From Designer Dream to Financial Reality: Alexandra Satine on Building, Scaling, and Starting Over | Emily Blumenthal & Alexandra Satine

About this episode

Alexandra Satine shares her journey from handbag designer to business founder, discussing the challenges of pricing, production, and scaling.

What happens when a strong handbag concept collides with the realities of pricing, production, and scale? In this episode, Alexandra Satine—former handbag designer and founder of YourCohort—shares her journey from creative ambition to business reinvention. From moving from Venezuela to the U.S. and breaking into fashion, to launching her own line and facing the hard lessons of trademarks, sourcing, retailer expectations, and margin pressure, Alexandra unpacks what founders often learn too lat...

People in this episode

Host: Emily Blumenthal

Guest: Alexandra Satine

Topics covered

• handbag design
• business challenges
• entrepreneurship
• fashion industry
• scaling a business

Keywords

• handbag design
• business reinvention
• trademarks
• sourcing
• retailer expectations
• margin pressure

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: YourCohort

Places: Venezuela, U.S.

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