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Belfast
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Meet Mark Dowds.
A 20-year tech veteran, 5x founder, and 3x venture capitalist.
He is currently the CEO of KLEKT, a two-sided marketplace that predominantly facilitates the trading of high-end sneakers and streetwear.
Mark’s track record shows he knows how to find great people, but even he was surprised by my capabilities.
After speaking with him, I connected him to:
- The former CEO of Etsy, who ended up joining his board.
- A commercial and marketing growth leader who is now on his leadership team.
In his words: "Using Boardy is stupidly simple. He does all the hard work for me."
Watch Mark's testimonial below 👇
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Sean Wotherspoon invests in Klekt, a European sneaker marketplace, and joins as chief community curator to guide its cultural direction. Read more! fashionunited.com/news/busin…
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🗣️”I wanted to give back.”
💷A group of business leaders and entrepreneurs have raised more than £1M for Cancer Fund for Children.
⛰️The group is scaling 26 mountains across the Ireland.
🎙️Mark Dowds, who is in remission from cancer himself, spoke to our reporter @hannahpattj
Last year, I received life-changing news—I had cancer. After treatment in Germany, I’m happy to share I’m now clear.
In 2025, I’m joining 19 entrepreneurs to hike 26 peaks in Ireland to raise £1M for Cancer Fund for Children. justgiving.com/page/mark-dow…
#CancerFundForChildren #26M2M
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LIVE: Panel 3 comprises a group of world-class leaders including @tinamckenz @StafflineIre, Martin McVicar @Combilift, @markdowds Responsible, @AMMcSORLEY VeriConnect. Empowering a team, establishing support networks and creating shared values is being discussed. #ITIBizSummit23
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John sat down @markdowds from @Get_Responsible to talk about sustainable fashion, the tech behind RESPONSIBLE, and how they give a second life to these authentic streetwear clothing products.
#TechCraic #TechNews #podcast #fashion #Sustainability
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Exciting news! RESPONSIBLE has been selected for @FashionforGood Good's 2023 Global Innovation Programme, propelling our sustainability efforts in the fashion industry. #keepitinrotation #circularity #sustainability #fashionforgood @Get_Responsible fashionforgood.com/our_news/…
Very excited to share that RESPONSIBLE acquired HARU today, uniting re-commerce technologies to advance sustainability in fashion & tech in #Ireland. #CircularFashion #Sustainability #keepitinrotation newsletter.co.uk/business/be…
Happy to announce @get_responsible is joining the first @GoogleStaups Accelerator: Climate Change in Europe cohort, kicking off this week. Congratulations to the 13 other #startups! #AcceleratedWithGoogle #tech #belfast #northernireland @googlecloud cloud.google.com/blog/topics…
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A serial entrepreneur was so disturbed by disposable fashion’s environmental impact that he launched @Get_Responsible.
@markdowds analysed the financial model & planned an alternative.
It aims to drive circularity, boost profits & influence production🧥
techblast.co.uk/news/circula…
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Great Start Up Stories event @QSUEnterprise with @UU. Big thanks to @markdowds and our panel of student entrepreneurs. Amazing night, with great turnout. @belfastcc #BEA @bea_belfast
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.@markdowds, CEO, Responsible & Christopher Raeburn, CEO, @Raeburn_Design, talk about circularity in fashion in this video, which was presented at the @UNFCCC #InnovationHub at @COP27P before the session on sustainable fashion. #SystemsChangeNow #COP27 youtu.be/JLpgJawoyWw
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Wonderful to have Josh Armstrong (RBAI 2014-21) back to talk about winning the @markdowds Entrepreneurship Scholarship two years ago.
Josh has since been employed by Mark’s business: responsible.us
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Listen to this sneak preview on how @markdowds (CEO of @Get_Responsible) and his friend set up 'one of the very earliest pioneers in the Insure Tech movement'.
You can find us on all major streaming platforms or click here:
open.spotify.com/episode/2HF…
#podcast #enterpreneur
RESPONSIBLE is hiring again. We are looking for some great engineering people as well as a photographer, a merchandiser, and someone to process products. Check out the job descriptions here: lnkd.in/e69E54M5
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#Belfast-based @Get_Responsible is on a mission to buy, trade, and rotate the best authentic and refurbished streetwear in circulation. ♻️ We chatted with founder and CEO @markdowds about how the company is bringing accountability to the #fashion world.
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We are very excited to officially launch the RESPONSIBLE partnership with Côte et Ciel today. It’s another positive step in the right direction of for our companies and our planet.
responsible.us/pages/respons… #sustainability #fashion #fashiontech