293: How Ericka Chambers is Building Her Brand, Puzzles of Color, While Working Full Time

Side Hustle Pro

Nicaila Matthews Okome | Side Hustle Pro Media

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4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Today in the guest chair we have Ericka Chambers, CEO and Co-Founder of Puzzles of Color. Ericka and her brother founded this business in the middle of the pandemic. She used that idle time to really think through something that her and her family has done for years, which is build puzzles together. And the one thing they realized was lacking was puzzles featuring people of color. After unsuccessfully trying to convince other people to launch this business, Ericka and her brother finally realized it was up to them to solve this problem.

In this episode we discuss:

How they started, how they’re growing, how they’re learning what to delegate
Working with artists of color to license their pieces and turn them into puzzles
Juggling the business and parenting while side hustling

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0:00.0	Here are listening to Side Hustle Pro.
0:04.6	The podcast that teaches you to build and grow your side hustle from passion project to
0:09.4	profitable business.
0:10.9	And I'm your host, Nikaela Matthews of Komet.
0:13.8	So let's get started.
0:15.8	Hey, hey guys, welcome, welcome back to the show.
0:21.2	It's Nikaela here and today in the guest chair we have Erica Chambers, the CEO and co-founder
0:28.8	of Puzzles of Color.
0:31.4	Now I really enjoyed what Erica had to say about how she and her brother co-founded this business
0:37.6	smack dab in the middle of the pandemic.
0:40.7	She used that idle time to really think through something that her and her family had done
0:45.5	for years, which is building puzzles together.
0:50.1	And the one thing they realized was lacking were puzzles that showcase people of color.
0:56.7	And after trying to get other people to do it, Erica and her brother finally realized it
1:01.7	was up to them to solve this problem.
1:04.7	So we get into how they started, how they're growing, how they're realizing what to take
1:10.2	off their plate and what to keep on their plate and so much more.
1:14.4	So let's get right into it.
1:21.5	Welcome, welcome, welcome to the guest chair, Erica.
1:23.7	So happy to have you.
1:25.2	Thank you.
1:26.2	Yeah.
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