She Builds with heart
A podcast for women who dare to dream big — from their kitchens, their homes, and their hearts.
Hosted by Lulua Kapadia, an award-winning entrepreneur and chocolate business coach, this show dives into real stories of building a business with courage, creativity, and conviction. From humble beginnings to bold breakthroughs, each episode offers inspiration, practical wisdom, and heartfelt conversations for mothers, makers, and homepreneurs who are ready to turn their passion into purpose (and profit).
Whether you’re crafting chocolates or crafting change — if you’re building with heart, this is your space.
She Builds with heart
How I Used Industrial Engineering to Build My Chocolate Business
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Today, I want to take you behind the scenes and share how my studies in industrial engineering — subjects like productivity improvement, method study, and quality management — actually helped me build and scale my chocolate business.
When I was studying these topics in college, I never imagined they’d show up in my kitchen. But once I started making chocolates professionally, I realized the same principles that work in factories and production lines can also work beautifully in a home business.
1. Productivity Improvement — Doing More with Less
2. Method Study — Simplifying the Process
3. Quality Management — Consistency is Everything
4. Time Study — Measuring Output
5. Systems Thinking — Training & Scaling
And here’s the lesson for you: whatever your background — teaching, finance, art, or engineering — those skills can be your biggest strength in business if you learn how to apply them creatively.
Your knowledge is never wasted. It’s waiting to be repurposed."
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