 Welcome back to hashtag entrepreneurship Tuesday on why in the morning at why to fight for channel across all our social media platform at Michelle as she raised or you can reach out to me and this Other session we are on 30 minutes to our time frame, which is seven till 10 a.m It's to know I have Eric Wanderer. It's wait before introduce you to this Incredible young man. We are looking at two two aspect of it. He's an artist But today the main reason why he is today. He's here today. It's all about his fashion and design shop known as slam kid Kicks I got it, right? Thank you very much for creating time Eric Wanderer. Yes. Yes. I'm a pleasure to be here. Have you been? I've been good Okay, so for someone who is meeting you for the first time ever ever who is Eric Wanderer? Eric Wanderer first of all is a God-fearing guy. First of all, that is what I always identify myself with yeah, and Starting at I think in 2017 I had this dream now I can introduce myself as an entrepreneur Oh, yeah, how do you have a dream? Yes Sure, sure Yeah, so I think now I ventured into shoe business and also fashion design. I dress artists. Yeah, I sell them good stuff legit, man We don't we don't do fake. Yeah, man. So I think this corner thing the way it came I think it shook so many things. You see I'm an artist So with corona you see the old shows were banned. No, you can't go anywhere to do like a congregation So that's why I thought now. Why can't I venture in this shoe business which I can do it online? Yeah, I can deliver my staffs when I'm home So I started slowly. I pray to God that I said now because corona elisa was a shower to me and say You can you will never differentiate a big artist and a small artist Maybe quite a bit but on the shows there are no shows So you need to have you juggle your mind and see what you can do next now. Okay. When did you start? Slam kid kicks a slam kid kick started like let me say officially started in January Yeah, January is when I started my online I opened my Instagram and I had already talked to my friends who are already supporting me So I didn't have anything at that time But I just thought what if I tell my friends who buy shoes? Art is some of them are artists. So I told them. Well, I'm starting this business If you want an issue, I will sell you. Yeah, at a good price. So that's how it started It started I open up on Instagram Facebook page. I started slowly by slowly until now You've mentioned something important like you included your friends during the initial stage of your business I would like to find out what was the initial capital and how did you raise your capital? Wow Now this is me. Oh, that's good. I'm good. This is crazy. I think I can say First of all, I give God thanks because I didn't have like capital You see like he let capital to some of this is now this is the money. I want to start business with for me I used to do this. I used to like I sell one shoe. I Saved that small money. I go buy another one then the small I think I Depend on selling and buying. Yeah, I sell then save and buy another that's how I started I didn't have like a lot of money to start business with. Yeah All right, so just Being faithful And your profit and just investing it back to the business You mentioned how far long you've been operating And for how long? Yeah, I started in January I think in seven months and I think the brand is doing good. I give thanks glory was a glory to God because I've done I've done a lot of work. I've seen artists have trusted me. In fact, big up. There is a DJ on Some platform somewhere who has DM'd me and I'm going to dress you my guy I'm waiting before you go way for the Rudy up and you buy me some Let's look at you mentioned a little that you are a stylist you offer designed well Legit So tell us more about what does slam kid kicks and what is it does he have to offer just a path from that because you Mentioned yes particular services. Yeah, sure. Okay slam kid kicks Comes from my name because my artist name is Manasseh the slam kid. Those who know your dance. I'll think that yeah, no, you're an entrepreneurship so You see I'm taking them to the musical part then I bring them back to be in business. You can do the dance I'll take your song back. So I think When I started this thing I like slam kid kicks is from my name Manasseh slam kid Slam kid have been using it for quite a long time because of my background From the slums the way it says so I thought let me just inspire that slam kid Who is there not changing a name saying or push guy or toward? No, no, no, I just say let me use this name I know I believe in this brand. Yeah, the way you see these other big brands. I Believe in that brand slam kid kicks one day. I want to trust this brand that one day to be recognized Internationally so let me use it and the speaking about being recognized internationally You actually did be great. Do you get to be in? International Yeah All right, so you're going to work with a couple of celebrities such as Naiboi and the song Isabella and the Nigerian artist. Yes, so how do how do you get to pick the correct? Style for this artist and how do you even get to connect with these particular celebrities to work with them? Okay, first of all for that video Isabella and Naiboi and Kdex from Nigeria I want to big up my boy feel feel the drip. Yeah, I feel a drip. It's the one who hooked me