The gist:
Woman are natural disrupters. We’ve been making civilization work for centuries after all.
And we are still doing it. The Research continues to show that diversity spurns innovation, that materializes in more patents, or new products that serve customers (like womxn.) But when companies don’t strive to make their organizations more diverse, they loose the talent that is most helpful to boosting their productivity and their bottom lines. It’s one of the reasons womxn leave corporate to start their own businesses, and this Nasdaq article highlights 18 womxn who have done just that. We have included two of our favorites…and we know you will be just as in awe of their vision, intelligence and drive as we are.
Meet Christina Blacken
Co-Founder and COO of Kintra Fibers, a material science company that manufactures bio-based and compostable performance materials for apparel and other textile applications.
How I’m Disrupting My Industry: Synthetic textiles such as PET, rPET, and nylon represent 63 percent of global fiber production. Petrochemical-based polyester alone represents 52 percent of the textile market. With a proprietary chemistry that uses 100 percent bio-based inputs, Kintra Fibers provides farm-to-fabric transparency for the synthetic textile supply chain. Furthermore, because their chemistry is intrinsically compostable, Kintra provides a powerful solution to the microplastic pollution.
My Vision for the Future: I am seeing the early stages of massive industry transformation happening already. Consumers are empowered with knowledge, and they are increasingly demanding products that are not harmful to the planet.
Powerful stuff indeed. See all the profiles here.
