After years of working for other people, Hampton has learned what it takes to not only be a great entrepreneur, but a great boss to others as well. Though she insists she isn’t the “employee stealer,” she says Detroit Flower Company has allowed her the opportunity to employ young women like herself around the city — including her mom who serves as the manager — and teach them the value of teamwork.

“I think my biggest thing with working [at other] places was I felt like I’ve always been a very hard worker, and I always put my best foot forward, but I feel like it wasn’t appreciated,” she shares. “I’m [grateful] to everyone and any business owner who has taught me [something], but I feel like their focus was just on people getting the work done and not necessarily having teamwork. As long as [the work] gets done, they don’t care how people feel, and I am just the complete opposite.”

“I’m trying to build a dream team full of strong women who can do what they want at a young age,” she continues. “I’ve given out raises or whatever the case is just because I see the hard work that everyone is putting in. I just want to be a standup boss and have a really strong, hardworking team.”

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Detroit Flower Company is just the beginning of Hampton uplifting her hometown and pouring back into the community that raised her. Now, alongside her team of aspiring, young Black businesswomen in the making, she hopes to grow her company into something the entire city can be proud of.

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