“I just did it a lot as a hobby, and then eventually I had a friend who was setting up an e-commerce site, and she was actually going to make money off of her site instead of just having it for fun. That's when I started charging people and really getting clients that had businesses."
“It’s great to work with a company that has such a cool product, and they have a lot of great material as well because of the depth of experience of their staff, a lot of whom have been there for 20 to 30 years. They’re really passionate about what they do.”
“My advice to business owners is to focus on what you do best and find others to execute the things that aren’t natural to you, It can be a friend, a family member, a local business. It’s great to realize that a business is not a one-person army — business relies on a community of trusted partners to succeed.”
“With everything I do, time is the most important asset I have, and the mobile app lets me maximize my time from anywhere."
"We create segments to communicate with customers in a way that is personal and relevant to things they actually care about. This new way of doing business has allowed Fogarty to build relationships in a way that they never could before."
“Our goal is to help both individuals and companies shop local and help support small local artisans in the most simple way. Our intention was to only ship once a month to customers primarily in Georgia, and today, we ship worldwide to thousands of customers.”
“The materials were affordable and it didn’t take up much space in my home, and this method allowed me to try out lots of different design directions.”
“But now that I’m on Shopify and can use it with tools like Mailchimp, I’m able to look as good as bigger companies.”
“Comfort is key, and customers don’t want to give up their sense of style during this very amazing time of their lives.”
“This is truly a candy store for men who love shoes.”
“There are enough snake oils that have been sold for decades.”
“Thankfully, we have a great production partner who was willing to work with us to place smaller POs more often. They understood that helping us have access to that working capital would help us to grow and in turn bring them more business, too.”
“If you don’t, someone else will.”
“Experiencing growth in one part of the business can result in a bottleneck in another part of the business.”
“The sense of community is what makes Garnish & Gather unique.”