Sim Gulati's guest appearances

Sim Gulati

Fashion Is Your Business - a retail technology podcast

Material Is Your Business

Entrepreneur Weekly

The New Fashion Podcast

Jordan Peterson

Cameron Mitchell

Wade Foster

Joann Lublin

Mike McDerment

Kara Goldin

Nir Eyal

Scott Young

Jasmine Star

Alan Alda

Chris Voss

David Meltzer

Dave Asprey

Richard Rawlings

Ruth King

OwlTail

Sim Gulati and Sophia Kianni discuss Sim's journey into becoming an entrepreneur in fashion and sustainable technologies as the Co-founder and CEO of Dropel Fabrics. Learning about the trade at the dinner table, Sim grew to begin his entrepreneur journey through wanting to find a replacement of polyester, before developing a tiered approach for Dropel Fabrics, paying attention to materials, chemicals, and processes. His goals are directed towards wanting to be PFC free, as well as to have a sustainability process that is scalable and repeatable.

<p>Sim Gulati and Sophia Kianni discuss Sim's journey into becoming an entrepreneur in fashion and sustainable technologies as the Co-founder and CEO of Dropel Fabrics. Learning about the trade at the dinner table, Sim grew to begin his entrepreneur journey through wanting to find a replacement of polyester, before developing a tiered approach for Dropel Fabrics, paying attention to materials, chemicals, and processes. His goals are directed towards wanting to be PFC free, as well as to have a sustainability process that is scalable and repeatable.</p>

Sim Gulati: The Tiered Approach of a Scalable Fashion Business

Ivan Misner

Chase Jarvis

How sharp are your networking skills? Dr. Ivan Misner, Ph.D., author of  Avoiding the Networking Disconnect and Founder and Chief Visionary Officer at BNI, explains how to build meaningful professional connections to boost sales. Then, Dropel Fabrics CEO, Sim Gulati, shares what it takes to innovate in one of the world’s oldest industries, textiles. Rounding out the hour, Co-founder and CEO of CreativeLive, Chase Jarvis, inspires us to pursue a passion-fueled career path - Listen now.  [00:00:00] ‘Networking Disconnect’ Responsible for Flat Sales [00:04:50] Don’t Fall Victim to Ultimate Sales-Killer [00:11:31] Avoid Premature Sales Solicitation  [00:18:21] Invaluable Lessons from Leading Networking Guru [00:26:16] Dropel Fabrics Transforms Fashion Industry [00:33:21] It's Never Too Late to Make a Change 

<p>How sharp are your networking skills? <a href="http://ivanmisner.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Ivan Misner</a>, Ph.D., author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Avoiding-Networking-Disconnect-Three-Reconnect/dp/150789032X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> <em>Avoiding the Networking Disconnect</em></a> and Founder and Chief Visionary Officer at <a href="https://www.bni.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BNI</a>, explains how to build meaningful professional connections to boost sales. Then, <a href="http://www.dropelfabrics.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dropel Fabrics</a> CEO, Sim Gulati, shares what it takes to innovate in one of the world’s oldest industries, textiles. Rounding out the hour, Co-founder and CEO of <a href="http://creativelive.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CreativeLive</a>, <a href="http://www.chasejarvis.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chase Jarvis</a>, inspires us to pursue a passion-fueled career path - Listen now.</p> <ul> <li>[00:00:00] ‘Networking Disconnect’ Responsible for Flat Sales</li> <li>[00:04:50] Don’t Fall Victim to Ultimate Sales-Killer</li> <li>[00:11:31] Avoid Premature Sales Solicitation </li> <li>[00:18:21] Invaluable Lessons from Leading Networking Guru</li> <li>[00:26:16] Dropel Fabrics Transforms Fashion Industry</li> <li>[00:33:21] It's Never Too Late to Make a Change</li> </ul>

