Kamapala Chukwuka is the Founder of Inspired Creative Hub – a Creative Digital Agency. There’s so much we are capable of achieving if we take the time to look inward. Trusting ourselves to come up with solutions to everyday issues people face is how I became the founder of a fast-growing creative digital agency.
Inspired Creative Hub is an agency that helps small businesses find their place in the market and thrive. It’s also a publishing agency that gives Black and other minority authors a platform to tell their stories. And it’s finally, but not least an agency that helps entrepreneurs and creatives create unique brands that help them stand out.
Tell us about who you are and what you do.
I’m a mum of 3 boys. A children’s book author, a certified confidence coach, a motivational speaker, and most recently founder of a creative digital agency. I bet you are probably wondering how on earth could I possibly be all the above right? Well, it’s simple, being a mum made me a superhuman, and now I feel like there’s nothing I can’t do if I put my mind to it.
No, on a serious note, I honestly believe that we are such complex and creative beings that we can be many things at a time if we figure out how to manage it all. I believe we are living at a time in history were to survive, we have to be/do more than just one thing. We millennials and Gen z’s have learned that it’s crucial for our survival.
Tell us how you created this brand and what was the sole idea behind it.
Many people dream of having their businesses and right from when I was a young girl that had been one of my biggest dreams. My background is in management.
Along the way, I realized I had a strong passion to encourage and motivate others so I went on to qualify as a life coach. I still run my coaching practice because it’ll always be one of my biggest passions.
Necessity, as they say, breeds innovation, and Inspired Creative Hub is a birth child of necessity. I could sense there was a demand for all my passions so decided to merge them into one. So, ICH is a branding, publishing, and social media agency.
I’m passionate about helping small businesses with small marketing budgets find their space and thrive & that’s where the branding comes in.
I’m passionate about helping Black and other minority authors tell their story and that’s the publishing side of the business.
I love the power social media wields in helping nobodies to become somebodies and I want to use it for exactly that especially for small businesses. So yup inspired creative hub is our baby and we are watching her grow.
One of the growing trends of the pandemic was seeing businesses move away from the office working, to working remotely. I must say in foresight that deciding to start a creative digital agency was genius on our part #timingiseverything
Explain the challenges you went through while you were working on brand creation. What are the challenges you go through on an everyday basis?
The number one challenge I faced in the beginning and still face daily is being a mum and running a business at the same time. It’s meant I’ve had to put in lots of late nights and early mornings. I always say being a mumpreneur is not for the faint-hearted.
Another challenge, in the beginning, was finding good people to work with…so glad that no longer is the case. We work with some amazing young men & women from whom I’m learning so much.
How do you manage your finances through the services you offer. Any fundings etc received?
Yeah, this. All 100% self-funded and because we are still at the early stages of our growth, I’m happy to say so far so good.
Tell us your future vision about the brand. How far do you want to take it? What is your dream about taking it to the next level?
The vision from day one was to create a global presence and help as many small businesses and creatives as possible. It is also important to us that we empower our fellow brothers and sisters on the continent and we are so humbled to be doing this already, we know we can do more so we will continue to push.
What message would you like to give to anybody who has a plan of creating something of their own and making a living through it?
It all starts with self-belief! Believe so much in yourself that others will have no choice but to believe in you. If you do, you will find a way to push through your doubts and fears and get started on your idea. Don’t be afraid to ask for help, no one will guess your needs simply by looking at you. Promote your business like your livelihood depends on it because it does.
If you are in the process of starting, then I wish you all the success you deserve. Come over on IG and connect with me @kamapala_c
Get in touch with Inspired Creative Hub on
Website: www.inspiredcreativehub.com
Instagram: @inspiredcreative.hub