Our topic is “Brand Building and Entrepreneurship” and our guest is Davis Smith, Founder and CEO of Cotopaxi, an outdoor gear and active lifestyle brand with a social mission at its core.
Cotopaxi creates innovative products and experiences that fund sustainable poverty alleviation and is among the first companies to incorporate from inception as a B-Corp and raise venture capital.
Prior to Cotopaxi Davis was the Founder and Co-CEO o fBaby.com.br and Dinda.com.br, Brazil’s Startup of the Year in 2012. In 2004, Davis founded, and later sold, PoolTables.com, America’s largest pool table retailer. Davis holds an MBA from the Wharton School and an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Fellow of the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies and an alumnus of the Spanish international program. He also holds a BA in International Studies from Brigham Young University.
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