# [CLIP] "It's like dying and giving birth at the same time" - Closing a brand after 24 years | Mara Hoffman (Fashion Designer, Photographer)

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Podcast: [TheBoldWay](https://stenobird.com/podcast/theboldway-329028)
Published: 2026-06-10T03:00:00+00:00
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👉 Mon sponsor du mois | Shopify📧 Ma newsletter | S'abonner🖥️ Ma chaîne YouTube | S'abonner— The pivotal moment of the episode. Mara walks through the exact instant she chose to shut her brand down: the investor deck she never used, the two meetings that broke her, and the sentence that crystallized everything: "closing my brand is probably gonna be the most important thing I could do ever." A raw meditation on endings, identity and the courage to walk away when every external sign says keep going. Vous souhaitez sponsoriser TheBoldWay Podcast ou nous proposer un partenariat ?Contactez mon label Orso Media via ce formulaire ou thomas@orsomedia.io Nb: TheBoldWay ou The Bold Way, anciennement connu sous le nom de Entreprendre dans la mode ou EDLM , est un podcast produit et réalisé par Adrien Garcia. Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

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