When Your Greatest Challenge Becomes Your Greatest Purpose
Aug 25, 2026 · 33 min · 15 segments
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- Arielle Blaine ColeGuest
Melissa GonzalezHost
Aug 25, 2026 · 33 min · 15 segments
Melissa GonzalezHost
Um, and 'cause you talked about your, your background in fashion, right? And, and you, being able to bring that to how you're solving this problem.
And one of the things, um, that I love about your story is that you didn't necessarily invent new technology.
A lot of the times, being that first mover is really hard in a lot of ways.
They didn't invent the s- the phone first, but they always talk about doing it better.
I remember being introduced to cooling fabrications when I was working in my fashion job, and I remember I was doing big and tall, and I remember being like, "Oh, well, if it works for these bigger guys, why can't it work for me?" And then I left my job and I was like, "Oh my God," like, "how do I, like actually, like now make this into, like a real brand?" And so I walked into, um, the functional fabric fair, and my aha moment was when I walked into this fair where all of the most functionable fabrics are supposed to be, and everything I saw was just athleisure, whether it was a golf shirt, a, like mesh, nylon.
It was everything athleisure, um, hiking, everything that you would wanna work out in.
But I was like, "Where's the soft stuff? Where is the stuff for me to sleep in?" And like, listen, I'm not trying to sleep in a golf shirt.
Um, and 'cause you talked about your, your background in fashion, right? And, and you, being able to bring that to how you're solving this problem.
And one of the things, um, that I love about your story is that you didn't necessarily invent new technology.
A lot of the times, being that first mover is really hard in a lot of ways.
They didn't invent the s- the phone first, but they always talk about doing it better.
I remember being introduced to cooling fabrications when I was working in my fashion job, and I remember I was doing big and tall, and I remember being like, "Oh, well, if it works for these bigger guys, why can't it work for me?" And then I left my job and I was like, "Oh my God," like, "how do I, like actually, like now make this into, like a real brand?" And so I walked into, um, the functional fabric fair, and my aha moment was when I walked into this fair where all of the most functionable fabrics are supposed to be, and everything I saw was just athleisure, whether it was a golf shirt, a, like mesh, nylon.
It was everything athleisure, um, hiking, everything that you would wanna work out in.
But I was like, "Where's the soft stuff? Where is the stuff for me to sleep in?" And like, listen, I'm not trying to sleep in a golf shirt.
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