Christian Laing
Christian Laing — Co-founder and MD of Stand Out Socks, an ethical sock company built on a simple belief: everyone deserves meaningful, paid work.
More from Christian Laing
- Website: standoutsocks.co.uk
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/cdlaing
- Instagram: instagram.com/standoutsocksuk
- TikTok: tiktok.com/@standoutsocks
Episode
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Their segments in this episode (13)
- bulgaria ski reps and shifting perspectives
- creating space for someone to shine and why that s leadership not charity
- how it started wanting his brother ross to have meaningful paid work
- intro i m known for paid employment it s a thing for paying my staff
- it s slavery let s call it what it is on unpaid work placements
- phoning dragon s den and not getting a call back
- the early days launching during covid as a side hustle
- the moment christian realised this was bigger than socks
- the reality behind making it look easy
- what employers misunderstand about people with learning disabilities
- what the business looks like today
- why bringing on more team members with learning challenges mattered
- why they chose a business model over charity