241: How Eniola Oshodi Founded Dope Scrubs And Upgraded The Workwear Game For Medical Professionals

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🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

For Eniola Oshodi, nursing was all she knew. Her mom did it, so you could describe it as a generational transfer. But after over a decade of working in the medical field, she knew something had to change…

The scrubs, they had to change.

For something that healthcare workers had to wear for shifts on end, everyday, Eniola didn’t think traditional scrubs were flattering, comfortable, or looked good on her. And it was that push that made her create Dope Scrubs, a medical apparel brand that allows healthcare professionals to express themselves through their attire while working on the frontlines.

Upon having the revelation of wanting to make the lives of those like her better in the work wardrobe department, Eniola set out on her “journey of creation” to figure out how to make scrubs more stylish and comfortable, yet still functional. And after that, she designed the first versions of Dope Scrubs and wore them everyday, but never told anyone she designed them. Even though she didn’t say a word, people started asking about what she was wearing. Talk about a marketing plan!

With a little help from her family, she stopped sitting on what she had created (figuratively and literally), and pressed the “go” button on becoming the entrepreneur she was made to be.

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0:00.0	Anything that gets in your way is just something that's temporary and as long as you don't
0:07.2	take no foreign answer, you don't take that as final, you just move on to the next thing
0:11.7	and you can continue to build from there.
0:14.5	Here is the main to side hustle pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow your
0:21.6	side hustle from passion project to profitable business, and I'm your host, Nikaela Matthews
0:27.2	Tacoma.
0:28.2	So let's get started.
0:29.2	Hey, hey guys, today in the guest chair, we have Aniola Oshodi.
0:36.5	Raised in Chicago by Nigerian immigrant parents, Aniola is a woman who wears many hats.
0:42.5	She is a former nursing manager and instructor, turned nurse practitioner, and now a thriving
0:48.8	CEO.
0:50.6	She's the founder of one of the fastest growing medical apparel brands of 2020, Dope Scrubs.
0:57.0	Aniola knew when envisioning Dope Scrubs that she wanted to create a brand that not only
1:02.8	made healthcare workers feel more confident, but also gave them the opportunity to express
1:08.4	themselves through their attire while working on the front lines.
1:12.9	Despite having a fulfilling career as a nurse practitioner, she always knew she wanted
1:17.6	to merge her two biggest passions, fashion and the medical field.
1:22.8	In her personal life, style and design were an everyday priority, so when she couldn't
1:28.0	find the scrubs that aligned with her fashion sense, she decided to create them herself.
1:34.6	Her quality designs inspired by her personal wardrobe and attention to detail birthed
1:40.0	what is now known as Dope Scrubs.
1:42.9	And by providing the option to dress in unique or more chic traditional styles, offering
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