Sneakers Grow Flowers - KOQOS Podcast

OAT Shoes Founder Christiaan Maats on sneakers, sustainability and responsible entrepreneurship

In this first episode of the KOQOS Podcast, we get the chance to learn from Christiaan Maats, founder of OAT Shoes, sustainable entrepreneur and teacher at Delft’s University of Technology. In a world full of sneaker brands and recycling initiatives, he found a way to use story telling and his engineering background to create a new type of sneaker that brings us closer to nature. Since its inception in 2010, OAT Shoes was at the forefront of sustainable innovation in the sneaker industry for five years. I hope you enjoy this conversation between me and Christiaan Maats about his fascination with sneakers and biodegradability and the lessons he learned building a sustainable brand.