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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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8 Jun 2025
🗣️”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
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13 Jan 2025
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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8 Jun 2023
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
bit.ly/3GNXgRF
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21 Mar 2023
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/…
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14 Mar 2023
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…
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13 Mar 2023
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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25 Jan 2023
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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17 Nov 2022
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 retweeted
16 Nov 2022
.@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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28 Sep 2022
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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markdowds retweeted
26 Aug 2022
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
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12 Aug 2022
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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1 Aug 2022
#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.
hubs.ly/Q01hX-420
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12 Jul 2022
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
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1 Jul 2022
We are looking for up to 8 ambitious founders who are trying to build highly scalable ventures. Not only will you get an uncapped £50k investment, you will get regular office hours and mentoring from @jd, @markdowds & @ij_browne 👋
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