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She Lost Her Business, Then Built a Creative Brand From Wood Scraps | Dorin Natukunda | UG Edition
· 38 min
Episode She Lost Her Business, Then Built a Creative Brand From Wood Scraps | Dorin Natukunda | UG Edition
Doreen Natukunda Opio spent nearly eight years trying to rebuild her livelihood after losing her first business. From selling T-shirts and household items to experimenting with handcrafted art, she struggled to find her footing until COVID-19 opened an unexpected opportunity. Using leftover wood offcuts and the power of social media, Dorin built Art Kadowaz into a creative studio serving clients across East Africa. But growth came with expensive machinery, rising production costs and a major equipment failure that nearly brought the business to a standstill.In this Financially Incorrect Uganda Edition, Dorin shares the realities of turning creativity into a profitable business, investing UGX 53 million in machinery and running a company that supports her family, even though she and her husband don't draw formal salaries.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Access all our links in one place: https://lnk.bio/Financially_Inc💹 Ready to start trading?🧑🏫 Learn how to trade: https://lnk.bio/fxpesa📲 Open a demo trading account: https://bit.ly/DemoAccountYT 📈 Start live trading: https://bit.ly/LiveAccountYT------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Episode Chapters00:00 Introduction 02:45 Meet Doreen Natukunda05:55 Growing Up in a Family Business09:57 Starting Her First Business18:22 Losing Her Business & Starting Over22:00 Motherhood & Financial Setbacks28:15 Eight Years of Finding Her Way Back31:25 How COVID Changed Everything35:54 Building Art Kadoras Through Social Media40:19 Turning Wood Offcuts Into Profit45:01 Scaling Production & Investing in Machinery52:51 Landing a Major International Contract57:24 Growing the Business & Finding Customers01:08:34 Rising Costs & the UGX 53M Machine Crisis01:17:45 Financial Success & Running a Business Without a Salary
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