As a serial entrepreneur I always have businesses to run, businesses to build and businesses to sell. To be successful in the world’s current economy, we must be multi-faceted. For an entrepreneur this means multiple revenue streams. It also means multi-phasic projects, staggered for an efficient workload. My current projects, ever changing, remain updated below.
Wear Your Music is a uniquely structured product-based ecommerce business. Famous musicians (Eric Clapton, Metallica, John Mayer, and over 150 more) donate their used guitar strings. Wear Your Music makes high-end wearable memorabilia from these used strings and sells it to fans. A portion of profits flow back to charities chosen by each musician.
Successes Include: 400K+ annual sales, mailing list of 80K+, custom designed products, co-marketed by large name musicians. Garrison purchased her partner’s shares in 2016.
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The CBD market is evolving quickly and there is plenty of room for growth. PVD CBD offers businesses a way to capitalize on this market without wasting any precious time. Established business or new-to-market, PVD CBD handles product design and development, e-commerce strategy, packaging design, photography, fulfillment and more.
Successes Include: Relationships with private label vendors for finished products and raw materials, extensive market research.
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Jewelry designed and developed by a cousin duo and inspired by cairns, an ancient form of marked path communication. This project was birthed from the oceans and beaches of Block Island, Rhode Island. OMstacks are made from stones custom sourced and hand-designed so that each piece is one-of-a-kind. They are finished them with recycled metals, and sustainably packaged.
Successes Include: Multicultural sourcing, trademarked name, growing wholesale accounts including yoga studios and spas.
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An exclusive apparel collection for band merchandise. Hand-selected upcycled apparel is screen printed or embroidered in limited-edition batches with band logos. Each collection is unique – no two pieces are the same. One-of-a-kind, environmentally conscious music merchandise at affordable prices. Proudly made in the USA by a women-owned and operated business.
Successes Include: Profitable from first order. Low order minimums. 100% USA made.
Sustainable | Fashionable | Collectable
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It’s never forever. A part of serial entrepreneurship is exit strategy. Past projects below.
Created, developed and deployed a line of two CBD products for dogs – treats and bacon-flavored oils. Built branding, voice and Shopify website for initial product launch. Owners took website possession in a seamless transition in 2019.
Successes Include: Custom sourced and branded products with low order minimums. Full product, branding and website development in under three months. Proven small business concept created and launch successfully.
Calm-A-Mama makes a line of proprietary USDA Organic, alcohol-free herbal supplements for mamas and their families. Each product is an herbal remedy that is taken by mouth to soothe both mind and body. Designed for the whole family.
Successes Include: 100K+ annual sales, proprietary formula, sold in Whole Foods & GNC, winner of Burt’s Bees Natural Launchpad Grant, sold in 2019 for 2.8 multiple.