Giving up the 9-to-5 to sell Artisan products - with Harjit Sohotey-Khan
Bring Your Product Idea to Life
English - October 30, 2020 05:00 - 46 minutes - 38.4 MBEntrepreneurship Business Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Harjit Sohotey-Khan works with social enterprises, artisan NGO's and brands to sell ethically handcrafted fashion and homeware for style conscious women. Her mission is Style Made to Empower - empowering the consumer with high quality, artisanal fashion and artisans with a sustainable income.
Listen in to hear Harjit share:
What Jewelled Buddha is and what she sells (1:00)
How and why she quit her 9-to-5 job to travel through Asia (1:26)
Where she found the inspiration for her business (4:40)
How things change when you work for yourself (7:00)
The practical steps she took to set up her business (8:57)
How and why she started off selling in marketplaces (10:00)
The logistics around products and stock (11:48)
Selecting products and how she sources ethical, sustainable, wearable fashion (12:41)
The importance of having a criteria for products included in her range (18:16)
Getting to know the communities she works with (20:00)
The importance of appreciating our clothes and shopping sustainably (21:30)
How the covid-19 pandemic has affected her supply chain and the communities she works with (23:00)
Appearing in the Telegraph and how she’s getting so much press coverage - plus what you can do to get yourself in the press (25:54)
Her best PR tips (30:10)
The importance of joining Facebook groups and networking groups (31:30)
Her experience of working through my product creation course (34:10)
Why you just need to get started and why your journey will look different to everyone else's (36:15)
What wearing the same clothes for a year taught her (40:50)
Her number one piece of advice for other product creators (42:57)
USEFUL RESOURCES:
http://www.jewelledbuddha.com/ (Jewelled Buddha website)
https://twitter.com/jewelledbuddha (Jewelled Buddha on Twitter)
https://www.facebook.com/jewelledbuddha (Jewelled Buddha on Facebook)
https://www.instagram.com/jewelledbuddha2015 (Jewelled Buddha on Instagram)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/harjit-sohotey-khan-145a2311/ (Harjit Sohotey-Khan on LinkedIn)
LET’S CONNECT
https://www.instagram.com/vickiweinberg_product_creation/ (Find me on Instagram)
https://my.captivate.fm/www.vickiweinberg.com (Work with me)
**Please remember to rate and review the podcast - it really helps others to find it.**
Harjit Sohotey-Khan works with social enterprises, artisan NGO's and brands to sell ethically handcrafted fashion and homeware for style conscious women. Her mission is Style Made to Empower - empowering the consumer with high quality, artisanal fashion and artisans with a sustainable income.
Listen in to hear Harjit share:
What Jewelled Buddha is and what she sells (1:00)How and why she quit her 9-to-5 job to travel through Asia (1:26)Where she found the inspiration for her business (4:40)How things change when you work for yourself (7:00)The practical steps she took to set up her business (8:57)How and why she started off selling in marketplaces (10:00)The logistics around products and stock (11:48)Selecting products and how she sources ethical, sustainable, wearable fashion (12:41)The importance of having a criteria for products included in her range (18:16)Getting to know the communities she works with (20:00)The importance of appreciating our clothes and shopping sustainably (21:30)How the covid-19 pandemic has affected her supply chain and the communities she works with (23:00)Appearing in the Telegraph and how she’s getting so much press coverage - plus what you can do to get yourself in the press (25:54)Her best PR tips (30:10)The importance of joining Facebook groups and networking groups (31:30)Her experience of working through my product creation course (34:10)Why you just need to get started and why your journey will look different to everyone else's (36:15)What wearing the same clothes for a year taught her (40:50)Her number one piece of advice for other product creators (42:57)USEFUL RESOURCES:
Harjit Sohotey-Khan on LinkedIn
LET’S CONNECT