{"id":60492,"date":"2012-10-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-student-turns-heads-with-her-new-business\/"},"modified":"2012-10-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T00:00:00","slug":"uri-student-turns-heads-with-her-new-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2012\/10\/uri-student-turns-heads-with-her-new-business\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 student turns heads with her new business"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, Oct. 24, 2012 \u2013 All great ideas have an aha moment, and Stefanie Olesen\u2019s came during a brisk winter day in New York City.<\/p>\n


\nShe was sipping coffee in a caf\u00e9 across from Rockefeller Center when a young woman offered a compliment that changed her life: \u201cI love your headband.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nOlesen was elated. On a whim, she had whipped up the hair accessory the night before to keep her ears warm \u2013 in a stylish way. More compliments from more strangers followed, and in no time a business was born.<\/p>\n


\nSince that fateful day in January, Olesen, a 21-year-old senior majoring in marketing at 溏心vlog免费B站, has sold hundreds of handmade headbands through her company, S.O. Glam Headbands. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe key to success is that you just have to stay motivated,\u201d she says. \u201cYou have to believe in yourself and what you\u2019re doing and have a passion for it. You can\u2019t give up.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nRaised in Ocean Township in central New Jersey, Olesen says she knew as a senior in high school that she wanted to study marketing in college. She visited several schools on the Eastern seaboard, but was especially impressed by the business school at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\n\tShe credits her marketing courses with giving her the confidence and smarts to launch her own company. She also learned about the importance of building business relationships, especially in today\u2019s tough job market.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cProbably one of the best things I learned in college is that it\u2019s all about networking,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s important to meet with lots of different people and connect with them.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tWearing her creations helps, too. Not long ago, she walked into AVEYOU, a cosmetics store near her hometown, with her hair swept back by a black lace headband spiffed up with a pendant. The owners were so impressed with her work they decided to carry the entire line. Now her headbands are available in the store and on its website.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis is huge for me,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd really cool.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nStarting a business is fun, but also hard work, Olesen says. While her friends were skiing or hanging out at the mall during winter break, Olesen was sitting on her sofa, sewing tiny cloth daffodils onto swatches of fabric. No small task, considering her sewing skills were limited to buttons on shirts.<\/p>\n


\nShe quickly remedied that. During spring break, she took a three-hour sewing course at a fabric store and even bought a sewing machine to boost production. Her designs are whimsical and glamorous and usually include a piece of jewelry or a flower.<\/p>\n


\n\tOne of the highpoints of her career so far was an event in September hosted by Jacqueline Laurita, the raven-haired star of Bravo\u2019s reality TV series, \u201cThe Real Housewives of New Jersey.\u201d She hooked up with Laurita through a friend of a friend.<\/p>\n


\nOlesen made two baskets for the event, which raised money for autism awareness campaigns. (Laurita\u2019s son was recently diagnosed with autism; Olesen has a 21-year-old cousin who is autistic.)<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIt was awesome,\u201d Olesen says. \u201cAfter the event, I went up to Jacqueline and said, \u2018My name is Stefanie Olesen,\u2019 and she said my headbands were really, really pretty. I was, like, \u2018Wow, a celebrity saw my work.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tHer plans after graduation are ambitious. She hopes to find a marketing job in the Big Apple and continue expanding her company, which will keep its present name. \u201cEverything I do,\u201d she says, \u201chas some glam in it.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nHer headbands cost from $10 to $30 and are available online through etsy.com\/soglamheadbands, aveyou.com, and soglambystefanieolesen@gmail.com. Richgirlonabudget.com, a fashion blog that gets thousands of hits a month, is expected to write about her soon.<\/p>\n


\n\tOlesen\u2019s next sales and marketing event is at Towson University near Baltimore. The order is steep – 100 gold and black headbands by Nov. 3 – but she\u2019s up for the challenge.<\/p>\n


\n\tIn between papers, exams and sleeping, the budding entrepreneur says, \u201cI\u2019ll get it done.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nPictured above

\nStefanie Olesen and Jacqueline Laurita, star of the TV reality series, “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.”

\nPhoto submitted by Stefanie Olesen<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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