1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: Calm Down with Aaron and Carissa is a production of 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: I Heart Radio. She's My Best spin it and have 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: you ever done a TikTok? No, But we had a 4 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: fun dance party. Hey, welcome to the Calm Down Podcast. 5 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: We're just gonna jump right in. I'm on the DoD band. 6 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: We did a little birthday party dance party the other day. 7 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: We're kind of we had in my wedding and it 8 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: was a bunch of ten year old, thirteen year olds 9 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: and forty five year olds just getting down and they 10 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:37,520 Speaker 1: all knew all these songs that I had no idea 11 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: and the dances like She's my bestpin. It was hilarious. 12 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: I have not felt old until now. Like I don't 13 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: know how to do a real Remember when I try 14 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: to do a reel with Lauren at your house for 15 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: Style and the Real Reel, the Real, Real, great website. 16 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: If they want to sponsor us, We're down for it. 17 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: I too, love me discounted Louis Vuitton bag. Um, yeah, 18 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: I don't know how to do reels. I don't know 19 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: how to do TikTok's. I'll never forget. When I was 20 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,320 Speaker 1: covering for Extra, they were like, hey, um, go cover 21 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: the kids, you know, Teen Choice Awards. I knew no 22 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 1: one on that red carpet. I feel like, when when 23 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 1: was it for you that you're like, oh, yeah, no, 24 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: I'm not in the loop anymore, or maybe you get 25 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: represented at the Teen Choice Awards. Snap, just being around 26 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 1: these kids out here because we're with all these families 27 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 1: and they know every word to every dirty rap song 28 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: and I thought I was cool, but I was like, 29 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: how do you know this? And yeah, I feel pretty old. 30 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,119 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what's working though maybe you feel old, 31 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: but then you're gonna fit right in on that golf 32 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: course because you in a polo shirt never have I 33 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: ever and you look so like with your hair before. 34 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: Is this Aaron in Montana? When I FaceTime do yesterday, 35 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: you were at the driving range and nothing made me happy. 36 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:58,559 Speaker 1: So my husband's a huge like golf person, golfer person 37 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: and person. You've been out here in Montana for about 38 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: five six summers and this was the first time. Well 39 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: last year I said I was going to do it. 40 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 1: We have started to take lessons, So my girlfriend Ashley 41 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 1: and I have started to take lessons and she's way better. 42 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 1: And lessons consist of us just being on the driving range. 43 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: So yesterday Ash was out of town. I just asked Jarrett, 44 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: and we're gonna go hit some balls later, um if 45 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: he would come with me. And I really like it 46 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: and I'd like to hit a driver before I was 47 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,239 Speaker 1: a seven iron. But the driver's fun. But you got 48 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 1: to move the tea up a little bit. But then 49 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: full disclosure. He always is like on Instagram. I'm always like, 50 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: what are you looking at? What are you looking at? Oh? 51 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: He's looking at stupid golf videos and stuff. And so 52 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: now I get it because he took a video of 53 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: me doing like my swing. I think I sent it 54 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: to you. I didn't know you didn't, right, Okay, well 55 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: we'll be putting it on the i G Calm Down. 56 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, the i G Calm Down Podcast, The Calm 57 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: Down Podcast. I G. My arms need to stay straight, 58 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: and imagine is my posture is horrible like this? But 59 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 1: it's so fun. Where is it? I guess what I ordered? 60 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: I ordered the back place. I ordered the brace. I 61 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: wonder if I should wear it. I don't know. I 62 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,399 Speaker 1: was just gonna put my riding range. That thing works, man. 63 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: For those of you guys that don't know what we're 64 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,799 Speaker 1: talking about Aaron was wearing what looks like a backpack 65 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: when you like, just in this shot that we have 66 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 1: right here, but it pulls your shoulders back. Yeah, maybe 67 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 1: try it on the range. I just like, are you 68 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: enjoying that? That's a good thing to do with like 69 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,239 Speaker 1: a couple. With couples, you know, Oh yeah, I would 70 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: not go on the course with him as a couple. 71 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: I like when he comes out in the range with 72 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: me and he fixes me, he says, I take coaching 73 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,119 Speaker 1: very very well. But yeah, I was excited to put 74 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: my golf shirt on for you and it looks and 75 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: a head out there after. Oh my god, this is 76 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: the best version. I'm so happy that you're in a 77 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 1: better mood this week in Montana. This is the errand 78 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: that I need. In Montana. We dealt with the pillow shams, 79 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: we dealt with the WiFi. You're in a better headspace 80 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: and you look adorable. Must be the golfing. Well. I 81 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: went to this acte puncturist out here today and she 82 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: made me cry. It was awesome. I don't know, like 83 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: what happened. And I go to acupuncture once a week 84 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: for fertility stuff, for anxiety all that, and she was working. 85 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: She said certain areas were talking to her and she 86 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: said she wanted to put some um what I don't know, 87 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: some what's the dotera this stuff, the smelling stuff that 88 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: she told me to close my eyes and she would 89 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 1: um tell me the scent that was speaking to me. 90 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: And the one I picked it was very pepperminty. She 91 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: said open your eyes and said read with the label 92 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: says and it said breathe and I started to cry. 93 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 1: And then Faith Hill played in the background, just reads 94 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: for Groceries Yes with her hair. My gosh, I wanted 95 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: to be faith Hill so bad that for prom that 96 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 1: was when that album came out. I put in this 97 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 1: terrible weave. It was like, I mean, which I've had 98 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: a lot of bad weaves. I mean it is this 99 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 1: one really took the cake. It was like a full on, 100 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: like net kind of a thing. But I wanted to 101 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 1: be faith Hell so bad. I'll tell you who else. 102 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: I want to be Ali Webb who Hello, I'm so 103 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: excited you guys. We had the co founder of Dry 104 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: Bar and Squeeze, which is her new business venture, on 105 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: the podcast Today. As entrepreneurs, Aaron and I are always curious, 106 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 1: um and excited to talk to individuals who have done 107 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 1: it and crushed it. Um, I want to know she 108 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: couldn't do just one thing. She had to do too. 109 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,239 Speaker 1: Why don't you leave the rest for leave us a shot, 110 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 1: give piece a chance, Ali, So we'll talk to her. 111 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: So I'm excited about that. But hello, I am so 112 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,559 Speaker 1: sorry I didn't tell you. Congratulations. You must be wearing 113 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: blue for your lightning winning the cup. Hello, so exciting. 