Stationery Chat with Amy Cooper-Wright: founder of Mark and Fold and fellow stationery freak
Stationery FreaksShow Notes
In this episode we chat with Amy Cooper-Wright who is the founder of Mark and Fold, one of our favourite stationery companies. Amy talks business, notebooks, gaps in the market, sustainability and shares her desert island stationery! We chat about: Why start a stationery company Why Amy was influenced when she was younger by making her own books and running a toy post office Why Amy sought out to make the notebook better, not cheaper - and held to her high bar of quality Why Amy was tired of not being able to find decent notebooks to buy Logistics, designs, challenges Pens, notebooks and the love of stationery Why you need to gather your stationery supplies ready to unleash your potential Why it's important to build your own system - and why Mark and Fold don't prescribe the system Sustainability and waste in the stationery industry Desert Island stationery - find out which 5 products Amy would take with her Special Offer Our Stationery Freaks newsletter includes some images of our Mark and Fold products and details of the special offer - https://stationeryfreaks.substack.com We mention the Mark and Fold products that we use: - The Everyday notebook - The planner Pad Amy mentions Kenya Hara and his excellent book 100 whites (affiliate link) all about the colour white and paper. And here is the notebook Amy couldn't remember the name of: https://www.labobratori.com/ And here is Amy's new adventure in branding and comms - https://www.ames-and.co/ Thanks Rob and Helen
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