Starting out from humble beginnings, Queerencia and Bake Me Happy have seen so much success in central Ohio.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Starting a business is hard enough. Starting one alone is even harder.
That is why community support is so important to so many small businesses.
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic got a lot of people to shift their priorities, and Ty Collier was no different.
“It was extremely difficult being in the position of ‘what do you do in a pandemic and where do you pivot?’ But using that as a motivator and not a crutch, it gave me the capacity and space to focus on a priority of mine and that’s the LGBTQIA community,” he said.
Collier worked for his family-owned company in wholesale apparel before deciding to start Queerencia, an LGBTQ+ apparel and accessories brand based in Columbus.
In these last three years, Collier said, “It’s been …