up Yeah, I told me no There is this opportunity gotten So they want us to dress them and I have this I have this so Philo came with some stuff And I also came with some stuff and we collaborated to dress them So I think having network with friends and good relationship is what matters in this business Yeah, so I give thanks because that relationship created this opportunity and from that dressing of Naiboi Naiboi posting big ups on an eyeball. Yeah, then people realize are they went to my page start checking out my stuff I say, ah, this guy is selling good things. So that's how I started getting more orders. Yeah All right. So for someone who is watching this particular conversation and they want to get into the fashion industry and become a stylist So the question will be as simple as this How do they get into this particular industry and what skills or background does one need to have in order to just Get into this particular stylist the fashion industry that is From experience mine I can say you need just to have a vision a vision about that business I can assure you. It's not easy. It's not easy Yeah, it's not easy at all. People will talk bad about What you do? There is someone who will go somewhere and say that guy is selling bad stuff Don't buy from him But as long as you have a vision about that business why the reason why you're starting it just have passion Yeah, be disciplined with the small you get if you have the capital to start like you have 100 g's 50 g's 20 g's start with it But if you don't have you have to be disciplined Yeah with a little for me area of anything man, that's what amazes me when I wake up in the morning Then I find I have like three orders on my phone. I say wow This is God because I didn't have anything Yeah, and for someone who is watching this and they're just trying to understand How are you doing in the the business? How is the business doing this time of the COVID-19 and Are you doing deliveries? It's all it's an Africa like you did. Yes. Yes. Yeah, so tell us more about that Business during this time and this time first of all, you see At least this time they opened some borders and like movement. You see the way like COVID-19 when it hit You see people are so afraid to go out Yeah, so someone is afraid if we take some a tattoo and who but we like contact COVID-19 so that is when I think things started picking up so I used to write and say we will sanitize So when somebody sees my post and they're like, yeah, sure I like this stuff, but I don't want to go out So when I be read as they see I've written I will sanitize and for sure you are you I was not doing PR I will sanitize because even me the shoes have been important So you sanitize them then that when the client calls you where are you? They we drop at the doorstep even not at the gate. We tell the soldier, please We are going for a VIP deliver. We bring to the doorstep. Yeah, you're marketing marketing right, so for someone also Would like like wondering. Yeah, they are wondering what is so different about Slam kid kicks. What is your niche because out here? We have different stylists. We have people who can you know link us up with Cool kids. Yeah, you know, so what is so different about the Slam kid kicks. What is different about slam kid kicks is because slam kid kicks is godly based business That is the difference between me and those people who think that I'm using anything else Because for me, I pray every day in the morning and tell God this business has a lot of competition There are a lot of people here. There are a lot of people who don't want it for me You know as much as we are laughing or you're laughing with your friend There is someone who doesn't want good for you. So when you wake up in the morning, tell God I'm going out and I want you to prepare clients for me So that is the most outstanding thing I would say Yeah, that is why I get orders that people are wondering I this guy has gotten money from my no It's God who you see in this link up sometimes they amaze you You don't know who there is somewhere. Maybe you sold a shoe or a cloth then somebody told you told that person Where did you buy this? You say, ah, there's some guy who sells me. So this is God who connects you to What is the process like if I if I want to be styled by you For a particular occasion So what is the process like to get to you? One thing and are you free to give us your rate card? Okay, how much does it cost? Okay? The cost you can't compare you like have a fixed cost because when someone wants to be dressed or wants to buy a Kick kicks are different clothes are different and it depends on how many outfits someone wants So you can't have a closed rate. So you just need to talk and communicate with a client And you communicate with them. Then how many outfits do you need? What kind of style do you need? Yeah, then you say and you say do you have anything like a picture of how you want to be dressed or I send pictures This is the stuff I have which one impresses you here. So that's when we talk about price But I sure it's not little money, but it's not too much I don't tell us it's affordable. Yeah, it's affordable man for all people all kinds of people Okay, my director is ready. We can check out your kicks, but meanwhile, I would like to you this legit kicks Right, where do you get them? Where we import in this particular? Legit Where do