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Speaker 1: to success. My next guest is a cookie and cookie

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Speaker 1: and cookie dough mixed brand. That's what she built. She's

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Speaker 1: recently went from two hundred stores now two hundred store

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Speaker 1: that start I didn't in the kitchen, just like a

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Speaker 1: lot of you guys out there. The products are now

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Speaker 1: available nationwide and all home goods, TJ Max. All these

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Speaker 1: stories she's going to tell you, even in Canada. It's

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Speaker 1: they all started. Doctor Shika. How are you doing, doctor Sheika?

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Speaker 2: I am doing great. Rashaan, how are you doing?

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Speaker 1: A vegan cookie?

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Speaker 2: Yes, a vegan cookie.

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Speaker 1: How did that idea start?

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Speaker 2: Oh? My gosh, okay, So the idea of a vegan

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Speaker 2: cookie we started right at twenty twenty after the pandemic.

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Speaker 2: I was an educator. I was in the field of

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Speaker 2: education education management, and I've always been baking on the side,

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Speaker 2: and the marketing director she was like, you know what,

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Speaker 1: At this time, so basically you were working a normal job,

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Speaker 2: No, I didn't really think I had it in me,

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Speaker 1: Wow, And so but why vegan? You know, like I said,

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Speaker 1: I've tasted your cookies. They do taste. They taste I

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Speaker 1: This dessert hit a home run with me. Now, with

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Speaker 2: Okay? So we wanted to make a cookie that is

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Speaker 1: Now it's called Doctor Shika's Bakery. That's the name of

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Speaker 2: I'm originally from Easily, South Carolina. Many people have not

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Speaker 2: Okay, yes, yes, I earned it. I went to school

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Speaker 2: So I'm bringing that education to the Philli cookies.

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Speaker 2: No, I didn't. And this is so funny because again,

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Speaker 1: Right now, let's talk about developing a different flavors. So

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Speaker 1: desserts were they eating? That they were, you know, just

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Speaker 2: Okay, So they love the chocolate chip cookies, they love

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Speaker 1: Now, so you have chocolate chip, oatmeal, raisin, over raisin

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Speaker 1: Then you also have cookie dough mixed, so one can

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Speaker 1: Why was that part of the plan?

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Speaker 2: Okay? So you know how one thing always leads to another.

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Speaker 1: No, I don't, No, I don't doctor Sheifa, I am

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Speaker 1: interviewing you. Okay, please, I'm very naive about this whole development,

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Speaker 2: So we took that opportunity. We did a small kiosk

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Speaker 2: and it was great because it was a great testing ground.

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Speaker 1: Talking to doctor Sheika. Doctor Sheikha living been here in LA,

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Speaker 3: money Making Conversations Masterclass. Welcome back to the Money Making

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Speaker 3: Conversations Masterclass, hosted by Rashaan McDonald.

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Speaker 1: A person who I talk about all the time on

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Speaker 1: Right right and and doing that and so when I

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Speaker 1: And that's important because of the fact that and you

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Speaker 1: Right, look at guys, I'm teja. My moth is dropped

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Speaker 2: Yes, internationally. So they're gonna have thirty thousand buyers from

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Speaker 2: Okay, So we have appointments, they already have appointments set

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Speaker 2: up with buyers that are already ready for our products.

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Speaker 2: They're already ready. They're going to be closing deals in Canada.

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Speaker 1: Congratulations, you know, just an idea. You didn't think you

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Speaker 1: was a cook. I just got to keep rehashing your

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Speaker 1: And then you just start doing pop ups in LA

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Speaker 1: And when somebody asked you to do something, you didn't hesitate.

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Speaker 1: If you if you didn't do it right, you learned

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Speaker 1: how to do it. If that cake didn't taste good,

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Speaker 1: you threw it in the trash. You was not going

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Speaker 1: to deliver a cake that didn't taste good. And now

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Speaker 1: some major corporations speaking, let's talk about that.

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Speaker 2: Kelloggs Yes, Mars Yes, on.

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Speaker 1: The green snacking. Now, this is a young lady, ladies

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Speaker 1: and gentlemen. Doctor Shika didn't even have a passport in January.

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Speaker 1: And I'm not saying that as a putdown. I'm just

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Speaker 1: saying that it could all. It can happen for anyone

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Speaker 1: who's listening to this show if they believe it. If

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Speaker 1: they don't, let Na says step in the way up

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Speaker 1: their opportunities. Don't let negative moments. See this is it.

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Speaker 1: I'm going back to whatever I was supposed to do.

