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18-month master's. The most industry-connected footwear program in the world. 90% of alumni at Nike, adidas, New Balance, Hoka, On Running.
2-year MS, Department of Product Design. Where SPM = business, this = hands-on making. Materials, manufacturing, biomechanics, prototyping.
Coworking + consultancy for sustainable social/environmental innovation. Collaborates with OneCoWork. Fashion-adjacent creative ecosystem.
Hosts FABB: Fashion Accelerator for Better Business. The single highest-leverage program in the entire Impact Hub network for Rowan.
For companies under 5 yrs, under 10 employees, under €2M revenue. Rowan qualifies. Edaire to Wear directly addresses Closed-loop Pathways — one of three strategic priorities.
Third year of PVH Foundation programme targeting underrepresented founders. HR, strategy, branding, legal, retail, buying support over spring/summer.
Before you can identify your disruption point, you need to know exactly where the money flows. Validate or challenge these numbers through your summer conversations.
⚡ The key question: At what production volume does a biomaterial shoe hit cost parity with a petroleum sole? That number determines whether Edaire to Wear is D2C brand or B2B materials licensing play.
Spain or Portugal. In person.
Impact Hub network. Peer-to-peer.
Oregon or Impact Hub connections.
Nashville. Via Mario. Before you leave.
Free, highest network density, direct Fashion for Good pipeline. Check application window now.
Lead with materials scientist + LLNL background. Ask about summer intensives, auditing, or industry partner introductions.
Do this before summer starts. He is your supply chain intelligence node.
Orientation call. Do this first of all. Every other conversation gets sharper after this one.
Basque Country footwear heritage + Impact Hub Barcelona creative ecosystem + FABB Amsterdam (easy day-trip distance) = the tightest geographic cluster of relevant intelligence for Rowan's mission. Madrid is a business capital. Barcelona is a maker city.