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Make It Monday: From college dropout to streetwear entrepreneur
  + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMake It Monday: From college dropout to streetwear entrepreneurJustin Pitt-Goodson, Brownmill CEO and Creative Director, joins 'Last Call' for Make It Monday to talk his fashion brand that is bringing in $18K per month.
Persons: Justin Pitt, Goodson Organizations: Brownmill, Creative
Before his streetwear brand BrownMill took off, Justis Pitt-Goodson designed, sewed and sold his own bow ties to his middle school peers. In high school, Pitt-Goodson and two friends built the idea for the streetwear brand. The company attracts NBA players as customers and brought in $327,000 in revenue last year, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It. Courtesy of Justis Pitt-GoodsonAfter befriending his two future business partners, Taha Shimou and Kwaku Agyemang, in high school, Pitt-Goodson studied business management at Rutgers University-Newark. The brand brought in $86,000 in 2020, enabling the founders to put down a $7,000 deposit on a Newark storefront that opened in June 2021.
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailI dropped out of college to grow my side hustle — now it brings in $327,000Justis Pitt-Goodson, 26, is a proud entrepreneur who got his start making clothing in eighth grade. A tutor gave him a sewing machine, and he began creating bow ties for himself and his friends. He attended Rutgers University in New Jersey for two years before dropping out to focus on fashion. With the help of high school classmates, Kwaku Agyemang and Taha Shimou, Justis officially launched BrownMill Company in Newark in 2016, and five years later it was bringing in about $327,000 in sales.
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