Late one night at 3am, I decided "I'm going to start a tea business". And about 5 months later, it's here -- Kin Leaf Tea. Thank you to everyone who believed, financially supported, and professionally helped me. It definitely tested my imposter syndrome, perfectionism and patience, but I feel so grateful to launch knowing I did everything I could with my very few and limited resources. It took a village to get me here and I can officially call myself a tea lady. BOOYAH!
Special shoutout to my Day 1 Backers (no particular order):
- Brianti W.
- Teddy K.
- Marissa N.
- Calvin W.
- Mel S.
- Cristina S.
- Mindy K.
- Jesse F.
- Jenny Lei (Founder of Freja New York)
- Kristi T.
- Quscondy
- Joanna L.
- Mieko T.
- Nicole S.
- Finley M.
- Kim N.
- My Broski
Special mentions:
- Ky Anh Truong (Founder of VN Link Solutions) -- my cousin who has helped me financially and professionally with the ins-n-outs of business finance + administration.
- Joshua -- my partner who listened to me go off about the million different failures of sustainability, carbon calculations, designs, and soothed my doubts with endless encouragement every damn day.