253: How The Spice Suite’s Angel Gregorio Expanded Her Spice Shop Into A Lifestyle Brand

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m celebrating the 5 Year Anniversary of Side Hustle Pro all this month with video interviews with some of my favorite guests of all time! (So you can listen to this episode on your favorite podcast app or watch on the</span> <a href="http://youtube.com/sidehustlepro"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Side Hustle Pro YouTube Channel</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today in the guest chair, we have Angel Gregorio, the founder and owner of</span> <a href= "https://www.thespicesuite.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Spice Suite</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, a growing community-centric spice boutique, located in Washington DC’s Takoma Park community. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When we first spoke with Angel on the Side Hustle Pro podcast in 2018, she shared how she walked by a vacant storefront with no plan or desire to be a small business owner and decided on the spot to turn it into a spice shop. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That spice shop has since become a dream incubator and haven. Voted Best Spice Shop in Washington City Paper’s Best of DC, The Spice Suite offers fresh spice blends and cooking oils from around the world, handcrafted and customized to disrupt the typical dining experience. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And as a way to pay it forward and support fellow dreamers, Angel offers space at The Spice Suite for pop-up shops, free of charge. No fine print. No commission.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this episode, hear how Angel:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The first steps she took to get her very first product made (and how she started all wrong!)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How she makes the margins work for her in eCommerce:</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span s