We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Gabrielle Bouquet a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Gabrielle, appreciate you joining us today. We’d love to hear your thoughts about family businesses.
Family Business is an important part of the foundation to determine a families wealth. Being able to involve your family and or children secure future family wealth has many ups and downs. Every member most have specific roles and similar morals and values to avoid driving the Businesses to the group! Or destroying relationships I involve my son is both my businesses. He has helped make or inspire things and he has attended vending events with me. Sometimes he sits and watches a class with me. He may not understand all the aspects but I’m planting a seed and a Need. My businesses connect to my mother’s businesses not so much that I can’t express my own ideas or go on my own adventures but enough to connect grow learn and keep hope alive for the next generation. That’s what I’m planning to do for my son.
Gabrielle, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
My Name is Gabrielle BouquetI Go By Ganíquë Flowers I am of Haytian (Hayïsian) Decent. I like to think of myself as a Jackess of all Trades! I am a Mother a Sistar a Daughter. I’ve been Dancing all my life and practicing Yoga and a Spiritual Lifestyles the last 6 years. I’ve been “PlantBased” for 5 years and have started The Jewpie Lifestyle businesses in the last 5!! With two main brances @Jewpiejewelry and @Veganinfusedsoul . My mission with Jewpiejewelry is Fashionable, Affordable, Healing Jewelry, giving you the Option to Heal in Style! We Hand Wirewrap our Jewelry featuring Unconditional Love .Everything from toe Rings to Crowns for all occasions and We specialize in custom ideas! Something for Everyone Unisex & All Ages! Wanting to remind ppl healing is a nonstop yet available journey! My mission with veganinfusedsoul is to Help Heal my People through Food..Our Top Energy Source and Root to Healing. Cooking is Magical and I’m bringing some Culture and Taste to your meatless meals. One day I will have a place where Self Healing Strives ♡
What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?
An important lesson especially as I think about family and some times friends that we go in business with I had to learn early on to keep contracts for everything because word of mouth true faith will only get you so far in the business industry. There were times I made business deals with friends that didn’t get honored and because I didn’t do the proper professional thing of setting up contracts I ended up with major set backs trying to do business collaboration
What’s been the most effective strategy for growing your clientele?
Getting out and Showing out! Showing up to events vending networking In person has brought me the most clients. Even though online marketing is great but being able to make that connection with people in real time especially when you have good intentions are always the best
Contact Info:
- Instagram: @jewpiejewelry @veganinfusedsoul