Fashion Meets Tech to Empower the Underdogs: SSQRD founder Nabihah Ahmad

Fashion Meets Tech to Empower the Underdogs: SSQRD founder Nabihah Ahmad

Author: Victoria Smith November 23, 2025 Duration: 40:36
In this episode, Victoria sits down with Nabihah Ahmad, SSQRD to talk about building a fashion tech startup. Nabihah shares how she broke into the fashion industry and then the tech industry by teaching herself how to code. She dives into how she taught herself to code, why she’s committed to democratizing fashion, and how one TikTok brought in 300+ partner brands overnight. They dive into unpaid work in fashion, mission-driven entrepreneurship, hiring with intention, and what happens when wo...

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