We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Simone Daley. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Simone below.
Simone, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. How do you feel about asking friends and family to support your business? What’s appropriate, what’s not? Where do you draw the line?
When starting a business its natural to reach out to your friends/family for support. Whether it be sharing a social media post, liking your content, or referring and using your services. However, the support may or may not be what you expected. My advice in regards to this is don’t take it personal nor let it get you discouraged. 9 times of 10, your friends and family are not even your target audience. The majority of your support and clients will more than likely be strangers. Just stay consistent, continue to grow and learn about your business and the industry, work on perfecting your craft and your brand, and everything will work itself it.
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers?
My name is Simone Daley and my business partner is Saveeta Rajkumar. We started Startenderz in 2016 with the dream to take our bartending to another level (at the time we were currently bartending at an Event Hall together ) and provide extra income for ourselves and others. Through the years, we have grown and expanded the services we offer. We currently offer bartenders, servers, bar backs, and bottle service. Also, we offer 2 led portable bars and 360 photo-booth for rent, making any event more glamorous and entertaining. I would say the fact that we pay attention to every detail when servicing an event, is what sets us aside from some of the local competition. We try and match any color themes our clients have including matching bow ties, matching bar and bar display, signature drinks and personalized signs for the bar. We are very proud of how we have branded our business and all of our bar equipment and tools. We work very hard to bring a Startenderz experience to every client. Individually, we both work full time jobs as well as our own individual ventures. Saveeta prints custom apparel @starprintzllc and I have recently published a 31 daily affirmations ebook which can be purchased on Amazon. Doing all of this while maintaining quality bartending service makes me extremely proud of us.
How’d you meet your business partner?
We worked at an Event Hall named Soiree in Orlando florida for about three years together. We both migrated to Florida from New york and come from caribbean families, so we clicked right away. When it comes to bartending we built a harmony while working behind the bar that was amazing to watch and made working together very easy and enjoyable.
What’s been the best source of new clients for you?
The best source for new clients has always been word of mouth for us. This is why we strive to bring a special experience to every event, so that the guests at the event will also want to book our service or the client will spread the word to their family and friends
Contact Info:
- Website: www.startenderz.com
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/startenderz & www.instagram.com/starprintzllc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1Startenderz
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/startenderz-llc-99ba75228
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/startenderzllc
- Other: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BDXFBYGL/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_6BYZDXT9906DPD46R7GY