Finding the key partners to work with can make or break your venture. After thousands of conversations with aspiring entrepreneurs, it’s one of the most common obstacles and risks holding folks back from pursuing their idea. So – we asked some of the smartest, most resourceful entrepreneurs in the community to share their lessons and insights to help inspire and educate the next great set of entrepreneurs.

Jake Szymanski

Our studio has been located in the Bronx, NY for over 5 years. The Bronx is perhaps the most overlooked and under considered borough on the NYC region. It happens to have some of the most skilled craftsmen, and the area is an incredible source for materials. It is important to us to give back to the community around us, so we have committed to working with local vendors. Read more>>

Teni Busari

Finding a good and reliable vendor requires you to contact different vendors and requesting samples to test out the quality of the product then once I narrowed it down to my best three vendors, I compared quality, prices, and reliability of the vendor to pick my main vendor and also have a backup vendor just for any unfortunate event that could occur with the main vendor. Read more>>

Karlos Galvan

Strategic partnerships are key to our success. Our partnerships help deliver a great member expense. We have partnerships for events, retail, fridge drinks and equipment. I strive to have the best partnerships to make sure that members are always happy. Having Strat Eric partnerships has also help me scale from 1 studio to now owning 5 studios. Read more>>

Ashley Opoku

When I needed to find a key vendor, I started by researching the industry and the type of product I was looking for. I read reviews, asked for recommendations from friends and colleagues, and looked at online forums to get a better understanding of the market. After narrowing down my list of potential vendors, I reached out to each one to get more information about their products and services. Read more>>

Shaneika Monae

Honestly finding a key vendor within the hair extensions industry is so much easier today than it was back in 2015. If you have social media, email, and/or what’s app vendor are flocking to you to get your business. In 2015, it was not that easy, you really had to research. And that is what I did. I did my own research online to find my main hair vendor. I found my hair vendor by simply doing a google search and typing key words such as: Read more>>