Ep 47: Christine Llewellyn Quit her Successful Career to Go Back to School For Design. The Magic Came Next.
Side Hustle Pro
Nicaila Matthews Okome | Side Hustle Pro Media
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2017
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
How many of you have ever thought, oh it's too late or I've been doing this for so long, I don't want to start over. Well today's episode just might just make you rethink all of that.
On today’s episode, Christine gets into:
- Why shouldn’t be afraid to pursue your passion...no matter what stage you are in your career
- How she took a leap of faith and started over from scratch
- How investing in herself and her business led to big rewards in major brand partnerships
- All of the revenue streams in her business
- Plus how she’s continuing to grow her brand
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Links mentioned on this episode
- ChristineJoyDesign.com
- Surtex Trade Show
- Premiere Vision Trade Show
- Print Source Trade Show
- Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design (Make it in Design)
- Show Your Work by Austin Kleon
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow a |
| 0:07.6 | Side Hustle from Passion Project to Profitable Business. |
| 0:11.3 | And I'm your host, Nakela Matthews. |
| 0:14.0 | So let's get started. |
| 0:15.0 | Hey guys, this is Nakela here |
| 0:20.0 | and you're listening to episode 47 of Side Hustle Pro. |
| 0:24.2 | Now this episode actually wraps up our theme for the month, |
| 0:27.9 | which is How to Make a Living Doing What You Love. |
| 0:31.8 | Today on the show, we have a woman who truly epitomizes the theme of this whole month. |
| 0:37.6 | Her name is Christine Llewellyn and she is the founder of Christine Joy Design. |
| 0:43.2 | Christine Joy Design is a Brooklyn-based surface pattern design studio |
| 0:48.2 | specializing in the home goods, apparel, and consumer product markets. |
| 0:53.0 | I first learned about Christine from a video on Facebook that shared her journey to entrepreneurship |
| 0:58.5 | and a partnership she did with West Elm. |
| 1:01.5 | I actually saved this video two years ago just for |
| 1:05.5 | inspiration before I even had any plans to start the Side Hustle |
| 1:09.7 | Pro Podcast and when I did start the, I knew I would eventually need to have |
| 1:15.1 | Christine in the guest chair. One of the reasons I was so intrigued by Christine |
| 1:20.4 | is that she already had a successful career as a marketer when she said, |
| 1:25.0 | you know what, this is not what I really want to be doing with my life. |
| 1:29.0 | And so she pivoted to found Christine Joy Design. |
| 1:33.6 | How many of you have ever thought, oh, it's too late or I've been doing this for so long, |
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