Jan 13, 2021
We’re on the podcast today telling our stories of how we each made our first million dollars. We’re not telling you these stories to brag, but rather, to inspire you. Oftentimes in business we get so beat down that we begin to lose hope, while we struggle to keep our heads above water. This episode is to show you guys that we’ve been there and have felt like giving up at times. But, we stayed the course, just like you’re going to do. You have to stay strong and keep working harder and harder. You’ve got to act like there’s no Plan B. It’s like running a marathon, if you keep moving forward you will eventually reach that finish line.
That’s why we’re on the pod today, to inspire you with our stories of how we got started and eventually manifested our dreams. In our journey we’ve found that hearing other people's success stories has kept us motivated and made us feel like we weren’t alone. We’re hoping this episode does that for you!
“It’s not meant for everybody else. If it’s your dream, you have to hold onto that dream and fight for it with everything in your soul.” - Dan Caldwell
This week on Pretty and Punk:
- How Ildiko’s mothers work ethic inspired Ildiko’s drive
- The tragic death of Ildiko’s brother
- The family jewelry store getting robbed at gunpoint
- How Ildiko opened up a party store as a teenager
- Buying her first property at age 16, while modeling and acting
- How Ildiko got the idea for the architectural concrete company from watching a documentary
- How Dan ran Tapout as a side hustle while working as a cop
- Tapouts grassroots growth story
- How Dan and Tapout took advantage of the early days of e-commerce on the internet
- Selling over a million dollars in merchandise but barely being able to pay rent
- The struggle of being made fun of and nobody believing in your dream
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