Lemonada

Lemonada

Law and sign business expands to wedding decor rentals.

Welcome friends, welcome to Sight Usul School.

Welcome as well to Throwback Thursday.

My name is Chris Gillibbeau, your host,

episode 350, 3050. In this episode, well, in this segment, we take an in-depth look at someone whose story has evolved since we first featured them. Throwback Thursday, last week we heard from a college student

who scaled from fixing cracked screens like cracked iPhones. We've all done that. We've dropped

our phone. This guy gets paid to fix them. But he evolved from that business to creating a buyback

platform that turns over $20,000 in inventory each month, even better than just fixing individual

phone screens. Today in our latest feature, we've got a similar evolution, or at least an evolution

of some kind.

We're going to hear from a third grade teacher who grew her creative lawn sign business into a

go-to source for wedding decor. Her name is Nicole. What's happened since we first featured her

long ago? Let's hear directly from Nicole. Can I pass the mic to her? I'll come back at the end

with a few words of a wrap-up.

I'm Nicole, a third-grade teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina, and my side hustle started as a fun way to bring smiles to my neighbors during the pandemic.

It began with colorful, oversized yard signs for birthdays, graduations, and other milestones.

At first, I'd spend my weekends delivering signs, setting them up in front lawns, and picking

them up the next day.

Business was steady, but everything changed after a customer asked if I could create a custom

sign for her backyard wedding.

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