1 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to Money Making Conversations. It's the show that she 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:10,079 Speaker 1: has the secrets of success experience firsthand by marketing and 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: Brandon expert Rashan McDonald. I will know he's giving me 4 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: advice on many occasions. In incase you didn't notice, I'm 5 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 1: not broke. You know, he'll be interview with celebrity CEOs 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: and entrepreneurs and industry decision makers. It's what he likes 7 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:24,759 Speaker 1: to do, it's what he likes to share. Now it's 8 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: time to hear from my man, Rashan McDonald money Making Conversations. 9 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: Here we come. Yes, this is ras Sean McDonald and 10 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: you're listening to Money Making Conversation. What is money Making 11 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: Conversations is? Your show is to show where entrepreneurs, small 12 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: business owners and individuals who are trying to understand or 13 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:44,520 Speaker 1: find themselves, trying to find their voice, trying to find 14 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: their calling, their gift, their purpose, listen to this show 15 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: and understand that they can be successful too. But there 16 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: is a process, a process and being successful. I just 17 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: speach this past weekend and I was talking about perception. 18 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: Do not let perception determine your destiny and option can 19 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:06,559 Speaker 1: be tied to age, race, gender, racial preference, um, color 20 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: of your skin, and a lot of people that that 21 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: your neighborhood you grew up in. You should not let 22 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: that stop you didn't like I did not allow that 23 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: to stop me. Um were their obstacles, Yes, were their 24 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 1: obstacles that I overcame by myself. No people help me. 25 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: You cannot be successful in life unless you have surround 26 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:29,479 Speaker 1: yourself by people who believe in you, have like minded thoughts, 27 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 1: and believe that your dreams, even though they may seem impossible, 28 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: can be reached. That's the purpose of money making conversations. 29 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: I'm a guy who's every day I wake up always 30 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 1: tip you a work up dumb so I can accept information. 31 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 1: As I accept that information then willing to move through 32 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: that day on the path to be successful. And I 33 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 1: wake up the next day that same way. So always 34 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: gaining information. And you have to always gain information to 35 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: be successful because the system changes. And that's what money 36 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: making conversations all about. Yes it's syndicated, Ashley, Yes it's 37 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: own podcast. Yes you can hear on Spotify. Yes you 38 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: can hear the Alexa. That's about your media, the media 39 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:10,399 Speaker 1: that you're trying to broadcast. Your brand has to be 40 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: put on blast. I tell everybody you're living in the 41 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 1: Muhammad Ali era. Well you have to say you are 42 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: the greatest. In eighteen seventy one, Ringling Brothers, Bottom and 43 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: Bailey Circus came out said they're the greatest show on Earth. 44 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 1: Corporations for years have always said they have the best car, 45 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: the best Hamburger, the best code. Social media now allows 46 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: us to say do the same thing, to say our product, 47 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 1: our talent is the greatest. My next guest is one 48 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 1: of the most popular Christian hip hop artists in the 49 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: rap industry. He has won five Grammy Awards, including one 50 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: win for Best Gospel Album which is Awesome, fifteen Double warves, 51 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 1: and one Billboard Music Award. Here's a philanthropist, and I 52 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 1: call him a social entrepreneur. We'll get into that in 53 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,239 Speaker 1: a minute. Is one of the best in the rap game. 54 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 1: Please welcome to money making conversation. Look crazy? What's going on? 55 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: What's going on? Okay? First of all, the craik Houston, Texas. 56 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: That's where you're born, young man. Okay, cool, That's where 57 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: I'm from. That's why I'm from Fifth War Texas. Brother 58 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: just was gonna lockdown of information about each other. Get 59 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: our gps together here. Okay. Now I was sir, sir 60 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 1: right there, College Worth right out fifty nine, brother right there, 61 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: Russell and Bain Street. That's where I was born right there. 62 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: Now he's man, my folks from Live Oak off in 63 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 1: third ward. There you go, there you go. Come on. 64 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 1: Now we're gonna get. We're gonna get. So we're gonna 65 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: be and so in tune. You and I we're gonna 66 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: be friends from life after this interview. Now here's the 67 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: beauty of our relationship. Okay. I was at the Super 68 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: Super Bowl Gospel Celebration taping and I was sitting on 69 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,839 Speaker 1: the front row. Uh, because when you're big, that's where 70 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: they put you on the front row and set you 71 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: on the front room. And so and so this young 72 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: man came out, you know, uh because I believe the 73 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: man to hosting, David tallon Man was hosting that year, 74 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: and they introduced this young man called look Crazy. I 75 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: didn't even know his name. All I knew is he 76 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: came out and he was rapping, and I was turning 77 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: next to a person. I was saying, who is that dude? 78 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: Because first of all, he looked good and he see 79 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: here's the thing about his gifts, because see, gospel is 80 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:28,479 Speaker 1: rooted in you know traditional look, you know singing, you know, 81 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 1: you know you you road, gotta have that choir, gotta 82 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: had the conductor. Here he was out there on that 83 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 1: stage by himself, rapping, and he I remember, I remember 84 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 1: something he did. He told her about to raise their 85 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 1: hands and everybody and this this this performance at Lakewood 86 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: as Joel Ostein's Church. Now that's that's a former home 87 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 1: or the Houston Rockets. You know you're talking about people 88 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: up in that June and all of them raised their hands. 