114 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: My mom and dad went to the parade today. Very cute. Um, 115 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:50,919 Speaker 1: and yeah, that was amazing. I cried. We downloaded again 116 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: the video to the Calm Down podcast. I G it 117 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: was very emotional. I feel like when the Stanley Cup 118 00:05:56,360 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 1: comes out anyways, it's super emotional. But just seeing the 119 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,039 Speaker 1: guys and it was the second year, then it was 120 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: really excited because their families could go out and enjoy them. 121 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: And then I don't think they let the families out 122 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: on the ice, which I still have to get the 123 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 1: full story from some of the wives about Sachosa McDonald, 124 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 1: I don't know. NBC showed a shot of them standing 125 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: at the glass and kind of being like, let us in, 126 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: and I never saw any pictures of the families and 127 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: the babies on the ice, which, as we've talked about before, 128 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 1: que is very scary sometimes because you can fall right 129 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:28,039 Speaker 1: down that that girl's okay, by the way, just in 130 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: case I was wondering from that at their video. Um, 131 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 1: but that's so exciting or is it not as exciting 132 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: because they've already won? How many? How many times have 133 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: they won? Uh? Three times total as an organization owned? 134 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,479 Speaker 1: But back to back is how is it watching the 135 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: Stanley Cup with Jared who has won to himself like, 136 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: does he is it? Do you guys? Like turn the 137 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: volume out and he like commentates the whole thing, what's happening? No, 138 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: he tells me to calm down a lot, you know. Um. 139 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 1: But he also I love it because he points out 140 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 1: penalties before they get whistled. And it's really good too. 141 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 1: If my team is playing and he's like, oh no, 142 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:04,719 Speaker 1: and I'm like what and he goes too many men 143 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,040 Speaker 1: or that was a cross check or things like that, 144 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,039 Speaker 1: or he'll be like oh boy, and I'm like good 145 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: or bad? He's like really good for you guys, Like 146 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: he's really good at seeing that stuff. And I love it, 147 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: you know, very tony romo of him to call things 148 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: before it actually is happening now. If only he could 149 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: get Romo's paycheck. Speaking of paycheck, I want Ali Web's paycheck. Same. 150 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: I'm excited or really interested to ask her how she 151 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: adapted to the pandemic, because hello, I mean she was 152 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: She is a salon and so she was hit. I'm 153 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: sure the hardest. What does she change? What has she learned? 154 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: How did she learn to deal with her business? All 155 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff, lots of good questions. I have 156 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: a question. Why am I so red? Maybe it's the shirt. 157 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: Look at us, we're very patriotic in our red and 158 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: blue here we are. I did a deep conditioning mass 159 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 1: the other day. I'm so excited about it because I 160 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: you know, I don't have a wee even and I'm 161 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 1: trying to get healthy. That's all your own hair. Still, yeah, 162 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: you have a lot of hate. Let me tell you what, 163 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: well you know you do. I've got to go easy 164 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: on myself where it's going to start to fall out, 165 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: um breathe. So I, like I said, I put a 166 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: deep conditioner like masking, and I left it in all day. 167 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 1: I was really excited because I made an effort for that. 168 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: And then we were going out to dinner and I 169 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: guess I didn't wash it out all the way I 170 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: washed the top track, but I guess I didn't really 171 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: get up in there. That is so greasy and nasty 172 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 1: back here. Still you hit up the top track line. Um, 173 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: we call that a top wash in the biz, because 174 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: when you don't want to have to wash your whole weave, 175 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 1: you just take this front part and wash it. And 176 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 1: I well, remember how Aaron and I used to send 177 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: each other pictures when we would take our individual clippings 178 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: out and they have to dry them in the hotels 179 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: and put them over the racks. It's always sexy. I was, 180 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: actually it might be in this bad I was pulling 181 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: out my extensions. I had to go do an interview 182 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:02,559 Speaker 1: with Ron Rivera and his wife Stephanie. It was incredible. 183 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 1: Do you want to talk about and those people that 184 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: did you see his gold retriever? I wish Tahoe you mean? 185 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: And Tahoe was in Tahoe. I was looking for my extension. 186 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: This was so classy of me. I'm sitting in his 187 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: living room and I was pulling my individual extensions out. Um. 188 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: Anyone that doesn't know Ron Rivera's story is incredible. He's 189 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: the head coach of the Washington football team, and last 190 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,959 Speaker 1: year he was diagnosed with cancer um in the start 191 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: of the season and he went through chemo and he's 192 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:31,559 Speaker 1: in remission. Yea, how does he look? How does he 193 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: sound great? He's yeah, he said he The biggest thing 194 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: for him is just keeping weight on because his he 195 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: just metabolizes things so fast from the treatments. But it 196 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 1: was incredible, Aaron, I did you you worked some of 197 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,439 Speaker 1: their games? Right? I didn't get to see you. Didn't 198 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: We didn't work you know what. Yes, but we did 199 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: work their game this year, but we didn't get to 200 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,359 Speaker 1: see him, you know. And I wasn't on his sideline, 201 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:56,839 Speaker 1: got it? Yeah, I mean he was telling me that 202 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 1: at halftime, so what's half time? Ten minutes? Teen minutes? 203 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: But I mean, you know, I don't um he would 204 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: get an I V. He wouldn't even talk to the 205 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 1: team at halftime. I mean the fact that he coached 206 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: throughout the season and everything that he was going through. 207 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: So I'm really excited that will air on NFL films. 208 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 1: The UM presents those long form interviews. But what a 209 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:19,559 Speaker 1: team between Alex Smith and Rivera last year and then Washington, 210 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: you know, looking to get. I'm excited for them this year. 211 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: I think they're going to be really good. They obviously 212 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:28,560 Speaker 1: their defense is their marquee, part of that UM team. 213 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 1: They got a ton of reasons to be optimistic in Washington, 214 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 1: so that was fun. But anyways, Yeah, so classy me 215 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,959 Speaker 1: was pulling out extensions. Not in front of Ron of course, coach. 216 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 1: I wouldn't do that. That's disrespectful. But never wait, I 217 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 1: have to ask you a question. So before we came on, 218 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: I was getting a real random FaceTime and not one 219 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 1: that I'm like, I couldn't tell my husband. I tell 220 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: by the way my husband at all because like I 221 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: just encased it bites you in the bum bump. But um, 222 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: it was just a random FaceTime. Well no, I was 223 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 1: just saying a real random like no, yeah, yeah, yeah, 224 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: personally you know calling me, but it's just a random 225 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: let's talk about that. If you're if I haven't heard 226 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: from you in a really long time, don't FaceTime me 227 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 1: when he's doing. There's no chance I'm gonna pick that up. 228 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 1: I I only pick up your FaceTime. Who else would have? 229 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 1: I think that's just you. That's that's that's how a 230 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: FaceTime I would pick up. I don't. I don't get it, Like, 231 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: what are we doing here? And by the way, it's 232 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: very similar to the zoom thing now after COVID, Why 233 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:24,679 Speaker 1: does everything have to be a zoom? I don't want to. 234 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: I don't want to have to get ready to do 235 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: this meeting, so and I just go straight to the audio. 