Hello readers,
I am writing here after ages. I was tied up with numerous
things after moving out to a new city. Yes, I have moved to Islamabad, the
capital of Pakistan. And guess what I have started admiring the serene city.
Today's post is very important and this is about something
very close to my heart. It is about my story as an entrepreneur.
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| Mysticare's Logo |
“If you’ve got an idea, start today. There’s no better time
than now to get going. That doesn’t mean quit your job and jump into your idea
100% from day one, but there’s always small progress that can be made to start
the movement.”
As we grew up, we started working part-time along with the
studies so our father would not have burdened alone with all the expenses. Back
in 2016, my elder sister got married and moved abroad. Time flew and in a few
months, my wedding date was fixed and I knew I'll be moving out soon.
What bothered me the most was that my father was about to
retire, my sister left, and I was leaving soon. I was feeling helpless and I never
wanted daddy to spend his savings for the rest of his life. My nights were
sleepless; insomnia had embraced me and kept me awake to think about something
before I leave my house. And during those sleepless nights, an idea rose in my
mind. Everything started as nothing. I did not have big ideas. It was an
immature small idea, which seemed to work out.
I suffered from the delusion that every product of my
imagination was not only possible, but always on the cusp of becoming real. I
aspire to choose something unique. For an emerging entrepreneur, it is very
important for their product to be conspicuous in the crowd.
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| Mysticare- a blend of pure oils and herbs |
I was young but I thought, ‘The earlier you start, the more time you have to mess up’. And what
gave my thought a great kick was the famous quote by Michael Dunlop, ‘If you start with nothing and end up with
nothing, there’s nothing lost.’
So I knew, my mum used to make oils for her hair and trust
me the people who know her would agree how long and healthy her hair was and
are.
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| My hair fall army |
The hair oil helped her the most when she was facing severe hair
fall after the removal of her thyroid. I was determined yet not sure how it
would turn out in public. Anyhow, I asked her to talk about the oil in the
family. Eventually, our relatives asked for the oil and she gave away few
samples and within no time, it was a hit product in the family. Her product was
very famous in the neighborhood in a few months. But then we wanted to expand
the reach and thought of giving it a name and made a Facebook page. After
several attempts, I named it Mysticare. I named it, designed the logo, designed
the stickers (yes, I did it on my own without any logo designing services.)
It kept on growing slowly and when last year as I was
leaving the city, someone posted a very good review on a Facebook group and the
orders started to pour in. Excited but sadly, we had to apologize and turned
down the orders as we were out of town for my wedding festivities.
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| Mysticare Hair treatment Oil |
Since then I manage the Facebook page from Islamabad and my
sister take the orders from Karachi.
And Mashallah it's been a year and we are dispatching more
than 15 hair oil bottles weekly. Moreover, a few new oils are in the pipeline and
I will be launching the soon.
The hardest part about
being an entrepreneur is that you’ll fail ten times for every success.
Today, I feel I helped my parents financially before leaving
the house. Also, my mother always wanted to work as an entrepreneur and I
supported her in this regard.
Anything can be done, as long as you truly believe it.
One message for everyone out there who wish to be an entrepreneur:
Stick with it, even on the bad days.
Please support my mother's start up and help us grow and reach to more people.
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