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Clear Cut Founder and CEO Olivia Landau

On this episode of Behind Her Empire, The Clear Cut founder and CEO Olivia Landau talks about how she turned her side hustle into a business and shares how founders can leverage social media to create community and build brand awareness.

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Courtesy of FCTRY LAb

Last week, Los Angeles-based prototyping footwear company FCTRY LAb announced the launch date of its second drop of Knight RNR, pronounced as “Night Runners,” which is the company’s first footwear product. This drop comes a month after its first release of the shoe.

As previously reported by dot.LA, Omar Bailey launched the lab with Abhishek Som with the intention of helping independent designers cut down the time it takes for their designs to reach the market.

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Photo credit: Carlos Acosta

On Wednesday, Los Angeles-based footwear prototyping lab FCTRY LAb raised $6 million in funding. Co-founded by the former head of Yeezy-Adidas Innovation Lab Omar Bailey and former Wall Street executive Abhishek Som, the lab will help independent designers cut down the time it takes for their designs to reach the market. Traditionally, it takes 8 to 12 months to bring a sneaker into production, but FCTRY LAb touts that they can do the same amount of work in one to three months.

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