As a Chemist, Educator, and Naturalista, Rhonda Marshall brings a truly unique perspective to the beauty industry. Rhonda saw a clear consumer need and personal passion to take better care of her naturally curly hair. Her curls were something she was proud of and she felt distinguished her personality. After years of using relaxers and other chemical laden products, and high heat styling methods that damaged her hair to modify her natural curl pattern, she felt there had to be a better way.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I am a mom of four and I have been a stay-at-home mom since I was a chemist… So, for years I was a stay-at-home mom. so, we lived off one income and so it was really, really tough… Trying to pay bills and meet trying to start a business – that was tough … You just started to do what you can and you are taking little parts here to make little samples and then you start to be like okay this has got to work and you start to treat your business like a roulette wheel. So, if I put this into it, I have got to get this return which is not a great thing to do with the business because businesses take time. But when you are in those binding situations like that you start to have that type of mindset”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant Book by W. Chan Kim and Renée A. MauborgneFavourite Quote:
“People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care”
Recommended Online Resources:
Evernote is the app that keeps your notes organized. Memos are synced so they’re accessible anywhere, and searchable so you always find what you need.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“I would say the number one thing is don’t quit your day job, that’s the number one. And I know people say just go out there and just fly. No, no, no, no. Your job can help to fund your business. So it is nothing wrong, no shame in your game if you have a job and you are side hustling your business… To help fund your side hustle. Because you don’t want to get out there and your business can’t sustain or your family can’t sustain you. So, you definitely want to make sure if you have a job, you make sure you are saving… The demand is there”…[Listen for More]
More About Rhonda Marshall:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Make today the day you learn something new.” Unknown
Other Quotes From the Chat with Rhonda Marshall:
- “If I actually understood the ins and outs of business… There are no overnight successes in a business. So that is key for understanding it takes time… It’s like building one brick by one brick by one brick. And if somebody tells you all we were successful overnight they are not, no. There is no overnight success especially in a business. I think if I had had that knowledge… If I had really implemented that then I believe it would have been so much easier for me emotionally, financially, physically, everything. It would have been better for me”
- “I believe the most important secret is, and it’s not really a secret, is getting up and believing… Having the confidence to know that you can do this. You have to have so much confidence and boldness to be an entrepreneur because there are going to be things and there are going to be people out there that’s going to tell you ‘I don’t think so’. You have to really have that inner drive to really move to the next level. You really do. You have to love what you do; you have to have a passion for it but you also have to be willing to accept feedback. That’s important…”
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