The Lowdown

You get a wedding invitation in the mail and plan on replying ‘joyfully accepts,’ but then all is not well and consider ‘regretfully declines’ as you think: I do not know what to wear!

We are proud to have been selected as a Top 100 Small Business in the USA in the 2017 FedEx Small Business Grant Contest. There was just a 2% chance to make it into this position in the contest - and we did it with the support of Hipstik’s customers who diligently voted for Hipstik....

You don’t wake up one day and say, ‘I want to be an entrepreneur.’ All along you have the traits of an entrepreneur. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don’t move forward with them. You have to have the attributes within yourself. Do more than just dream. Put your dreams into action....

It took us a year to go from idea to product. It doesn’t happen overnight. Both Jason and I have a background in marketing and have launched many other products for clients so we were able to do most things very efficiently ourselves while others will likely have to hire out.

I sat down with Laura and Jason, co-founders/wife-husband of Hipstik, over a yummy blueberry pancake breakfast to find out more about how Hipstik has bloomed into a statement of change. It was neat to see them interact with one another as they finish each other’s sentences! Follow us along in part one of our three...

Real Customer Submission Photo: It's Zoe in Hipstik in Paris! It’s no surprise that the French are some of the most fashionable in the world. On a recent trip to France this winter, I noticed how put together all of the women are: stylish, but simple and understated. Nothing about how they looked felt overdone...