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From Artist to Entrepreneuer, featuring co-founder Sophia Wang

“My journey? It’s an amazing arc,” says Sophia Wang, MycoWorks co-founder and Chief of Culture. Named one of Conscious Fashion Campaign’s 2022 honorees, in this episode Sophia revisits her journey with our host Xevi: from her beginnings as a dancer and performer, to literature instructor and PhD at UC Berkeley, to co-founding MycoWorks with Phil Ross in 2013, to Chief of Culture today. "It's an honor to be part of a growing community of people who are recalibrating what ‘green’ practices look like, and how positive impact should be measured." In this episode: 0:00 - The early years of MycoWorks: how to turn an art studio practice into a company. 10:00 - The big reveal: unveiling the first cowhide-sized sheet of Reishi™ in 2017. 11:30 - Chief of Culture: a title invented for Sophia; the increasing value that culture plays in growing a company. 14:00 - How does it feel to be recognized with other female leaders in the Conscious Fashion Campaign? 28:00 - Sustainability as creating and consuming in a way that replenishes yourself and the environment. Listen & subscribe to our podcast: https://mycoworks.buzzsprout.com/ Join us on our journey to Grow the Future of Materials: https://www.mycoworks.com/careers Learn more about MycoWorks: https://www.mycoworks.com Get closer to Reishi™: https://www.madewithreishi.com Follow us on Instagram:   / mycoworks   Twitter:   / mycoworksinc   LinkedIn:   / mycoworks   #MycoWorks #FineMycelium #MadeWithReishi About Reishi™ Our pioneering product, Reishi™, is Fine Mycelium™ finely tuned and finished to the highest standards for leather. The world's first made-to-order, natural material offering unprecedented performance and freedom to customize. About Fine Mycelium™ Our proprietary technology that engineers mycelium during growth to enable a new class of premium, non-animal, tunable materials that compare in quality and performance to the finest animal leathers. The next evolution in natural materials. About MycoWorks In 2013, co-founders Philip Ross and Sophia Wang formed MycoWorks, a San Francisco-based biomaterials company dedicated to bringing new mycelium materials to the world. MycoWorks’ patented Fine Mycelium technology, an advanced manufacturing platform and breakthrough in materials science, engineers mycelium during growth to form proprietary, interlocking cellular structures for unparalleled strength and durability.