Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Andrea Amoretti, founder of Amoretti Brothers, located in New York, NY, USA.

What's your business, and who are your customers?

At Amoretti Brothers, we make handmade custom range hoods, hammered copper cookware, high-end brass sinks, bathtubs, and beautiful home decors using only natural materials and traditional techniques. We are originally from Italy, and we add our own aesthetics to each of our products. All our products are made by the best-skilled artisans, and we try to use only recycled materials. and the best business practices.

Tell us about yourself

The vision behind it is fueled by a big passion for everything that is beautiful and unique. The challenge of starting a business from scratch, outside my own country with all the major difficulties that every business owner faces, especially during the start-up process, is greatly overcome by the happiness of seeing, in the end, our products in the best stores and in beautiful projects all around the USA and in the World. I graduated from college in Italy and moved to New York in 2006. My family was already in Mexico. Together, we decided to start a business that could offer the best handmade home decor with our unique Italian design and the best Mexican craftsmanship, which happens to be of great quality. We then opened our own factory, and we now offer our own manufactured products while still selling all over the US.

What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?

The biggest accomplishment as a business owner is to see that your business works; you can pay all your expenses taxes and still make the products you want and sell them all over the World. This means your idea was worth every single struggle. This is the most satisfactory sensation.

What's one of the hardest things that come with being a business owner?

When you are in the start-up process and have zero experience about almost everything, very little money and start building your client portfolio and World facing a financial crisis as we experienced in 2009. The only thing you have is your deep belief in yourself and your own products and creativity to do various pivots and find a solution to survive. Those times were pretty rough, but we made it through them, as well lie the last COVID pandemic; that was fun too. All the time, you have to really believe in yourself and the path you took, and if you are good enough and your business is good enough, you will survive.

What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?

  1. Really believe in what you are doing. Passion.
  2. Love your talent, love your product; these are the ones that will help you to grow.
  3. Believe in yourself, control your natural fears, project yourself outside the box.
  4. If you are doing it only for the money, don`t do it.

Is there anything else you'd like to share?

Be happy; if you are doing the right way, you end up doing something that helps the world in some way.

Where can people find you and your business?

Website: https://www.amorettibrothers.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmorettiBrothers/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amorettibrothers/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-amoretti-80a4aa17/

If you like what you've read here and have your own story as a solopreneur that you'd like to share, then email community@subkit.com; we'd love to feature your journey on these pages.

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