I'd get kicked out of buildings all day long, people would rip up my business card in my face. It's a humbling business to be in. But I knew I could sell and I knew I wanted to sell something I had created. I cut the feet out of those pantyhose and I knew I was on to something. This was it.
Sara BlakelyThere is a hidden blessing in the most traumatic things we go through in our lives. My brain always goes to, 'Where is the hidden blessing? What is my gift?'
Sara BlakelyMy advice for an entrepreneur just starting out is to differentiate yourself. Why are you different? Whatโs important about you? Why does the customer need you?
Sara BlakelyWhen I was 7, I came up with the idea of 'charm socks.' My mom would take me to buy bags of plastic charms, we would sew them on frilly white socks, and I sold them at school.
Sara BlakelyI didn't like the way it looked in white trousers, and I couldn't find anything to work underneath them.
Sara Blakely