Claima Stories with Bimma

On today’s show, we learn how Cindy Zhou went from longboarding on the streets of Toronto to using her love for action sports and helping adidas drive business growth in kids footwear.

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On today’s show, we dive into how Jocelyn Rice went from dropping out of high school to becoming an apparel designer for Women’s and Men’s outerwear.

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On today’s show, we explore how Ed Wallace went from living in a neighborhood filled with of crime and violence to designing innovative performance running shoes and selling more than 1 million pairs of his first running design.

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On today’s show, we were able to sit down with Saraa Green. She grew up in a family full of the fastest competitors. That’s right, she and her siblings were track and field athletes and It was that same competitive mentality she used on the track that helped her become a footwear developer working on laceless basketball sneakers for adidas. 

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We explore how Melissa Chun took her love of altering clothes while in college to working at adidas on apparel collaborations with some of the biggest names in streetwear.

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On today’s show, I speak with DeWayne Dale about how receiving a pair of Air Jordan 3s when he was 9 led to him pursuing his love of sneaker design and eventually getting paid to do it for a living.

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How Domonique Debnam shifted from thinking her only career options growing up were to be a lawyer to becoming a Product Marketing Strategist in the sportswear industry, managing a $700 million footwear business. 

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Rashad Williams opens up to Bimma Williams about his diverse career journey working at global sportswear brands including Fila, adidas, Jordan, Nike, Under Armour, and adidas again.

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From growing up as a young black girl in NE Portland to managing billions of dollars with Meyers Memorial Trust. Recorded live at the African American Footwear Forum, Bimma Williams sat down with Rukaiyah Adams to discuss how she pursued a career as a acquisitions lawyer in Silicon Valley and later pivoted into managing investment portfolios driven by her love of math. 

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Jarvis Sam started his professional career working at Music World Entertainment. That’s right, the record label founded by Beyonce’s dad. Shortly after, he started to make a name for himself working in Tech for companies like Google and Snapchat. In 2018, he joined Nike, inc. to lead the brand’s Diversity recruitment efforts.

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