Reflections Magazine Issue #83 - Fall 2015 | Page 25

Feature Article

from his initial strategy of selling
his product directly to consumers and now has taken on more of
a business-to-business approach.
“We are reaching out to companies to design for them,” he
said. “We then sell it for them,
or they will resell.”
His newest business venture—launched in August—is a
subscription box company on the
social media channel Instagram
geared towards fellow entrepreneurs and business people.
“It’s like the Dollar Shave Club,” said Blinstrubas of his Businessboxclub.com startup. “Once a month, we ship out a package to your door full of goodies. The items are geared towards
business, like business books, roll-up keyboards and portable
chargers. … There’s not a subscription box that gears toward
entrepreneurs, and there’s a large market for it.”
Currently he has more than 2,500 Instagram followers, and
between 50-100 subscribers to his box club. He said the goal is
10,000 followers and at least 1,000 subscribers.
“Social media is a huge place for businesses to put out their
stuff,” Blinstrubas said.
He said making money is not the reason why he started
his businesses.
“Why I started these businesses now in college is to learn
from them,” Blinstrubas said. “That’s the main goal, is to do
what I love and learn from the mistakes so I don’t make them
in the future.”
In fact, he said his education is his main focus. As proof,
he recently had to make the difficult decis [ۈ