{"id":430709,"date":"2017-10-20T23:24:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T23:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/20\/quitting-banking-to-start-a-business-with-style-the-story-of-sandra-pimpong\/"},"modified":"2017-10-20T23:24:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T23:24:14","slug":"quitting-banking-to-start-a-business-with-style-the-story-of-sandra-pimpong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/20\/quitting-banking-to-start-a-business-with-style-the-story-of-sandra-pimpong\/","title":{"rendered":"Quitting banking to start a business with style; the story of Sandra Pimpong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Friday, 20 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-10-20<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/31995782.295.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Pimpong\" title=\"Sandra Pimpong\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Miss Sandra Pimpong, Founder of Quist Nutrition<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385179598\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385179598\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1508541854_887_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> In an economy where unemployment is up the roof, for those who are lucky enough to secure a well-paying job with a lot of perks, there are very few things that would make you quit to start a new career.<\/p>\n<p>This is because you gain a world of professional experience as well as building long lasting networks that will come in handy in the future.<\/p>\n<p>26-year-old Sandra Pimpong is one of such lucky young graduates who was able to secure a well-paying job right after school.<\/p>\n<p>After her mandatory national service with one of the popular fast growing banks in Ghana, her hardwork secured her a spot in the company.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed she was living every graduate\u2019s dream, unfortunately, that was not her dream. Miss Pimpong, after a rather short while, deserted her 2 year-career in banking to set up her own brand; Quist Nutrition.<\/p>\n<p>From the likes of Lucy Quist, Dzigbordi K. Dosoo, Theresa Ayoade, Yvonne Nelson and many others making it big in their various fields, it&#8217;s clear that when it comes to entrepreneurship, it&#8217;s not solely a man&#8217;s world anymore in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra\u2019s success has been very remarkable after throwing herself a challenge and starting something on her own; today she is the founder and owner of 3 successful companies.<\/p>\n<p>In this inspiring story, Miss Sandra in an interview with <b>Ghanaweb<\/b>, shares her reason for taking the huge step to set up her own business, the challenges she has faced so far and what inspires her.<\/p>\n<p><b>Read her full story below;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I transitioned from my banking corporate career to entrepreneurship and I must say, it was really tough at the beginning. To take that bold step to starting a business, I had to look within and figure out what I was passionate about.<\/p>\n<p>I discovered that I enjoyed buying and selling, so my first business in 2014 was Sandys Kenkey smoothies, which I started from banks to banks.<\/p>\n<p>I started with word of mouth marketing, then moved on to creating social media contents to market my products online.<\/p>\n<p>As a small business owner, I have had my ups and downs, but I kept striving &amp; putting in my best effort. From dispatch motor riders, I soon started selling and delivering to people outside Accra I lived, and now my business is on one of Ghana&#8217;s largest online market where we have three shops operating currently.<\/p>\n<p>I also discovered that I have a great passion to inspire and help people by making their ideas and dreams come reality so I set up my third line of business (NGO). I\u2019m currently organizing a charity event where we\u2019ll be giving free clothes, shoes, school uniforms, foods, water etc to the less privileged children in the Society.<\/p>\n<p>Being able to stay focused and never looking back to see how big some problems or challenges were, has greatly helped me in building four strong brands.<\/p>\n<p>I believe I shouldn\u2019t wait till I\u2019m seen on CNN or get listed on Forbes to create an impact and make the world a better place. I can now boast of three shops I currently run in this country.<\/p>\n<p>1) Quist Nutrition &amp; general trading enterprise located at American House East Legon.<\/p>\n<p>2) Glamour Palette located at East Legon, ARS opposite Zoe outreach ministry.<\/p>\n<p>3) America in Ghana shop located at Dansoman.<\/p>\n<p>Follow and like her page as well on Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra Affro Pimpong: Accra-Ghana<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 24 updated by: 24 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Friday, 20 October 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-10-20 Miss Sandra Pimpong, Founder of Quist Nutrition &#13; 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