Friday, October 12

Building a Business from Scratch in Homewood

8-9:30am

Chatham University Shadyside Campus, James Laughlin Music Center

Jenna Knapp, Founder and Director of Production at Thread, will discuss how she built Thread: a business on a mission to end poverty by creating dignified jobs and responsible, high-quality products with global brands. Thread transforms plastic bottles from the streets and canals of Haiti and Honduras into the most responsible fabrics and products on the planet. Every product made with Thread tackles poverty and cleans up the planet. Thread is a Public Benefit Corporation and scores in the top 10% of B-Corps globally on its governance and incorporation of the world’s waste into its products.

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Questions? Email womens-entrepreneurship@chatham.edu or call 412-365-1253