Blake Mycoskie
Blake Mycoskie
Blake Mycoskieis an American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. He is best known as the founder and Chief Shoe Giver of Toms Shoes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth26 August 1976
CityArlington, TX
CountryUnited States of America
giving fuel our-future
Giving is what fuels us. Giving is our future.
giving people heard
[People] had never heard about someone giving something away every time they sold something.
giving way marketers
When you incorporate giving into your business in an authentic and transparent way, your customers become your best marketers.
giving focus way
TOMS didn't have to focus on advertising, but on giving in a way that's sustainable.
educational giving feel-good
Giving feels good, but it's also good for the bottom line. Charity is a viable growth strategy for a lot of companies. Our customers get excited to be a part of what we're doing. If you ask anyone wearing Toms how they first heard about us, most won't mention an advertisement; they'll say a friend told them our story.
giving most-amazing partners
When you incorporate giving into your business, you attract the most amazing partners.
jobs team giving
Allow your team to incorporate giving into their life through their job. Not only do employees stay around a lot longer, they do a lot more good.
shoes ideas giving
Who is Tom? There is no Tom. If we sell a pair of shoes today, we give away a pair of shoes tomorrow. Originally we thought of "Tomorrow's Shoes," but I could only fit "TOMS" on the label. I had no idea everybody would want to meet him. There is no Tom; it's an idea for a better tomorrow.
giving feel-good doe
Giving does not just feel good, but it's really, really good for business, and it's good for your personal brand.
simple simplicity important
Simplicity is simple. Perhaps this sounds redundant. But it's true, and it's important.
risk break bigs
When you don't know the rules, you break them all. It's hard to take big risks when you know the history of an industry and what has worked and what didn't.
thinking entrepreneur craigslist
I did what I think a lot of entrepreneurs do. I started putting up a lot of ads on Craigslist for interns.
motivational success obstacles
Setbacks and fear are inevitable. The thing that distinguishes the ultimate successes from the ultimate failures is this: What do you do with them?
vogue-magazine interesting looks
Vogue Magazine does something really interesting here: They make it look like I know exactly what I'm doing. Because Vogue made it look like I knew exactly what I'm doing, stores from all over started calling.