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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Unique Vintage Using a Paycheck
If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. Founder CEO Katie Echeverry had a pharmaceutical sales job that she used to bootstrap with a paycheck for 5 years, before quitting to go full-time with her business, Unique Vintage. Here is her story from 2015. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of
Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Unique Vintage with a Paycheck
If you haven’t already, please study our freeBootstrapping courseand the Investor Introductions page. Katie Echeverry, CEO and Founder of Unique Vintage, had a pharmaceutical sales job that she used to bootstrap with a paycheck for 5 years, before quitting to go full-time with her business. Here is our conversation from 2015. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start
Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping Unique Vintage Using a Paycheck
If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. Founder CEO Katie Echeverry had a pharmaceutical sales job that she used to bootstrap with a paycheck for 5 years, before quitting to go full-time with her business, Unique Vintage. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Tell us where you’re
Best of Bootstrapping: Unique Vintage was Bootstrapped with a Paycheck
If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. Katie Echeverry, CEO and Founder of Unique Vintage, had a pharmaceutical sales job that she used to bootstrap with a paycheck for 5 years, before quitting to go full-time with her business, Unique Vintage. More stories like this can be found
Bootstrapping With A Paycheck: Katie Echeverry, CEO of Unique Vintage (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: You sell apparel through them or shoes? Katie Echeverry: Apparel. Sramana Mitra: That’s awesome actually. Katie Echeverry: It is. I really knew nothing about wholesale. They were so patient with me with all the terminologies. I remember saying, “What’s EDI?” They were very patient and have taught me a lot. I couldn’t have
Bootstrapping With A Paycheck: Katie Echeverry, CEO of Unique Vintage (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: At what point did you introduce alternate channels like eBay and Amazon? Katie Echeverry: I brought eBay into the mix in 2003. We were doing so well in 2006 to 2007 that I stopped, because I couldn’t manage two platforms. This was before there were a lot of connector tools that can keep
Bootstrapping With A Paycheck: Katie Echeverry, CEO of Unique Vintage (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: Do you remember what your revenue level was in 2007? Katie Echeverry: About $100,000. Sramana Mitra: For the year? Katie Echeverry: Maybe a little bit more. We got our first space to accommodate the Internet business, but people were coming in off the street wanting to shop. We made a little showroom. Within six months,
Bootstrapping With A Paycheck: Katie Echeverry, CEO of Unique Vintage (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: What happened in year one and year two? What kind of numbers did you do in year one and year two? Katie Echeverry: I think I did about $3,000 in my first year, and then $6,000 the next year. Every year, I doubled. Sramana Mitra: In year three, you still have your pharmaceutical job,
