behind The Pie Chart

An interview with Christopher Dylan Written by Delbar Rosana Ifra Zafira

Starting a small business is probably not a peculiar idea to hear by now, especially during this pandemic. And inspired by his friends, Dylan from 9th grade started his small business “The Pie Chart” . But it has ended up being a huge success and was able to “ grow much more than expected” due to the great amount of support from his family and people around him.

In starting the business Dylan was not only inspired by his friends, but he was also inspired by pictures on social media, and cooking shows like Masterchef. Despite all the success, starting a business is not always smooth sailing. Here, Dylan shares with us some obstacles he had to overcome in order to build up and grow his business to where it stands now.

The trial and error phase occurred when he first started his business. He mentioned that there were always extras when making orders because some of the goods he baked had failed. This portion of his journey was quite tiring for him as he had worked alone without any assistance from others, and he would rush to the kitchen as soon as school was dismissed, or sometimes even during breaks.

Now he has several people to help him with the simpler menu items, but he still does the more complex ones himself. There were also times where customers would say that his products were not good enough, and just like every normal person, this affected Dylan emotionally, but he took all the feedback he received and turned them into

stepping stones to grow his business.

Regardless of the challenges, Dylan said excitedly that he enjoyed every part of his journey, as baking is his hobby and helps him move aside his stress and negativity. The main goal for him was to build up a portfolio for his future studies, and also to make money out of the things he loved doing. His advice for the people out there who want to be an entrepreneur or start their own business is to “start it from your gut feeling, and never give up”