Starting a business comes with great risks, responsibility, management skills, patience, and trial and error. In this article, we are featuring young entrepreneurs in Newmanila, their stories of success, and how they have started it all. Bringing inspiration to aspiring business owners.
Starting off with Caireos, a beaded jewelry business managed by Marie Claire Pitero. She has stated
“At first, it was a hobby and my peers told me to sell it so I could make a profit out of it and to gain recognition for my work. I was scared of failing and humiliating myself. I was shy to post my creations online and I chose not to pursue it. After a while, I decided to share my creations with my classmates, and surprisingly enough, they liked it. I started my own Instagram account and posted more of my products reaching a large number of people who were interested in beaded jewelry. I spent a lot of time buying and hand-crafting said charms.
It takes a huge amount of dedication and I am proud to say that it is worth it. It has been four weeks since I started and I encountered people being mean on the internet but that was my motivation to be better. Now, I can say that no matter how old you are, you can make something out of your talent..” This statement of hers shows the risk-taking aspect of being an entrepreneur.
Next up, is Covernails by Justine Claire Pamittan. This was not her first business, she started a clothing brand and soon found out that clothing was not for her, but she did not let that bring her down and soon found the hobby of nail art. She went through trial and error.
She has stated that “Somebody I knew introduced me to a nail kit and it built up interest in me, as the time passed I had saved enough to buy one for myself. After a while, I stopped doing it and soon enough I regained my interest. It took a while to practice nail art on myself and during that time, that's where I realized that I wanted to do this and this was for me. I was scared to work on other people’s hands but I had to take the risk and it came out in the best way possible. Classes started and I decided on Press-on Nails as Prom was approaching. I sold a total of 20 sets or more. I did not settle for self-learning and paid for training to be a certified nail tech. August this year was when I started training. I was the youngest out of all of them and I was the most experienced. Soon enough, I received my certificate.”
