Carlos and Quela with their mentor Dennis
Notes from Carlos: For our fourth Professional Development Session we went to The Cloud Foundation in Copley. There we met with Dennis Todisco from Karmaloop and Brendan Boyd co-founder of Society. Dennis,who is also my mentor, is the Director of Marketing at Karmaloop and Brendan,who wears many hats, is also the marketing director and sales manager of Society. We got to learn about how Karmaloop and Society were born, and what it takes to be from Boston and succeed in the clothing industry. They each talked about how they started from nothing and built their careers from the ground up. Dennis mentioned how hard it was for Greg Selkoe, the founder of Karmaloop, to start an online business at a time when people feared online shopping. Brendan told us how he sold t-shirts from the back of his trunk, when no one really knew who they were, where today Karmaloop is the number one online clothing store for street apparel and Society is among one of its hundreds of brands. With success that has celebreties such as Travis McCoy, Wiz Kalifah, and The Kids in the Hall representing them. After taking in their experiences and seeing where they are now with the hardwork and dedication it took, both Brendan and Dennis have become very inspiring role models for me.