236 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: The same thing on phones. I'm not into the face 237 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: timing for no reason. Well I don't even have WiFi, 238 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: so well, yeah, well you have WiFi. Now things are 239 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 1: going great, things are about to get even better. Um, yeah, 240 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: so i'd be curious. Actually, let's take that to the 241 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: I g um, Paul, Do we like a FaceTime from 242 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,680 Speaker 1: someone we're not that close to when I'm here and 243 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:52,439 Speaker 1: makeup ready? Sure, but that happens once a week during 244 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 1: the season. The rest of the time, I look like 245 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: I just got hit by truck. So I don't need 246 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 1: you facetiming me because guess what I'm not going to 247 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 1: show you. My favorite is when someone you don't know, 248 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: when you're not wearing any makeup, and someone's like, oh 249 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: my god, I didn't recognize you, Like, do you think 250 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: that's a compliment? Which part of that statement do you 251 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: think is a compliment by saying, oh, I didn't recognize 252 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: you that they see you, like at a game, when 253 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:17,959 Speaker 1: fans used to be able to come up to you 254 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 1: and be like, you're so much skinnier than you are 255 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:24,680 Speaker 1: on TV. Get away from me, Like, who needs that? 256 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 1: It's so rude to you because I asked for that. 257 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 1: Oh my god, it's it's along the same lines of 258 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 1: you look tired. Okay, when in the history of anyone 259 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 1: saying you look tired, is that going to be taken 260 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 1: as a compliment. Yeah, I'm Oh my god, you're you're 261 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: in a good place with social media right now, aren't 262 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:50,079 Speaker 1: you tell us about that? I'm so over social media, 263 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: you guys, I love these people like I took a 264 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: d tux from social media. I'm I'm getting off social 265 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 1: media first. I'll just get off. Okay. We don't need 266 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: to make an announcement. We don't need a press release, 267 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 1: and we don't need a press release that telling everyone 268 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:02,679 Speaker 1: now I've come back. I've been off social media for 269 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: a month. No one knew you were gone. Okay, no 270 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: one cares. I sat in the Starbucks parking lot the 271 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: other day for forty five minutes, just everything I scolled. 272 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: I was like, I don't like that. I don't like that. 273 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:16,560 Speaker 1: She's annoying. This is and I'm like, why am I 274 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 1: doing this to myself? It makes me upset? It makes 275 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:22,679 Speaker 1: me jealous. I want to be on the French riviera. Okay, 276 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 1: so everything on Instagram is making me angry or annoyed. 277 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 1: So what am I wasting forty five minutes of my day? 278 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:31,079 Speaker 1: And the Starbucks parking lot doing it for it's it's again. 279 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 1: It goes back to being a massacrest. I do this 280 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: to myself. I work myself all up. I need the acupuncture, 281 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 1: peppermint patty you do and the breed. I feel that 282 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 1: way a lot about social media. Yeah, it really goes 283 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: with like I feel like my cycle. I'm either happy 284 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: or I am sad or the cycle again? What dare 285 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 1: you in your cyclen? Who knows that? I don't. I 286 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 1: don't know why you still have one? I don't have one? 287 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 1: What do you mean because I'm like forty three? That's 288 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 1: I need new eggs? I mean me, I don't. I 289 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:12,839 Speaker 1: don't want to have a period, so I don't have one. Well, 290 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: you gotta have a period to I was related to 291 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: this game by the way. Every man is just checked out. 292 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: That's ever listened to our podcast, stay with us where 293 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: we'll bring it back. Okay, we'll talk about a Tampa 294 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: two defense in a second. Okay, single highest safety coming 295 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 1: at you real quick. Stay with us, Stay alive people. 296 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 1: That defense is really bleeding today. What who's filling the 297 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 1: egg gap? Um? I don't want to period, and I 298 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: was really late to that game. I found out a 299 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 1: couple of years ago you didn't have to have one, 300 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 1: and I was like, why did I ever want one? 301 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 1: If you are like me and you cannot get pregnant 302 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 1: and you're doing this whole fertility IVF thing, you better 303 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: have a period. But I already did. I'd already did 304 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 1: my freezing of the Higgs and I didn't and I 305 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: didn't happen to do it again, to do it as 306 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: many times as I have. I no, I'll go with 307 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: you next time. No one needs that. Um. Okay for 308 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: those men that are still listening, we're bringing alle Web 309 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: on here in a second. Um. I can't wait to 310 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: ask her what day she's on her cycle, So that'll 311 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 1: be fun. It's a common thing when you're doing when 312 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: you're doing I v F, what da are you. I'm like, 313 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 1: I don't even know what day it is. What what 314 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 1: are you talking about? Wait? Hold on, one more thing 315 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 1: about social media? But barstool put up a video the 316 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: other day. Did you see the girl this never ends fall, 317 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 1: then jumped off the roof, dumps on the trampoline and 318 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: then flips over in the pool. No. I did not 319 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 1: see that. But that's the only reason I should just 320 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: do my settings. So just barstool comes up because or 321 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 1: like funny videos. They actually put a video up the 322 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 1: other day of a spelling bee I did with those 323 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: boys back in like two thousand and sixteen, maybe when 324 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: they were broke, and now they are rich rich. Speaking 325 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 1: of rich, Ali Webb coming up after the break, I 326 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 1: have so many questions, so many questions. I'm gonna go 327 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 1: to the bat. How do you get rich? It's not 328 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 1: my st Hi Ali, Hi, Ali, Hi, we welcome in 329 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: now a New York Times best selling author and co 330 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 1: founder of Dry Bar and now Squeeze. I'm excited to 331 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: talk to you about all things business and life. Ali Webb, 332 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 1: thank you so much for joining us. Thanks for having me. 333 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, I was saying before you jumped on, 334 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: I'm so sorry, I needed to go to dry bar. 335 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 1: I mean, this is pathetic that I have you on 336 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 1: and my hair is in a ponytail. I mean, it's 337 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: so embarrassing. They were they're just starting to open again. 