Twenty years ago, Denise Okafor sold work gloves from a single stall at a weekend market. She sewed every pair herself in a rented garage. Customers liked the gloves because they lasted longer than cheaper versions from hardware stores. Word spread quickly through nearby workshops. Within three years, Okafor had opened her first storefront. By the tenth year, her company, Ironhand Supply, was selling to hardware chains across the region.

Okafor credits much of that growth to a change in how she negotiated with large retailers. She took the gloves off once she realized that being too agreeable had cost her better shelf space and fairer payment terms. She began setting firmer deadlines and asking for larger deposits before shipping any order. Ironhand Supply now operates thirty-one stores. It still manufactures gloves using the stitching pattern Okafor first developed in that rented garage.

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