Cotopaxi: Davis Smith

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Two llamas? Like you're in Salt Lake City, can you just go on Craigslist and get a llama? Believe it or not, I bet pretty much anywhere in the country you could find some lamas on Craigslist. While we're talking. There you go, you can buy a llama on Craigslist. Seven hundred and fifty bucks. Right, yeah. I think we might have paid a little less than that. But you're in the Bay Area, so that's probably you know that sounds about right. From NPR, it's how I built this.

about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements they go. Guy Raz and on today's show, how Davis Smith launched the brand Cotopaxi. Two llamas. To make money.

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