Tamika Jackson: PNK Scrubs
PNK Scrubs by the numbers
$10,000
Business loan secured using LivePlan
1%
Interest rate
10+
States shipped to within first year
Background
PNK Scrubs and Accessories is a medical apparel brand founded by Tamika Jackson that helps healthcare professionals feel confident, comfortable, and stylish. The company's name honors three beloved family members: Papa Joe (her grandfather), Nanny (her sister), and Aunt Kim. During her grandfather's battle with liver cancer, Tamika worked as his personal care worker and witnessed how exhausting the work was for nurses and medical staff—yet their uniforms didn't reflect the dignity and strength of what they did. Combining her background in fashion and design with her caregiving experience, she spent two years developing yoga-inspired scrubs with four-way stretch, breathable fabric, and antimicrobial properties—designed for all-day comfort whether healthcare workers are on shift, at the gym, or running errands.
“If I didn't have that plan, I wouldn't have been able to get a $10,000 loan with 1% interest rate as a first-time business owner.”
Tamika Jackson
Founder, PNK Scrubs and Accessories
Problem
As the first entrepreneur in her family, Tamika faced the challenge of starting a business without a blueprint or funding. While working full-time at her job of 10 years, she struggled with fear—the fear of failure and not knowing if her vision would work. She conducted extensive research, surveying healthcare workers and testing different fabrics through trial and error. But without a structured business plan, she lacked the roadmap to organize her vision into an actual business model. And without that plan, she knew banks wouldn't provide the funding she desperately needed.
Solution
Before launching her business, Tamika enrolled in a six-week small business program at Waukesha County Technical College (WCTC). Her professor introduced her to LivePlan and guided her through building her first business plan. Initially, the experience felt overwhelming and foreign. But she leaned into the platform's help features to gain the knowledge she needed. LivePlan gave her the structure to organize her vision, articulate her numbers, define her target audience, and craft her story. When she revisited her plan for 2026 expansion, the experience was dramatically easier thanks to LivePlan's new AI features, which helped perfect her wording and streamlined the entire process.
Outcome
Thanks to the professional business plan she created with LivePlan, Tamika secured a $10,000 loan with an exceptional 1% interest rate from Bank Five Nine—far exceeding the typical $5,000 maximum the micro seed fund program offers. Her banker was so impressed that he continues to check in regularly and support her business growth.
In her first year, PNK Scrubs shipped to over 10 states, and her scrubs even traveled to Africa on a nursing mission. Now she's expanding her product line for 2026 to include scrub jackets, undershirts, and scrub caps—all while still working full-time. Her ultimate goal is to grow PNK Scrubs to replace her full-time income, allowing her to focus entirely on her purpose-driven business. Tamika credits LivePlan with transforming her passion into a strategy and her vision into a brand that healthcare professionals love.
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