Won 2nd place in Transporting Insight Launchpad Competition in the Center for Entrepreneurship, and was featured in The Appalachian for the Boone Handmade Market
Name: Savannah Davis
Year: Freshman
Major: Apparel Design and Merchandising with a minor in Entrepreneurship
Hometown: Statesville, NC
Q: What is your involvement in Beau Bows?
A: I am the owner, founder and creative director.
Q: How was Beau Bows started?
A: My senior year for my prom, my dress color couldn’t be matched to a bowtie so I decided to make my date a bowtie to match my dress and afterward everyone was asking me to make them a bowtie!
Q: What made you decide to start your own company?
A: I had taken a small business class and apparel classes in high school, and have always had a love for color, fashion and writing business plans. I decided to take off with it when I saw the need and demand from consumers.
Q: What is one thing you think people don’t know about you?
A: Beau Bows is completely self-run and I pay for everything out of my pocket.
Q: Where can people find more information about Beau Bows?
A: Facebook page, twitter, website, basically all social networking!
www.Facebook.com/beaubows, www.beaubowsforyou.com, www.twitter.com/BeauBowsForYou
Q: How do you see yourself integrating your business into the campus and community?
A: I’m planning a philanthropy event in the spring with Sigma Nu fraternity, and I am trying to start campus events and giveaways through different clubs.
Q: What has been the most rewarding thing about Beau Bows?
A: Seeing an idea that I had take off and seeing that other people love what I do and want it.
Q: What are your plans for the future of Beau Bows?
A: It’s now expanding to t-shirts and apparel. I want to put Beau Bows in menswear retailers and boutiques.