How First-Generation Immigrant Jenny Zhu Created the Massive Triangle Homes Fashions from Scratch. In a business that deals with warehouses from India and China to manufacture their textile products, there has to be an incredible business model, right? In this episode of the Page One Podcast, Luke Peters speaks with Jenny Zhu about her home décor textile business Triangle Homes Fashions. She is a first-generation immigrant who has turned Triangle homes into a massive company in only 10 years and now sells to major retailers plus 40 others. She graduated in 2005 summa Cum laude from the Fashion Institute of Technology before founding Triangle Homes in 2008. Listen in to learn the business model she uses with manufacturing factories overseas while taking care of the business side of things in the US. You will also learn the strategy they use at Triangle Homes to keep business running smoothly during the pandemic. Key Takeaways: How to use the ERP system to get the business data that helps you plan ahead. Learning to overcome challenges in a foreign country and rising to start a leading business. How to differentiate your brand to stand out in a saturated market. Episode Timeline: [0:29] Intro [2:01] She explains the home textile products that Triangle Home Fashions creates and distributes when she founded the company, and their business model. [3:29] How the COVID-19 has affected their operations from working from home to how they establish warehouse guidelines. [6:27] She describes how they prepared for the COVID-19 by manufacturing early and shifting the process from China to India. [9:41] The business model they use with their warehouses and shipping of products and what they’re looking to change in the future. [13:30] How they build a great ERP system to give them data to analyze different skew performance. [16:17] She explains where she spends her time in the company as the CEO while helping the team steer the company forward. [19:21] She narrates her childhood in China, the challenges she faced after her move to the US plus pursuing a career in the textile home décor field. [25:51] She explains how they differentiate their Lush Décor brand from similar décor brands. [31:48] The methods they use to skew inventory to get solo inventory turn goals. [35:35] She describes how she has had a hard time balancing work and life as an entrepreneur. Quotes: “We offer our customers some inspiration, we believe the customer will have a sense of what it is they want and we help them to find it and create the home of their dream.”- Jenny Zhu [25:57]