Lakeisha Vaden

I started my entrepreneurial journey about 11 years ago when pregnancy complications forced me to leave my position as a manager at Office Depot. My doctor told me I had to go home because my baby and I were at risk, so I quit my job. While sitting at home, I started watching YouTube and looking for different things I could do, which sparked my interest in entrepreneurship. My first business was called the baby's closet, where I made custom baby stuff like custom onesies and bottles, since it fit right in with me about to have a baby. From there, it branched and grew way beyond that. Now I run a printing company where you can think it, I can print it. I started with personalized apparel, anything you could wear like shirts and caps, but as I grew and connected with other business owners, I branched out into marketing materials and promotional materials to help other smaller business owners grow their own business. That's what made me get into the paper products of business cards, flyers, and postcards. My major accomplishment is growing it from the bottom up, starting with nothing and growing a business to six figures. After getting past the first three years of building blocks, it's been actually consistent now.