Reweaving the Clothing Industry: Beth Esponnette ’10 is founder of unspun, a Series B startup that's transforming how we make clothing more sustainably

Reweaving the Clothing Industry: Beth Esponnette ’10 is founder of unspun, a Series B startup that's transforming how we make clothing more sustainably
- what unspun does, and why it's important for sustainable apparel
- why she chose Cornell's fiber science and apparel major
- the journey of building a Series B startup


(0:00) what is unspun? why is clothing important? (6:00) limits of robotics in clothing manufacturing (11:14) how weaving changes (13:33) onshore manufacturing (15:35) business model (17:27) reduce lead times (19:38) sustainability (23:00) custom fit for expression (26:25) recycling apparel (27:44) wardrobe changes (31:39) creating holistic systems (32:13) startup journey (36:49) growing the startup (41:22) closing question