From StartUp Princess:
“Last September I, Jamie Bird was sewing in my basement, which also served as my office, warehouse, shipping center, and business storage space. I was just grabbing my thread to start sewing a new batch of wet bags for next day shipment when my phone started ringing. This was my personal number, not the business line, so I did not answer but listened to the message being left. It was a big box store, calling because they wanted to test the Wet happened? wet bag. They wanted me to fly out to corporate headquarters and find out more information about the process.
At first I thought it was a joke, at the very least a scam. I mean, what small business gets a phone call from such a large corporation? Feeling very overwhelmed, I immediately called my good friend (and fellow SUP) Marina Westerdahl. She told me I would be crazy not to go; a week later I was on a plane. I will never forget the feeling of dread upon landing. My stomach hurt, and as I was trying to hold back the tears threatening to spill any minute I thought, “What in the world am I doing?” I was still sewing out of my basement. My first professional manufacturing run was in the process, but I did not have the first clue about outsourcing the labor of my wet bags, never mind dealing with large quantities or electronic ordering. The samples I brought with me were handmade and lacked the sleek packaging of many of the other brands out there. Yet, they still committed to trying it out.”
FINISH READING THE STORY HERE…
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I came across your blog from “the startip princess” and i love it!
I am so proud of Jamie and all the hard work she’s done. I still remember the day she called to tell me that Target has called her! It was so exciting! I am so proud of her, her business ethics are amazing and I love how she always puts her kids first. In my mind she embodies all that mom entrepreneurs are: successful, hard working, creative and multi-taskers!
Marina Westerdahl
http://www.GissyBella.com