her passion for entrepreneurship and business at an early age. When she was fourteen years old, she bootstrapped Lindsay’s Microwave Mitts, where she made microwave mitts and sold them in her community in Vancouver, British Columbia. A year or two later, she launched another scrappy start-up: Millennium Scarves, where she made and sold silky scarves with “2000” printed on them in glittery script. She knew she had found her calling.
Lindsay Angelo is a former Strategist with Lululemon but is now pursuing a new venture as a strategy consultant. She talked with Josh about trends in the retail space especially around the idea of a self-actualization economy and how democratization of retail influences the way that people invest and the way products are developed. She also touched on what brands she sees doing things right and what the innovation scene looks like in Vancouver.
It’s challenging to list all of the things causing angst for the retail sector, from Amazon to new startups to the death of once-popular malls around the country.
But according to Lindsay Angelo, a former Strategy Manager at Vancouver-based lululemon athletica, all that disruption creates the imperative to think differently and take risks. (Angelo left the company earlier this month, and is now a growth strategy consultant.)
