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This week on the podcast we are joined by Tessa Pinner from Broaden Goods. Tessa has been traveling since she was young, and although she’s always loved to travel, she never expected to start a travel-inspired business.
On a trip to Morocco 3 years ago, Tessa and her husband fell so in love with Fez that they decided that they wanted to bring products from Fez back to the United States. Their love of the people, culture, and products sparked the idea for what is now Broaden Goods.
On this episode, Tessa shares how she fell in love with travel, and what made her fall in love with Morocco. She also shares where the idea for Broaden Goods came from and what it was like to actually go about working with locals to create goods that they could sell in the United States, as well as what she learned through that process.
Enjoy!
What we talk about in this episode:
- Tessa’s background in travel
- The trip to Morocco that changed everything!
- Why Tessa fell in love with Fez
- The culture, the food and what it’s like to be a traveler in Fez
- Morocco is a muslim country so it’s important to dress for that
- There is a haggling culture when it comes to shopping and buying things
- What the food is like in Morocco
- What Tessa, her husband and their business partners were doing before Broaden Goods
- Where the idea for Broaden Goods came from
- Turning Broaden Goods from an idea into an actual company – the key was not sitting on it and not losing steam
- The process of finding a manufacturer and not getting ripped off!
- The importance of finding someone you trust when you’re working in a different country
- How to choose the products to sell for Broaden Goods – a balance between things that are very authentic to Morocco, but will also fit with American decor
- How to start a business in another country and tips from what Tessa has learned from this experience
- Start small and see the response from people before shipping a ton of product back home!
You can connect with Tessa & Broaden Goods on Facebook, Instagram, and online!
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