By:
Jane Ray
Business
Advisor
(Guam
SBDC)
Good
news to all hip mothers and newborns on Guam!
A new store solely dedicated to all of your needs has just arrived on
the market. It is not a big secret that
many moms on Guam have resorted to the Internet to look for the latest and
greatest supplies for themselves and their young ones. Unfortunately, sometimes we just do not have
the patience to wait for it to arrive in snail mail. Now, there is a new store on Guam that is
dedicating their efforts in satisfying the trending needs of mothers and
babies.
The
Modern Bump opened their doors in November 2016 with the idea to provide local
expecting and nursing moms with options to have comfortable, modern, and
stylish maternity wear. The focus of the store is to bring in modern
wear for all stages of pregnancy in addition to baby clothing and accessories
for baby related products. Ednalyna
Martin, owner of The Modern Bump, a dedicated mom and teacher, understood and
experienced the difficulty of finding a limited selection when she was going
through her pregnancies.
Ednalyna
is a school teacher at heart and part of a family of five with two adorable, outgoing
girls and a beautiful angel baby boy.
She saw the need of providing modern style maternity wear to moms
everywhere. Inspired by her two
daughters and students, she decided to pursue her own dream of business
ownership. At the beginning of her business,
she was fearful of venturing into business and hesitant to apply for a
commercial loan to help with her business needs. She felt pressure and first had to use her family’s
savings to fund the startup. She started
her business at a booth at the Agana Shopping Center’s Market Place.
She was
referred to seek the assistance from the Guam Small Business Development Center
(SBDC) and further plan her business. In
addition, she was looking for assistance and guidance to manage and run a
business. An SBDC Business Advisor was
able to guide and provide her with a clear path. She felt more confident in the business plan
that she had developed and is now more informed when evaluating her daily business
decisions. She does not only base her
decisions on her knowledge but also incorporates and listens to inputs from her
greatest business partners: her customers.
She
feels that the biggest challenge in the startup process was taking the first leaps
of faith and deciding to become a business owner. After encouraging her students to believe in
themselves and follow their dreams, she decided that she needed to do the
same. She believes that working hard and
not giving up are the keys to becoming a successful entrepreneur. Another factor that has helped her during the
startup process is having supportive friends and family that helped her during
the first few months of opening the first store and the grand opening of the second
location. Because of the enormous
support that she received, she was able to turn her dream into reality which
entailed moving from the Market Place upstairs to the 1st floor of the
Agana Shopping Center on July 1st this year.
Modern
Bump offers a variety of pre- and postnatal maternity wear that are modern in
style. Additionally, it carries baby
apparels, including locally made brand names, accessories, strollers, and earth-friendly
cloth diapers. You can visit them on the
1st floor of Agana Shopping Center, located not too far from Tony Roma’s
or you check them out on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/themodernbump/ to see the latest
products and promotions.
For
more information on how the Guam SBDC can assist you, contact their main office
at 671-735-2590 or visit www.pacificsbdc.com.
