S1E1: On how to do more with less - ADAY

About this episode

It’s such an honour to kick off Chief Best Friends with ADAY’s co-founders Meg He and Nina Faulhaber. As a fan of their brand, it’s even more inspirational when we found out that ADAY was built on the idea of having fewer pieces you can do more in. We love how they’re being more intentional in a world of fast fashion.

What you'll learn

• How trust and integrity was the foundation in choosing a chief best friend (1:38)
• Knowing when to take the opportunity to start a business (4:19)
• Getting clear on yourself and each other’s commitment level (07:58)
• How all founders need to sit down and set up a vesting schedule to remain accountable (9:08)
• Learning how to lean into each other’s strengths (12:04)
• Seeing business partnership like a marriage; through thick and thin (12:30)
• How emotions play a role at work where it empowers rather than hinders (20:50)
• Knowing when to draw the line and understanding what is enough (25:00)
• Developing your team culture with intention (29:22)

The way to describe our relationship is really a marriage. There's obviously the friendship part, but then there's the trust part, the loyalty part, the challenging each other part, the growing part, the difficult parts, the easy parts, and all of those things.

Episode resources

• Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvonne Chouinard (Book)
• Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao (Book)
• Something Borrowed Shirt (Product)

Connect with ADAY

• Shop on ADAY (get $20 off with the code: CHIEFBESTFRIENDS; valid from 1 May 2019 to 8 June 2019 — yay!)
• Visit the ADAY Showroom for in-person styling appointments (or video if you’re outside the US)
• ADAY on Instagram
• Meg He on Instagram
• Nina Faulhaber on Instagram