Rebecca Murphy - Founder, RPM Consultancy

From The co-lab career stories by the co-lab

January 6, 2026 · 16 min · Season 11 · Episode 1

About this episode

Rebecca Murphy discusses her journey in textile design and her new wellness venture with host Julie Coin.

Rebecca Murphy has 20 years of experience in textile design, fabric R&D, and product development across the U.S. and Turkey. She founded RPM Consultancy to help product-focused founders scale through operational, financial, and supply-chain strategy, and is currently launching a wellness venture with a former coworker. In this episode, Julie Coin interviews Rebecca “Bec” for a candid conversation on what it really takes to build and scale product-driven brands. They dig into international production, vendor relationships, hard-won lessons for founders, and what Bec is exploring next in the wellness space.

People in this episode

Host: Julie Coin

Guest: Rebecca Murphy

Topics covered

textile design
product development
wellness venture
international production
founder lessons

Keywords

textile design
fabric R&D
product development
RPM Consultancy
wellness venture
vendor relationships
founder lessons

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RPM Consultancy

Places: U.S., Turkey