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

This week I sat down for a very inspiring chat with Mignon François, the #1 national best-selling author of Made from Scratch: Finding Success Without a Recipe, and founder of a multi-million dollar cupcake empire, The Cupcake Collection. In this episode she shares:Why having a great product and determination got her community to support her visionThe different financial methods she used, like cash stuffing, to reinvest into her business and employeesHow she leveraged $5 and turned it into a legacy with over five million cupcakes sold And much more, you don’t want to miss the gems she’s dropping!Highlights include:00:00 Intro04:30 Learning to bake from grandma10:53 The struggle to make ends meet15:09 Turning $5 into $60020:27 Humble beginnings32:50 Low margins, high profit from day one37:30 Benefits of profit sharing with employees42:00 Scaling to $10,000 days48:20 Tips for entrepreneurs Check out this episode of Side Hustle Pro podcast out now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTubeLinks menti