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Speaker 1: This is not going to work. And now you are

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Speaker 1: being presented to youself. So what's the what's the endgame

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Speaker 1: for this? When you when I'm when I'm saying all

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Speaker 1: this information to you, you you're having fundraising opportunities presented

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Speaker 1: for your product. You're going to be in Dubai, You're

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Speaker 1: going to be in Canada, Calloggs Mars, You're going to

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Speaker 1: be in forty one hundred stores. What is the ultimate

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Speaker 1: blessing for your future? My frame, because you are definitely

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Speaker 1: being blessed.

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Speaker 2: Yes, God is good, all glory to him. My goal

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Speaker 2: really is to be like the Betty Crocker or the

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Speaker 2: Nabisco of plant based cookies. So whenever you walk into

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Speaker 2: your grocery store, whether you're looking for a cookie mix,

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Speaker 2: brownie mix, cake mix, you're looking for cookies ready to eat,

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Speaker 2: whatever you're looking for, we're able to provide that. But

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Speaker 2: to also be able to have my face is the

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Speaker 2: logo on the product, you know, for my kids and

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Speaker 2: grandkids legacy. I mean, that's that's my goal, as well

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Speaker 2: as to be able to give back to the community.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's really important. So the flavors are do

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Speaker 1: you have any like are you gonna do any seasonal stuff?

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Speaker 1: Because time of the year. Some people do, like you know,

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Speaker 1: Little Chick Fi lady, they got the seasonal stuff and

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Speaker 1: a lot of products do that. We are what are

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Speaker 1: your seasonal products you have coming up?

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Speaker 2: Let me tell you a little bit about it. So,

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Speaker 2: for like our holiday flavors. We have a really nice

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Speaker 2: hot chocolate cookie. It kind of reminds you of a

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Speaker 2: cup of hot chocolate. It has chocolate, dark chocolate chips,

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Speaker 2: white chocolate chips. But when you have one or primise,

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Speaker 2: you can't eat just one. We have red building cookies

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Speaker 2: coming down the pipeline. We also have our banana pudding cookies.

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Speaker 2: So we have some really good flavors that are going

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Speaker 2: to be around for the holidays. So yeah, get ready.

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Speaker 1: And they've become popular, they become part of the regular.

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Speaker 1: If they become that popular, you're just going to stay seasonal.

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Speaker 2: Oh well, you know what, if we need to continue

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Speaker 2: to we would like to roll them out as a

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Speaker 2: permanent item. But we have a lot of plans for

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Speaker 2: you know, definitely limited editions as well, so we'll see

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Speaker 2: how it goes.

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Speaker 1: Well. My friend, I can tell you how it's going

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Speaker 1: right now. It seems like it's going fantastic and I'm

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Speaker 1: so happy you took the time in your busy schedule

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Speaker 1: because obviously you need a passport. And because you're about

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Speaker 1: to go on your road show. You about forty one

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Speaker 1: hundred and twenty stores, you going to Canada, you going

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Speaker 1: to Dubai. And I've interviewed a lot of people on

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Speaker 1: this show, and you know, everybody has a dream. I

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Speaker 1: have a dream. And this show is about money making

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Speaker 1: conversation master class and people tell their secrets to success.

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Speaker 1: And if you have to see your secrets is to success?

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Speaker 1: What would you say it is?

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna say, stay prayed up. That's what that's that's

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Speaker 2: the most important. Like before I start my day, when

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Speaker 2: I sit in my chair, but in front of us computer,

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Speaker 2: I'm like, Jesus, take the whill because like you're you're

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Speaker 2: challenged the day. You're working with fenders, you're working with retailers,

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Speaker 2: you're working with buyers, you're working with so many personalities,

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Speaker 2: so many timelines. So you gotta have fans, you know

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Speaker 2: what I mean. Because it's not easy. It's not an

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Speaker 2: easy thing, and especially for you know Minardi female, it's

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Speaker 2: even harder. It's even harder for us. And so you know,

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Speaker 2: just stay prayed up. That's the best advice I can get.

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Speaker 1: And then follow that up with a lot of hard work.

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Speaker 2: Okay, exactly a lot of hard work.

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Speaker 1: Doctor. Thank you for coming on much your money Making

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Speaker 1: Conversations master life and good luck, and I wish and

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Speaker 1: send me some postcards you know, when you're in Dubai,

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Speaker 1: when you're in Canada, you know, don't forget about a brother.

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Speaker 1: This has been another edition of Money Making Conversation Masterclass

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Speaker 1: posted by me Rashaun McDonald. Thank you to our guests

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Speaker 1: on the show today and thank you listening to audience now.

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Speaker 1: If you want to listen to any episode I want

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Speaker 1: Join us next week and remember to always leave with

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