#57 Jess & Diandra | How Two Young Mums Ditched Their 9 To 5 & Made $500K In Their First Year!
In this episode I sat down with the founders of The Best Kind, Jess & Diandra. The Best Kind (TBK) are known for their high-quality, yet affordable personalised leather accessories.Both within their second half of maternity leave and dreading the thought of having to go back to their corporate 9-5's the duo decided that they wanted more out of their lives and didn't want to slip back into a job that treated them like a number and didn't fit their lifestyle. They wanted more freedom, flexibility and time to spend with the family and most importantly they didn't want to feel like their potential would be capped.After coming up with the idea for TBK, the pair would go onto to do 6 figures in revenue within the 6 months & over $500k within their first year of trading. They now have got a team of 7 and are continuing to grow in both retail and e-commerce. In this episode:Their decision making process around deciding WHY starting a business was the best move for them and why moving back into corporate wasn't the life they wanted.How to deal with not being taken seriously by friends or family.How Jess & Diandra came up with the Idea for The Best Kind and the different product variations they started with.The difficulty mothers are face when it's time to return to the workforce and why starting a business is becoming a more popular option for young mums.How to keep a positive mindset when everything else is crazy around you.Why women need to have a bigger purpose than just raising kids and how starting the brand has helped them become better Mothers.Why making the decision to go out on their own was a no-brainer and what made it easy to do.Their one piece of advice for anyone, especially Mother's that have been contemplating starting their first business.The difficulties the girls faced moving into retail and why it ended up being one of the best decisions for the business.---Follow Jess & Diandra here👇Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_thebestkind/?hl=enFollow the channel here👇Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifemoneyandlove/?hl=enTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lifemoneyandloveYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3oNnDapuoEEdcLqGsTg30QFollow me here👇Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dylanmullanTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dylanmullanTwitter: https://twitter.com/dylanmullanApply to be mentored by Dylan to start & scale your own E-commerce brand, Limited spots available! 👇https://join.viralbrandbuilder.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#57 Jess & Diandra | How Two Young Mums Ditched Their 9 To 5 & Made $500K In Their First Year!