Topic

manufacturing

Video

Unboxing Reformation

Dig into Reformation's approach to shipping sustainably.

Podcast

JT Marino, Tuft & Needle: Merging the Disruptor and Disrupted – Well Made E77

A talk with Tuft & Needle co-founder, JT Marino on waking up a sleepy industry and merging with their competitors to fundamentally transform consumer product brands.

Podcast

Casey Armstrong, Shipbob: Delivering Like Amazon – Well Made E76

ShipBob Chief Marketing Officer, Casey Armstrong answers logistics questions for outsourcing your fulfillment.

Podcast

Ollie and Lerer Hippeau, Ollie: Launching a New Unboxing – Well Made E75

Ollie Sr. Operations Manager, Nancy Walton, and Lerer Hippeau Principal investor, Caitlin Strandberg talk about the supply chain strategy behind Ollie's new packaging redesign.

Podcast

Joseph Guerra and Sina Sohrab, Visibility: Designing Your Product Playbook – Well Made E67

Industrial design office, Visibility, walk through the step-by-step process of bringing a physical product to market.

Podcast

Charlie Carlisle, Love Your Melon: Scaling Up to Give Back – Well Made E64

Chief Operations Officer, Charlie Carlisle shares how social-good headwear company, Love Your Melon, is supporting pediatric cancer initiatives through selling knitwear at scale.

Podcast

Gloria Noto, NOTO Botanics: Creating a Safe Space for Beauty – Well Made E55

Getting real with Gloria Noto about instincts, risk-taking, and building an inclusive, gender-fluid beauty brand.

Podcast

Cheryl Kaplan, M. Gemi: Predicting Trends in Real Time – Well Made E51

A conversation with Cheryl Kaplan, President of luxury shoe brand M.Gemi, on closing the customer feedback loop with data to stay a step ahead.

Podcast

Bianca Gates and Marisa Sharkey, Birdies: Elevating the House Slipper – Well Made E47

From their days at Facebook and Ross to launching their own footwear brand Birdies, Bianca and Marisa share what they've learned about marketing and manufacturing for a new product category.

Podcast

Karen Young, Oui Shave: Refining Women's Shaving – Well Made E46

A conversation with founder, Karen Young about disrupting the status quo with a razor designed for women.

Podcast

Kabeer Chopra, Burry: Shipping Couches – Well Made E44

Burrow co-founder, Kabeer Chopra talks about the challenges of shipping their modular couches direct-to-consumer.

Podcast

Heidi Zak, Thirdlove: Taking Measured Risks – Well Made E38

ThirdLove co-founder, Heidi Zak, is changing the way modern women get measured and shop for bras.

Podcast

Ken Tomita, Grovemade: Failing Without Fear – Well Made E32

Grovemade founder, Ken Tomita talks about designing products the hard way, and how to embrace mistakes along the way.

Bulletin

Explaining Overs and Unders in Custom Manufacturing

Why do overs and unders happen and how much are they going to cost you?

Bulletin

Plates and Dies: Get to Know Your Tooling

Get to know dies and plates and how they affect the cost of your packaging.

Bulletin

Let's Talk About Lead Times

How do we come up with lead times, and what can you do to speed up the time it takes to get your packaging?