In the fast-moving world of social media, every small business hopes for that one magic moment — the spark that ignites followers, foot traffic, and sales. For Mia Gizek ‘16, that moment arrived like lightning in a bottle.
“I never expected things to take off like that,” Mia says. “One day shortly before the July 4th holiday weekend, I was opening the front doors to the shop in the morning, and I had a line of customers waiting to get in. The next, I was hiring a team of 12 to keep up.”
But the viral success wasn’t luck — not entirely. It was the result of years of groundwork working in catering and management roles. Mia, a Connecticut native and alumna of The Malcolm Baldrige School of Business at Post University, moved to Maine during the pandemic with her soon-to-be-husband, Geoff.
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