338 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 1: It's you know, it's kind of a rough year back. Yes, 339 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: thank god. We're dying to talk to you just about 340 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 1: how that challenged you mentally and your business and what 341 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: you did to overcome a lot of things. But first, Ali, 342 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: I actually the reason why we reached out to you 343 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,160 Speaker 1: as I was telling a story about the clothing line 344 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: that I started finally three years ago, but I got 345 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 1: sitting thank you. But I was sitting at Justin's house 346 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:14,639 Speaker 1: with you getting our roots done, and I think I 347 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 1: showed you my legally blonde bend and snap move about 348 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: getting a pen on the field, which I haven't told 349 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 1: Calm Down podcast about. But I died for your whole 350 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,239 Speaker 1: story about how you told me you banged down so 351 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 1: many doors and these people would look at you in 352 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: the face and say that sounds like a salon. I 353 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 1: love that story. Please tell us about being in your 354 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:38,399 Speaker 1: thirties having this idea and how you got people to 355 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 1: listen to you. Well, I mean it was. It was 356 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:45,159 Speaker 1: definitely personal necessity. Obviously, we didn't invent blowouts. You know, 357 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 1: you're you're not inventing clothes, You're just inventing a different 358 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: kind of experience around it, right, which there's so many similarities. 359 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 1: And we were, you know, I as a girl, naturally 360 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,159 Speaker 1: curly hair, girl who grew up in South Florida with frizzy, 361 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: humid weather, you know, just kind of longed for a 362 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:02,680 Speaker 1: place like dry bar and you know, very very long 363 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 1: story short, you know, I became a hair stylist, professional 364 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 1: hair style, was learned how to blow out my own hair, 365 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 1: and was a stay at home mom, and I started 366 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: a mobile blowout business in l A where I was 367 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 1: like blow drying all my mommy friend's hair and it 368 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:16,679 Speaker 1: was only charting like forty bucks because it was like 369 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: two twenties. Seemed really easy, and that was a great 370 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 1: little business and like that was a great, you know 371 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:23,440 Speaker 1: way for me to get out of the house, get 372 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: away from my kids for a couple of hours, earn 373 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 1: a little extra cash, which I don't think I actually did, 374 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,199 Speaker 1: but it was a great like idea. And that's when 375 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 1: I realized that there's really no place for women to 376 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 1: go for an affordable blowout at a great place where 377 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 1: you know, the focus is blowout. And and to your point, 378 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 1: when I first started, you know, talking to me about this, 379 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:45,679 Speaker 1: like women immediately got it. They loved the idea. You know. 380 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 1: It was like even my brother Michael, who became my 381 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: business partner in this, he was like, I don't understand. 382 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: Like Sarah, his wife, like she's got straight hair and 383 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 1: just drives straight. I'm like, she's like pent and those 384 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: women don't have hair. This drives perfectly straight out their heads, 385 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 1: you know, and most women can't do their hair themselves, 386 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: you know. And and so you know, we started talking 387 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:08,399 Speaker 1: about this. I gotten him into the idea, you know, 388 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: and then we Mike, I was lucky, you know that 389 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: Michael put up the first two and fifty thou dollars, 390 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: so that really like got us out the door. And 391 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 1: then we realized we needed money. Um and I think 392 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 1: you know the story you were alluding to is like 393 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: when we started raising like big money because we knew 394 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:26,159 Speaker 1: we were onto something. We had opened Brentwood, it was 395 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:28,879 Speaker 1: like Gangbusters. We'd opened the second location. We've kind of 396 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:31,560 Speaker 1: been bootstrapping it and friends and family, but when we 397 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 1: started going to like private equity and the big money guys. 398 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 1: You know, they were like what you know, and like 399 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 1: maybe a sister or their wife had heard of dry bar, 400 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: but they just were like, you know, didn't didn't totally 401 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 1: get it. And it was like many many meetings and 402 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: we were doing a formal process and many of those 403 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 1: meetings were like, you know, guys were looking at me 404 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,120 Speaker 1: like I was sucking crazy and they're like, I don't understand. 405 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: It's just blowouts and you know, and it was like 406 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,680 Speaker 1: it was a really hard hurdle to get over explaining 407 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 1: it to a room full of men, like really like 408 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,680 Speaker 1: the whole concept of blowout was completely lost on them 409 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: and they didn't really get it um. And so we 410 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 1: went through a lot of different like groups of venture 411 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 1: capitalists and private equity guys and until we got to 412 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 1: what became our partner in castanea you know who who 413 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,160 Speaker 1: didn't first of all got got the idea. They also 414 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: had Janet Gerwy she was the founder of Laura Mercy 415 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: a Cosmetics, so she was a born she really got 416 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 1: the concept and they were like, we don't want to 417 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 1: mess with it. We wanted to be you know, just 418 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: the way you wanted to be and and then the 419 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 1: Cassinea definitely asked this question. But most of the private 420 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 1: equity partner firms that we were talking to were like, 421 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: why don't you do makeup and add like sell nail 422 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: polish and do all that you know, do sell all 423 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 1: this other ship because you have this captive audience of 424 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 1: a hundred plus women coming in your shops today. And 425 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: you know, I had to really stick to my guns 426 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: with that. And I mean, there's so many of those 427 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 1: early days stories, but but yeah, you know, I just 428 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 1: I really believed in this thing that I knew so 429 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:56,360 Speaker 1: well and I knew like like nothing else I really 430 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 1: knew in my life as well as I knew this 431 00:20:58,160 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 1: that I knew this would work, and I and I'm 432 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 1: imagined it would only be in a very small scale. 433 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:04,400 Speaker 1: We never ever would have imagined it would turn into 434 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 1: a hundred locations in a product gun and all the 435 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 1: others which I'm upsets with the dry shampoo thank you 436 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:11,960 Speaker 1: for that, by the wall, Oh my god, it smells 437 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 1: so good. Um, but you you just mentioned it ali 438 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 1: a hundred and fifty over a hundred and fifty locations 439 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 1: in ten years because you opened up the Brentwood store 440 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:23,680 Speaker 1: back in two thou eleven years I guess right, two 441 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,359 Speaker 1: thousand and ten, you guys have opened up that store. 