HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. — A 21-year-old Upper Kentucky college student features started his own business.

Isaiah Kelly custom patterns and restores shoes vision studying for classes.

“So what’s really crazy is the fact I was not into art in any respect, ” Kelly said, with a brush inside his hand painting a set of shoes. I never thought in a million years I might be sitting here art work a shoe. ”

 Kelly says his outlook has developed in recent days.

“My first major right here at NKU was graphic design which inside the school of the martial arts disciplines. I didn't like it a lot that I switched my major like following a first semester. ”

 For Kelly that is an experience during the freshman year at Northern Kentucky University while he also worked in the shoe store.

“I could not care about shoes or perhaps clothes but I speculate being around shoes 40 hours per week I just fell inside love with shoes. going into my freshman 12 months of college I use to look up how to attract shoes for cheap upon YouTube just cause Now i'm really frugal with the money, ” Kelly stated.

Kelly said that’s when he happened apon a video on making designs and customizing shoes or boots. “Now I love art. I see the paintings in everything. Every time I see some shoes. Right now we perform shoes be we eventually want to do phone cases, hats, t-shirts, we might like to do everything, ” Kelly said.

Kelly has a interest for restoring and customizing shoes and boots but needed to discover ways to develop a balanced business-oriented help support system. He acquired those skills by doing the university's Inkubator Program which provides resources on growing an online business.

“Something that we planned for our students is the power to test it out there and that’s something that when you’re starting entrepreneurship and you don't have a support structure such as this, it’s very challenging, ” mentioned Zac Strobl, Center regarding Innovation and Entrepreneur with NKU.

For Kelly, he’s transformed his challenges proper meaningful and rewarding occupation all before graduating college.

“I think that’s the coolest thing to do. Just knowing that an individual appreciates my creativity and it is willing to not only buy it but wear the item themselves, ” Kelly explained.

The entrepreneur said he’s completed at least 50 orders of custom-made shoes and earned $10, 000 since his start less than a year ago.

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