I dropped out of uni and now make £1000 a day just by baking cakes – here’s how I did it
A WOMAN has revealed that she makes £1000 a day, after dropping out of university to start her dream business.
Kanita, 23 has always been passionate about baking and after realising that it was her dream to bake cakes for a living, decided to set up her own brownie selling business.
Her mum was unsure about Kanita’s venture at first but then started to help her out with orders when the business began to pick up.
Speaking to Channel 4, Kanita said: “My mum got involved on Valentine’s Day.
“We had a very crazy week and made £10,000 worth of sales in 40 minutes”.
Kanita bakes boxes of brownies, which are decorated with personalised messages such as “Happy Birthday” or “I Love You”.
She explained that what catapulted her business to success was posting content on TikTok.
Multiple of her videos have garnered over one million views, and this has enabled her to reach a much wider audience.
She often posts videos of herself making the brownies, so that people can get an inside look into where their products are coming from.
“We get to show people how our products come to life, and the people behind them”, she said.
In Kanita’s best month she earned a whopping £30,000.
Sharing the secret to why her brownies taste so good, she said: “The perfect brownies has to be extremely decadent, super instagrammable and fudgy.
As her business continued to grow, Kanita hired a team of seven staff to help her make and pack the brownies.
The team work around the clock to ensure their customers are constantly satisfied.
Kanita said that she doesn’t make lavish purchases with the money she makes, and instead uses it to reinvest into her business and to make it better.
She said: “I would love to keep making money.
How to start your own business
Dragon's Den star Theo Paphitis revealed his tips for budding entrepreneurs:
- One of the biggest barriers aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners face is a lack of confidence. You must believe in your idea — even more than that, be the one boring your friends to death about it.
- Never be afraid to make decisions. Once you have an idea, it’s the confidence to make decisions that is crucial to starting and maintaining a business.
- If you don’t take calculated risks, you’re standing still. If a decision turns out to be wrong, identify it quickly and deal with it if you can. Failing that, find someone else who can.
- It’s OK not to get it right the first time. My experience of making bad decisions is what helped develop my confidence, making me who I am today.
- Never underestimate the power of social media, and remember the internet has levelled the playing field for small businesses.
- Don’t forget to dream. A machine can’t do that!
“I would love to buy me and my mum a house/
“I want stability in my life, and freedom.”
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