Dr. Ivan Misner, Ph.D., Sim Gulati & Chase Jarvis

Performance-based natural, cotton fibers via material science and process technology with Dropel… Sim Gulati, CoFounder and CEO of Dropel Fabrics, which makes clothing life-proof by developing performance-based natural, cotton fibers through material science and process technology – (bio), joins Samanta Cortes and Stephanie Benedetto at MouthMedia Network’s studio at VoyagerHQ. Bridging science and fashion, functionalizing clothing, and retail applications Gulati shares the genesis of Dropel, and how Gulati’s background and family’s work was a crucial ingredient, seeing innovation in fabrics but little in natural fabrics. How the goal is to bridge material science and fashion such as stain and oil repellency, wrinkle free, antimicrobial, and use these properties previously reserved for synthetics and apply them to natural fabrics. How in 10 years all clothing can be functionalized even at a nano-fiber level, and the road to that is via advanced fiber modification. Taking scientists with experience with application of fibers along with people who are supply chain experts, and taking materials science breakthroughs and applying them into the retail environment. Specific retail applications and campaigns, socializing the idea of innovative textiles in the market, and positioning Dropel as a materials science innovation arm for retailers — such as a hydrophobic cotton that both resists on the outside and picks up moisture on the inside.  Licensing and royalties, a sustainability mission, and bringing innovation to the US Every Dropel fabric has unique chemistry and process, which impacts licensing and royalties, etc. The evolution of the ethos and branding of Dropel, and further developing out the sustainability mission. Fashion for Good, and PFC-free “recipes”. A change of name, looking ahead at development in the US for R and D and production, how Dropel looking at advancing fiber and nanotechnologies and a lab in Brooklyn in development, what it will take for manufacturing to come back to the US, the opportunities to further develop innovation in materials to expand garment and fashion industry, the performance of Dropel fabrics, allowing customers to think about fabrics in ways they never have before, and how that has driven business strategy. Imaging fabrics, hypnotizing machines, and the future is close Personal Questions in “Remnants” covers duplicating Gulati, the dream of fabric that grows and shrinks, how the future is closer than we think, and embroidery machine hypnotism. Dropel on Fashion Is Your Business Episode 34 Mister French Cradle to Cradle  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

<h2>Performance-based natural, cotton fibers via material science and process technology with Dropel…</h2> <p><a href="https://materialisyourbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_0861-min.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Sim Gulati, CoFounder and CEO of <a href="http://www.dropelfabrics.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dropel Fabrics</a>, which makes clothing life-proof by developing performance-based natural, cotton fibers through material science and process technology – (<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/simgulati/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bio</a>), joins <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cortessamanta/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Samanta Cortes</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniebenedetto/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stephanie Benedetto</a> at MouthMedia Network’s studio at VoyagerHQ.</p> <h2>Bridging science and fashion, functionalizing clothing, and retail applications</h2> <p><a href="https://materialisyourbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_0854-min.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Gulati shares the genesis of Dropel, and how Gulati’s background and family’s work was a crucial ingredient, seeing innovation in fabrics but little in natural fabrics. How the goal is to bridge material science and fashion such as stain and oil repellency, wrinkle free, antimicrobial, and use these properties previously reserved for synthetics and apply them to natural fabrics. How in 10 years all clothing can be functionalized even at a nano-fiber level, and the road to that is via advanced fiber modification. Taking scientists with experience with application of fibers along with people who are supply chain experts, and taking materials science breakthroughs and applying them into the retail environment. Specific retail applications and campaigns, socializing the idea of innovative textiles in the market, and positioning Dropel as a materials science innovation arm for retailers — such as a hydrophobic cotton that both resists on the outside and picks up moisture on the inside.</p> <p> </p><h2>Licensing and royalties, a sustainability mission, and bringing innovation to the US</h2> <p><a href="https://materialisyourbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_0862-min.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Every Dropel fabric has unique chemistry and process, which impacts licensing and royalties, etc. The evolution of the ethos and branding of Dropel, and further developing out the sustainability mission. Fashion for Good, and PFC-free “recipes”. A change of name, looking ahead at development in the US for R and D and production, how Dropel looking at advancing fiber and nanotechnologies and a lab in Brooklyn in development, what it will take for manufacturing to come back to the US, the opportunities to further develop innovation in materials to expand garment and fashion industry, the performance of Dropel fabrics, allowing customers to think about fabrics in ways they never have before, and how that has driven business strategy.</p> <h2>Imaging fabrics, hypnotizing machines, and the future is close</h2> <p>Personal Questions in “Remnants” covers duplicating Gulati, the dream of fabric that grows and shrinks, how the future is closer than we think, and embroidery machine hypnotism.</p> <p><a href="http://fashionisyourbusiness.com/2015/06/034-sim-gulati-of-dropel-and-ruchika-kumar-of-sku-iq-gamechangers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dropel on Fashion Is Your Business Episode 34</a></p> <p><a href="https://misterfrench.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mister French</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cradle-Remaking-Way-Make-Things/dp/1400157617" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cradle to Cradle</a></p> <p> </p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

011 – Sim Gulati of Dropel – Life Proof 2.0