bootleg.market

Tweet it into existence 5*13*21

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I even had a booth in front of you at complexcon. I know my shit and I know we have hella mutual friends, but I like making my own impressions.

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@JoeFreshgoods this ain’t the only thing I do- I’m a born hustler I specialize in experiential production, project mgmt, events, social digital campaigns on a local & national level. Never worked for an agency, but have major brands as clients cuz I too understand culture.

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@JoeFreshgoods I ain’t gonna leave you alone till you meet w me 🙃 consider this an unconventional job application cuz I kno yo ass will never need to post any openings for shit cuz of how connected you are

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Kind of pressed that collab wasn’t in stores I had a whole ass plan for the drop

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https://t.co/XNwV0arBvQ

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Chicago Style Snacks 😋 #iykyk

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5*13*21

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I chose the crazy route... an idea I got over night that not many understand, but iykyk- I’m about to take it back & play off emotions and even if I don’t sell not 1 item I promise you imma make some damn noise and y’all gonna see my brand

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Bootleg shit has become so common these days I knew the first item I drop either has to be really fire or really crazy....

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Now that things are opening back up, business is slowing down so I figured it is the perfect time to launch our merch line

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On our 1 year anniversary I was able to save enough money to apply for our own liquor license to become legit- this alone was big because I went from not having enough $ to replace a work laptop to being able to save 10k for this process

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We pulled up in some weird ass masks so our identities wouldn’t show since this was technically illegal

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Somehow*

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This shit grew organically by word of mouth— we started doing vip packages celebrating birthdays graduations weddings etc and someone became a bootleg bottle service at your doorstep 😂

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Before I knew it I was able to hire 7 employees and donated at least 20% of all sales back into our POC communities- if I eat, everybody eats

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I had leftover product from past events and used only $9 to create our first drink menu- I called it bootleg as a nod to the 1920s bootleggers—- In my head I wanted to be seen as the modern day female Al Capone

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I started bootleg as a direct result of the pandemic- Chicago freelancers had it the worst I was on net 90s and everything I counted on to get me through March and April was cancelled

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Made a special corner store edition menu to pair w our first merch item drop 5*13*21 all ingredients you would cop from the corner store 🙃 oh and forgot to mention “bring me back my change” is a slushee @JoeFreshgoods I’ll let you keep the change if you lemme buy you a drank

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“You’re Crazy” has become my favorite compliment

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The underdog always wins