How to Find Funding to Grow Your Own Business: The Experience of the Owner of a Beauty Salon in Mykolaiv

We’re continuing our series on our partners’ success stories. Today, we’ll talk about how to find your calling and where to get funding for your own business during challenging times.

Our heroine, Iryna Bogoslovska, decided—despite the war—not to give up and to start making her dreams come true, dreams she had previously put off for the future. She worked as a dentist for 19 years, and in 2023 she opened the OTEIRE beauty center in Mykolaiv.

“The name of my center translates from Japanese as ‘a place that cares for you.’ Our mission is to provide that care to Ukrainians living in extraordinary circumstances,” the entrepreneur notes.

To rejuvenate her skin and treat various types of scars, she decided this year to purchase the Italian Bi One device, which costs about 43 thousand dollars.

“I’ve always relied on my own resources, but this year, as I expanded my business, I needed to find working capital for equipment. Through my partner, the Academy of Aesthetic Medicine and Cosmetology, I learned about eDilo, an online service for businesses.” . He “It allowed me to pay for the device not all at once, but in installments over the course of a year. This is very important for small businesses, especially if you’re scaling up and need funding. I was able to reach an agreement with the device supplier very quickly and am already using it to treat scars in people who have been affected by the war,” – commented Iryna Bohoslovska.

She is now planning to combine her dental and cosmetic clinics into a single, larger space where she can install a powerful generator. Renovations there will be completed in a few months. Due to power outages, the profitability of Iryna’s business has declined, and she has had to adjust her clients’ appointments to accommodate the outage schedules, which were often unpredictable.

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However, her team helps her keep going by supporting her and pushing her forward. The entrepreneur encourages her dental assistants to study cosmetology, and she herself plans to pursue additional training in psychology. According to her, living under chronic stress requires extra attention to her own mental health and that of her clients.

Perseverance, team support, and a strategic approach to financial decisions can help overcome challenges and grow a business even under difficult circumstances. Iryna believes that the key to success is a willingness to constantly learn and improve, to be flexible, open to new opportunities, and unafraid of change. Even in the midst of war, it is possible to realize one’s dreams and help others by providing high-quality and essential services.

Iryna, like many other women who are running their own businesses and looking for ways to secure funding to grow their ventures, faces many challenges. And dealing with them on her own turns out to be harder than it seems. That’s when this service comes to the rescue eDilo. It helps your business grow by providing the necessary funds right here, right now.

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