442 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:28,640 Speaker 1: Is there a moment where you're driving down the road 443 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 1: and you look over and you're like, oh, there's a 444 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:33,160 Speaker 1: dry bar. I started that like I would trip out 445 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 1: if because I saw one the other day and I 446 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: knew that we're going to talk to you, and I 447 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,399 Speaker 1: was like thinking, how cool that must be as an 448 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 1: entrepreneur to watch an idea become an incredible movement that has, 449 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:48,959 Speaker 1: you know, as solidified its place now. Yeah, it is 450 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: so surreal. You know. I remember being in New York 451 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: City years ago and walking I love to walk on 452 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: them in New York and walking like from like a 453 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 1: long ways in the city and probably passing four different 454 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,920 Speaker 1: dry ours and being likely, sh it, that's that's mine, 455 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 1: the idea. You know. It's like, yeah, I mean, it's 456 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 1: like we're like neck and neck with Nordstrums in terms 457 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 1: of like how many locations. It's like Nordstrom. You know. 458 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: It's like to me that, you know, so, yeah, I 459 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 1: have moments like that, you know, and then I have 460 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,680 Speaker 1: moments where it's like it doesn't even like enter my 461 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,919 Speaker 1: mind and then and then there's like other you know, 462 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 1: it's like dry bar has given me such a platform 463 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 1: and has opened up so many doors for me personally 464 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:26,919 Speaker 1: to do other things that I want to do in 465 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 1: other businesses and other all this other stuff. So yeah, 466 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 1: it's it's pretty surreal. I mean, if then, if you 467 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: were asked like my parents as a kid and growing up, 468 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,239 Speaker 1: I was such a like I was. I can't even 469 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 1: believe this, but I was. I was definitely like a 470 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:41,239 Speaker 1: wall flower. My brother was always in trouble and I 471 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:44,159 Speaker 1: was always kind of sitting back, and you know, my 472 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,639 Speaker 1: my parents would be the first to say, like, who 473 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: would have ever thought? You know, it's like took a 474 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 1: while to come into my own and then to have 475 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:52,959 Speaker 1: done it, and this like you know, such a like 476 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: on such a rocket ship has been She's crazy. Yeah, 477 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:00,200 Speaker 1: it's it's pretty overwhelming, Like, you know, what how been 478 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,879 Speaker 1: to my life in the last eleven years? With all 479 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 1: the locations that you have and who you are and 480 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 1: who you've become, how much pressure is there for your 481 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:11,880 Speaker 1: hair not to look like shit? There is pressure? I mean, 482 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: I mean literally, I don't think I had washed my 483 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,159 Speaker 1: hair like today's the first day I washed my hair 484 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 1: in like five days, and I was like, I know 485 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,360 Speaker 1: I'm going to be on video whether other people see 486 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 1: it or not. I'm like, yeah, I gain my hair 487 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: as the heinous lours Ago. So I do feel a 488 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,920 Speaker 1: little bit of although I don't really judge other people 489 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 1: the way other people think I do, because I'm also like, 490 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,200 Speaker 1: I don't like hair to be perfect. I'm like, I 491 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 1: like hair a little messy and not SuperFect, which you 492 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: know kind of goes against my brand. But do you 493 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 1: ever like secret shopper it? If I was you, I'd 494 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 1: go into a dry bar and I would sit down 495 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 1: as a client, and I would like to see what's happening. 496 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: You know, it's hard if so many people have asked 497 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:52,360 Speaker 1: me that, and I have I would like to do that. 498 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 1: And every once in a while I'll walk in a 499 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 1: shop and they won't know who I am, which honestly 500 00:23:56,520 --> 00:24:01,160 Speaker 1: makes me more annoyed because I'm like history of the Bread, Yes, 501 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 1: well I am um, and I'm just I'm Frankly, I'm 502 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 1: not in the stores anymore, and I'm not in the 503 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 1: day to day business anymore. But it's and and yeah, 504 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:13,880 Speaker 1: it's it's hard for me to go into a dry 505 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: bar for the most part because I'm very Oh it's like, 506 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:22,360 Speaker 1: you know, everything stands out to me where when necessarily 507 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 1: but like I see all the things that are like 508 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:25,919 Speaker 1: not exactly the way I want them to be. And 509 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 1: then especially going in you know, post pandemic, and we 510 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:31,959 Speaker 1: just started opening them again and we were like spacing 511 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,479 Speaker 1: out and like everyone's wearing masks and the thing, and 512 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 1: I'm like, oh man, this is not I mean, I 513 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 1: know we have to do it and it's important, but 514 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 1: it's like this is not like that. It's bustling and 515 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,679 Speaker 1: busy and crowded, and that's like the beauty of it. 516 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 1: So it's that's been adjustment, I mean, just like anything 517 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 1: else that we've all had to adjust to. Um, it's 518 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 1: not exactly my baby the way it was, you know. 519 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: So I remember it was really this time last year. 520 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,680 Speaker 1: We were all sitting out here in Montana, this group 521 00:24:57,720 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 1: that I have, and there's a lot of people involved 522 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 1: in the NFL here, and we were kind of wondering 523 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 1: are we going back to work. I was in your 524 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:05,679 Speaker 1: two of my clothing lines, thinking, oh my god, this 525 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:09,680 Speaker 1: thing's gonna die right here and there when everything starts 526 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,360 Speaker 1: shutting down, alley in l a and and all over 527 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: the country. What are you thinking about your baby? I 528 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:19,439 Speaker 1: mean about dry Bar. Yeah, I mean I thought that 529 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 1: it was like over for us too, you know. I 530 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 1: mean it was you know, we were lucky that we 531 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 1: had iron I mean, by the grace of like god, 532 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 1: we sold the product division in early January, right before 533 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: the world like the world fell apart, so we you know, 534 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 1: the business sustained itself with that luckily for a little while, 535 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:41,119 Speaker 1: you know, And we were trying to do things like 536 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:43,439 Speaker 1: incentives for employees and we were just trying to do 537 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 1: whatever we could. But it was like it was scary. 538 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 1: It was like we were faced with this, like oh 539 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 1: my god, this could be like it like Dryver could 540 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 1: just be done, you know, and and and listen, it 541 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 1: kind of came close to that, and we we we 542 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,720 Speaker 1: worked it out and we are still here. But it was, 543 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 1: you know, it was very touch and go there for 544 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 1: a while, and it was like this is how this 545 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: ends like this, you know, it was like, you know, 546 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 1: not that thought, that thought and idea I was like, 547 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,400 Speaker 1: you know, kind of my life's work. And then it's like, oh, 548 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 1: we're just gonna go bankrupt because we don't you know, 549 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 1: because it was obviously I mean, you do the math. 550 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:18,119 Speaker 1: It's like we had all these locations with all this 551 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: rent to pay, no money coming in, and it was 552 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:25,119 Speaker 1: the scariest, like craziest, like you just you know. I 553 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,639 Speaker 1: remember my brother used always say, like, you know, you 554 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 1: have to save up for rainy day, and what if 555 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 1: the world falls apart. It's like that's never gonna happen, 556 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:35,360 Speaker 1: and then it happens, and you're like, holy ship. Oh yeah, 557 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: very very scary, and thank god we got through it. 558 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 1: Like did you you know Aaron's um a few years 559 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:44,479 Speaker 1: into her successful clothing brand, I started an interior design company, 560 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 1: And I'm curious, from you know, your bird's eye view. Now, 561 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 1: sitting at the top as a business owner and entrepreneur 562 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 1: with such success, were you overwhelmed? I'm overwhelmed by the business. 