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Sophie Eckrich: Just Take The First Step
Sofie Eckrich’s stories and experiences are what you need to look at entrepreneurship from a holistic point of view. In order to start an international business, she didn’t need an undergraduate business degree, nor an MBA, nor any rich investors to believe in her. She decided to became a business woman through her interests and life experiences.
Her bi-cultural upbringing and her travels to Latin America had a major influence on her. Being exposed constantly to her Mexican roots and her travels expanded her mind and her world view. She saw opportunities where others didn’t or where there was a lack of means to take those opportunities to the next level. Most importantly, she witnessed the arts and crafts scene. Sofie’s natural passion and love for the arts and crafts made her have an appreciation for it that average tourist visitor didn’t have. All of this was stored into Sofie’s consciousness and unconsciousness until it was the perfect time to blossom.
After college, Sofie knew she wanted to go work in Latin America—her ties to the region kept pulling her back to that side of the world. Unable to find anything that she was specifically looking for, her impatience persuaded her to create her own path. She started to put together her interests: her love for arts and crafts; having an impact; providing opportunities for people; and of course, her love for the region of Latin America. After reflecting, the answer was obvious: to create an ethical fashion brand that works with artisans in Latin America to bring modern and traditional designs to customers worldwide. Teysha was the name of her new international business and her new home for the next 7 years would be Pastores, Guatemala.
Sofie honestly admits she had “No training, zero finance experience, and zero business classes.” This statement and her creation of Teysha doesn’t downplay that starting a business is easy. What it does convey is that entrepreneurship is a journey we can all take if we dare. All we have to do is just take the first step.
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Sofie Eckrich’s stories and experiences are what you need to look at entrepreneurship from a holistic point of view. In order to start an international business, she didn’t need an undergraduate business degree, nor an MBA, nor any rich investors to believe in her. She decided to became a business woman through her interests and life experiences.
Her bi-cultural upbringing and her travels to Latin America had a major influence on her. Being exposed constantly to her Mexican roots and her travels expanded her mind and her world view. She saw opportunities where others didn’t or where there was a lack of means to take those opportunities to the next level. Most importantly, she witnessed the arts and crafts scene. Sofie’s natural passion and love for the arts and crafts made her have an appreciation for it that average tourist visitor didn’t have. All of this was stored into Sofie’s consciousness and unconsciousness until it was the perfect time to blossom.
After college, Sofie knew she wanted to go work in Latin America—her ties to the region kept pulling her back to that side of the world. Unable to find anything that she was specifically looking for, her impatience persuaded her to create her own path. She started to put together her interests: her love for arts and crafts; having an impact; providing opportunities for people; and of course, her love for the region of Latin America. After reflecting, the answer was obvious: to create an ethical fashion brand that works with artisans in Latin America to bring modern and traditional designs to customers worldwide. Teysha was the name of her new international business and her new home for the next 7 years would be Pastores, Guatemala.
Sofie honestly admits she had “No training, zero finance experience, and zero business classes.” This statement and her creation of Teysha doesn’t downplay that starting a business is easy. What it does convey is that entrepreneurship is a journey we can all take if we dare. All we have to do is just take the first step.
Thank you for listening. If you like what the podcast has to offer, please subscribe to the podcast and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:
Apple Podcasts
Libsyn
Spotify
Stitcher
Google Play Music