Cheyanne Gerlach is a senior Integrated Science major in the Engler program. Gerlach has worked on five different businesses throughout her experience as an entrepreneur.

     

“My first business that I started in the Engler program is ‘Giving Gloves’ and I started that in Enlger 101 and for every pair of gloves that we sold we donated a pair to the People City Mission,” Gerlach said. “Since then I’ve pivoted that into a full-time business called Hiram Prize... we sell travel apparel for women and I’m hoping to get into travel-esque home decor also.”

     

Gerlach found the most difficult part of entrepreneurship was overcoming resistance. 

     

“Resistance is different for every entrepreneur. It's the voice in the back of your head that says, ‘You're not ready,’ ‘You're not qualified,’ ‘You can't do this,’ When you start a business these voices tend to be amplified and multiplied,” Gerlach said.

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