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Diaper Fairy

April 16, 2013 By hatfiled developer

Diaper-Fairy

By JENNIFER RUBENSTIEN

Many of us think of glitz and glamour when we hear the word “entrepreneur.” Visions of Bill Gates  programming away on a computer, then heading to a black tie dinner to hang with the glitterati.  But examples of entrepreneurs come in a wide variety. “Mine is not a glamourous business,” says Emily McCay, local entrepreneur and owner of The Diaper Fairy. She says, “ I like to joke that we’re #1 in the #2 business.”

Emily started The Diaper Fairy, a cloth diaper laundry and delivery service, in 2010. Since that time she has also changed her definition of what it means to be an entrepreneur. “For a long time, I felt like I needed to be the one to do everything for the business – accounting, sales, deliveries, sorting, etc. It was very taxing and the business was not growing.” She realized a few months ago that she needed to either close up shop or make some changes, so she called the Small Business Development Center to get some advice. “They made me realize that just because I started the business, it didn’t mean I should continue to do everything. It was time to take another leap of faith and hire people who are skilled and proficient in the areas I’m not.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: News, Spotlight Tagged With: diaper, Diaper Fairy, Kentucky, laundry, laundry service, Louisville, small Business

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