The Farmers Market That Started it All
I was positive I wouldn’t be accepted to Vermont's biggest farmers market, The Burlington Farmers Market, when I first applied 6 years ago.
I’d had my business for 4 months at that point. I’d done online Christmas and Valentine’s Day drops, and that’s it. I had no tent, table, tablecloth, sales gene, or any idea what I was doing.
I did have a great product, a rough idea of a brand, and a stubborn commitment to making this sweet idea a much bigger reality. I applied to prove to myself I meant business.
And then I got in.
I’d had my business for 4 months at that point. I’d done online Christmas and Valentine’s Day drops, and that’s it. I had no tent, table, tablecloth, sales gene, or any idea what I was doing.
I did have a great product, a rough idea of a brand, and a stubborn commitment to making this sweet idea a much bigger reality. I applied to prove to myself I meant business.
And then I got in.
What the actual heck!?! I scrambled over the next month, haphazarding together a setup I thought would work and the courage to actually STAND behind my product and tell people, to their faces, I think it’s good enough for them to spend their hard-earned dollars on.
That first market, I made $236. And BOY HOWDY did I celebrate!!! Now we regularly do 6-60x that at any given event.
That first market, I made $236. And BOY HOWDY did I celebrate!!! Now we regularly do 6-60x that at any given event.
The setup has been refined. The offerings have expanded. The events have gotten bigger. The sales gene still never quite kicked in but the deep belief that this is something frickin awesome that you deserve to have in your life has only grown.
I guess what I’m trying to say is… I can’t wait to kick off our 6th season with the Burlington Farmers Market tomorrow. The market that started it all for us.
I guess what I’m trying to say is… I can’t wait to kick off our 6th season with the Burlington Farmers Market tomorrow. The market that started it all for us.