Joining me in this episode of the podcast is Blair Paysinger! Blair is owner of Post 21, an online marketplace for Black-owned businesses with approximately sixty vendors. They have been in business for a little more than a year, having initially launched on June 1, 2020, and Blair walks us through how Post 21 came to be and what it has been like running it alongside her mother, with Blair handling the more creative aspects of the company and her mom handling the business side of it.
Blair also touches upon various topics such as what Post 21's biggest failure has been and what she learned from that failure and also shares her hopes for the future (such as wanting Post 21 to grow into more of a warehouse like Amazon that offers speedier deliveries). She also offers helpful advice to anyone who might want to go down a similar path as hers and start their own business, and she of course answers our most important question by revealing what her superpower is!
I hope that you enjoyed my chat with Blair and that you will stay tuned as we check back in with her in a few months to see where her journey has taken her! In the meantime, be sure to continue listening in as more guests share their stories of entrepreneurship – their successes, their failures, their goals, their hopes, and so on. Be sure to also hit the subscribe button so that you never miss an episode!
Time Stamps
[1:04] – Jackie is joined in this episode by Blair Paysinger of Post 21.
[1:18] – Blair gives some background information about herself and her journey.
[2:07] – Blair reveals that she runs Post 21 alongside her mother.
[3:07] – We discover what Blair wanted to do when she was a child and how that morphed into what she does now.
[3:55] – Blair shares that her role with Post 21 is more creative whereas her mom's role is in dealing more with the business side of things.
[4:23] – We learn how Post 21 works.
[4:53] – Post 21 is Blair's first business of her own.
[5:27] – Blair reflects upon her biggest failure and what she learned from it.
[6:31] – Blair expounds upon possible reasons why Post 21 flourished even during a pandemic.
[7:16] – We are let in on a couple pieces of wisdom if we want to walk a similar path as Blair's: (1) take breaks and (2) ask questions.
[8:38] – Blair credits videos and tutorials that were emailed to her as especially helpful.
[9:48] – Blair hopes that Post 21 will be more like Amazon within the next five years – with a warehouse and speedy delivery.
[10:31] – We discover that Blair's superpower is her ability to stay calm.
[11:17] – Learn where Blair can be found on social media!
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