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| Immigrant entrepreneur: | Dafang (Daisy) Jing |
| Company: | Banish |
| Place of birth: | China |
| Employees: | 13 |
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Daisy came from China with her family when she was very young. Growing up in an immigrant household where money was scarce and she was always about saving.
Her mom worked at McDonald’s, in the back kitchen since she didn’t speak English well and she worked at Chinese restaurants under the table. Daisy saw first hand what hard work was all about.
When Daisy went through horrible acne she went looking for answers. What she did next was astonishing. She started to record her journey on YouTube and launched over 1,000 videos. She showed the world what it was like going from acne to clear skin.
So when Daisy created her own skincare products people started to buy! She knew there was something there and decided to quit her corporate job.
Banish started close to 8 years ago and it is thriving! In this episode we talk about what it’s like being an entrepreneur and a mother to a very young baby!
Quotes by Daisy
If you’re in the state of flow, that means you’re on the right path to do what you’re supposed to be doing.
Even as an entrepreneur I constantly have to learn how to adapt.
I can’t be the same person as I was 8 years ago when I was starting my business.
Keep hiring, and scaling.
You have to be careful with whose advice you take.
You don’t need a mentor to start your business.
You have to constantly be learning and pivoting.
What I also learned about having a child, not everything is important and you don’t have to work on everything. A lot of times you can let things go and it doesn’t affect the business so then you make more time for what’s important.
You have to take a lot of risks for your business to grow.
The American dream means, you can achieve whatever it is that you want to achieve.
Money is not scarcity, it can be used and leveraged to create really great things.
Being an immigrant really shaped who I am.
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