Starting a business is definitely not a minor joke. You know we see people enjoying their hard work and we think that they might have had it easy when truthfully, they did not. Lusanda Mbane recently shared information on the journey she went through when she started her hoodie business.
The scandal actress shared that she started her business back in August 2020 with only three hoodies. She did not have much stock, only three hoodies in different colours of pink, black and white. She carried them around with pride so that she could receive more orders for her business, and she actually did. She revealed that the most challenging part about starting the business was finding suppliers. She took the chance of physically looking for suppliers and not rely on the internet. Five months later, she now has a warehouse that still runs out of clothing items.
This is what she shared:
I started this business in August 2020 with 3 hoodies… yes 3. I had one pink💕, one black🖤 and one white🤍 and I vowed to carry them with so much pride that I would soon be receiving orders. I did. The demand quickly far outweighed the supply. Finding suppliers and more cost effective ways of doing business proved to be the most difficult. I stopped looking online and I started driving to physically look for people who could supply me and manufacture items for me. I walked down dodgy streets, through alleys. Almost 5 months later, I have a warehouse with thousands of clothing items, and even now I still run out of certain items. My advice to anyone starting out is: Don’t be afraid of hard work. Put in the work. No one is coming to save you. No one is going to offer you their business secrets and their winning formula on a platter. Start. Work. Push.✊🏾”