Snoape 

Creating my brand and the products for it has taught me many valuable skills that university could not. Taking products from ideation to the end user. Starting out with creating a Kickstarter campaign for a snowboarding/skiing vest, learning the ins and outs of manufacturing and dealing with manufacturers and contractual agreements; and even claiming for quality not met. Learning about shipping, customs and distribution centres has also been important.

Essentially, Snoape is a one man show. The lessons learned have been extremely valuable since I did everything myself from filming, graphic design, social media, web design, trademarks and more. However in order to film my first product I received help from friends and I received legal assistance from my partner with the manufacturing process. I believe that team work is important and believe that although a valuable experience for me, a business needs more that one person to really be successful. I am therefore slowly expanding my business while looking for work as a designer.