Launching & Growing Flourish Market with Emily Grey.
Launching & Growing The Flourish Market with Emily Grey- how Emily transitioned from a Wall Street career to owning her own fashion boutique – which she started from a truck and has grown into a 7-figure brick-and-mortar retail and online business.
Emily Grey is an impact entrepreneur, keynote speaker, coach, and the founder of the Flourish Market boutique in Raleigh, North Carolina – a social impact retailer of women’s fashions and gifts.
Emily started her career on Wall Street as a Vice President of Communications and Change Management. Five years ago, Emily founded her brick + mortar and online boutique, The Flourish Market, growing it to a million-dollar business in less than 3 years with zero paid advertising.
She started Flourish Market from a fashion truck and has grown it into a 7-figure retail location for conscious consumers carrying items that support positive social impact.
She is also the Founder of The Locality, a co-working space and incubator program for female entrepreneurs in Downtown Raleigh, NC.
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Launching & Growing Flourish Market with Emily Grey:
- Please briefly share the story of your early career.
- How and when did you develop your passion for fashion that support positive social impact.
- When did you know you wanted to be your own boss? Who were early entrepreneurial influences?
- Why are you a business owner? What does it provide you?
- What led you to launching Flourish Market? What inspired the idea?
- How long from idea to starting with the fashion truck?
- How did you fund the start-up?
- Started in “October 2015 as a uniform delivery truck turned do-good fashion truck.” Emily is a great example of the value of starting small in business and then expanding by reinvesting the profits.
- Launched brick & mortar store in Downtown Raleigh in November 2016.
- Please introduce the business model of The Flourish Market.
- How does it work, and what are the products you offer, how do you sell them, and how do you have social impact?
- What do you mean by “support positive social impact”?
- Social Impact – how are you genuinely executing on this mission for your small business?
- “Partner with 200+ brands that work all over the world including right here at home in the United States to drive positive social change.”
- “Million-dollar business in less than 3 years with zero paid advertising.” How did you hit 7 figures with no prior retail experience, ads, or loans?
- Is your small business profitable?
- The Wholesale Way – course for small social impact makers looking to learn how to get their products onto retail shelves.
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