TOMS Shoes Founder to Speak in Town

One of the more unusual businesspeople from Southern California is coming to the South Coast to talk about his version of capitalism.

Blake Mycoskie, founder and “chief shoe giver” of TOMS Shoes Inc., is scheduled to speak about Conscious Capitalism and the Future of Business at 4 p.m. on October 1 at the Arlington Theatre in downtown Santa Barbara.

Tickets are $25 for the general public. In keeping with TOMS’s spirit of “One for One,” UCSB Arts & Lectures, which is sponsoring Mycoskie’s appearance, will match tickets purchased with free tickets for all students with valid student identification while seats are available.