The Shoe Community
Are you confident in your shoe brand concept, but feeling disconnected from other shoe brand founders?
The Shoe Community is an online space where shoe start-ups and small shoe brand founders help solve each others’ problems.
Enjoy the confidence you feel in your brand decisions when you have a community of shoe brand founders to support you every step of the way!
Who is The Shoe Community for?
Shoe brand founders at any stage – from start-ups at concept phase to established businesses.
What do I get when I join The Shoe Community?
- Membership of our private Facebook group
- Meet and learn from other shoe brand founders
- Resources and contacts
- Sustainable material and component supplier list
- Factory contacts
- True women's size converter: USA, UK, EU
- Free live masterclasses - with Susannah Davda + special guests
- Deep dives into specific aspects of starting a shoe brand
- Access to previous masterclass recordings
- How to find a shoe manufacturer
- How much does it cost to start a shoe brand?
- How to build an audience before you have shoes to sell
- How to work with a freelance shoe designer
- How many styles of shoe should you launch with?
- Design and IP protection for your shoe brand
- How to name your shoe brand
- How to sell shoes online
- Pre-ordering and crowdfunding for your shoe brand
- How to build a sustainable shoe
- How to produce your shoe samples locally - and manufacture further afield
- How to connect with your shoe brand audience using social media
- My crowdfunding success - with the founder of Tofers
- How to build your confidence as a shoe brand founder
- Building a performance shoe brand
- How to source from the Far East
I have been so impressed with all the information available on your Facebook group [The Shoe Community private group]. I can’t wait to get through all of the videos. It has been really insightful already!
Kelly Conway Entrepreneur
You have made a process which at first seemed sooooo unachievable a reality and allowed me to see it to fruition and I am only half way there. I can’t thank you enough and I wish for you to keep up the amazing work you are doing.
S. McKay Entrepreneur
[In answer to “What do you like about The Shoe Community?”] It is the sensation that I am surrounded by members who want to share ideal information in order to produce excellency within the shoe industry. I love the master video classes.
Cesar R. Entrepreneur
[on The Shoe Community masterclasses] Really interesting to hear from successful shoe founders and it’s made interactive even if you cannot make it live.
Saffron Entrepreneur
[on the ‘How Much Does it Cost to Start a Shoe Brand?’ masterclass] I got down about three pages of notes so it was definitely very very useful! It was great to hear from you both and I logged out feeling very inspired!
Melissa Entrepreneur
[on the ‘How Much Does it Cost to Start a Shoe Brand?’ masterclass] All very interesting. Thanks again for a very insightful presentation.
Jon Entrepreneur
[on the ‘How Much Does it Cost to Start a Shoe Brand?’ masterclass] Enjoyed watching this. Great that Andrea was so open about costs/challenges she faced. Nice summary checklist – reminded me about legal fees! Thanks for sharing!
Alastair Entrepreneur
The masterclass was great and it was a good way for me to understand the level of investment involved. The class gave me the perspective I needed to understand what is involved and the steps and commitment required to launch a shoe brand.
Hannah Entrepreneur
Thank you so much Susannah…the masterclass with Andrea was so insightful!! I have come away feeling inspired & invigorated to keeping pushing forward with my start up!
Rhea Entrepreneur
I found the masterclass so helpful and insightful. Thanks so much for answering my question.
Nadia Entrepreneur
Susannah’s [How to Find a Shoe Manufacturer] class was everything I expected it to be – thorough and insightful. I loved that talented and accomplished designer Marion Ayonote was tapped to be a part of the conversation to detail her experience with finding and working with manufacturers, specifically as a designer, without a sourcing agent. Susannah gave great input and, honestly, helped me consider solutions that I hadn’t before. It was all very eye-opening. As someone who is building a brand, I find Susannah’s knowledge priceless and look forward to the next class.
Chadette Entrepreneur
I really enjoyed the [How to Find a Shoe Manufacturer] masterclass. I saw the master class recording and could actually sit down and pause the video while I was taking notes so I don’t miss anything. I couldn’t have ever guessed that this was Susannah’s first masterclass ! She’s such a pro ! I also loved that instead of a powerpoint or ‘brush over the top’ kind of masterclass, this was a conversation. Marion was the perfect candidate for this topic. In some of the other masterclasses out there, guest speakers are only talking about how much of a struggle it was to get to where they are right now. Marion on the other hand gives us a different story of how to move forward after the recognition starts to build up, which is a topic fairly untouched by a lot of speakers and even schools ! I got a lot of real life situation pointers, and it was really good and detailed. Can’t wait to attend more masterclasses by you.
Ritvika Entrepreneur
Who runs The Shoe Community?
I do! I’m Susannah Davda, founder of The Shoe Consultant and The Shoe Community.
I have been working in the shoe industry since 1998, and helping people to start and grow their footwear brands since 2015.
I am passionate about helping shoe brand founders like you to achieve success.
What’s the investment?
Membership of The Shoe Community is just GBP £20 per month, and includes access to all live masterclasses.
Feel free to join us for one month and see how much you love it!
I’m ready to join The Shoe Community!
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