For young mothers contemplating becoming entrepreneurs, Seymour provides the following advice:... [+]It’s easier said than done to do whatever it takes to succeed. You have to remind yourself why you started in the first place constantly. Understand that there is no life-work balance. One aspect will always take the back seat. The important thing is not to beat yourself up—nurture the moment you’re experiencing; don’t let the stress hinder your progress.
“The very first step was I went to a STEP show at my university,” Seymour explains. “I put it [the soap] in little Saran wraps. I went to the Dollar Store. I made the most beautiful packaging I could with what I had. And I started handing it out. And at that time, the staple was I had designed the bar so they have beautiful designs. No one had ever seen anything like that before. I would make an array of colors using micro powders that was skin-safe. At that point, I was a brand of my own.
“A lot of times, people will discourage you and tell you that if you have a baby, they’re going to hold you back,” Seymour expresses. “They could potentially ruin your goals and things like that. I heard the craziest things when I got pregnant, ‘Your baby, your problem.’ And honestly, I think that children are a blessing. They help you gauge and navigate through this life because they give you such maturity and a clear sight of where you want to go.
“Do not look at what the next person is doing,” she states. “Just like in school, you’re looking at the next person’s paper, trying to copy off their page. They may get it right, but you don’t know how they got the answer. We live in an era of social media; everyone is comparing and trying to figure out how the next person did something. Sometimes, you have to create your own story, your own narrative and not compare yourself because it will leave you in a place where you feel discontent.