Showing posts with label entrepreneurship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label entrepreneurship. Show all posts

Thursday, August 11, 2016

#ThankfulThursday - Giving thanks for the past, present and future!

Hi! Today launches #ThankfulThursday, a series of weekly shout outs to those who have and continue to support VoliteINC. Credit for the idea to do this goes to Mitch Uzunoglu.

There is a well known African Proverb that says, "It takes a village to raise a child" and I believe that it takes genuine support from family and friends to start a business. There have been MANY people along the way that have supported VoliteINC. and I remember every single one of you! My goal this week is to start out by featuring someone who has been there since the VERY beginning! ;)

DISCLAIMER: These #ThankfulThursday posts are in no way, shape or form ranked or prioritized, so if you're not featured here right away, that doesn't mean that you're not important. I've got a lot of gratitude to give, so please stay patient and your time to shine will come :) If there's something special you'd like to say about VoliteINC and/or if you'd specifically like to be featured, please let me know! 
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#ThankfulThursday - Edition #1: JoAnn aka Mom

My Mom has always been my biggest fan and my #1 supporter! I know that she will always be by my side to lend a helping hand, to offer advice and most of all just to listen. I truly consider her my best friend and she is a great role model that has shown me what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. She has run multiple businesses over the past 30+ years and started her own day care out of our home when my Sister and I were babies. My Mom has taught me the importance of how to balance working hard, while managing a family and I am forever grateful for the example she has set. She is definitely the reason why I have an innate urge to create and run my own business! Thanks, Mom! <3


Not pictured: Dad. He's probably taking the photo!

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

From the ground up...

From the ground up has been the motto for Volite as the brand relaunches in 2016.

Flyer from Warped Tour 2008
at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA

My name is Rebecca Wall and I started this company back in 2004 when I was in high school. I have always been really passionate about music and learned a lot about business in college where I wrote an entire business plan for the company while getting my degree. I went to Chico State and they had a really great business program where I could focus my upper division course studies on Entrepreneurship and Small Business, which was perfect for me and Volite! As I work on rewriting the business plan and the company bio to include all of these new updates, I am relaunching the brand via social media outlets. 

photo c/o Joey Hernandez
original peace/love/music t-shirt
logo artwork and design c/o Mari Barron
graphic design c/o James Philipps

Your support means A LOT to me and I genuinely appreciate every individual "like" on Facebook and all the new users supporting and following Volite on Instagram and Twitter. I've always believed that in business and in life things should be open, honest and transparent. I've included a few photos below of the growth I've seen on Facebook in the past few weeks so that you can see what I see :) My goal is to continue to share things like this with you as this journey continues! 




Please continue to support Volite and spread the love that this musically inspired clothing and lifestyle brand strives to share and encourage in the world. Be on the lookout for a different Artist/Album/Song each week for #MusicMonday and send me some recommendations! I'll be featuring many different genres of music and I'd love to hear about what you've been listening to, even if it's something that nobody else has ever heard of. Here's a quick recap of the past few #MusicMonday artists:


Let's keep in touch! Feel free to reach out to me:

Peace and love, always <3
xoxo