The Swifty Podcast Ep #12 - What it Takes to Start and Grow a New Business with Matt Bird of The Shirt Society

Matt Bird joins Jason for our twelfth episode to discuss his journey from no fashion experience to starting his latest venture, a monthly premium shirt subscription service – The Shirt Society. Matt's goal with the company is to deliver ‘a quality shirt and a perk delivered to your door or desk every month’.

The discussion covers what it takes to start a new business and put it in a position to grow, as well as how Matt and Jason deal with some of the common day to day challenges that are faced when running their businesses.

• What is The Shirt Society? How did it come about? 00:55
• How Matt and Jason originally met 05:00
• Matt’s background and how he got involved in fashion from no experience 09:13
• Dealing with comments online 18:38
• The Shirt Society name and target audience explained 20:41
• The importance of learning from your customers and how The Shirt Society will grow 24:43
• How Matt is looking into recycling old clothes as well as cutting down plastic and unnecessary waste 31:37
• Customer communication and the benefits it brings 38:02
• Managing sales calls and publications 40:53
• The time it took The Shirt Society to come to fruition and being realistic with goals 44:55
• The role and increasing popularity of ‘influencers’ 51:18
• Customer service and the benefits of being positive and nice 52:49 

Find out more about running your own business and the importance of diversifying in Episode #9 of The Swifty Podcast with Adam Adshead of Factory BJJ

To learn more about The Shirt Society and Matt head to their Website and follow them on Facebook and Instagram!

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