Timbuk2
Timbuk2 was born in 1989 in a garage in San Francisco’s Mission District and raised on the backs of urban nomads who were passionate about gear that’s built to outsmart the city. We live here. We manufacture here. We recycle here. We give a damn and are committed to urban progress in all of the cities we touch. At Timbuk2, we find the balance between staying true to our rugged bike messenger roots while remaining inspired to innovate by the challenges of the urban landscape. We geek out over every fabric, stitch, seam, and zipper. We obsess over form, fit and finish. Getting it right the first time, ensures it lasts a lifetime. Thirty years later, and we’re still taking meaningful risks, building quality bags, and giving a damn about the world around us with a keen eye on the past and the future, because Timbuk2 was never about bags. It was about what the bags made possible: our community. SO YOU WANT TO WORK AT TIMBUK2? Learn more at https://www.timbuk2.com/pages/careers.www.timbuk2.com
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Search complete. 13 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Timbuk2".
Oct 7, 2026
AmyGUEST
The first one, and this is really popular, I'm getting feedback from all of your niece's, uh, friends that live in New York, and apparently this backpack is all over.
AmyGUEST
It's called, uh, the Timbuk2.
Kathleen MadiganHOST
Oh.
Kathleen MadiganHOST
Ooh.
AmyGUEST
But have a look at them.
Kathleen MadiganHOST
Okay.
AmyGUEST
And then the other one, there was a Timbuk2 Mini Prospect backpack.
Kathleen MadiganHOST
Oh, a mini.
Stephen YounaneGUEST
We made some pretty poor decisions on real estate in the early days.
Stephen YounaneGUEST
So here we are thinking, what have we done? I think it was our learnings from the experiences with Tom's and Timbuktu that got us to sit back and say, hang on, let's be true to who we think we really are.
Stephen YounaneGUEST
Let's stick to our core competencies.
Stephen YounaneGUEST
Let's stick in our lane.
James StewartHOST
In 2005, Steve left Nike to join Luxottica, running the Sunglass Huck operations in Australasia, and then in 2007, he was appointed CEO of Jeans West and ran that business for four years.
James StewartHOST
Steve made the leap to co-founding Retail Prodigy Group with Charlie Baker in 2011, maybe the biggest pivot of his career at that point.
James StewartHOST
And Retail Prodigy Group started out with a licence to open Nike stores in Australia and New Zealand, then grew into a major retail operation representing global brands including Samsung, Tom's, Timbuk2 and Mattel.
James StewartHOST
Along the way, Steve raised capital to fund an ambitious store rollout, managed the complexities of a licensee model, and navigated some extraordinary disruptions to bricks and mortar retail, including the explosion of online retail and, of course, COVID.
MarcusPANELIST
She works everywhere.
MarcusPANELIST
You can tell the work of Timbuk2, she's going to be there.
MarcusPANELIST
GCW, she's going to be there.
MarcusPANELIST
I think she's working with CMLO this