• Introduction
• Virgin Media Backing Business Finalist
• What is a wrist pocket?
• Seeing opportunities to collaborate with corporate branding like Virgin Media
• Where the name dust + rock came from
• How the idea of the wrist pocket materialised when travelling in 2010
• What Susan misses about her previous career as a commercial pilot
• How her passion for her new business outshines flying
• Nine months into Shopify, what has the experience been like for dust + rock
• The freedom of Shopify, the flexibility and how user friendly it is without constantly needing a developer
• Trust in the Shopify platform
• Favourite app to date, Judge Me for verified reviews
• The importance of genuine reviews to install trust when a product is new to the market
• Biggest challenges to navigate like shipping costs
• Starting a new business from scratch without any prior experience and having no idea what's to come
• Discovering a real passion for sourcing, designing, and selling
• Will dust + rock be branded across the world? What are the big plans?
• How the essence of the original wrist pocket solves a problem
• How the business is evolving organically
• Attending Showcase Ireland in RDS, Dublin
• Immediate future plans to launch in Spain
• Researching fulfilment centres aboard and how they work
• Maximising on affordable startup options like using social media, Instagram, PR and the right fulfilment centres

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Links:  

• Dust + Rock
• Milk Bottle Labs
• Milk Bottle on Twitter