

City Walk Chats LA 04: Building Brands & Community
City Walk Chats is a monthly series designed to bring brand founders, creatives, and operators in the beauty, wellness, fashion, and lifestyle worlds together to connect, explore a new area of the city, discover new brands, and - walk + talk:
Knowledge + network sharing
Building a brand that sticks
Getting traction in your business
Becoming confident entrepreneurs
The monthly series is hosted by Creating Forward Studio founder, Sarah Saxty (Sax), and a selected guest co-host founders of a snack and beauty, wellness, or fashion brand.
Here's how it works 👀
We'll meet at the determined location, either a cool neighborhood, a trail, or a cultural space.
You'll get to sample products and grab some snacks for the walk.
You'll pair up with someone to walk + talk your way around using conversation prompts we'll provide.
Then we'll swap partners so you get multiple perspectives.
You'll leave with:
New connections with founders and potential collaborators in your city
An understanding of how to make your brand more "sticky" and ideas for getting more traction in your business
Increased confidence in yourself, your vision, and your business
About The Hosts
Sax, is a Fractional CMO, Advisor, Brand Marketing Mentor, and the founder of Creating Forward Studio, a growth platform for beauty, wellness, design, and lifestyle brands.
She has spent the last 20 years in the consumer product ecosystem as a founder, consultant, and CMO, where she has built brands from the ground up and scaled them to multi-million dollar revenue.
Sax is the creator of Sticky Brand DNA™; a signature framework for building brands that click, stick, and convert, she is also the creator of the Creating Forward Incubator.
Guest Hosts:
Alicia Liu, Founder of Lavender & Truffles, a best-selling ice cream at Erewhon. Reimagining ice cream through the lens of modern decadence. Rooted in nostalgia, each flavor recalls something familiar, then elevated into something entirely new. An ode to artisanal craftsmanship and bold creativity, offering a sensory journey that blends the unexpected with the familiar.
Important note:
By attending, you're agreeing to be a part of this experience, which may or may not include pieces of content shared on social media for marketing purposes. You’re participating at your own discretion and agree to move within your comfort level.