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This week we got to meet another great entrepreneur from Ottawa, Yann Darevic, the owner of NRML Clothing on Rideau and the new NRML Select in Westboro.
A special thank you to Beau’s and Tim Duncan for providing us with some great Beaver River beer for this episode.
The musical accompaniment this week was ilvekyo who will be playing Bluesfest on July 12th. He recently completed a very successful Ontario tour and you can see him next in Ottawa on the May 11/12th weekend at the Heart and Crown in the market.
We learned a lot of entrepreneurship and following your goals, we spoke to Yann about:
– Where he grew up and how he ended up in Ottawa
– He started NRML from a University project in 3rd year and ended up quitting school, the dream was too big
– Why he decided to stay in Ottawa
– Where he has lived in Ottawa and why he left living in the downtown core
– His thoughts on living in Orleans
– His hidden gems in Ottawa (Backlane Café)
– NRML’s participation in Westfest
– The move from NRML’s original location to where it is on Rideau now
– Their online presence
– The sales from around the world now
– Their pinnacle account with Nike, consortium account with Adidas
– What sets NRML apart from their competition
After the break we spoke about
– When NRML Select is opening and why he chose Westboro
– The vision of NRML Select, it will be selling things no one else does in Ottawa
– The children’s line NRML Select is putting out
– The annual jacket drive to collect used jackets for the youth homeless
– Yann’s ways of staying on top of the game and staying with the latest trends
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