Hi, we’re Katie and Eric Roering; the founders of Fontana Candle Co. In 4 years we took our hobby of making candles in our basement, and selling them at craft shows and makers markets and we turned Fontana into a nationally recognized eCommerce brand. This year we are doing 7 figures of revenue and have 12 employees. So how did we do it?

Welcome to The Candle Couple Podcast, where we will share the nitty gritty of scaling our e-commerce brand quickly. We are spilling the tea, so hopefully we can help you scale your brand quickly too.

We just got back from our first vacation in almost 3 years, and were talking about why it took us so long to go away, and how we're feeling about returning. We also discuss burn out, and our goals for the remainder of 2023.

Welcome to Episode 23: Real Life: Our First Vacation in 3 Years, and our Business Goals for the Remainder of 2023

Timestamps:

00:42 Still in vacation mode

1:30 Never fully disconnected

2:20 Why we didn't go on vacation for so long

4:46 How has the business affected Eric's family life?

7:40 Course correcting

8:02 Were you burned out?

11:20 Eric's business goals

14:04 Katie's business goals

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