Starting a business from scratch can be very scary, challenging, and risky at the same time. It all started as a thought, "What if I start making cakes for sale?" Now it's a reality. I'm so grateful to God for all he has been doing for me.
You know, sometimes we doubt ourselves too much and feel like, what if we fail after taking that big leap? We think, what if things don't work out the way we imagined them? Let me be honest with you: sometimes things don't work exactly how you pictured it in your head; life will definitely surprise you, and things might take a great turn, but there'll definitely be some setbacks, maybe not major ones, but somehow they'll try to weigh you down.
I started this business knowing it wouldn't be easy for me; combining school, Hive, and business wouldn't be an easy task, but here I am.
I started on Monday, and the feedback I got from my friends and even new customers has made me so confident and happy in my skills. I intentionally took some time off Hive just to focus on my business. I would close classes around 4 and head home to start baking. I don't have an oven yet, so I use the local method, which is my gas, a pot filled with sand, and then I put my cake inside and leave to bake. This takes a lot of my time but it's worth it. On most days, I sleep around 12am or 1am and wake up by 5am to package the cakes.
If there's any advice I'd give to you, it is to "take that bold step". You don't need to have every piece of equipment before you can start your business. You can start small and grow. Trust me when I say there'll be losses here and there. I've lost a lot of money these past few days because it was my first time; I didn't know how to go about the business, I just used my intuition, and I incurred some losses, which is fine, but now I've learned and I know what I did wrong and right. I still don't have everything figured out, but I'm sure I'll do better than I did last week.
I made chocolate and vanilla cake, guys! The cakes were so yummy 😋; everyone who patronized me was just singing praises about how fluffy, moist, and delicious my cakes were. They all loved how I packaged my cake; they all said it was different.
You know before I started selling, I did a little bit of survey and saw that they only sold cupcakes in school. Everyone was either making cupcakes or cake slices without any packaging. They would simply just put it inside a nylon bag for you. I knew I had to come up with something unique and different.
My packaging is different and new, and what's better is that even the big boys and girls of the school can buy this cake, and it would seem as if they bought it from a fancy store hehe.
So here it is, my new baby☺️, in so glad that I've taken this step... Some time ago, I made a post in this community talking about how I'd love to start my own cake business from scratch; well, here I am 🤗. God Did!
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Thanks for stopping by❤️😘
Empezar un negocio desde cero puede ser muy aterrador, desafiante y arriesgado al mismo tiempo. Todo empezó como un pensamiento: "¿Y si empiezo a hacer pasteles para vender?". Ahora es una realidad. Estoy tan agradecida a Dios por todo lo que ha estado haciendo por mí.
Sabes, a veces dudamos demasiado de nosotros mismos y pensamos, ¿y si fracasamos después de dar ese gran salto? Pensamos, ¿y si las cosas no salen como las imaginamos? Déjame ser honesto contigo: a veces las cosas no funcionan exactamente como las imaginaste en tu cabeza; la vida definitivamente te sorprenderá, y las cosas pueden dar un gran giro, pero definitivamente habrá algunos contratiempos, tal vez no mayores, pero de alguna manera tratarán de agobiarte.
*Empecé este negocio sabiendo que no sería fácil para mí; combinar la escuela, Hive y el negocio no sería una tarea fácil, pero aquí estoy.
Empecé el lunes, y la retroalimentación que recibí de mis amigos e incluso nuevos clientes me ha hecho tan confiado y feliz en mis habilidades. Me tomé intencionadamente un tiempo fuera de Hive para centrarme en mi negocio. Cerraba las clases sobre las 4 y me iba a casa para empezar a hornear. Todavía no tengo horno, así que utilizo el método local, que es mi gas, una olla llena de arena, y luego pongo mi pastel dentro y dejo que se hornee. Me lleva mucho tiempo, pero merece la pena. La mayoría de los días me acuesto sobre las 12.00 o la 1.00 y me levanto a las 5.00 para empaquetar los pasteles.