563 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 1: I'm not business savvy. I know that I know what 564 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,960 Speaker 1: I know and I know design, but I don't know 565 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:03,159 Speaker 1: the business part of it. How did you learn or 566 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: was that something that was innate to you or who 567 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 1: helped you with I don't I don't really consider myself 568 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,199 Speaker 1: business savvy either. I think maybe other people do, and 569 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 1: I think I've learned a lot about business, and I 570 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: probably know more probably like you than most people know 571 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 1: because when because when you start a business, as you know, 572 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 1: you're kind of thrust into like making decisions on ship 573 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,119 Speaker 1: that you're like, I don't know, I'm just gonna you know, 574 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 1: but I was likely to have like a good partner 575 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,159 Speaker 1: and my brother who was much more business savvy than 576 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,399 Speaker 1: I was, which is always like advice I give people. 577 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 1: It's like find that person that you really trust that 578 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: kind of not only is good at the stuff that 579 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,400 Speaker 1: you're not, but like enjoys it so that you could 580 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 1: go enjoy design and do the thing that you love, 581 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 1: you know, I mean we we had that conversation so 582 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,360 Speaker 1: much like what is my alley's highest and best use? 583 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 1: And it was like the training program, the customer service 584 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 1: in the shop, you know, the way the shop looked 585 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 1: and felt, and like how we talked to people, like 586 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 1: all all of that stuff, like I was really good 587 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 1: at that, you know, spreadsheet and payroll and are no, 588 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 1: thank you, I don't want to do it, and sometimes 589 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 1: we have to. And I did in the beginning, I 590 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 1: mean I did. I did do payroll in the early days. 591 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,639 Speaker 1: I don't know if they did it well. But you know, 592 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 1: it's like, of course, I think it's good to go 593 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 1: through the motions of it, but I think it's like 594 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,880 Speaker 1: give yourself a break and let somebody else take that 595 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:23,359 Speaker 1: on because they'll be better at it also than you know. 596 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,439 Speaker 1: That's that's kind of you know, And I'm in the 597 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:28,199 Speaker 1: throes of that right now with my jewelry company that 598 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: I started, Beckoning Quill and uh, you know, and it's 599 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 1: really really tiny and it's all direct to consumers, so 600 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 1: it's very different than what I know, which is like 601 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 1: breaking mortar. And it's like, oh, I have to get 602 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 1: people to go to my website to buy stuff, Like 603 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 1: I don't know how to do that, and I'm figuring 604 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 1: that out. I'm trying to like pull favors and leverage 605 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 1: people and ask as many people as like hey, because 606 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:50,320 Speaker 1: I just don't know how to do it, you know, 607 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 1: and I kind of find the challenge fun, you know, 608 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: like how do I get this business off the ground. 609 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 1: What's the trick um? Because I'm determined to crack the 610 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 1: code and I was like, there is a coat, But 611 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 1: you know, it's the same thing. There's so much about 612 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:05,640 Speaker 1: this that business that I don't really enjoy doing. Like 613 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 1: there's stuff about you and I think figuring out and 614 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,800 Speaker 1: and like sourcing out the other stuff is really so important. 615 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 1: You sound like and I and I know, just spending 616 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker 1: a little bit of time with you that I have 617 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 1: in person. You have a ton of ideas all the time. 618 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 1: You know, no matter what's going on in your life, 619 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: how do you handle that? How do you deal with it? 620 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 1: So you're not going nuts? Well, it's it's interesting because 621 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 1: I'm at this like strange phase in my life where 622 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:33,600 Speaker 1: I'm kind of like what now, Like what am I 623 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 1: doing now? It's like, you know, I'm still involved in 624 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,520 Speaker 1: dry round on the board and and that sort of thing, 625 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 1: but not in the day to day operations, and you know, 626 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 1: I'm an advisor and investor and Squeeze and then we 627 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 1: just launched this okay humans the therapy concept, and then 628 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 1: I have back in and Quill and I'm writing a 629 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 1: book and I'm like, you know, to your point, I'm 630 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: just like so many things, um, but I but I'm 631 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,160 Speaker 1: like trying to figure out like what's like the next 632 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,600 Speaker 1: like what am I doing for like the next ten years? 633 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,560 Speaker 1: And maybe it is like I think, I mean, like 634 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,920 Speaker 1: the figuring it out kind of phase right now, because 635 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:04,520 Speaker 1: I do come up with a lot of ideas, and 636 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:06,520 Speaker 1: my fiance and I are like working on a lot 637 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:08,239 Speaker 1: of things together, and so I'm just kind of like 638 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 1: I feel like I'm at this stage where I'm throwing 639 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,600 Speaker 1: a lot at the wall and seeing what what sticks 640 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:14,560 Speaker 1: and what makes me the most happy and trying to 641 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,360 Speaker 1: just put a lot out there and see where see 642 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,720 Speaker 1: where I land. And I don't know, do you feel it? 643 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:23,200 Speaker 1: Just kind of do you feel pressure? I mean in 644 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 1: that thing of like, oh, dry Bar is so successful, 645 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:28,400 Speaker 1: like now it's like okay, the next thing, you know, 646 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 1: we're in the sports world and you know, you win 647 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,280 Speaker 1: uh Lombardi Trophy and then it's like okay, but then 648 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:36,120 Speaker 1: go do it again, and go do it again and 649 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:39,240 Speaker 1: do it again. And so this idea of having a 650 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 1: successful business and then being having that entrepreneurial spirit to 651 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 1: start other companies. But do feel pressure to haven't be 652 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 1: successful the same way I do sometimes? But I feel 653 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:49,800 Speaker 1: like I try to like get in front of that 654 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 1: pressure by like talking about, you know, my jewelry company 655 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 1: as like it could work and it could not work. 656 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,440 Speaker 1: And I think that like I've had a really successful 657 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,840 Speaker 1: business I've had a really good run, and I probably 658 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,360 Speaker 1: won't have other businesses that are quite as successful or 659 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 1: dry as dry Bar is, and or maybe I will. 660 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,360 Speaker 1: And then it's like, you know, you hear people say 661 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,120 Speaker 1: all the time, and I know it's cliche like our 662 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,440 Speaker 1: failures build us and our mistakes make us and all 663 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,080 Speaker 1: that stuff, but it's really true, you know. And it's 664 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:19,120 Speaker 1: like I'm I'm you know, just kind of giving all 665 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:21,840 Speaker 1: these new ideas a shot now, and I'm sure some 666 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,200 Speaker 1: will work and some won't. And I like to be 