Doing It On The Side

In today's episode I'm talking to Kylie Watts of Watts In Maine—her line of jewelry inspired by the fishing and lobstering culture of Maine. We talk a lot about the challenges of balancing a growing business on top of her full time job, how she often needs to move slower than she might like—because she just doesn't have all the time in the world to run the business. Kylie's website Kylie's "Fur Baby" Catahoula Leopard Dog keeps her extra busy Her interest in fashion, jewelry led to her first product, a bracelet made from the brass lobster gauge Maine Makers, LL Bean, Seabags, rope bracelets Husband is from Vinalhaven, Maine How Kylie jumped in and started to reach out to stores very early on, starting with K Collete a store she admired in Portland How she's chosen to focus on the product over trying to make the brand "perfect, and now working to refresh her brand and website and launch ecommerce (in Fall 2016) Launching a lobster gauge style ring in rose gold and silver and a new bracelet—follow Kylie on I