(Christian “Chrissy” Weems, has a touch of notoriety to her past: in 2011 she pleaded guilty to computer tampering for hiding evidence in the case of Susan Brock, an Arizona woman convicted of three counts of sexual conduct with a minor who Chrissy Weems had then mistakenly felt was innocent of the charges, a spokesperson for Origami Owl confirmed. The Origami Owl executive team includes Weems’ mother, Chrissy, who is co-founder and worked with her on the company’s product design team. Speaking of hustle, Weems is not alone in her jewelry business and has a cast of close family and business minds behind her. Continuing to maximize profits takes serious hustle. On the sellers end, it’s possible for designers to find that it more difficult to make money selling the jewelry after they’ve depleted their list of personal contacts and local boutiques. According to CEO Robin Crossman, employee numbers fluctuate tend to fluctuate. Though the firm won’t disclose profit margins, as of this writing there about 373 employees, the majority of which work in warehousing (the firm just set up an 80,000 square foot facility in Chandler where components from China are assembled before shipping). The growth for Origami Owl is dramatic and its revenues impressive but those figures are tempered by the company’s need for components and a large personnel roster to keep business flowing.
The following year revenue took off like a rocket, multiplying 86 times. The company adopted the direct sales platform in 2011 and generated about $280,000. The product started selling itself.” In 2010 Weems opened a kiosk at the Chandler, Arizona mall in time for Black Friday shoppers. “We started selling our product at house parties and boutiques and selling at any jewelry show we could. She quickly leveraged her network of friends to find buyers. “The locket’s been around for a long time and I thought, ‘well, what if you could make a locket with charms?’” Weems asked her parents to match the $350 she’d earned for babysitting, which she then spent on wholesale components to make her lockets. “I started researching and looking for ideas,” she told FORBES. That motivation is really what got Weems herself started in the first place.Īt 14 Weems announced that she felt a car would be an appropriate gift for her 16 th birthday, but was told by her parents, Chrissy and Warren, that she should earn her own wheels instead of relying on their funding. In a sense, what Origami Owl is offering is a canned small business that could appeal to would-be entrepreneurs interested in making a few extra dollars.
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