We often get the question, “How did BILLY Footwear get started?” Well, there is the short answer that one can explain in a quick elevator ride. Then there is the longer version that highlights the seldom told detour we took into ski gloves.

In this episode, we hear from Billy Price, cofounder of BILLY Footwear, talk about how the ski gloves that got him back on the slopes were not just the precursor to shoes, but the mechanism that got the initial business going.