Hailey Hardenbrook is a young girl who decided she wanted to start a business where she could use her creativity and spread joy to those around her. This is what led her to JoyPins. The business started out with just her and her mom, creating beautiful pins to sell to friends and family, but then the response to these pins was much greater than they were expecting. Over time, the business has grown into a larger operation, with multiple of Hailey’s friends working as “employees.” On top of the usual business orders, Hailey carried out a whole fundraising effort to provide pins and handwritten notes to kids at their local hospital.
Hailey had a drive to do something that would impact the people around her, which is an incredibly important thing for an entrepreneur to have. Something she believed in was that every time you fail you learn something new, so you should keep trying. This is a simple way of explaining prototyping, which is another very important thing for entrepreneurs.
Overall, Hailey is a beautiful example of a young entrepreneur and JoyPins succeeded in doing exactly what she wanted it to; inspire creativity and joy in others.
Hailey’s story is so inspiring! It’s so touching to see how such a young girl can have that large of an impact on her community. I love how she involved her mother and her friends. Collaboration is so important when starting a business. Learning from failure is a vital lesson for entrepreneurs. Hailey already possesses so many key qualities of an entrepreneur, I have no doubt that her future business ventures will turn out to be successful, whatever they may be.