Ep. 21 - Entrepreneur, Designer, Owner of Mohawk General Store: Bo Carney

Bo Carney, co-founder of Mohawk General Store, joins Lacy on this episode of the EXPANDED Podcast. She shares the story of her international upbringing, meeting and going into business with her husband, and following her intuition and personal style to create the wildly popular Mohawk General Store. She’s a massive expander for fashion entrepreneurs, those interested in living or studying internationally, and anyone who is afraid to make the leap to achieve their dreams. Find the show notes for this episode, a video of the interview, and more by heading to tobemagnetic.com and clicking on the EXPANDED Podcast at the top.

Bo Carney, co-founder of Mohawk General Store, joins Lacy on this episode of the EXPANDED Podcast. She shares the story of her international upbringing, meeting and going into business with her husband, and following her intuition and personal style to create the wildly popular Mohawk General Store. She’s a massive expander for fashion entrepreneurs, those interested in living or studying internationally, and anyone who is afraid to make the leap to achieve their dreams.

Lacy’s Manifestation Tip

A Rut - Feeling too complacent to be able to follow your dreams or passions

In this episode, we talk about:

International upbringing growing up in Korea, Austria, and Dallas, TX
Studying fashion business in Italy
Meeting her now-husband in Italy and moving to America
Opening Mohawk General with her husband
How she was inspired to open Mohawk General
Learning to run a fashion business without experience in buying
Following her intuition about curation and business decisions
Advice for fashion entrepreneurs
Dealing with the death of her father
Reluctantly going to a retreat that opened up a new way of looking at the world
Learning to reprogram her limiting beliefs from childhood
Adjusting to living in a new country and creating community
Learning to stay away from comparison with others
Creating Smock to fill a gap in the market
How becoming a mother changed her approach to business
Focusing on one thing rather than multitasking
Being held at gunpoint
Being married to her business partner
Calling in her partner
The influence of her Korean background on her aesthetic
Scaling her business
Style staples for the season
-Her personal style philosophy

Resources:

Mohawk General Store
The Hoffman Process
Smock
Hansel From Basel
Lauren Manoogian

Where to find Bo:

Website - mohawkgeneralstore.com
Instagram - @mohawkgeneralstore

For more information on this episode with Bo, click here

To watch the full video on YouTube, click here

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