667 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,400 Speaker 1: really transparent about that because it's not like, oh, just 668 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,200 Speaker 1: because I've had success means I'm going to have success again, 669 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,200 Speaker 1: and you know, and I had little bits of success 670 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:34,680 Speaker 1: before dry Bar, but obviously not on the scale um, 671 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:36,280 Speaker 1: And I don't know, I mean, I feel pressure, but 672 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,600 Speaker 1: I also feel like a freedom to like I can 673 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 1: like I've done some really great things and now I 674 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:44,600 Speaker 1: can kind of like not sit back in a way 675 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:46,440 Speaker 1: of like relaxing, but I can like kind of do 676 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 1: what I relive and I can yeah, and you know what, 677 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:52,800 Speaker 1: all these different things and then then to see what 678 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 1: makes me happy, and you know, my life is like, 679 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:57,920 Speaker 1: you know, I met a new guy, and I fell 680 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,240 Speaker 1: in love, and I'm like, tell us about that, where 681 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:10,240 Speaker 1: did you meet him? You know? I met a new 682 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,400 Speaker 1: guy and I fell in love and I'm like, tell 683 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:16,120 Speaker 1: us about like that, where did you meet him? Well, 684 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 1: you'll laugh. We met through this company called the Three 685 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,040 Speaker 1: Day Rule. It's a matchmaking service. I was like dating 686 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,360 Speaker 1: after I got divorced, and I was dating on all 687 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:28,480 Speaker 1: these like you know, these like apps and they stopped 688 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:32,640 Speaker 1: made no offense my friends. But I just had a 689 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:35,600 Speaker 1: hard time finding, you know, the right guy for me, 690 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,440 Speaker 1: you know. And I'm like, I'm a pretty strong like 691 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,680 Speaker 1: female and you know, and successful and all the things. 692 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,760 Speaker 1: And I was meeting guys who were like either intimidated 693 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,200 Speaker 1: or just like you know, they were like they wanted 694 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 1: kids still, and I was like, yeah, no, that ship 695 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:53,040 Speaker 1: has sailed. And I was just like, lining up your 696 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:55,680 Speaker 1: stuff is hard. And so I had on my podcast, 697 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:57,960 Speaker 1: Raising the Bar, I had the founder of this company, 698 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,200 Speaker 1: the Three Day Rule tell you. She came on and 699 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,520 Speaker 1: she was like, listen, we prioritize like working out and 700 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:04,520 Speaker 1: how we eat and all this ship and our jobs, 701 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:07,280 Speaker 1: but we don't prioritize our love lives. And I was like, 702 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 1: you're right, because I was like, it feels like kind 703 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:13,200 Speaker 1: of desperate to hire somebody, to meet somebody. But she's 704 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,720 Speaker 1: like why, you know, It's like it's just like anything else. 705 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 1: If you hire a headhunter to find a great job, 706 00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:21,840 Speaker 1: you know, I'm like yeah, and so I hired them 707 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 1: and they Adrian, my fiance now, is the third guy 708 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:28,440 Speaker 1: I met and like it was like really like love 709 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:30,400 Speaker 1: at first sight. And we've been together almost two years. 710 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:33,959 Speaker 1: And he's like coach. He's an executive coach, so like 711 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:38,000 Speaker 1: you can he coaches like founders like me, so perfect 712 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:43,400 Speaker 1: know how that goes? Yeah, So I mean this like, 713 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:46,240 Speaker 1: you know, I was in a marriage for sixteen years. 714 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:48,520 Speaker 1: That was you know, Cam was like my best friend 715 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 1: and we built driver together. We have two amazing kids. 716 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:54,440 Speaker 1: But it wasn't like that like wow, like knock you over, 717 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,280 Speaker 1: like love affair that I'm experiencing now. So I was 718 00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,800 Speaker 1: like that part of my life. It's kind of back. 719 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:04,720 Speaker 1: You know, you can't have it. You can have italus 720 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:08,040 Speaker 1: proof of this look at her. Yeah, just at different times. 721 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 1: You know. It's like for like I I was married 722 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,239 Speaker 1: for sixteen years and I and I think we're both 723 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:16,080 Speaker 1: kind of like ship. This is it like this, uh 724 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,040 Speaker 1: doesn't feel like right, you know, and then you know, 725 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:22,600 Speaker 1: meeting Adrian and like, oh, I think this was what 726 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,799 Speaker 1: I was supposed to feel like, you know, um and 727 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,200 Speaker 1: I have a relationship with my ex and you know, 728 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,480 Speaker 1: we it's like, yeah, I mean it's personally it feels 729 00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:34,600 Speaker 1: like where my life is supposed to be in that way, 730 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:36,160 Speaker 1: And you know, I think I was just like not 731 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:38,040 Speaker 1: paying attention to my marriage when we're building dry Bar 732 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:40,839 Speaker 1: because just just so dry Bar was like my third 733 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,120 Speaker 1: baby and it was just like every everything we had 734 00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:45,040 Speaker 1: and Cam was in the business too, is a creative 735 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,000 Speaker 1: mastermind of dry Bar. Everything we had went to Dry Bar. 736 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:51,480 Speaker 1: And now I'm like, you know, like what I feel, 737 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:53,759 Speaker 1: you know, really have fallen in love and enjoying that 738 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:57,840 Speaker 1: part of my life that I was ignoring for twenty years. 739 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,359 Speaker 1: So yeah, it's like everything is like how opened into 740 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:04,400 Speaker 1: a strange order. Good for you. I'm just glad it's happened. 741 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,239 Speaker 1: It gives people like myself and Chris. I hope you 742 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:11,120 Speaker 1: may have already answered this with COVID and maybe you 743 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:13,680 Speaker 1: know your divorce and so forth. What's been the hardest 744 00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:16,920 Speaker 1: part about being you? And you know, having all these 745 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:22,520 Speaker 1: ideas and businesses and you know, throwing stuff against the wall. Well, 746 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,719 Speaker 1: I think it's probably like the pressure, you know, like 747 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:29,400 Speaker 1: you were saying, it's like what you know, I really don't. 748 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:31,720 Speaker 1: I don't put a lot of emphasis on what people 749 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:35,520 Speaker 1: think necessarily, but it is this like, you know, will 750 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,759 Speaker 1: I will anything I do, you know, become as successful 751 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:43,440 Speaker 1: as drybar? You know? Um and you know where where 752 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:45,960 Speaker 1: you know? I remember when I was going through my 753 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:47,719 Speaker 1: divorce and my life is really falling apart, and I 754 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:50,160 Speaker 1: ended up going to this place called on Site in Nashville. 755 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:51,520 Speaker 1: I don't know if you have heard of it. It's 756 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,120 Speaker 1: kind of like the Hoffman um and it was a 757 00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:56,000 Speaker 1: place where you go where you like did your phone 758 00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:59,840 Speaker 1: for six days or like serious intensive therapy. And anyways, 759 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,440 Speaker 1: I who runs it, this guy Miles addicts he's amazing. 760 00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:04,160 Speaker 1: And I had a conversation with him before I went, 761 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:06,319 Speaker 1: which was like a very weepy conversation when I was 762 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:09,279 Speaker 1: just like on the floor a mess, and he was like, 763 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,080 Speaker 1: you know a lot of people who have reached this 764 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:13,399 Speaker 1: kind of success you have and you got it's kind 765 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:15,680 Speaker 1: of like I know, it's a little like woe is me, 766 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:17,640 Speaker 1: but it's like this lonely at the top thing. It's 767 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,919 Speaker 1: like what now, Like what am I building now? And where? 