Connect Who or what is your inspiration in business?

My late Grandma: "Mimi", who was an informal trader & was able to raise 5 kids with proceeds from her many business ventures. I didn't learn about Customer Relations from a book, it's rather a real lived experience - "Mimi" referred to her customers as "BOSS" because she believed that customer is king. I know that she's proud of the fact that I took her teachings & turned them into a global brand on the rise.

How do you stay motivated?

My vision of democratizing luxury fashion for the new age global consumer keeps me up. For centuries, luxury brands have strategically used classism to exclude the working class from experiencing the finer things in life. My life's work and daily motivation is to give hard working individuals who make an honest living dignity by producing well-made, thought-out, quality products.

What would you do with the $25,000?

I intend to spend my prize as follows: - Purchase Inventory: $13 000 - Online Store Re-launch: $1 000 - Marketing: $3 500 - Storage Facility: $4 000 - Personal Expenditure: $2 000 - Reserves & Savings: $1 500