We had the good fortune of connecting with Natalie Oyoyo and we’ve shared our conversation below.
Hi Natalie, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
My thought process behind starting my own business was a very careful and strategic thought process. I decided that I was gonna take full control of what I wanted my life to be a the large part of that was me becoming my own boss me starting my own company and creating my own legacy
What should our readers know about your business?
I provide luxury picnics my picnics are fully catered by local chefs and brought to your home or a local park what sets me apart from everyone else is the fact that I created the first indoor picnic facility in the world I like to take pride in that when I started I did not realize that I will be the first in the world to have a indoor picnic facility but after I opened and I started to do research I realized that I was actually the first one in the world to have an indoor picnic facility I started my business outside and my house begin to look like Amazon so I started to look for storage space and when I found a storage space it actually was one of the best decisions that I could ever make because when I got into the building and I seen the building I know that it couldn’t just be a storage space I knew that it had to be more I knew that I had to create Unforgettable experiences indoor and that’s what I decided to do I also like to take pride in the fact that I work with local chefs and I work with local farmers I tried to bring opportunities to people in the community I try to work with people in the community to create Unforgettable experiences for my it was not easy at all I started with no funding at all no loans no credit cards my own money a couple of blankets and pillows and idea I knew it was a great idea there were challenges along the way I had to figure out how could I make this not only and Unforgettable experience but a luxury experience something that people would not forget about so I decided to implement their favorite colors and things I also decided to implement a picnic where it was free of bugs and where it can withstand weather rain sleeve or snow I wanted to do it all I wanted to make sure that these experiences that I were given to people or Unforgettable experiences and I pride myself and knowing that I’ve done just that I had no money for marketing so I decided to Market myself I decided to do things like social media and contact local news outlets and let them know what I was doing and how great of an idea that I had and how great it would be for everyone to experience what I had to offer before I knew it it had taken off probably quicker than I anticipated
If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
I would definitely take them to the Sugar Factory to eat I love their drinks and the food is awesome it’s also a nice atmosphere I also like Flavor rich flavor which is a very great restaurant so we will probably go eat there I would take them to Stone Mountain let them check the park out I believe that’s a beautiful park
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 lost my younger sister suddenly she suffered from epilepsy. one day she was here one day she was gone it made me realize how precious life was see the thing is we never know how much time we really have we all assume that we have more time but actually we never know after losing her it made me realize that if it’s something that I wanted to do I needed to do it now I did not need to wait for the right time or the right funding I needed to do it now I also knew that whatever I wanted to do I wanted to be happy when I did it and not only did I want to be happy I wanted to make other people happy
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Image Credits
I would like the credit ABC News Spectrum News Channel 4 News Angelica Morrison