Episode notes
šØ The B2B marketplace youāve never heard of ā solving fashionās $500B problem.
Josh Kaplan went from fashion founder to reinventing how brands offload excess inventory.
Today, heās co-CEO of Ghost, one of LAās fastest-growing startups ā and the secret backend for how brands like Leviās, Vans, and Express manage their surplus stock. šļøš¦
šļø We sat down with Josh to break down how heās digitizing one of the last analog industries ā and why tech adoption in fashion is way harder than it looks.
š What youāll learn in this episode:
š§µ How COVID exposed critical cracks in the global supply chain ā and led to Ghost
š¦ Why you should always pitch for Partners and not for Funds
š Why excess inventory is fashionās most ignored profit leak
š½ The playbook Josh used to get a student startup on a Times SquaĀ ...Ā