My Entrepreneurial Journey - Part Five

After my experience with events, I took a break from getting involved in new businesses. 4 years to be precise. During this period, I learned to invest. I first invested in the Brazilian stock exchange, then in the NYSE, and finally in Bitcoin.

By far, Bitcoin has given me the best return to date. But I also made good sums during times of crisis. However, that's not what I want to talk about. Let's fast forward and talk about the pandemic.

At that time, I had money saved for 4 months of expenses. In the third month, I realized it was a political play and the lockdown would last longer. I took all my money, went to São Paulo, and bought phone merchandise:

cables, chargers, and portable batteries. I resold them with great profit on Mercado Livre, OLX, and Facebook Marketplace.

I also sold to people I knew. At the time, Apple stopped sending the charger box. So I invested 80% of my money in that demand, and it sold the fastest. The experience was great because I learned about e-commerce and better understood how it works.

But... we were in the pandemic. Money had disappeared from the market. I took all the profit and the money that returned. I paid bills, survived, and with what was left, I thought: "I need to multiply it again..." I immediately started researching businesses to start with little money.

I searched the internet extensively until I found confectionery... Low initial cost, women have PMS (loyal customers), and cheap ingredients that take a long time to spoil. There was no other way... my intuition buzzed, and I knew I had to go all in on this.

I had worked for 8 years managing restaurants. At the time, my ex, who is a cook, agreed. We researched, calculated recipes, did the marketing, and registered on online delivery apps.

Another journey began at that time.

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