The Business of Brand Building – Jake + Maya [Kids]

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CA 25 September, 2017 Comments off

In the press: Slow

First of all, a huge thank you to everyone who has backed our Kickstarter project already. It's been a fabulous start. We're almost half way there and we still have 20 days to go. Also, a massive thank you to everyone who has been sharing what we're doing. It's

jakeandmaya1 09 April, 2017 No Comment

Last 4 Days of

Hi guys, We are almost at the end of our "Slow Fashion for Fast Growing Kids" Kickstarter campaign. We have been thrilled with all the support that we have been getting so far, but we have a little stretch to go yet to reach our funding goal. We need your help to get

jakeandmaya1 22 March, 2017 No Comment

Kickstarter News – Week

What a week it has been ! 47% (£3590) funded in just 1 week. We are thrilled with the great responds and feedback that we have had for this campaign. Thank you to those of you that have backed us so far ! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you ! The love and support

jakeandmaya1 14 March, 2017 No Comment

We Are Live on

Yay, we are finally live on Kickstarter ! It has taken months and months, actually well over a year, to get this campaign ready for launch and now it is finally here ! THE day has arrived ! Thank you guys for your continued

jakeandmaya1 11 November, 2016 Comments 2

My Thoughts on Why

As I was sitting here, attaching countless buttons in preparation for this weekends photo-shoot (surrounded by dirty dishes and a huge pile of laundry), I was thinking to myself: Why I am doing this ? Why am I going through all this hard work

jakeandmaya1 21 June, 2016 Comment 1

Working Progress – Less

Last weekend should have been when we should have launched our new collection but we decided a few weeks ago, to delay it and instead launch it at Kickstarter after the summer. Read about the reasons here.

That decision didn't come easily but

jakeandmaya1 16 May, 2016 No Comment

5 Weeks Until Launch

It has been a pretty interesting week. 5 weeks until planned launch and I am definitely starting to get stressed about the whole thing. Fabrics being printed, samples being made. New website is underway. Labels printed, hang-tags ready to go. Photo campaign being discussed. Marketing strategy in place. Press releases done. Although there was a

jakeandmaya1 08 May, 2016 Comments 2

Countdown – 6 Weeks

Stalling. After months of playing around with different concepts, creating new patterns and finalising ideas, we have come to a point of relative inactivity. At least it seems that way. All of a sudden, everything is starting to feel pretty overwhelming. There are still so many things to do and plan and

jakeandmaya1 19 April, 2016 No Comment

10 Weeks left Until

It took a little while to get back into the swing of things after our wonderful Easter break. The weeks are flying past .... very quickly. A lot of decisions had to be made. All fabrics have been ordered and most have been delivered. All fabrics are organic. Now time has come to

tzeching 09 April, 2016 Comment 1

Week 12 and Week

Apart from wanting to create *good products, a big reason for me wanting to create Jake & Maya was so that I could become financially independent, while still being able to be a fully present (working) mummy. That's a bit like having the cake and eating it, isn't it ? Is it really possible ? Financial independence