MMIA Magazine - Million Moms In Action Magazine August/September 2014 | Page 49

20 mogul moms The hair Care Queen “When I was 13 I became a manufacturer of household cleaning products. I would mix simple solutions in our small kitchen and sell them to the neighbors. My labels consisted of white name badges with black markers.” MMIA: When did you decide to become an entrepreneur? LEOLA: I decided to become an entrepreneur at 12 years old. I was always excited to create and build things. When I was 13 I became a manufacturer of household cleaning products. I would mix simple solutions in our small kitchen and sell them to the neighbors. My labels consisted of White name badges with Black Markers. In my current business of manufacturing hair care and wellness products, I decided to become an entrepreneur after using herbal supplements and reaping benefits to help with an auto-immune disease called Sarcoidoses. When I saw the great results of certain ingredients I began mixing and matching my own for greater benefit. I also shared these products with many friends. I built a team of distributors and the products were a real hit. Women’s hair had grown longer than they’d ever known and people were feeling much better. Especially dialysis patients or diabetics. They really felt the difference when consuming Nzuri products. I have found that most entrepreneurs had a slight amount of entrepreneurism in them since they were small children. MMIA: How long did it take you to go from business idea to actually seeing income? LEOLA: Well money and income are 2 different things. You can start seeing money right away but that does not equate to profit. One has to reinvest in essentials for business survival such as advertising, employees and inventory etc. Then once all of those are running the profit comes in. But it should not take long if the base is set correctly. MMIA: Do you ever regret your decision to become a full-time entrepreneur? LEOLA: No, I often tell people that the worst day working for yourself is better than the best day working