Episode 13: Corie and Griffen from 1 Society

Corie and Griffen at the 1 Society shop in Hastings

In this week's episode of Be Your Business I meet Founder Corie and Distribution Manager Griffin from Hastings based mens grooming company 1 Society. A business with a fun culture and an uplifting story to tell.

I speak to Corie about leaving his home in Peterbrorough when he was 18 and moving to the other end of the country, leaving everything he knew behind. Living for six years in a caravan in rural Sussex to be a farmer and his process of working with depression.

I talk to Griffen about emigrating to souht coast England from Montreal via Italy with his free-spirited and entrepreneurial family and how a motorcycle crash 3 years ago changed his life forever. Coped with life altering injuries and moving forward to create a life he that works for him.

Corie introduces us to the 1 Society product range which he developed after seeing a gap in the male grooming market. How a whopping 50% of men in the world have a beard, and the buzz he gets from making all the products by hand.

We talk about creating a business which has been an antidote for Corie, a place where he works with his mates having fun and not taking things to seriously.

It was great to meet the Corie and Griffen and hear their story of friends working together and creating a business from their energy which suits them both and other people connect with.