143 | Bootstrapping Success with Cecily Moore, The Paper Curator

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Cecily Moore</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, her business, The Paper Curator, started as a blog and over time, transitioned into a product based business. She first began her journey while working at a job and trying to find the next step in her career. She thought, “why not start a blog?” From there she began to document the creative endeavors she pursued in her everyday life before launching her first products.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She gives us a breakdown of her first craft show experience, her Paper Camp journey and what she’s learned from attending the show. We chat about how putting ample effort into her research and development has helped her build a sustainable business. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today’s episode dives deep into what it means to bootstrap your business and build everything from the ground up. She talks about how she decides whether to invest in equipment to help her create her products, how bootstrapping has integrated into her wholesale strategy and budget and what it’s been like scaling her handmade products into wholesale. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">ON TODAY’S EPISODE: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Cecily started a blog before transitioning to a product-based business</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Learning to hold herself accountable by structuring her posting schedule</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Making the shift from being a hobby to a full-fledged business</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her first craft show experience and how she prepared to launch her products</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Cecily ended up coming to Paper Camp and her goals for attending the show</span></li>