How this 16-year-old turned her homemade chicken wing sauce into a business bringing in 6 figures a year

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Here's how this 16-year-old turned her homemade chicken wing sauce into a business bringing in 6 figures a year. (via CNBCMakeIt)

When Tyla-Simone Crayton was a kid, her momBedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. On one Wednesday, when Crayton was 8, her mother realized she had no sauce for the homemade chicken wings.

After all, Monique, who had multiple side hustles to make ends meet , "shaped me and taught me about entrepreneurship and always allowed it to be an option," Crayton says.In 2017, the Craytons were living in Sienna Plantation, Texas , and they decided to open a pop up restaurant night in their home. It was so successful, Crayton and Monique decided to make it a regular gig. From that April through December, the pair sold anywhere from 700 to 1,000 wings every Friday night, Crayton says — and brought in $48,000.

"I saw the dream in her and she was committed to her brand and I respected her for that," Monique says.To launch the business, Monique gave Crayton $1,500 "to buy my first couple of bottles and get my labels from Office Depot," Crayton says. Business began to pick up after Sienna Sauce caught the eye of a local television station and Crayton made her TV debut. At that point, customers began to ask for more options. Crayton experimented in her kitchen and developed

 

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