The Ledger

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Assertion Supported
Cotopaxi hired former Eddie Bauer CEO Damien Huang as president in 2022
“We just hired the CEO of Eddie Bauer, joined our team last year as the president, Damien Wong.”
Davis Smith May 18, 2023 ▶ 9:32 HIBT Lab! Cotopaxi: Davis Smith
Assertion Supported
Cotopaxi has aided 3.8 million people in poverty over nine years
“Over the history of our business, the last almost nine years, we've helped and aided 3.8 million people living in poverty through our efforts.”
Davis Smith May 18, 2023 ▶ 23:05 HIBT Lab! Cotopaxi: Davis Smith
Assertion Supported
Cotopaxi made 97% of products from recycled or remnant materials in 2022
“Last year, 97% of all of our products that we sold were made of the three, one of the three R's.”
Davis Smith May 18, 2023 ▶ 25:11 HIBT Lab! Cotopaxi: Davis Smith
Assertion Partly supported
Davis Smith: Baby.com.br raised $4.3 million in its initial venture round
“4.3 million.”
Davis Smith May 4, 2020 ▶ 24:16 Cotopaxi: Davis Smith
Assertion Supported
Smith: Kirsten Green led Cotopaxi's first round and wrote the first check
“We had Kirsten Green led our first round. This is an investor that she's backed Warby Parker and Away and Birchbox and Dollar Shave Club, and she believed in us, and she believed in our mission, and so she wrote the first check, and that was the beginning of t…”
Davis Smith May 4, 2020 ▶ 45:45 Cotopaxi: Davis Smith
Assertion Supported
Cotopaxi let factory sewers design one-of-a-kind bags using remnant fabric
“We went to them and said, hey, all this remnant material that we see, all this leftover, we want to use it, and we want you guys to design the bags. The only rule is to make no bag alike, and so that's been really fun.”
Davis Smith May 4, 2020 ▶ 47:56 Cotopaxi: Davis Smith
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