Alex Faherty
person on 1 show · 6 statements across 1 episodes
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6 statements about Alex Faherty, every show
Faherty Brand's primary angel investor cold-emailed their customer service address
“He sent me an email to hello at Faradaybrand.com, like to our customer service email. And it said, hey Alex, I bought some shirts in Nantucket. They're great shirts. If you're ever looking for money, let's talk.”
Alex Faherty still secretly rearranges department store racks to feature his products
“You don't ask permission. You just do it. We still do it. But the, we still do it. Like I went to Bloomingdale's yesterday and I moved our stuff and like moved something out.”
Alex Faherty personally visited all 10 initial Nordstrom locations carrying Faherty
“Well, that first year when we shipped to Nordstrom, I visited every single one. It was 10 different Nordstroms across the country, and I did a version of what Sarah did.”
Specialty boutiques move inventory faster because the owners are the salespeople
“Where we saw the initial success was in these sort of smaller specialty stores where, you know, think of this story. It's an owner who buys the product. He's the number one salesman. He knows all the customers. So he's got to sell what he buys. And so my job w…”
Faherty Brand calculated it needed $1,000 in daily sales to survive
“We had in our mind that we needed to sell a thousand dollars a day.”