In Conversation with Brandi Andres, my CSPO® and CSM® student and founder of @ thewellest https://thewellestlife.com A profitable successful sustainable retail business built during the pandemic.
If I had to pick 5 product management lessons from this podcast on how to turn a side hustle into a profitable business
1. Lean Thinking: Validating the assumption with popups in fairs, building website and enabling e-commerce functionality and finally opening a store that invites communities to come in, hang out and network
2. Social Connect: Products are environmentally friendly and sustainability conscious, from creams you apply, to food that you put in your stomach as well as non alcoholic beverages
3. Strong Why: Non cruelty to animals and improving the environment
4. Emotional Connect: Building local communities that are thinking about sustainable products and want to network with others in a friendly environment
5. Continuous Learning: Learn from books, videos, podcasts and interviewing others to learn from them
How to turn a side hustle into a profitable retail store
Anil Jaising
Anil Jaising is a Certified Scrum Trainer®, Certified DevOps Institute Trainer and a Certified Training from the BACK of the Room – Virtual Edition Trainer. Anil teaches Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Advanced Scrum Master (A-CSM), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP-SM) workshops from Scrum Alliance He also teaches Training from the BACK of the Room In Room and Virtual Edition). He is also the chief product owner of a telemetry plugin At A Glance on Atlassian Jira. Anil teaches “Transforming Organizations” course in the master’s program in project management in New York University
Anil Jaising
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