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PRIOR TO 2023 OUR FAMILY VISITED SEVERAL SOCCER TOURNAMENTS THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST OHIO. WE ACTIVELY ATTEND YOUR COMMON OUTDOOR EVENTS…..CONCERTS, FESTIVALS AND SO ON. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS, MY WIFE AND I NOTICED A COMMON THEME. WE’D GO TO THE EVENT, ESSENTIALLY MAKING US A MEMBER OF THE CAPTIVE AUDIENCE. THERE WERE THINGS WE WISHED WE’D BROUGHT ALONG. MANY TIMES, IT WAS AS SIMPLE AS BABY WIPES OR DIAPERS. IN OTHER CASES, WE REMISED NOT BRINGING SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE THE EVENT MORE ENJOYABLE, LIKE A BLANKET OR A PONCHO.
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MY WIFE AND I HAD ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN STARTING A BUSINESSES BUT THERE’S A LOT OF RISK DUMPING YOUR STEADY NINE TO 5 TO FACE THE UNCERTAINTIES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP. IT COSTS MONEY TO START A BUSINESS. THIS WAS A PROBLEM BECAUSE WE WEREN’T BROKE, BUT WE AREN’T RICH EITHER. NONETHELESS, I WASN’T VERY HAPPY AT MY CORPORATE SALES AND OPERATIONS JOB AND HADN’T BEEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS. I ALWAYS HAD AN INTEREST IN…. I DON’T KNOW. IT’S A “TAKING DESTINY INTO YOUR OWN HANDS, BE YOUR OWN BOSS”, SORT OF THING. BODEGABOX WAS BORN IN MAY 2024 AND WE’VE BEEN WORKING TO CREATE AN APPEALING, POSSIBLY EVEN ENTERTAINING OFFERING FOR OUR CUSTOMERS EVER SINCE. STAY TUNED!!!

2024 TO PRESENT –WHILE WAITING IN A LONG LINE OF CARS TO GET OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AT A LARGE SOCCER TOURNAMENT MY WIFE WAS LAMENTING THAT WE DIDN’T HAVE ANYTHING FOR OUR SON TO SIT ON DURING GAMES. WE COULD ALSO USE SOMETHING TO BLOCK THE HOT SUN....WE WERE HOT AND SWEATY, TIRED, AND A LITTLE SUNBURNED.....AND WE WERE SHORT ON DIAPERS. RUSHING TO BUY DIAPERS AT THE STORE AND CHANGE OUR SON. ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT CAME TO HER “BODEGABOX”. “WOULDN’T IT BE GREAT IF THERE WAS A PLACE AT THESE EVENTS OFFERING COMMON ITEMS A FAMILY OR PERSON MIGHT NEED”. “I CAN PRACTICALLY SEE IT NOW, BODEGABOX.” THE CONVERSATION PROCEEDED FROM THERE.

