Alegna Soap

How I Overcame Some Challenges In My Business And Started An After School Workshop

Angela Carillo
Founder, Alegna Soap
$5K
revenue/mo
1
Founders
0
Employees
Alegna Soap
from New York, USA
started September 2009
$5,000
revenue/mo
1
Founders
0
Employees
market size
$82.3B
avg revenue (monthly)
$67K
starting costs
$13.7K
gross margin
40%
time to build
210 days
growth channels
SEO
business model
subscription
best tools
Quickbooks, Instagram, Klaviyo
time investment
Full time
pros & cons
35 Pros & Cons
tips
11 Tips
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Hello again! Remind us who you are and what business you started.

Hi! I’m Angela Carillo and I started a company called Alegna Soap 11 years ago. I started out making soap and a few other bath and body products and selling online and at craft fairs on Long Island. After a few years, I started to offer private label custom soap, children's birthday parties and workshops, and adult soap making classes. I’ve spoken at Soap conferences in Las Vegas, Cleveland, and Chattanooga.

My best selling soap is Peppermint Scrub followed very closely by my favorite, Lavender Lemongrass.

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Tell us about what you’ve been up to! Has the business been growing?

The past six months have been challenging for me. In May, my husband had some health issues and spent 8 days in the neurological ICU....

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