# 038: Validating Conflict-Free Jewelry in Pop-Up Shops with Farah Qureshi

- Show: [Product Startup](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/product-startup)
- Published: 2017-01-31
- Length: 44m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/product-startup/2017-01-31-038-validating-conflict-free-jewelry-in-pop-up-shops-with-farah-qureshi
- Listen: https://theproductstartup.com/038-farah-qureshi-farah-qureshi-designs/

## Summary

Farah Qureshi, founder of Farah Qureshi Designs, explains how she validates conflict-free jewelry collections through pop-up shops and direct customer interaction. She details her design process, which draws inspiration from botany and microscopic algae, and her commitment to using ethical, recycled, and fair trade gold and silver. Qureshi discusses the operational challenges of scaling production, managing vendor relationships for casting and stone setting, and balancing marketing efforts between organic PR, social media, and physical events.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/product-startup/2017-01-31-038-validating-conflict-free-jewelry-in-pop-up-shops-with-farah-qureshi#t=0) Introduction: Farah Qureshi and Ethical Jewelry
- [3:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/product-startup/2017-01-31-038-validating-conflict-free-jewelry-in-pop-up-shops-with-farah-qureshi#t=198) Design Inspiration and Ethical Material Sourcing
- [8:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/product-startup/2017-01-31-038-validating-conflict-free-jewelry-in-pop-up-shops-with-farah-qureshi#t=519) Validating Designs Through Pop-Up Shops
- [18:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/product-startup/2017-01-31-038-validating-conflict-free-jewelry-in-pop-up-shops-with-farah-qureshi#t=1112) Manufacturing Process and Vendor Management
- [25:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/product-startup/2017-01-31-038-validating-conflict-free-jewelry-in-pop-up-shops-with-farah-qureshi#t=1524) Scaling Challenges and Inventory Risk
- [29:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/product-startup/2017-01-31-038-validating-conflict-free-jewelry-in-pop-up-shops-with-farah-qureshi#t=1797) Marketing Strategy: PR, Social Media, and Events

## Topics

- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Marketing & brand](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/marketing-and-brand)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

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- Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Award (other)
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- refinator (product)

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