She Ran Barefoot Through Penn Station, Then Built the Fix | Sandra Powers Murphy

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Sandra Powers Murphy spent decades at the top of institutional finance: an early career at State Street, her own broker dealer, a book (The Road to AUM), and six kids at home. Then one rainy day in New York, ten blocks from Penn Station with no cab in sight, she took off her heels and ran barefoot for the train. On board, feet aching, she called her assistant and said the thing every founder eventually says: someone should fix this. So she did.

In this episode, Sandra gets into the five years of R&D behind a single black pump, why her patented removable insoles are handcrafted in Spain by the same hands that make custom orthotics, and what it took to convince third generation Italian artisans (in factories shared with Jimmy Choo and Prada) to build performance tech into a luxury shoe. She also tells the story of firing her factory mid production run, the boots so stretchy women cry trying them on, and why the brand is named for her youngest daughter Scarlett, a type 1 diabetes warrior, and her grandmother Chase.

If you've ever kept a backup pair of flats in your tote, changed shoes three times in one workday, or wondered why beautiful and comfortable still feel like a choice, this one's for you.

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