Performance Dress Shirts to High-Tech Baby Monitors: The Entrepreneurial Journey of Kevin Lavelle
The BizDad Podcast · Adam La Barr
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Show Notes
In this episode of The BizDad Podcast, I sit down with Kevin Lavelle, founder of Mizzen+Main and Harbor, to talk about his journey from consulting to launching a game-changing dress shirt company, and now diving into the baby monitor space with a whole new level of innovation.
Kevin shares how he identified market gaps, the lessons he learned from scaling a business, and the realities of balancing entrepreneurship with family life. If you're an ambitious dad or a business owner, this episode is packed with golden nuggets you won’t want to miss!
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
✔️ The origin story of Mizzen+Main – how Kevin revolutionized men’s dress shirts with performance fabrics
✔️ The transition from founder to CEO (and eventually stepping away) – what it’s like to hand off the company you built
✔️ Why he launched Harbor – solving a major problem in the baby monitor space
✔️ The importance of resilience and adaptability in business & parenting
✔️ How to find balance between running a business and being a present dad
✔️ Lessons learned from past failures and how they fueled future success
About Kevin Lavelle
Kevin is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and business strategist with a track record of disrupting industries. After founding Mizzen+Main, one of the most successful performance dress shirt brands, he’s now tackling another industry with Harbor, a high-tech baby monitor designed for peace of mind and smarter parenting.
🖥️ Website: harbor.co
🛍️ Mizzen+Main: mizzenandmain.com
🔗 LinkedIn: Kevin S. Lavelle
🐦 Twitter (X): @KevinSLavelle
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