We thought we can do. Something for ourselves and at the same time make the lives of our community a little bit better that's a win-win and so later. That year in 2011. We co-founded a company called our Riveter and we make bags to support military spouses so. I guess that makes. Us the bag ladies and we started making these bags in our garage as not glamorous as. It sounds I can promise. You it wasn't and we made. These bags in and we knew. We wanted to provide flexible income for military spouses but it wasn't until. We had the question. I need to go home my husband's in the field or he's about to deploy. I need to be with my family can.
These parts with. Me or I'm pcsing or moving in six months what's going to help into my job then and in that moment. We realized. It wasn't just about flexible income. We need to also to provide mobile income and so. We were making two bags to make five bags and five to make ten and ten to make 20 and so on and before. We knew it we had launched. This national manufacturing network into the world so military spouses making parts and pieces. All across the country. Somebody making cutting and sewing liners small other pieces canvas pieces and they would ship them all back to us. We assembled them and we got him ready for retail so business was good but about six months later in 2012. It was Lisa's time and Georgia was coming to an end and her family had to move and so. We decided that she would take the financial side of the house and the business development on the road and I would stay back and manage and grow operations and so for another year and a half. We just steadily continued to grow and that number went got bigger and bigger people finally thought okay. These ladies aren't so crazy maybe.
They have something going on and one day my husband came home and said Karen guess. What it's time to go and so. We packed up to shop the house and the kids probably in that order and we headed to Fort Bragg North Carolina so in the two years. That we've been here we've been able to completely rebuild operations from the move. We caught the eye of a Shark Tank producer. We pitched and got a deal and we brought business to a level. That so many people told. Us wasn't probable not. That it wasn't possible just not probable. We have over 50 people on our team. We make hundreds of bags a week and we've. Provided some kind of employment and opportunity to over a hundred military spouses so. You to think. When you're in those moments of transition or you're feeling like uncertainty is weighing you down.
I challenge. You to remember. These three things. What is it about that uncertainty that's leaving you you feeling lost and then be honest with your can. More so for me. I walked away from the idea of getting a degree or getting a job in my degree and getting a job in architecture. It wasn't because. I was giving up. Because I began to understand. What I could really control so as a military spouse. I couldn't change. We were stationed. I couldn't move the city closer but I knew. I wanted something more I wanted meaningful employment and so at that time. I realized I had to be able and willing to do. Something about it so. That brings. Me to my next point which is be prepared to take a risk get comfortable with.
These parts with. Me or I'm pcsing or moving in six months what's going to help into my job then and in that moment. We realized. It wasn't just about flexible income. We need to also to provide mobile income and so. We were making two bags to make five bags and five to make ten and ten to make 20 and so on and before. We knew it we had launched. This national manufacturing network into the world so military spouses making parts and pieces. All across the country. Somebody making cutting and sewing liners small other pieces canvas pieces and they would ship them all back to us. We assembled them and we got him ready for retail so business was good but about six months later in 2012. It was Lisa's time and Georgia was coming to an end and her family had to move and so. We decided that she would take the financial side of the house and the business development on the road and I would stay back and manage and grow operations and so for another year and a half. We just steadily continued to grow and that number went got bigger and bigger people finally thought okay. These ladies aren't so crazy maybe.
They have something going on and one day my husband came home and said Karen guess. What it's time to go and so. We packed up to shop the house and the kids probably in that order and we headed to Fort Bragg North Carolina so in the two years. That we've been here we've been able to completely rebuild operations from the move. We caught the eye of a Shark Tank producer. We pitched and got a deal and we brought business to a level. That so many people told. Us wasn't probable not. That it wasn't possible just not probable. We have over 50 people on our team. We make hundreds of bags a week and we've. Provided some kind of employment and opportunity to over a hundred military spouses so. You to think. When you're in those moments of transition or you're feeling like uncertainty is weighing you down.
I challenge. You to remember. These three things. What is it about that uncertainty that's leaving you you feeling lost and then be honest with your can. More so for me. I walked away from the idea of getting a degree or getting a job in my degree and getting a job in architecture. It wasn't because. I was giving up. Because I began to understand. What I could really control so as a military spouse. I couldn't change. We were stationed. I couldn't move the city closer but I knew. I wanted something more I wanted meaningful employment and so at that time. I realized I had to be able and willing to do. Something about it so. That brings. Me to my next point which is be prepared to take a risk get comfortable with.
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