you get your your merchandise? Actually, I have trusted friends Yeah, you see like importing these things is not easy. Yeah, you see some are from Italy made France You see, yeah, so if you want to get them, you know direct importation, you need to have a lot of money So I have friends or people who do business that I trust them where they get their products from Yeah, so that's where I go because I don't have that too much money But if I get it for sure I have a link to import direct Yeah, so I me I rely on them so they help me to bring in because I think they have much Capital than me. So I tell them this is what I want. This is what I want Then I go and choose what I ordered for so I bring them Then I pay them something small because they've spent their money to import. Yeah, sure. So my director. We are ready to check out this slum kid Let's check out what you have So the styling aspect. Well, maybe you can tell us about this look Actually, this look is all about Design this is like an artist thing. You see you can't get anyone from anywhere. Just wearing like this You would have somebody like nose. This is now like an artist thing. Yeah, if you want to be dressed There's a du-rag There's some Gucci some SWAT effort on the Ties, you see, yeah, so if there is an artist who want to be dressed. This is like one of the outfits Yeah, give them that one. Yeah, this is now DJs from my best friends DGM Zeto DJ Frank. Yeah, I dressed them They appreciate Why are nice? Yeah This is you. Yeah, that's me But not only artists. Yeah, because you see now that like a Louis Vuitton Yeah, you should actually mention them. Yeah, this is now KDX with that So this is the one who did it. Yeah, the Nigeria who did the song Isabella with Nibble and Wallace So this is me then with the field. Yeah, I feel we dressed this guy with Phil though the kicks are mine Yeah, the bell the chain you see Yeah, yeah, sure Yeah, there's a some of the kick this Jordan six Travis Scott. How much does this? This is legit Man, can you see This is like This one can be rocked by ladies. Yeah, I think it can be this one is suits you very much. We need to talk about this Yeah, yeah, that's it. I force one and that is easy. You see this Adidas easy by Kanye West You see Kanye West You see this one comes yeah, they order you see order you order them from the company So you say, you know, you see the people who trust Good things. They don't want you to give them examples of things. You know, there are so many examples The situation I buy you order something Yes, and then when it comes in real life, it's something totally different. We say for ground between a different You see now we order them then they come the way you want them That's what I normally tell people whatever you order. This is what we bring. These are Chelsea boots Yeah, billionaire Chelsea boots for those classy people those classy men with some Yes, I'm so it when you enter you see I always have a slogan that says good shoes will take you to good places trust me Yeah, this is a mask You see I told you I like designer and legit things. This is a designer genuine leather Yeah, three-ply mask. This is a Gucci one. I also have LV Louis Vuitton. Yeah, yeah. Oh, it's so one The one I came working at So for particular for any artist or just Come on one night she come a CC when you want you to do when we want you to dress us for a particular occasion and You say there's no fixed Yeah, okay, we will talk actually there is no fix The reason why I say that is because what you desire and what somebody else desires is different Then the combination you can say like this shoe. I can compare with another because prices are different Makes lots. Yeah, so your combination is what adds up here And for an artist who wants to reach out to you For you to dress them and they ask I'm for my side now and For most of our viewers who enjoy music and they see this collection and combination of different artists What what what amount of work goes into choosing a particular Attire for an artist and What actually motivates or influence? Different looks does it have to do with the theme of the song? How does it work? Actually it has to be with the theme The mindset of the director And also the mindset of the the person who now is shooting the video the owner the artist Yeah, because if you're doing an african song like you can't dress them now the western style Yeah, you need to bring them now something that suits the african Thing so yeah, that's now the difference Yeah, okay. Yes, sure. So for guys who back at home, how can they reach out to you? to get information or fashion Design design you being their stylist, how can they reach out to your social media? Okay on social media Because I access all the my media platforms social media platform So you can reach me out on slam kid kicks on instagram You can reach us on slam kid kicks on facebook And also if you come across manase the slam kid the artist buddies man around town this thing They're doing for jesus christ. You can reach me out at manase the slam kid Yes, I Okay, so Manase Now we have she turned to manase. He's an artist and uh, you come another day and we'll talk about the music Industry and the the business side of it. Are you fairing? Is that real gold? So we'll be going to a shop musical break and actually playing yourself Nice. Let's see what you got on the other side