We had the good fortune of connecting with Deajonae McCord and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Deajonae, is there something that you feel is most responsible for your success?
The most important factor behind my success would be my 1st born. I’ve got pregnant with him at 17 , fresh senior in highschool barley had any money. Once I gave birth I got a job at zaxbys I’ve started to realize I had to call off alot for not having a babysitter. Which made me realize I have to do something else where I can make money at home with my son.

Can you give our readers an introduction to your business? Maybe you can share a bit about what you do and what sets you apart from others?
I started my business back in 2018. I have an online store, I sell clothing,shoes, custom phone cases, blankets etc. My custom photo durags and bonnets is what first started the business. Once I started making money from that I started to expand to clothing and shoes. Now I haven’t really started seeing a lot of customers until 2 years after my business started. It was a journey I was surviving off of 1 order every 3 weeks. I’ve realized that I wasn’t doing something right so I did a $100 sale on my shoes & that’s when people started ordering and realized that I actually sell shoes & I wasn’t a scam! The sale that changed my business I went from making 1 order every 3 weeks to 5-6 orders EVERYWEEK. It was not an easy task to get to that point but I never gave up I 100% thought about my son throughout the whole process and it led me to success. I was able to buy my first car and first apartment and with the money from my business. Forever very grateful. The lesson I did learn while becoming a business owner was have patience, your blessings will come it may not happen over night but it will come have patience, promote yourself DAILY & don’t give up.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
I would say , top golf. You have food music golfing and drinks

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
I would definitely would love to give a thanks to my entire family. I have a very supportive family no matter what. I love them all.

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