Lynne Silber Eichenbaum is the inventor of GardenSleeves by NOMPI Gloves. A self-taught seamstress and a huge gardener who suffered multiple bouts of Poison Ivy. A short wrist length glove was not helpful, so she invented GardenSleeves with a blouson sleeve that secured over the bicep with an elastic band.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Michael Lindell founder of My Pillow
When business started difficulties overcame:
“There were two big ones. First one was… And I touched upon this bit… My family obligations. Because having been a stay-at-home mom of three kids I am the shuttle bus, I am the Uber driver, I am the chef, I am the cheerleader, I am the tutor, I am pretty much everything in the family as far as running the household goes. So being able to empower my kids to help me and empower my husband to manage the time and manage the tasks in the house so that I could focus on the business was huge”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! Mass Market Book by Robert T. KiyosakiFavourite Quote:
“Where there is reverence, there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, because fear has a wider scope than reverence. We fear what we cannot see. We fear what we do see. We fear what we cannot know. We fear what we do know. We fear what may not happen. We fear what does happen. Death may be the greatest of all human blessings. If only because it finally puts an end to fear. Myrddin” Jeff Wheeler, The Hollow Crown
Recommended Online Resources:
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Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Do your research, make sure you have a product that fills a need. Not just necessarily something that whimsical or that cute. What’s really going to sell is when you solve a problem that people have… Then take baby steps. Don’t spend your life savings and say okay I am just going to throw all of my eggs in one basket… I would say have faith, grow the business at a comfortable pace and just do it and you never know. You don’t know unless you try”…[Listen for More]
More About Lynne Silber Eichenbaum:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Stay true to yourself, yet always be open to learn. Work hard, and never give up on your dreams, even when nobody else believes they can come true but you. These are not cliches but real tools you need no matter what you do in life to stay focused on your path.” Phillip Sweet
Other Quotes From the Chat with Lynne Silber Eichenbaum:
- “It takes money to make money…”
- “You have to have the vision and understanding of how to scale”
- “When I started going to the bigger tradeshows I should have researched going to big tradeshows and how people display and what pop-up displays look like, what booth displays look like, proper signage, getting your message across, how do you market”
- “I think some of the secrets to success are really is keeping positive and staying optimistic even when you have challenges thrown your way.”
- “There are two different types of people. There are people who are okay with the status quo and you see your business and you think okay well I am doing okay; I am doing well… I’m going to this garden show here, I’m going to this little craft show here and I am okay with that. But then there are another type of people who say I have a great product; I have a great business but the rich to says where can I grow this? How can I grow this? How can I not be the mouse on the wheel?”
- “If you let fear stand in the way of your business and of building your business then it’s going to go either a lot slower than you would like it to go or it’s just not going to go anywhere at all”
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