768 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,279 Speaker 1: You know, It's it's less of a like pressure but 769 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:26,400 Speaker 1: what other people think. It's more of a like finding 770 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,480 Speaker 1: what like gets me excited to get out of bed 771 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,640 Speaker 1: in the morning again. I think that's like the biggest 772 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:35,280 Speaker 1: personal like challenge in the mix of now. It's like Adrian, 773 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,520 Speaker 1: my fiance, he's like building his business and he's like 774 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:40,480 Speaker 1: he's really into like the building phase, and I'm kind 775 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:43,759 Speaker 1: of like, well, can we travel? Can we just go? 776 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:47,600 Speaker 1: Like because you couldn't know that, you know, um so yeah, 777 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:49,480 Speaker 1: So I'm in this like what feels like I think 778 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,000 Speaker 1: I said, like no man's land of like trying to 779 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:55,600 Speaker 1: figure out what makes me kind of tick now and 780 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:57,880 Speaker 1: that feels like a little bit of a weird lonely place. 781 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,160 Speaker 1: Um but but I'll so fun and exciting. It just 782 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,200 Speaker 1: depends on the day. You know. Some days I'm like, 783 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:05,600 Speaker 1: I love that I don't know what's happening the next day, 784 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:06,960 Speaker 1: and I do love that. I love that, like every 785 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,640 Speaker 1: day brings a new opportunity. And I've been so lucky 786 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:11,439 Speaker 1: to meet so many great people and have so many 787 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:15,279 Speaker 1: great connections and I know so many cool people. But yeah, 788 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:18,560 Speaker 1: it's just kind of like, what's gonna happen next? Well, 789 00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:20,239 Speaker 1: you have a lot of things and before we let 790 00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:23,279 Speaker 1: you go, Ali, I'd be remissed if as a someone 791 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:26,040 Speaker 1: who's trying to get my little engine that could business 792 00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:28,640 Speaker 1: off the ground. What is the best advice that you 793 00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:32,640 Speaker 1: received as a first time entrepreneur that you still apply 794 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,600 Speaker 1: to all your other eventures. I mean, I think it's 795 00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:38,640 Speaker 1: being an approachable boss is a big one. You know. 796 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:42,719 Speaker 1: In the early days of Drive Off, Yeah, I was 797 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:46,200 Speaker 1: like pretty unapproachable and I didn't realize it. You know. 798 00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:48,200 Speaker 1: It was like my thank God. My brother was the 799 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,640 Speaker 1: person who was like, hey, people are scared of you. 800 00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:53,759 Speaker 1: And I'm like what you know. I'm like, I'm so nice. 801 00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:54,880 Speaker 1: What are you talking to me? He's like you're not. 802 00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:56,560 Speaker 1: He's like, you can be really hard to talk to you, 803 00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:59,560 Speaker 1: and you know, and I was like, oh ship, you know. 804 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:01,279 Speaker 1: And I in the early days, I would walk into 805 00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:03,960 Speaker 1: dry bar and like lose my ship. I'd be like cleaning. 806 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:06,360 Speaker 1: I'd be on my hands and knees cleaning the foot baby. 807 00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:10,640 Speaker 1: I get it. Everybody about everything, and while it's important 808 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:12,839 Speaker 1: to have the one person who who cares about it 809 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,120 Speaker 1: that much as as the founder, you know. I think 810 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:18,600 Speaker 1: what I learned over time was like creating an environment 811 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:21,800 Speaker 1: where people feel like they can come to you and say, hey, 812 00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:23,960 Speaker 1: I don't think this is working or have you thought 813 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:26,640 Speaker 1: about this without like getting their head chopped off, without 814 00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:30,280 Speaker 1: feeling like they're not going to be heard and seen, 815 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:33,480 Speaker 1: you know, and creating an environment where also people get 816 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:35,759 Speaker 1: a little more autonomy. Like I was very much like 817 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:37,800 Speaker 1: it was like my way of the highway, and I 818 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:39,520 Speaker 1: felt like I knew everything. I felt like I had 819 00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:43,160 Speaker 1: to know everything. I had this like unrealistic like I 820 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,319 Speaker 1: had to know everything, and like you said, like you're 821 00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:48,200 Speaker 1: not you know, you don't feel like you're that business savvy. 822 00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,160 Speaker 1: But then people come to you and ask you, and 823 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,799 Speaker 1: you're like, well, who else is going to answer this thing? 824 00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:54,239 Speaker 1: I've got to be the one that answered And so 825 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:56,440 Speaker 1: you just you feel like this sense of like I 826 00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:59,440 Speaker 1: have to know everything, and it's and so it's very 827 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:01,640 Speaker 1: vulnerable to will say you know what I don't. I 828 00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:04,520 Speaker 1: don't actually know? Can you know? Maybe you can figure 829 00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:07,359 Speaker 1: it out, you know, versus like oh, I'm the boss 830 00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:08,759 Speaker 1: and I should know the answer some I'm just gonna 831 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,040 Speaker 1: tell you an answer, which which there's some of that too, 832 00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:13,680 Speaker 1: and sometimes you just are the person. But I think 833 00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:15,520 Speaker 1: you know the moral of the story is like getting 834 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:18,719 Speaker 1: surrounding yourself, being the kind of person that has people 835 00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:21,400 Speaker 1: around you that aren't yes, people people who feel empowered, 836 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:24,560 Speaker 1: and like those people work so much harder for you anyways, 837 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,239 Speaker 1: because they feel like they're not in this like oh, 838 00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:28,799 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna I just do what I'm told, and 839 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:31,839 Speaker 1: then you know, because like that, they're gonna something. Yeah, 840 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,360 Speaker 1: you empower and then they feel like they're part of 841 00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:36,400 Speaker 1: the bigger picture. And when you get people to feel 842 00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:39,120 Speaker 1: invested than they care more than like and then they're 843 00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:42,239 Speaker 1: not leaving. You know. I can't tell how many managers 844 00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:44,320 Speaker 1: who have come up to me and have we're telling 845 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:46,319 Speaker 1: me about their store and they're like, so I'm doing 846 00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:48,319 Speaker 1: this and this happened, you know, and they refer to 847 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:49,960 Speaker 1: it as like my dry bar, and then they're like, 848 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,640 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I know it's like yours. No, No, I 849 00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:54,560 Speaker 1: want you to feel like it's yours, and I want 850 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:57,000 Speaker 1: you to have this ownership in it, and that like ownership, 851 00:39:57,520 --> 00:40:00,479 Speaker 1: it goes so much further than money and any anything else. 852 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:02,880 Speaker 1: Like it's that, like they feel like it's there's and 853 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:05,279 Speaker 1: they're and they're really to your point, invested in it 854 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:07,440 Speaker 1: and they want to work harder. Well, Ali, you are 855 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:09,520 Speaker 1: a very busy woman. Yeah it is. You're a very 856 00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:11,840 Speaker 1: busy woman with all sorts of things. You've got Beckett 857 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:14,680 Speaker 1: and Quill raising the bars, your podcast, you have squeeze 858 00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:16,879 Speaker 1: in a Corse dry bar. Thank you for taking time 859 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:20,239 Speaker 1: out of your very busy schedule having to shed some 860 00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:22,759 Speaker 1: light and congratulations on love. Love looks good on you 861 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:27,320 Speaker 1: and the new Man. Thank you. I feel very grateful, 862 00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:34,239 Speaker 1: good for you, Thank you, thank you. Calm Down with 863 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:36,840 Speaker 1: Aaron and Carissa is a production of I heart Radio. 864 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,200 Speaker 1: For more podcasts from my heart Radio, visit the i 865 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:42,319 Speaker 1: heart Radio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you get your 866 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:42,840 Speaker 1: podcast