heyfounded Ep 4: Maria Vasco, UMass Boston 20′ Uvida Shop – Bootstrap Your Retail Venture

About the episode

Join us for a discussion with Maria Vasco about how to grow your brick-and-mortar business on your own. Maria Vasco (UMass Boston) is the Founder & CEO of Uvida Shop, Boston’s first zero-waste store.

Timestamps:

09:00 – Getting Started

14:05 – Opening a storefront

19:50 – When to open your first store

24:20 – Transitioning from online

30:40 – Building leanly and hiring employees

About heyfounded

heyfounded is a podcast for young entrepreneurs, founders, and startups. Dedicated to delivering top stories, news, and insights on the greater Boston startup/venture capital space. Stay in the loop and understand the critical first steps to building a company through our interviews with Boston entrepreneurs that are creating industry-shaping startups.

heyfounded is also in the Walk Stage of Innovate@BU’s Innovation Pathway program.

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