Devi Mulai is a baking and cooking-aholic with a dream to one day own her very own brick-and-mortar dessert shop. “I’ve always love baking and cooking the fancy things.”
And the 24-year-old former Annandale Secondary School student is wasting no time in making that dream a reality, setting up almost two years ago, Dessert Delights, her Facebook home-based business that offers delicious, eye-catching cakes and hand-designed, customised mugs for sale. Her specialty is cupcakes – sponge cupcakes, chocolate cupcakes, cheesecake cupcakes, Christmas cupcakes, Father’s Day cupcakes, bridal cupcakes – pretty much cupcakes for any occasion with mouth-watering toppings and beautiful designs.
For Mulai, who is employed full time, the online business is a way to test the waters and see what customers respond to best while earning extra cash. “This helps me financially as well as provide an opportunity to
interact with customers. Gaining their trust, etc. In the near future, I plan to ex
pand on this a bit more.”If the response to these baked goodies is any indication, there are more than a few persons anxiously awaiting that day.
In acknowledging the challenge of juggling a full-time job, Dessert Delights and family life, the Annandale, East Coast Demerara native said: “Every day is not
the same, [but] you just gotta keep pushing.”
Mulai advised persons who dream of turning their passions into businesses to not give up on their dreams. “Always keep trying. ‘Cause every failure is an
other step towards success.”
“You love doing something? Push towards it. There will be room for mistakes, but with every try, you only get better.” She
added bluntly: “Sacrifices must be made.”
Taking risks, motivation, and creativity are the key qualities of entrepreneurs, Mulai
noted, and urged that they be educated and motivated to succeed. The determined young woman highlighted that she had to and was ultimately able to do that on her own.
“You also have to be very open minded,” she concluded, explaining that the persons who she deals with every day were her biggest influence.
Contact: 629-1979; facebook @dessert.delights.gy; Annandale Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara
