How I Built This with Guy Raz

Kenneth Cole: Kenneth Cole

Nov 16, 2020

01:15:31

Highlights

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Episode notes

Is It a Good Decision to Step Down as a CEO?

03:15

Women's Shoes - Are You Still Trying to Create a Brand?

02:35

What Are You Wearing When You Want to Look Your Best?

02:10

Introduction

5min

The Relationship Between You and Your Dad

2min

How I Learned to Work With My Debt

2min

Was Your Dad a Kind of Guy?

2min

How Did It All Come About?

2min

The Shoe Bug - What's Next?

2min

Did You Tell Your Dad You Want to Start Your Own Shoe Company?

2min

How to Get Credit From a Factory That Needs Business in Italy

2min

How Many Different Shoes Would You Have?

2min

10.

Kenneth Cole Shoes - What's Your Name?

2min

11.

How to Get to Market Quickly

2min

12.

How Do I Get Permission to Shoot a Film?

2min

13.

Was It Just a Stunt to Get People to See Your Shoes?

2min

14.

The New York Designers

2min

15.

What Are You Wearing When You Want to Look Your Best?

2min

16.

The Best Salesmen Aren't the Best Speakers

3min

17.

Men's Shoes - I Wish I Was There

2min

18.

The Aides Crisis - I Adored David Brignole

3min

19.

Ad Campaigns - Isn't It a Good Idea?

2min

20.

I'm a Pro Bono Advertiser, and I've Done a Lot of Advertising, but I Don't Know How to Do It.

2min

21.

I'm Not Political, but They're Not Political

3min

22.

Then No Longer Sell Kenneth Coal Shoes

1min

23.

Investing in Invesco C C C

2min

24.

The New York Times Best Selling Book, How I Built This

2min

25.

The Expansion Plan Was to Open Stores in Important Markets

2min

26.

Footlocker - Is That Your Brand?

2min

27.

Is It a Good Decision to Step Down as a CEO?

3min

28.

Venture Capital Firms - How Do You Go About It?

1min

29.

The New York Stock Exchange - Is It Exortionist?

3min

30.

You Closed Virtually All Your Stores

2min

31.

Re Branding - Kenny Coal

2min

32.

Women's Shoes - Are You Still Trying to Create a Brand?

3min

33.

How Are You Building Resilience Into Your Business?

4min

34.

Is Kenny Gold Your Brand?

2min

35.

Pop Culture Happy Hour Podcast

2min

Kenneth Cole launched his shoe business out of a forty-foot truck in midtown Manhattan and quickly became known as an up-and-coming designer with an eye for street fashion. In 1986, he made a bold move by associating his nascent brand with a controversial issue at the time: the AIDS crisis, and the vital need for research. Through the 1990s and 2000s, Kenneth grew the company into a $500M brand, leading it through downturns, department store consolidation, an IPO and a return to private ownership. Throughout, he stayed committed to AIDS research and many other social causes.

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