Side Hustle Pro: Women Entrepreneurs | Black Women Business Owners | Solopreneurs

This week in the guest chair we have Ashley Reynolds, Founder of Cloth & Paper. After Ashley left her corporate finance job of 9 years, she decided to take a chance on herself. She started designing planner inserts from scratch with no previous background or education in graphic design. Shortly after, a stationery business blossomed and the line grew to offer leather planners, luxury pens, and more quintessential styles. Today Cloth & Paper is a brand with over 40 employees, over 130K Instagram followers, and thousands of passionate customers. In this episode she shares:How she discovered a gap in her niche and built her business around filling it Her journey from creating her first planner on Microsoft Word to becoming a high-end, sought-after brand How her organic approach to marketing supported the growth of her business & so much moreHighlights Include:4:15 Transitioning to entrepreneurship9:35 Authenticity in marketing16:55 The manufacturing process20:39 Maintaining low margins