Exploring the Future of Fashion with Supply Chain Technology, Monetizing Waste Streams and How to Turn Pollution Into Profit w/ Stephanie Benedetto, the "Queen of Raw,” MIT Solve Global Challenge Winner and Google Women Who Tech Rising Star

Two Queens talk tech! Episode 32 is PART 2 of a 2-part
lightning talk series exploring Stephanie Benedetto’s journey
from corporate attorney, to sustainability
tech entrepreneur. She is the co-founder of the Queen
of Raw solution: a B2B platform for businesses to recapture value
from their wasted materials and touts an impressive list of
recents awards including MIT Solve Global Challenge Winner,
LVMH Innovation Award, Google Women Who Tech Fashion Group
International Rising Star, and thredUP Circular Fashion Fund
Recipient.


Technology and the future of fashion includes assuring brand
identity and ethical supply chains with provenance. How does
technology like blockchain, AI, deep ML, analytics, and digital
supply chains bring us closer to sustainability and circularity
in fashion?


This episode explores the nitty-gritty of fashion supply
chains and technology, including predictions for the future of
fashion. Most notably, we break down how to monetize waste
streams and optimize fashion supply chains from acquisition to
manufacturing, to creating a brand that meets the triple bottom
line: people, planet, profit.


Learn about entrepreneurship in an age of Amazon: the Queen of
Raw saw an opportunity in the B2B space and created a private
portal to cater to large volume buyers and sellers and launched a
partnership with SAP. And for Queen of Raw, fashion and textiles
is just the beginning. Looking across industries and around the
world, it has found the $1 trillion thread to solve the world’s
water crisis.  


Learn about using blockchain to rescue fashion’s dead stock: the
Queen of Raw uses blockchain technology to provide transparency
around wasted inventory and turn that pollution into profit by
integrating with its global marketplace. Queen of Raw secures and
verifies supply chain data to help companies save significant
time and money. Blockchain is the new reality for wholesale and
retail.


Learn more about Stephanie here
-  http://www.queenofraw.com 


Industry: SaaS Software, Supply Chain, Textiles, Blockchain,
Machine Learning/AI, Marketplace Launched: Q3 2018


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