Joey Zwillinger: Allbirds will refocus on its core active lifestyle category
Joey Zwillinger · Joey Zwillinger: From $4.1BN to $142M Market Cap;Why Public Markets Have Written Allbirds Off |E1078 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Nov 6, 2023 · at 10:15
Joey Zwillinger, Co-Founder and CEO of Allbirds, addresses host Harry Stebbings' argument that expanding Allbirds into performance running footwear was a strategic misstep.
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“And so that is the core of where we started the brand. And that's where we're going to bring everything back to with a really sharp clarity for the consumer. And the potential when we do that is going to be pretty significant. So I think in, in, in part, you're very right about that and where we should live into the future.”
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