Articles by Kendall Barber
Classic Holiday Cocktail Recipes: We Asked a Mixologist
Reflecting on the First Year in Business: Four Challenges and Four Successes
Reflecting on the First Year in Business: Four Challenges and Four Successes
6-minute read Our first birthday: one complete year of changing how women buy footwear. Our co-founder, Kendall, highlights four big challenges and four successes.
Win a Pair of Poppy Barley Boots with Camille Styles
Win a Pair of Poppy Barley Boots with Camille Styles
1-minute read We're giving away a pair of made to measure boots on Monday, Dec. 16th, 2013, with lifestyle blog Camille Styles! Find out how to enter.
4 Ways to Brainstorm Startup Business Ideas
4 Ways to Brainstorm Startup Business Ideas
4-minute read Are you searching for the "what" that will make you an entrepreneur? Here are 4 ways to brainstorm startup business ideas and start tackling your...
The 2012-2013 Poppy Barley Timeline
The 2012-2013 Poppy Barley Timeline
1-minute read In celebration of our 1st Birthday, we created an official Poppy Barley Timeline with photos, anecdotes and videos. Click a date and find out about...
7 Reasons Why a PB Gift Card is the PERFECT Present
7 Reasons Why a PB Gift Card is the PERFECT Present
2-minute read You can't deny it: the holiday season has arrived. And we're here to help you with your wish list! Fill in a Poppy Barley Gift...
Wanderlust: Día de Muertos, San Miguel de Allende
Wanderlust: Día de Muertos, San Miguel de Allende
2-minute read Our recent trip to the studio in León coincided with a very special Mexican holiday, Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead). And so we...
Creating a Brand for Startups, Pt. II
Creating a Brand for Startups, Pt. II
4-minute read When executed well, a brand can be an extremely powerful force, producing a tribe-like mentality as its audience shifts from passive observers to active participants...
Creating a Brand for Startups, Pt. I
Creating a Brand for Startups, Pt. I
5-minute read Our Brand Design Manager, Monica, looks back at Poppy Barley's initial branding sketches—from mood boards to logos—and explores the in-depth and often complex processes that...
7 Key Traits in Good Co-founder Relationships and Why Working with Your Sibling Works
7 Key Traits in Good Co-founder Relationships and Why Working with Your Sibling Works
9-minute read The foundations of good co-founder relationships are the same, regardless of if you’re related. But working with your sibling has inherent advantages.
Iteration: The Key to Building a Startup Website
Iteration: The Key to Building a Startup Website
6-minute read "The first version of your startup website sucks... and that’s ok." Our developer, Daelan, talks startup website tips and reveals the process behind launching poppy-barley.com.
Poppy Barley Is On Songza! Listen to Our First Curated Playlist: Office Grooves
Poppy Barley Is On Songza! Listen to Our First Curated Playlist: Office Grooves
1-minute read We spend long hours with our headphones in at work, so we decided it was time to start curating our own playlists. Follow Poppy Barley...
@PoppyBarley Filmstrip: An Update from our Instagram Feed
@PoppyBarley Filmstrip: An Update from our Instagram Feed
4-minute read Over the past two months, we held pop-up shops throughout Alberta and watched women all over the world receive their custom Poppy Barley flats. Here's...
5 Lessons to Learn About Pitching Your Business
5 Lessons to Learn About Pitching Your Business
9-minute read Pitching your business is intimidating. Pitch wrong and you’re not inspiring confidence in your business. Pitch well and there lies tremendous opportunity. Here's 5 tips...
Meet the Team: Laura, Operations Manager
Meet the Team: Laura, Operations Manager
5-minute read Our seventh team member is 2,500 miles away from our head office. She's a mom, loves to travel, and used to be an English professor...
Working at a Startup After Graduation: Why You Should Do It
Working at a Startup After Graduation: Why You Should Do It
6-minute read Before she was our Customer Insights Specialist, she was one of our first customers. Find out why (apart from finding perfectly fitted boots) Breanne decided...
Alberta Popup Sale: We're Going On Tour This September!
Alberta Popup Sale: We're Going On Tour This September!
3-minute read Poppy Barley is popping up in your city! Come out to view the new F/W '13 collection in Calgary, Fort McMurray and Edmonton on these...
Meet the Team: Justine, Co-founder
Meet the Team: Justine, Co-founder
3-minute read Despite her eye for design and her cool sense of style, Justine's background is a far cry from fashion and shoemaking (although, she did hope...
Meet the Team: Daelan, Developer
Meet the Team: Daelan, Developer
2-minute read Although that's his technical job title at Poppy Barley, he's also our in-house photographer, videographer, comedian, musician-DJ extraordinaire (he really was a '90s DJ), and...
#PBWorthWalking: See Who's Entered to Win Custom Shoes
#PBWorthWalking: See Who's Entered to Win Custom Shoes
1-minute read We have been completely blown away, inspired and moved by all the people entering our Instagram giveaway with @CarmynJoy. Where would you wear perfectly fitted...
Meet @CarmynJoy + Enter Our #PBWorthWalking Giveaway
Meet @CarmynJoy + Enter Our #PBWorthWalking Giveaway
7-minute read We've got a super fun and interactive contest going on with local Instagram star, @CarmynJoy! Meet the girl behind the pretty images, and enter to...
Poppy Barley x Alberta BoostR Crowdfunding Appreciation Party
Poppy Barley x Alberta BoostR Crowdfunding Appreciation Party
1-minute read You helped us raise $28,550 at Alberta BoostR! Thanks to you, we're moving forward with development of our F/W '13 Heeled Boots Collection. Let's celebrate!
Meet the Team: Kendall, Co-founder
Meet the Team: Kendall, Co-founder
2-minute read You've met our Customer Insights Specialist, our Community Manager, and our Brand Design Manager. Today we're profiling one of our all-star founders, who doesn't only...
@PoppyBarley Filmstrip
@PoppyBarley Filmstrip
4-minute read From Mexico to Calgary, from palm trees to canola fields, here's a recap of what we've been up to over the past few months, as...
Meet the Team: Monica, Brand Design Manager
Meet the Team: Monica, Brand Design Manager
3-minute read After our first Skype-chat, Monica took us through an in-depth company identity brief that would eventually define the Poppy Barley brand. From that point on,...
Meet the Team: Caroline, Community Manager
Meet the Team: Caroline, Community Manager
2-minute read Caroline’s passion for new media and fashion intersect at Poppy Barley, where she’s our head writer, creative director and social media wizard. She's also got...
Meet the Team: Breanne, Customer Insights
