How will this project help the community?
We will begin our entrepreneurial journey by selling our designs, to build our reputation. We will do volume sales in various markets on weekends and holiday season. We also do collaborations with existing shops.
Our internet marketing and sales platform will help us to gain sales that cover our expenses and create profit. We will improve our social media presence by collaborating with young influencers, do unique limited designs, which can be priced a bit higher than our regular collection.
What is the business idea?
It will bring joy, and provide a person with Down syndrome with a job. It will also raise awareness in the community of her capabilities.
What personal goals led the group here?
Our group has several skills and experiences that support this business. Fódhla enjoys handwriting and has a strong interest in fashion, which helps with design. She loves making TikTok videos and dancing, which can promote our products on social media and attract customers. Maura Bríd has experience with many different crafts, which will be useful when creating and decorating our products. We already have some of the equipment and materials needed for the business. We plan to use textile paints suitable for t-shirts and sweatshirts, and we will use a Cricut machine to help with printing designs. Our business will be run from home. We live in the countryside in the Midlands of Ireland, between the towns of Athlone, Tullamore, and Mullingar. Our location is also convenient because we are only about one hour from Dublin and Galway. We can commit around four hours per week to start with and increase this if needed. We will also get help from family members & work colleagues.
How will this business make a profit?
The name Jump4Joy comes from drawings by Fódhla, and will hopefully bring JOY to all who wear and see our xlothes.
We will create original designs for t-shirts and jumpers. Our goal is to sell shops located in Dublin and elsewhere, and online.
We will be successful because we have a good story behind our business with a special designer Fódhla and her mother Maura-Brid. We are ready to sell other micro-businesses’ products like card games and wish that other microbusinesses will sell our products.
What do we have to make this business successful?
FN: My goals are to got to college, to drive a car, to travel, and to be fit and healthy
MBG: I want to support Fódhla in becoming an independent, happy young woman, in charge of her own life with friends. I want to establish a good life for me and my two daughters to thrive in, to be be content and happy.
