Michele Velazquez proposal planner

I've always been someone that is not afraid to push boundaries or be disruptive in business.  

So in 2010 when my now husband proposed to me, I thought, why not start a Proposal Planning company?  But I figured there must be a million Wedding Planners already doing this.  I mean, come on!  Planning proposals would be a natural lead into a full wedding client, right?  

But to my surprise, there really wasn’t anyone doing it.  So I decided to shake things up and start my Proposal Planning company, The Heart Bandits.  Fast forward 10 years, and I have planned over 4,000 marriage proposals and generated seven figures for my business. 

Starting a new business that disrupted the Wedding Industry gave me the confidence I needed to keep pushing boundaries and coming up with more opportunities I felt the Wedding Industry had missed. In 2011, I co-founded Ring Stash™, the world’s first patented, mass produced thin engagement ring box.  In 2016, I founded Pop The Knot, one of the first pop-up wedding companies in the world.

Now when I started each of these companies, they were all new services that most people  hadn’t really heard of.  I had to deal with both the struggles of starting my own business, learning how to become a proposal planner, figuring out how to create pop-up wedding packages, and learning to bring a product to market.  I also had to educate the market about what a Proposal Planner could do for them, why a couple would want a pop-up wedding, and why proposers needed a flat engagement ring box.  

But you can be an innovator like me without  having to struggle like I did!  I am going to show you how.

I have spent a decade learning everything there is to know about these markets. I am passionate about sharing that information with you so that you can avoid the slow start and mistakes that I made and go straight to earning additional revenue and diversifying your income. Through The Heart Bandits Academy I can teach you How to be a Proposal Planner too!

Michele Velazquez proposal planner

I've always been someone that is not afraid to push boundaries or be disruptive in business.  

So in 2010 when my now husband proposed to me, I thought, why not start a Proposal Planning company?  But I figured there must be a million Wedding Planners already doing this.  I mean, come on!  Planning proposals would be a natural lead into a full wedding client, right?  

But to my surprise, there really wasn’t anyone doing it.  So I decided to shake things up and start my Proposal Planning company, The Heart Bandits.  Fast forward 10 years, and I have planned over 4,000 marriage proposals and generated seven figures for my business. 

Starting a new business that disrupted the Wedding Industry gave me the confidence I needed to keep pushing boundaries and coming up with more opportunities I felt the Wedding Industry had missed. In 2011, I co-founded Ring Stash™, the world’s first patented, mass produced thin engagement ring box.  In 2016, I founded Pop The Knot, one of the first pop-up wedding companies in the world.

Now when I started each of these companies, they were all new services that the most people  hadn’t really heard of.  I had to deal with both the struggles of starting my own business, learning how to become a proposal planner, figuring out how to create pop-up wedding packages, and learn to bring a product to market.  I also had to educate the market about what a Proposal Planner could do for them, why a couple would want a pop-up wedding, and why proposers needed a flat engagement ring box.  

But you can be an innovator like me without  having to struggle like I did!  I am going to show you how.

I have spent a decade learning everything there is to know about these markets. I am passionate about sharing that information with you so that you can avoid the slow start and mistakes that I made and go straight to earning additional revenue and diversifying your income.