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By June Ramli
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Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to the readers of this column. A lot of things happened in the past week. I finally got the courage to send out cold emails to several retail organisations around Australia in a bid to get my products onboard onto their outlets.
I identified 10 companies, did a spreadsheet and sent out several introductory emails last week. My effort bore some fruit as three companies have replied. I am not revealing the name of the companies just yet for fear of the evil eye.
I missed one of the submission dates for one of them but for the other two that I am still talking to and I am hoping that something positive would come out of it.
One of the three companies has asked me to come up with a presentation portfolio which I have sent over, but they have circled back asking me to resent the presentation to include my handmade plush toys. Looks like I will have to redo the whole presentation from scratch.
I am still holding on to my products, only selling trickles of them here and there because of the sheer fact that in case these companies call me in for a meeting and would finally want to onboard my products onto their store, I would have at least a small batch to start with.
That is one, next I was approached by an online startup accelerator in the US recently to join their competition for my other website tapiroo.com.
Before agreeing to be a part of the programme, I went online and Googled the hell out of them and found out the company has been featured by Forbes magazine.
That gave me somewhat of a relief and now I am looking forward to seeing how my application progresses with them.
Next, because of them, I have also put in my application for a Y Combinator program. This would be for my apps Toolis and Lookis.
At the same time, I have also made headway for my very own hand sanitising product, what is left now is for me to pay and get the project going.
Lastly, I have been approached by another company on LinkedIn asking me if I would like to be a part of their marketplace.
Honest to god if I haven’t started any of this, I would have known about the existence of all these companies.
I have already put in my expression of interest and I am waiting to hear the outcome of my application too. If all goes well, I will be trading with them soon. Till my next update, be good!
Editor’s Note: You can now download our app on the Google Play Store or the Apple Store, or write your next best-selling novel with our sister app Toolis, available on the Apple Store and Google Play Store or purchase something from us at www.tapiroo.com, yayaezzy.com or at lazybumskincare.com.au. Also, check out our rate card and media kit here if you would like to advertise with us on this website. Thank you!
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June Ramli is the editor of DailyStraits.com. To stay in touch with June, look her up on Twitter @junesairaramli