273: How The Spice Suite’s Angel Gregorio Expanded Her Spice Shop Into A Lifestyle Brand (Rewind)
Side Hustle Pro
Nicaila Matthews Okome | Side Hustle Pro Media
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In today’s rewind episode we have Angel Gregorio, the founder and owner of The Spice Suite, a growing community-centric spice boutique, located in Washington DC’s Takoma Park community.
On this episode, Angel shares:
- The first steps she took to get her very first product made (and how she started all wrong!)
- How she makes the margins work for her in eCommerce:
- How her approach to life and business has shaped her business expansion
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow your |
| 0:07.1 | side hustle from passion project to profitable business. |
| 0:10.9 | And I'm your host, Nikaela Matthewsekome. |
| 0:13.8 | So let's get started. |
| 0:15.3 | Hey, hey guys, welcome, welcome back to the show. |
| 0:21.4 | Welcome to the very first video interview episode of Side Hustle Pro. |
| 0:26.1 | This is new for me. |
| 0:27.1 | This is exciting. |
| 0:28.3 | So today we're chatting with one of the all-time most adored Side Hustle Pro guest, |
| 0:34.4 | Angel Gregorio. |
| 0:35.9 | And I have to say the most stylish too, the all-time flyers. |
| 0:41.9 | Angel is the founder and owner of The Spice Suite, which is a growing community-centric |
| 0:47.4 | spice boutique located in Washington DC's Tacoma Park community. |
| 0:52.1 | Angel is also a mommy. |
| 0:53.7 | She's a home cook, activist, and educator with a knack for blurring the line |
| 0:57.9 | between food and fashion. |
| 1:00.5 | And when we first spoke with Angel on this show back in 2018, can you believe it was that |
| 1:05.4 | long ago? |
| 1:06.4 | So she, you told us that you walk by a vacant storefront with no plan, no desire to be |
| 1:13.9 | a small business owner that day, and decided on a spot to turn it into a spice shop. |
| 1:19.7 | So that spice shop has now become a dream incubator and haven. |
| 1:25.3 | It was voted Best Spice Shop in Washington City, Papers, Best of DC. |
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