Photos are important. Ashley Green learned that when she was 21 years old: Her mom died suddenly, leaving her with only one picture of them together.
The Greens, both 38, launched their company from their garage in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as a side hustle: Ashley was a high school teacher and Kenny was a social worker. They used a $200 investment from Ashley's dad as their seed money, she said.Ashley started working on Kaans Designs full-time in 2017, and Kenny alternates between doing the same and taking up other full-time jobs as needed, Ashley tells CNBC Make It.
Graves offered the Greens a $75,000 loan, rather than an investment, in exchange for 10% of Kaans Designs' equity. He also asked John, the founder of apparel company Fubu, to join the deal purely as a mentor.keep as much ownership of their business