Ep 59: MunaLuchi Creator Jacqueline Nwobu on Reshaping the Wedding Industry

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today’s guest and the platform she created provided me the most assistance and resources with planning my wedding. Her name is Jacqueline Nwobu, and she is the Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of</span> <a href= "http://munaluchibridal.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">MunaLuchi Bride Magazine</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, the leading nationally distributed wedding magazine catering to women of color.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Women of color are major contributors to the billion dollar wedding industry, yet, our presence within major bridal publications and websites/blogs is rare. Jacqueline had a vision and determination to fill this void. Today, MunaLuchi is a multi-cultural global technology company serving the $200 billion international wedding and events industry. It caters to the growing multi-cultural wedding and events industry throughout the world with a vertical online marketplace connecting engaged couples to event professionals.</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Today on the show, we’ll hear how Jacqueline and her husband launched MunaLuchi with no prior experience and obtained national distribution within major retailers including Target and Barnes and Noble. Plus, hear how she’s continuing to grow the brand and what she’s learned about hiring the right people.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><strong>On today’s episode, Jacqueline gets into</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How she started MunaLuchi Bride Magazine with no distributor and no plan</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How she got MunaLuchi into Barnes & Noble, Safeways and other major newsstands across the country</span></li> <li style="fo