On this episode of The Art of the Kickstart podcast, we'll be talking to Alan VanToai, founder of Lumira. Lumira is a future fashion brand that creates wearable art inspired by music festival rave and Burning Man communities. Their flagship product, the LED infinity mirror cat ears, is launching on May 1st and redefining high-end festival fashion. Join us as we learn more about Alan's vision for Lumira and how he's using fashion and technology to create something truly unique. Short on time? Here's what we talked about. Lumira's origin story. What inspired Alan to be an entrepreneur. Lumira's mission, values and vision (fun, play, and connection). Links https://getlumira.com https://instagram.com/getlumira https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1918170151/led-infinity-mirror-cat-ears-light-up-your-life?ref=discovery&term=cats Sponsors Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by ProductHype, the leading crowdfunding newsletter. Publishing weekly, ProductHype showcases five of the best, most innovative and exciting crowdfunding projects in an absurdly unique way. Their audience of more than 300,000 crowdfunding fans regularly back featured products and eagerly awaits the newsletter to learn about the new ideas that creators are bringing to market. Learn more about having your project featured in ProductHype, or join the HypeSquad today! Transcript View this episode's transcript Roy Morejon: Welcome entrepreneurs and startups to Art of the Kickstart, the show that every entrepreneur needs to listen to before you launch. I’m your host, Roy Morejon, president and founder of Enventys Partners, the world’s only turnkey product launch company. From product development and engineering to omnichannel marketing, we’ve helped our clients launch thousands of inventions and earned more than $1 billion in sales over the past 20 years. Each week, I interview a startup success story, an inspirational entrepreneur, or a business expert in order to help you take your launch to the next level. The show would not be possible without our main sponsor, ProductHype, the weekly newsletter that goes out and shows you the best inventions that just launched. Make sure to check out producthype.co and join the Hype Squad. Now, let’s get on with the show. Welcome to another edition of Art of the Kickstart. Today, I am super stoked because I am speaking with the co-founder of Lumira, Mr. Alan VanToai. He has created an amazing product that I’m super excited to show with my audience. So without further ado, Alan, thank you so much for joining us today on Art of the Kickstart. Alan VanToai: My pleasure, Roy. Thank you so much for having me. Roy Morejon: Absolutely. So I’m really stoked to have you on the show because I think this product is just amazing, and I think the process that you’ve gone through to get to this point is amazing. So without further ado,