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Meet more top people in: Advertising, Marketing & PR Apparel, Grooming & Beauty Business Consulting & Coaching Business Services Construction & Architecture Design, Art & Photography Education, Childcare & Toys Finance & Accounting Food & Beverage Gifts & Crafts Government & Related Import & Export Internet & Ecommerce Legal & Insurance Manufacturing & Printing Medical & Healthcare Music & Entertainment Nat'l Resources & Agriculture Non-profit & Associations Personal & Home Services Pets & Animals Publishing, Media & Writing Real Estate & Property Retail Sports, Fitness & Recreation Tech, Hardware & Software Telecomm & Utilities Transportation & Delivery Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Webhosting & Consulting Wholesale & Distribution Other Diverse Fields Return to Profile Home Page   Spotlight on Top Business Owners in Gifts & Crafts   Sweet Gourmella Name: Sandra Hamilton Location: Cleveland, Type of Business: Mineral make-up, soaps, and candles What does your business do? I sell make-up, soaps, and candles. When and why did you start the biz? I started in 8/2008. My father had passed away and I needed an outlet. I enjoy what I sell. How Many People are in your Company? 1 Where's your office? My office is located in the middle of the house. I have a long mirror in my office to give my self those self-esteem talks, My computer sits on a half broken down computer desk. (I keep telling myself it is character building). My storage for my products have found a home in a bar. (Perfect place for my Sangaria and Tequilla Sunrise candles). My files have found a home on one of my tables (Talk about at your fingertips). What's the toughest part of running your biz? Building a solid customer list and getting new distributors. What's the most fun part? It is my business and I love what I do. Anything you would have done differently? No. What's next on the horizon for your biz? To explode onto the retail consumers. What advice do you have for others? If you feel passionate about something, "Do it". Don't let anyone talk you out of it. It is very tough and sometimes you feel you have not made anything. Stick to it, you might surprise yourself and everyone else. "You get out of the business, what you put into it". How do you use Idea Cafe to help your biz? I hope it will give me great tips on how to increase my customer base. Favorite Food? pork fried rice What are your pets' names? snoopy, cephaus, slick and callie. Do any of these pets help with your biz? no Is there any one person or event in your life that led you to go into business for yourself? my dad Anyone you publicly want to thank? no Contact Info: Sandra Hamilton 216-849-6697/216 sweetgourmella@hotmail.com Website: http://www.sweetgourmella.scent-team.com Enter your search terms Submit search form       Search Idea Cafe Web Small Business Tax Center • Idea Cafe Home • Sign Up • Biz Grant Center • CyberSchmooz •Coffee Talk with Experts • People in Biz Profiles • Starting Your Biz • Biz Planning • Running Your Biz • FREE Trade Publications • Marketing • Financing Your Biz • Human Resources • Legal & Biz Forms • Managing Your Biz • eCommerce • You and Your Biz • Gen X • Work@Home • The Fridge • De-Stress • Send an Award • Send an eGreeting • Yoga @ Your Desk • Web Guide • Idea Cafe in the News • About Idea Cafe • Advertise on Idea Cafe • Contact Us • Privacy Policy • Site Map • Small Biz News Copyright 1995-2009, DevStart, Inc. Downloads are for personal use only, not for resale to others, and may not be reprinted in any form without written permission from DevStart, Inc. DISCLAIMER: We hope whatever you find on this site is helpful, but be cautioned that it may not apply to your own situation, or be totally current at any given time. DevStart Inc. and all of its current and past experts, sponsors, advertisers, agents, contractors and advisors disclaim all warranties with regard to anything found anywhere on this family of websites, quoted from, or sent from DevStart, Inc. and its related sites, publications and companies. We also take no responsibility for comments published by others on these pages. TRADEMARKS: The following are Registered Trademarks or Servicemarks of DevStart, Inc.: Idea Cafe®, Online Coffee Break®, The Small Business Gathering Place®, Take out Info®, Biz Bar & Grill®, Complaint-O-Meter®, A Fun Approach to Serious Business™, CyberSchmooz™, and BizCafe™.