What happened to Allbirds?

Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger, Allbirds, eCommerce

Allbirds were the sustainable shoes known to be worn by Marissa Mayer, Jennifer Garner, and every dude I knew when I lived in San Francisco. How did the company get so big and where is it now? I invited the founders Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger to talk about it.

Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger

Allbirds

Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger are the founders of Allbirds. Previously, Tim was a footballer and business student. And Joey specialized in biotech and renewable materials.

Andrew Warner: Hey there, Freedom Fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. When I started doing these interviews, people were like, Startup tech, huh? Will it work? And then it got into this, it’s gonna work for anybody.

Why does my mother have a startup? It’s so easy. Look at this SaaS company, direct to consumer. It’s all a win. And I have to be honest that, um, After COVID, a lot of I don’t know. A lot of us in this space started to feel like maybe we’re in an oversaturated market. Maybe SaaS is not going to work out because there are too many people and there are too many companies and there’s too much money and it’s not going to work out for us.

And maybe direct to consumer is not going to work out anymore because there are too many businesses and many of the ones who started out as direct to consumer online businesses...

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