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Stacey Hamalis

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
140 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1025 Expecting Mom Quits $150k+ Corporate, Launches Soap Line

Well, so I was between London and Chicago and Brussels.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1025 Expecting Mom Quits $150k+ Corporate, Launches Soap Line

So yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1025 Expecting Mom Quits $150k+ Corporate, Launches Soap Line

Exactly.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1025 Expecting Mom Quits $150k+ Corporate, Launches Soap Line

I'm, um, currently expecting our first child.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1025 Expecting Mom Quits $150k+ Corporate, Launches Soap Line

Um, yeah, so it's, it's great.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1025 Expecting Mom Quits $150k+ Corporate, Launches Soap Line

I,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1025 Expecting Mom Quits $150k+ Corporate, Launches Soap Line

I think it's just ready to take the plunge.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1025 Expecting Mom Quits $150k+ Corporate, Launches Soap Line

You just have to, there's a lot of my friends that are still stuck in that corporate consulting world that have ideas, but they just need to just rip off the bandaid and try it out.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1025 Expecting Mom Quits $150k+ Corporate, Launches Soap Line

And yes, I did save up money purposely to have that cushion and to be able to invest.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1025 Expecting Mom Quits $150k+ Corporate, Launches Soap Line

I can still support it for a few years.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1025 Expecting Mom Quits $150k+ Corporate, Launches Soap Line

So you're really risk averse.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1025 Expecting Mom Quits $150k+ Corporate, Launches Soap Line

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1025 Expecting Mom Quits $150k+ Corporate, Launches Soap Line

The company I worked for had great stock share.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1025 Expecting Mom Quits $150k+ Corporate, Launches Soap Line

So that's my big cushion.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1025 Expecting Mom Quits $150k+ Corporate, Launches Soap Line

I did all right.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1025 Expecting Mom Quits $150k+ Corporate, Launches Soap Line

We were in Greece.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1025 Expecting Mom Quits $150k+ Corporate, Launches Soap Line

And then this year now, it's been about a year and a half.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1025 Expecting Mom Quits $150k+ Corporate, Launches Soap Line

So I've almost increased sales 30 to 40%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1025 Expecting Mom Quits $150k+ Corporate, Launches Soap Line

I think it was because a lot of people didn't want products to be shipped from Greece and they still need that face-to-face contact.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1025 Expecting Mom Quits $150k+ Corporate, Launches Soap Line

Being back in the city, doing events every month, getting out there, talking to other businesses that are interested in wholesale, that's increasing the sales.