“You can have a lot of fun along the way.”– Ariana Chedraui

Ariana Chedraui (@arianachedraui) is the founder of Vino Cards: a wine-tasting flashcard game for beginners to learn about wine pairings.

Ariana had been thinking about the product in Feb 2018, launched a Kickstarter in July 2018 which raised $5,125, before going full-time in November 2019. Since then, the Pandemic became a thing that has thrown up interesting challenges for her fledgling business!

In our wide-ranging conversation, we discuss how Ariana came up with the idea for these wine flashcards; her experiences of ditching the 9-5 and going solo since November 2019; how she would have approached her 6-month runway differently; useful Amazon FBA tools; and so much more!

You can find Ariana at the following:

• Instagram: @arianachedraui 
• Instagram: @vinocards 
• YouTube: Ariana Chedraui
• Vino Cards on Amazon 

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

Helium 10

Alibaba

Key Points:

How Ariana came up with the idea for these wine flashcards (3:15)

Dealing with the impostor syndrome (5:20)

Her experiences of ditching the 9-5 and going solo since November 2019 (8:23)

How she would have approached her 6-month runway differently (11:21)

Her business after Covid (15:58, 26:23)

Looking for suppliers and useful Amazon FBA tools (18:58)

Ariana’s advice for getting suppliers (22:41)

The next steps  (27:58)

“You can have a lot of fun along the way.”– Ariana (32:00)

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