We had the good fortune of connecting with Nikos Phantom and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Nikos, can you walk us through the thought-process of starting your business?
I’ve always had a love for entrepreneurship and starting my own business. I never really cared about matching, or what I wore until 2019, when I started finding streetwear brands like Worldwide Youth, Half Evil, Ransom, even Lyrical Lemonade’s merch, and others. After finding out the owner of Worldwide Youth was 17 when he started, it opened my mind to a whole different place because i never thought of someone young owning a clothing brand. I thought if he could, I could. At the time I had owned an edit page with over 60,000 followers that I had lost love for, and decided to sell the page to a designer, in exchange for 10 graphic designs to start my brand.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I’ve owned my brand coming up on 2 years, it’s been an ongoing journey, and fun process. A lot of people get caught up in the numbers, and money, and lose sight of what really matters with owning a business like this. Consistently bringing what people want to see, and keeping them satisfied with your business is most important. I’ve learned many things over these past years, important lessons such as; consistency is key, hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard, and it simply doesn’t happen overnight. I just want everyone to know that if I can do it, you can too, no matter your age,

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
There would be too many people to shout-out that have supported me or helped me in someway throughout their journey, but just to say some, shoutout to Dylan Grails, GloUpJake, Cole Bennett, The Shark Puppet, YNW BSlime, my family, and just everyone who’s been supportive whether it’s been since the jump or just last week!

Website: phantomglohalshop.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com/wtfnikos?utm_medium=copy_link

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