Lily Shimbashi joins; Sportsish, Queen Colleen, Book Club reveal

About this episode

Lily Shimbashi joins Julie and Cat to discuss her journey with Sportsish and share memorable hockey stories.

Julie and Cat are joined by Lily Shimbashi, the founder of Sportsish, to talk about growing up around hockey, starting the Sportsish brand and the inspiration behind her idea. Plus, she tells a few great stories, including a unique interaction she had with Mark Messier and Wayne Gretzky and explains why hockey is her favorite sport. Julie and Cat start the episode with a little debrief on Colleen Smith's appearance on the podcast and they wrap up with Cat revealing a little secret that Sharks fans are going to love.

People in this episode

Hosts: Julie, Cat

Guest: Lily Shimbashi

Topics covered

• hockey
• sports culture
• entrepreneurship
• storytelling
• book club

Keywords

• hockey
• Sportsish
• Lily Shimbashi
• Colleen Smith
• Mark Messier
• Wayne Gretzky
• book club

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sportsish

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