
Jazmiere Bates, owner of Kin of Duncan and youngest entrepreneur in the Catapult cohort, has a fully operating business in East Liberty
Stories
November 2019
“People were saying ‘oh, your dog’s clothes are so cute, where did you get it?’ and I said, ‘I made it!’ It kind of gave me a trigger, like maybe I should do this for other people.”
At the age of 13, with assistance from the Catapult: Startup to Storefront program, Jazmiere has a fully operating business and retails clothing items at the Gallery on Penn storefront in the heart of East Liberty.
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