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American Giant: Bayard Winthrop
- ▶ 1:19 Guy Raz I'm Guy Raz, and on the show today, how an idea for apparel made entirely in the U.S. launched the brand American Giant, as well as what's been called the greatest hoodie ever made. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 38:35 Guy Raz So you, you found the company, and by the way, the name American Giant, how did you come up with that name? 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 40:58 Bayard Winthrop I wrote a thriller in the kind of John Grisham vein called American Giant.
- ▶ 51:40 Guy Raz So, it's 2012, and American Giant's hoodies are the subject of a viral article.
- ▶ 1:03:03 Bayard Winthrop And he said, I love American Giant, I love you guys, but you've been around for a year, and this is Under Armour, and I can't turn this business down.
- ▶ 1:04:17 Guy Raz And part of it talks about this, this saga that you went through to create a flannel shirt, which I think initially when you launched American Giant in 2011, this was like in your vision.
- ▶ 1:17:41 Bayard Winthrop I think the people that really play roles are brands like American Giant or
- ▶ 1:20:43 Guy Raz That's Bayard Winthrop, founder and CEO of American Giant.
How I Built Resilience: Bayard Winthrop of American Giant
- ▶ 0:16 Guy Raz And today, my conversation with Bayard Winthrop, CEO and founder of the apparel company American Giant. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 0:59 Bayard Winthrop It's a ten-year-old business that, uh, really was founded on a very simple idea that we could still make great things in America, great clothing in America, and, uh, we started the business 10 years ago with the sweatshirt you're wearing,… 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 13:08 Bayard Winthrop Um, I think that brands like American Giant and others in, in textiles, um, should begin to be a part of the solution there.
- ▶ 13:53 Guy Raz When we come back in just a moment, more of my conversation with Bayard Winthrop and how keeping American giants apparel American made has kept the company's growth a bit slower compared to their competitors, and why Bayard thinks that's…
- ▶ 14:19 Guy Raz Hey, welcome back to How I Built This Resilience Edition, and I'm talking with Bayard Winthrop, CEO and founder of American Giant. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 18:20 Bayard Winthrop And that, in many ways, has been the story of American Giant is, is our supply chain partnering deeply with us as a brand and really forming those bonds.
- ▶ 19:47 Bayard Winthrop You get pretty serious about things like healthcare, but I had gotten so committed about the idea of American Giant that I proceeded with a business and basically funded it through credit card debt for the first few months, and in that…
- ▶ 29:06 Bayard Winthrop I've got this great sense of almost a familial sense about our team at American Giant now that everybody, it's almost like you, you, you, you now, uh, I think that the people throughout the organization are doing a better job of what they…
- ▶ 29:26 Guy Raz That's an excerpt from my live conversation with Bayard Winthrop, CEO and founder of American Giant, an American-made apparel company.