Robin Atkinson is the Founder of Upkept and is #54 in our series of 100 interviews with business leaders making a positive impact on their community.
Upkept is an online clothing repair platform designed to make it simple, affordable, and satisfying to keep what you already own.
In short, Robin fixes pants on the internet. In long, she uses fixing pants on the internet to disrupt the way the fashion industry functions to tilt it toward a more sustainable model that supports skilled workers at the same time that it leverages new technology to find true efficiencies that support said skilled workers. It’s leaders like Robin who create businesses to specifically solve problems and adapt to an evolving world.
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