Moziah Bridges grew up in a home in Tennessee, where fashion had a huge roll in his upbringing. His father used to walk around the house in suits, even when not going out in public. He was always taught to dress nice and present himself in a professional way. It was very rare that you saw a Bridges family member in a sweatshirt.
When Moziah was 9, he remembers going to the mall and seeing very overpriced, low quality bow ties. Moziah begged his mom to buy one for him, but she said that they were way too expensive. Moziah, who now goes by the name Mo, decided there to create his business, Mo’s Bows.
Mo’s grandmother was a skilled seamstress who taught him how to sew his own bows. This rocketed Mo’s interest in the fashion world. Mo’s Bows are high quality and affordable bow ties. Each and every bow is hand crafted and unique. While Mo is at school, his mother keeps the business going, and when he gets home from school, he helps her to package and ship the bowties.
The duo appeared on the hit television show, Shark Tank. While on the show, they gained the support of Daymond John who offered not only an investment but also an entrepreneurial mentorship. Starting off by selling bow ties on Etsy, Mo’s Bows are now featured on Amazon, ebay, and Mo’s personal website. Additionally, Mo has worked with the NBA becoming their personal fashion correspondent; many of Mo’s Bow’s feature the NBA logo.
Next year, Mo looks forward to graduating high school and going to college for fashion design. Mo’s story serves as an inspiration to other entrepreneurs, and he is a role model to young kids. He teaches the lesson that when there’s a passion, there’s a successful business to be unveiled. Mo’s business is something that he loves doing; so in a way, he never really works. Young entrepreneurs should take his business as a model of how they run their own businesses, find a passion and run with it.
I admire Mosiah and his determination to innovate the bowtie market. It is now all too common to see low quality items being sold for a higher price than it should be, so I commend Mo for realizing this and taking action on it at such a young age. He solved a real problem that I am sure others were facing, and now he is continuing to expand his fashion designer career. Mo’s entrepreneurial and innovative spirit is something to learn from and take to heart because it is clear that he turned something that he is passionate about into a thriving business with drive and purpose.
I really love the part where you said it is important to pick a passion and just run with it like Mo did. It is very impressive that he started by learned how to sew from his grandmother and was able to successfully expand his business to selling on Amazon and even on his own personal website. It will be cool to see what else Mo achieves in his career as a fashion designer since he is so young and has already accomplished so much.
I love this guy’s business! I have been able to see how it has grown over the years, he has developed it into an amazing high-quality product that so many well-known groups use! He has an amazing website which in itself entices me to buy his product. It is so important to do something that you love. Passion is a huge part of developing any business it helps to persevere through the failures entrepreneurs face along the way.