Tina Labondi is a fashion designer, and founder of the fashion label Tina Labondi, a brand that combines African heritage with delicate French couture.
She’s also the founder of ESIMBI, a non-profit designed to break the cycle of poverty through annual scholarships, workshops, and internship opportunities for unemployed and unskilled young adults in Congo.
We can learn a ton from Tina, especially what she learned about how to bring the business part of running your business (especially the money part), to the forefront of her mind.
Key points:
- How to put a proper focus on your business’s finances (even when you hate thinking about finances)
- How to work effectively with important intermediaries who don’t always have your best interest at heart
- What to do to keep from burning bridges within a small and competitive industry
- How to get the mindset of a salesperson (even when you hate selling)
- Why you should make it your business to talk to your customers in person
- The proper way to think of a “no”
- The truth about doing everything that you “should” be doing
Listen to the 26-minute episode here:
