{"id":573,"date":"2017-05-31T13:21:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T17:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sidehustlepro.co\/?p=573"},"modified":"2023-11-14T21:31:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T02:31:53","slug":"litbrooklyndenequawilliams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/litbrooklyndenequawilliams\/","title":{"rendered":"52: LIT Brooklyn Founder Denequa Williams on Launching a Hit Luxury Candle Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Denequa-1-427x600.jpg\" alt=\"LIT Brooklyn Founder Denequa Williams on Launching a Luxury Candle Line\" class=\"wp-image-574\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-fusebox-player-single\"><script data-type=\"track\" data-hash=\"Zwg0pOdgzq\" data-track=\"52\" src=\"https:\/\/app.fusebox.fm\/embed\/player.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today on the show, we have a woman who\u2019s hustle inspires me. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her name is Denequa Williams and she is the maker and owner of luxury soy candle company, LIT Brooklyn. Every candle is&nbsp;candle is hand poured, packaged, and shipped from Brooklyn.&nbsp;<\/span>Within a year of it&#8217;s existence, she has been featured in some of your favorite publications, Essence, Ebony, Teen Vogue, Huffington Post, BuzzFeed &amp; more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now LIT Brooklyn is still a young company, but it seems like for the past year, every event I was at, she was at. Not only that, but she would make sure that her candles were in the hands of guests attending that event. Lo and behold, people would go home, use the product and before you know it were sharing on social media and talking about this amazing product.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What better way to round out the theme of <em><strong>How to create, sell and market your physical products<\/strong><\/em>, than to talk to an entrepreneur who is learning on the go, making it work and pushing through real, life personal challenges to make it by any means necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Denequa-2-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"LIT Brooklyn Founder Denequa Williams on Launching a Luxury Candle Line\" class=\"wp-image-575\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On this episode, Denequa dishes on:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not being afraid to ask for help<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Networking the smart way<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating a product that people would be proud to own and share<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How she found the strength to keep going through personal tragedy<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/Podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apple Podcast<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/sidehustlepro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soundcloud<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/side-hustle-pro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stitcher<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/listen#\/ps\/Ijsp72w7gts46oywrh4xysunn7q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Links mentioned on this episode<\/b><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.litbklyn.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LIT Brooklyn<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sidehustlepro.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/sidehustlepro.libsyn.com\/rss<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Announcements<\/b><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Side Hustle Pro is now over 2200 members strong. If you\u2019re looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/facebook<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Social Media Info<\/b><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connect on Instagram:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LIT Brooklyn &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/litbklyn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@litbklyn<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Side Hustle Pro \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sidehustlepro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@sidehustlepro<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/sidehustlepro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#SideHustlePro<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today on the show, we have a woman who\u2019s hustle inspires me. 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