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 born entrepreneur.
She demonstrated her business savvy and penchant for innovation at a young age — launching her very first start-ups as a teenager. Since then, Angelo’s been on an upward trajectory, seeking what’s next in the future of business and retail…
My prediction for 2019: the blurring of sectors will gain steam. We’ll see more sectors colliding and combining to create something bigger and more impactful than each could do on its own. Think co-working spaces meet retail, art meets yoga, burgers meet shoes. In fact, as I write this, I sit at WeWork with a live Christmas retail marketplace happening around me, representing the coming together of two concepts in a not-so-obvious way.
[Excerpt from Inside Outside Innovation]
”Over the past decade of working in the world of collaborative innovation, I’ve had the great pleasure to meet, interview, and work with a fantastic group of innovation leaders helping companies build the tools, techniques, and talent required to compete in the changing world of technology and innovation.
Here are 56 innovation gurus, that you should know, making waves in 2019. The list includes those who are working in the trenches, as well as those providing thought leadership to help us understand what’s working and what’s next in business innovation…”
I was asked to share my insights on the link between yoga and strategy at the Front End of Innovation in Boston, MA earlier this year. Having spent seven years working in the athletic apparel space, six of those with the market leader in yoga apparel, this is something to which I've dedicated hours if not days of mind share. To what end? There are three things I believe they have in common - growth, alignment and core. Curious to hear more? Look for my next post and catch some additional FEI highlights below!
The FEI arena!
No Boston trip would be complete without "Chowda"! No need to reinvent this retail concept - their product is an experience in itself. #selfactualizing
Game time!
Co-founder and President of Pixar and Disney, Ed Catmull on Creativity
