She Left Corporate Law, Went Back to Work, and Still Built a Global Fashion Brand
About this episode
Busayo Olupona shares her journey from corporate law to building a global fashion brand while navigating personal challenges and redefining success.
In this episode, I sat down with Busayo Olupona, founder and creative director of Busayo, the Brooklyn- and Lagos-based fashion brand known for its bold prints and textiles created with artisans in Nigeria. Busayo shares how she went from corporate finance law to bringing handmade pieces home in suitcases, selling them at scrappy pop-ups, and eventually landing in major retailers including Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale's, Shopbop, and Moda Operandi. But this conversation goes much deeper than fashion. Busayo opens up about returning to a 9-to-5 after years of entrepreneurship, the shame and fear she had to unlearn, and the two serious cardiac events that forced her to confront the cost of constant striving. We talk about what it takes to build a business without losing yourself, why preparation matters before opportunity arrives, and how faith, meditation, and surrender changed the way she leads. In This Episode, You Will Learn Why learning a new industry while you still have a paycheck can protect both your savings and your confidence How to view returning to a job as reinvesting in your business, not failing at entrepreneurship Why Busayo had to separate her worth from her…
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