Katia: One of the biggest challenges has been how fast we’ve grown, which sounds like a humble-brag, but I promise it’s not! It’s been incredible to see the brand up to the point where we’re now turning over $5 million annually, but with rapid growth comes big growing pains. What’s been the biggest challenge you’ve both faced in business, and how have you overcome it? Finally in 2014, we launched Nimble Activewear for women just like us. We’d rush home after a workout to wash our expensive tights for the next morning’s session because out budget wouldn’t allow for an entire wardrobe of gym gear. At the time, we were living together in Bondi, fitting in exercise classes in our spare time. Vera: The seed was planted in 2013 when Katia and I grew more and more frustrated about the lack of stylish, high-performance activewear on the market. What was the defining moment when you decided to take the leap and turn Nimble into a brand ? We’re so trilled our products accompany thousands of women on their wellness journeys. Nimble was founded on the belief that being happy and healthy should be neither complicated nor expensive. It’s about feeling empowered to live your best life. Katia: We’re firm believers that wellness is not about chasing a number on the scales, it’s about nourishing your mind, body and soul with what it needs (that could be a beach run, or a big glass of shiraz). What’s your approach when it comes from wellness – do you both have an overarching philosophy? I was lucky enough to chat to the pair about all things wellness, business practice, and what’s next for Nimble. Even in the thick of running their business, the pair are still evangelistic about their holistic, health-centred lifestyle. The result was Nimble Activewear: a now million dollar business with a bricks and mortar store in Bondi Beach, Sydney. It was only when Katia was temporarily back in Sydney that her and Vera saw a gap in the market for functional, practical, but beautiful activewear (while training together in the gym, no less). They went to school together, before they pursued careers that saw them living in different continents. Katie Santilli and Vera Yan have been friends since they were teenager.

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