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my journey opening & running my first business. stories from the owner of Moustache Milk & Cookie Bar.
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Day #6 Diary of a Cookie CEO: How to Beat Insomnia
I’ve been finding it hard to sleep lately. It’s my brain. I can never get it to turn off. My brain thinking about all the things I need to…
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Mar 10
Day #5 Diary of a Cookie CEO: How to push through when you don’t feel like it
Day #5 Diary of a Cookie CEO: How to push through when you don’t feel like it
did you know Pikachu is obsessed with ketchup 😂
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Feb 26
Day #4 Diary of a Cookie CEO: How to Switch off a Wired Brain
Day #4 Diary of a Cookie CEO: How to Switch off a Wired Brain
Writing from Urapukapuka island — a small little island off Russell, 4 hours north of Auckland. It’s been really hard for me to switch off…
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Feb 8
Day #3 Diary of a Cookie CEO: How to start a Food Truck
Day #3 Diary of a Cookie CEO: How to start a Food Truck
I think a lot of people think that food trucks are a good idea. And I’m not saying they’re not.
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Jan 30
Day #2 Diary of a Cookie CEO: Acting Like the Person You Want to Become
Day #2 Diary of a Cookie CEO: Acting Like the Person You Want to Become
Ok so I made it past Day 1 of my writing challenge.
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Jan 24
Day #1 Diary of a Cookie CEO: 100 Days of Writing
Day #1 Diary of a Cookie CEO: 100 Days of Writing
I used to write all the time. Writing was how I first got my small business off the ground. It was how I connected with others…but more…
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Jan 21
What does success in business look like these days?
What does success in business look like these days?
Despite a lot of setbacks initially, our 4th & final NZ wide tour on the Cookie Bus has kicked off with a bang! 💥 We’ve ticked off my…
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Mar 26, 2023
Even the sun doesn’t realise it’s a star
Even the sun doesn’t realise it’s a star
Two months ago my bag was stolen & the people went on a huge shopping spree with my money before I noticed & blocked all my cards. I…
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Mar 16, 2021
COVID-19 makes me even miss PEN-15
COVID-19 makes me even miss PEN-15
it’s an interesting time to be writing.
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Mar 19, 2020
From K Road to Manukau: our Flagship Moustache store is on the move!
From K Road to Manukau: our Flagship Moustache store is on the move!
Friday February 29th. This will be the final day at Moustache K Road. Holy moly, what how why?!
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Feb 19, 2020
When you get your start up business running & have a quarter-life crisis.
When you get your start up business running & have a quarter-life crisis.
It was Moustache’s 6th birthday yesterday. It’s the first year where I have not celebrated it or told anyone. The past 5 years has been a…
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Sep 17, 2018
The irony of making vegan products at our Milk Bar & my (not very) vegan confessions.
The irony of making vegan products at our Milk Bar & my (not very) vegan confessions.
Tomorrow marks the launch of two new Vegan cookie flavours & Vegan Ice Cream Sandwiches at Moustache. Next week we’ll have 5 flavours of…
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Aug 9, 2017
an unexpected apology from the person who said I shouldn’t be on ads because I’m Asian.
an unexpected apology from the person who said I shouldn’t be on ads because I’m Asian.
I felt the need to write a follow up article about this issue because something happened that I never expected. I got a private message…
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Mar 24, 2017
What does a Kiwi business-owner look like? Well, not like me — because I look Asian.
What does a Kiwi business-owner look like? Well, not like me — because I look Asian.
So. Last night I was tagged in an instagram post because my face has been featured in an ad that’s been displayed all over online…
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Mar 16, 2017
What is wealth without health? Feat. a fever so blinding I could almost sense Voldemort.
What is wealth without health? Feat. a fever so blinding I could almost sense Voldemort.
We finished our 6 week Cookie Bus Tour travelling all over North Island — hurrah! Well to be honest, you wouldn’t even know it because…
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Mar 14, 2017
Owning a small business = volunteering your sanity as tribute.
Owning a small business = volunteering your sanity as tribute.
I was so bloody determined to do this everyday writing thing. But it’s been well over a week since I’ve written & I’m so exhausted I almost…
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Feb 16, 2017
The meaning behind my big yellow cookie bus.
The meaning behind my big yellow cookie bus.
“Let’s watch Pork Pie! Because that’s a movie about a group of Kiwi’s travelling around New Zealand in a yellow mini…and we are a group of…
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Feb 2, 2017
What to do about Post Travel Blues?
What to do about Post Travel Blues?
So, yesterday Mo Bus was at Laneway Festival in Auckland. It was busy, there was moosicz playing, Team Mo had fun. I’m pretty sure my Asian…
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Jan 31, 2017
One year ago today we closed our store & started from scratch.
One year ago today we closed our store & started from scratch.
Phew, coming back to Auckland after our Northland tour & now straight back into repacking the Bus & loading in for Laneway Festival…
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Jan 29, 2017
The last hour of Northland tour & our business turned into a sh*tshow.
The last hour of Northland tour & our business turned into a sh*tshow.
We opened in Kamo from 12–7pm. But looking at our supplies, I was pretty sure we were going to run out of ingredients again (even after…
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Jan 27, 2017
When you’re Asian & you lose the fight to pay the bill.
When you’re Asian & you lose the fight to pay the bill.
I am writing on tour from an actual bed. Not from my sleeping bag atop my pull-out bed on the Bus. But from an actual real-life bed.
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Jan 26, 2017
Something odd happened in the far north. Goodbye Kaitaia, hello Whangarei!
Something odd happened in the far north. Goodbye Kaitaia, hello Whangarei!
I knew there was something special about Kaitaia very early on. When I messaged earlier in the week to ask if we were able to park outside…
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Jan 25, 2017
Made it to the far, far north (with no power steering, in a 7 tonne milk & cookie bus).
Made it to the far, far north (with no power steering, in a 7 tonne milk & cookie bus).
So. I said I would write a blog each day of our Cookie Bus Tour. It’s 11:24pm on the first day of tour & I just exclaimed out loud to my…
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Jan 24, 2017
The start of our Milk & Cookie Bus Tour around NZ: Leg 1 — Northland.
The start of our Milk & Cookie Bus Tour around NZ: Leg 1 — Northland.
I came home from an incredibly long week of work pretty bummed out the other day. I was freaking out again that I had absolutely no fucken’…
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Jan 22, 2017
giving when you have little to give.
giving when you have little to give.
makinglittlecents - Deanna Yang
Dec 21, 2016
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