Si hay un consejo que te daría, es que "des ese paso valiente". No es necesario tener todos los equipos antes de poner en marcha un negocio. Puedes empezar poco a poco e ir creciendo. Créeme cuando te digo que habrá pérdidas aquí y allá. He perdido mucho dinero estos últimos días porque era mi primera vez; no sabía cómo llevar el negocio, sólo usé mi intuición, e incurrí en algunas pérdidas, lo cual está bien, pero ahora he aprendido y sé lo que hice mal y bien. Todavía no lo tengo todo claro, pero estoy segura de que me irá mejor que la semana pasada.
¡Hice pastel de chocolate y vainilla, chicos! Las tartas estaban riquísimas 😋; todos los que me patrocinaron no hacían más que cantar alabanzas sobre lo esponjosas, húmedas y deliciosas que estaban mis tartas. Todos decían que era diferente.
Antes de empezar a vender, hice una pequeña encuesta y vi que en la escuela sólo se vendían magdalenas. Todo el mundo hacía magdalenas o porciones de tarta sin ningún tipo de envoltorio. Simplemente te lo ponían dentro de una bolsa de nylon. Sabía que tenía que inventar algo único y diferente.
Mi envase es diferente y nuevo, y lo que es mejor es que incluso los chicos y chicas grandes de la escuela pueden comprar este pastel, y parecería como si lo hubieran comprado en una tienda de lujo jeje..
Así que aquí está, mi nueva baby☺️, en tan contenta de haber dado este paso.... Hace tiempo hice un post en esta comunidad hablando de que me encantaría empezar mi propio negocio de pasteles desde cero; pues aquí estoy 🤗. Dios Hizo!
Todas las imágenes son mías.
Gracias por visitar by❤️😘
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This is a big and beautiful step, Meya!
God did indeed, I'm happy for you.
It's great your product have the better difference to thrive the competition and I'm glad you're learning to figure more things out for more growth.
Congratulations on your new business, I'm wishing you success!
Thank you!!!🥰🤗
Yes oo, God did!💃🙏
I'm very proud of you, my love. You've proven that we can actually achieve whatever we set our minds to. And I'm super happy with the kind of woman you are becoming, baby.
Cheers to this great business you've started, and wait, what's the name of the business?
Aww thanks sissy 🥹, whose cutting onions naw😩🤧
Cheers 🥂☺️, it doesn't have a name yet, but it's under #Team 😁
Team wow
Your cakes look beautiful 😍 God bless your little hands🙏 successes 👍
Thank you🤗
Amen!!!
Congratulations hon❤
The hardest part with doing something new is almost always starting
Thank you!!🤗
Guy!!😩, I never thought I'd take this bold step, but here I am ☺️
You're welcome hon
I know the feeling quite well..proud of you😘
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Good evening @meyateingi, congratulations, I am very glad that you have taken the step and I wish you the greatest success. Sometimes, as you tell us, it can be hard, however, I am on the side of those who think and act thinking and feeling that it is well worth the effort.
Thank you!!☺️... I'm really excited for the journey ahead 🙏🤗
Wow, congratulations on your small business. God bless! ❤️
Thank you!!! 🤗
Our entrepreneur lol. I thought you started making Opka, I didn't know they were cakes lol. Goodluck with it.
Ahhh😂😂😂💔
It's not okpa oo😂,I understand why you thought so too, the colour abi😂
Thank you🤗
Congratulations Meya❤️❤️❤️
Thank you dear🤗❤️
Atreverse a invertir dinero y tiempo es angustiante a veces, hasta que empezamos a ver las ganancias, más que a nivel laboral, a nivel emocional, recibiendo muy buenas opiniones de los demás. Espero te vaya bien saludos
Es en realidad, tratando de averiguar todo........
Todavía estoy encontrando mi camino alrededor, aunque no es fácil ... gracias por preguntar🤗❤️
Would you mind sending me some cake? Your cake look so beautiful and nice.
One thing about our community, we don't just great content but we allow others to learn.
Please would you teach us the steps to making this cake? Your content can build a skill in someone's life here.
Thank you for sharing madam.