Starting from Scratch and Building Your Business with Melanie Hurley

Elite Achievement

On this episode of Elite Achievement, Kristin introduces Melanie Hurley who started her company based on her desire to create a product that could make a difference, help others and ease her mind while painting her daughters’ nails. Melanie founded Piggy Paint in 2008 on her quest for a safer nail polish alternative for her kids. She has since become a serial entrepreneur and launched two other companies - Sophi Nail Polish and Rock the Locks.

In this episode, Melanie shares her journey as a “mompreneur,” giving us insights on the challenges she faced, the success of her companies and much more.

Episode Highlights

2:42 I think the hardest thing was just trying to figure out how to do everything by myself.

4:19 In the beginning, I think the motivation for the company was that we put everything we had into it.

4:51 I’m kind of an “all in” person so when I’m passionate about things, I just go for it.

9:11 You have to have thick skin, be passionate and eventually you’re going to get a yes.

12:55 I think that our biggest mistakes are what brought us to this point of success.

17:19 Another piece of it is the “why.” For me, I’m not just passionate about selling the product, I’m passionate about our products.

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