He told me that when I decided to run my company in a professional way, to give him a call, but before that he didnt have anything to say to me. Her passion, grit, Stembel: When I first started, I used an outsourced courier company for deliveries. Then I watched YouTube videos and was like,Oh, it just means stripping the foliage off," she explains. Stembel: With a financial model that shows how we get there. Having something to aim for will keep you motivated to save. Can We Save Social Media? Stembel: I would take flower arrangements to coffee shops in San Francisco with little marketing cards on them. In 2010 the company was founded in Christina's living room. In addition to having 401(k) contributions deducted automatically from your paychecks, arrange to have money transferred regularly from your bank account into a Roth IRA or investment account with low-cost mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. Cristina Stenbeck Net Worth | Celebrity Net Worth Day on, Day off with Farmgirl Flowers's Christina Stembel - Fast Company All Rights Reserved. But after about 10 years, a business idea finally clicked when she ordered Mother's Day flowers for her mom. Christina Stembel, the founder of San Francisco's Farmgirl Flowers, shares her recipe for "the ultimate comfort food." "Don't skimp on the time you allow them to rise," Stembel says. So we only had one location that we could ship from to arrive on Monday, and that was our South America location. But she also found that many women are more comfortable working with a female planner. The couple give 10% of their income to their church, theyre active in the local United Way, and theyre founding a nonprofit to pursue community mentorship and international aid. I just kept kicking it old school and reinvested the profits back into the company while growing as much as we could, she says.