Trotting to greatness-(web version)

By Akeel Lovell

Young entrepreneur Jared Trotman has been making some big steps in the local footwear industry, and for it was only a matter of time.

The 23 year old has been making a name for himself for the past year following his release of a range of slides branded with the broken trident under his nick name “ Trottz”.

“Looking at the market in Barbados you would find they only have specific products like shirts and hoodies, what I wanted was to have something you could year throughout the entire year and not only at independence but still represents Barbados,” he said.

Trotman said he always had a love for shoes so he wasn’t surprised when the lightbulb moment came to produce slides.

“I wanted to own a business, I was not quite sure what exactly that was going to be however, I prayed about it, ask God for guidance, I know I needed some slippers, the plan was to go buy some slides in town or when I go overseas, but I got the idea about one, two [in the morning] like boom, slides,” the Trotts owner said.

Being his own boss was important to Trotman but he had to now work out the logistics, luckily, he coincidentally has been studying for the business and didn’t even know. Trotman has an associate degree in Accounts and Bachelors in Marketing, two majors that go hand in hand to help take off his business.

“I started my business in 2018, September 20, it’s was around my birthday is September 15^th

When I first started this, I had to source capital, finding a manufacturer.” Said Trotman.

Trotman first got people to recognize slides when he started wearing them school, what he decried to be market test, about a year before he actually launched. He had initially had “1966” printed on the top of the slides however he later replaced that with the broken trident.

The trident he said symbolizes his freedom to be his own boss.

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Below an extract from Jared Trotman explaining how he developed his business to where it is today.

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