mumpreneur – Jake + Maya [Kids]

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 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

jakeandmaya1 07 March, 2016 Comments off

Countdown – 14 Weeks

As we are counting down the weeks, I am trying to stay calm and collected but in reality, I am starting to stress out a bit. 14 weeks... that is just going to fly by ! Help !!! Time to focus and get very organised. Still trying to finalise the surface patterns but

jakeandmaya1 23 February, 2016 Comments 2

Countdown – 16 Weeks

This week was all about building a good team. One of the things that I have learnt through my years of running my own brand, is that it is impossible to do everything myself ! I learnt that the hard way. Through making lots of mistakes. When I first launched Jake & Maya in

jakeandmaya1 08 October, 2015 No Comment

Advice for an

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My art journal[/caption] I recently read an article about Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, the most successful online company in Asia. There were some good advice/or reminders in that article that I wanted to share with you:

Starting your own business means

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jakeandmaya1 21 May, 2015 Comment 1

What is a brand

In order to successfully re-brand Jake and Maya Collective, we need to first find out what kind of brand we are and what kind of brand we would like to be/become. So what exactly is a brand ? A brand (derived from the Old Norse "brandr" meaning "to burn") is a name, term, design or other
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