{"id":6643,"date":"2021-12-01T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T05:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jimdo.com/blog\/?p=6643"},"modified":"2023-12-21T01:39:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T23:39:36","slug":"meet-thora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jimdo.com/blog\/meet-thora\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Thora: Project manager and bracelet designer at Tampen Kiel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Thora, Maxim, and Amanda have something in common: They all have a day job and a self-employed side business. Their three projects couldn\u2019t be more different, yet they all stem from similar passions\u2014and come with the same challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our three-part series of side hustlers starts with Thora, a full-time product owner at our own headquarters in Hamburg. While spending her days as a project manager, she found a side business in her passion for water sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
What\u2019s your side business and how did it start?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
When I was a student, I lived in the Baltic coastal city of Kiel. Back then, I was always near or on the water because I loved surfing and sailing so much. That\u2019s when I came up with the idea for my side business. Lots of water sports use bright colored trim lines and, in 2012, I started making bracelets out of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More and more of my friends and acquaintances started asking for the bracelets I\u2019d been making. So, I decided to turn my hobby into a business and created a website, Facebook page, and Instagram account. What I enjoyed the most was building a brand with my bracelets that is connected to Kiel, my favorite place. That\u2019s where the name Tampen Kiel <\/em>came from. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
How do you balance two jobs at once?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I never wanted to turn Tampen Kiel into a full-time business. I\u2019ve always enjoyed knotting bracelets and I like doing it in my free time when I\u2019m on the beach or in the park. I just did it whenever I felt like it and had the motivation to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I purposefully kept the side-business commitments as small as possible from the start. When I have time, I invest it. When I don\u2019t, I don\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s simple with Tampen Kiel: If I\u2019m stressed or not in the mood, I slow everything down to a minimum. During that time, I only process orders because I can\u2019t postpone them, of course. And I can also simply pause my online store so that I won\u2019t be accepting new orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Anyone with a good idea can get started. You just have to believe in yourself.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Do you have any advice for someone starting a side business?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
First, don\u2019t be shy. These days, even an individual can have a huge reach. For example, by promoting an online store on Facebook, anyone with a good idea can get started. You just have to believe in yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Second: you shouldn\u2019t see your side hustle as just more work. It is work, of course, but it\u2019s also an incredibly enriching experience. I\u2019ve learned so much with Tampen Kiel: about my brand, about my \u201cday\u201d job, and mostly about my own personality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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