89 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: I look around, who is this dude? And then but 90 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 1: better than that, he's what he was saying said something 91 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker 1: to me. His beat says something to me. And I 92 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:09,159 Speaker 1: became a fan of your talents from that day. And 93 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 1: you didn't even know that, young man. You didn't even 94 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: know that you affected a person like me, Ra Sean 95 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: McDonald based on your skill set. I didn't know you 96 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: from Houston at the time. All I know is that 97 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: when you still on that stage and you walked off 98 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:22,840 Speaker 1: that stage and walked down those aisles, you walk right 99 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: down my aisle. I went, I wonder who managing him? 100 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: Because brother, you got it. Man tell us about that 101 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: journey a little just just just a little bit about 102 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: that journey because of the fact that when I was 103 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: watching California Dreams Dreaming, it said that it seemed to 104 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: say that you grew up in California, but then by bio, 105 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: your bio says that you were born in Houston, Texas. 106 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: Can you help me out there, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 107 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: So my uh, you know, I got a military family, 108 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 1: so of course we spend a lot of time in 109 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: different places. I was, I was my family originates and 110 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: in Texas, so that's for most of them living. That's 111 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: where you know, my mother's firm, that's where I was, 112 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,720 Speaker 1: I started out at. But we moved around, so I 113 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:10,359 Speaker 1: spent the time in San Diego in California, and I 114 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: spent the time at Denver and in Dallas. So but 115 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: but Houston has always been, you know, kind of the 116 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 1: origin the room. Ain't nothing wrong and there's nothing wrong 117 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 1: with having Houston as your origin. My friend, Yeah, what 118 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 1: was what reach records? Your record? Reach Records was actually established, 119 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 1: um right outside of Dallas and then in Texas, and uh, 120 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: basically what had happened was a friend of mine and I, 121 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: you know, we were at the University of North Texas 122 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: UM and and that's kind of where I had a 123 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 1: spiritual transformation and just kind of realized, man, I may 124 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 1: need to use my gifts for you know, bigger purpose 125 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 1: and um and so from there we began to start 126 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 1: putting out the music independently. And uh, and you know, 127 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 1: Texas is almost like its own country, So just touring 128 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: the state of Texas and and and traveling through our 129 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: Texas had had so many people supporting the music and 130 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: it just kind of spilled over from there and and 131 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 1: into the to the rest of the world, and so 132 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: you know, year after year, Uh, things just grew. You know, 133 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: we started off independently. I remember taking my CD into 134 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: Stories and selling them on consignment. And if you don't 135 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: know what consignment is, is when you convinced the store 136 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: they need to buy some of your music. And I 137 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: was sending my friends in the store to go buy 138 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: the music that they bought, and they would buy some 139 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: more from me. And so, uh, it's literally out the 140 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: trunk of my car. And we did that for years 141 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: until things just kind of grew beyond having to do 142 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,679 Speaker 1: it that way. Well know, look, it's really a blessing 143 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: to have this conversation with you because the fact that 144 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 1: you affected me and it's such a positive way, and 145 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: that's what I really love about gospel music and in 146 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: your case, hip hop music and rap. Because of the 147 00:07:55,920 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: fact that I'm old school, you know, I tupox my man. Okay, Yeah, 148 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: I grew up with at the comedy club in Houston, 149 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: hip Hop Comedy Stop back in. And so my whole, 150 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 1: my whole flavor is tied to what you're doing. Even 151 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: though I'm an R and B guy, you know, I'm 152 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: I'm an old Ja's guy, you know, Marvin Gay, I'm 153 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: all that. And so when I so when I see you, 154 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: I see I see a very gifted young man that 155 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: that really is kind of like touching a person that 156 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: that's in my age group, but also younger people too. 157 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: Tell me to talk to us about the responsibility of 158 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: what your delivery with your music. Well, yeah, you know, 159 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: I um, you know, I spent a lot of time 160 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: with my grandmother who's basically like the spiritual matriarch of 161 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: the family, and so there's a little bit of an 162 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: old soul in me as well that that helps me 163 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: to connect to people, you know, outside of my you know, 164 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 1: typical age range or or or you know, demographic. But 165 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:55,679 Speaker 1: then at the same time, you know, I was raised 166 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: in the streets and I ran ran the streets as 167 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:00,040 Speaker 1: a as a kid, and so was influenced by a 168 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: lot of that type stuff. And so for me, I 169 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: think about how do I take the wisdom that folks 170 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: like my grandmother had instilled in me and uh and 171 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: how to apply it to folks who grow up like 172 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: me who you know, we're looking for godance and looking 173 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: for you know, different uh models, because I didn't grow 174 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: up having models in row models. By the time I 175 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: was a grown man, you know, Marty Luther King was 176 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: gone and so you know, all we had was a 177 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 1: lot of confused individuals who were doing the best that 178 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: they could, but you know, they didn't know which way 179 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:31,959 Speaker 1: was up. So for me, the responsibility is to use 180 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: my music and my gifts as a tool to uh 181 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: to help people see their guy given potential and to 182 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: understand that you know that they were created for a 183 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: bigger purpose than what they may know. You really are 184 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: are uniquely as h crafted individual and I and more 185 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: so that I when it caused the entrepreneurship, because we're 186 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: gonna talk about their your involvement is in there and 187 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 1: some of the projects in Atlanta. I call you a 188 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: social entrepreneur because of the fact that you go in 189 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:03,599 Speaker 1: and you're trying to change the community. You're trying to 190 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 1: keep the community intact, but you're also trying to bring 191 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: business and trying to upgrade because you know, once you 192 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 1: increase the taxes, then gets to what. Schools get better, 193 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 1: policing gets better, the community gets better. And that's what 194 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: social entrepreneurs do. Tell us about the English Avenue project 195 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 1: that you involved in Atlanta. Yeah, so even this avenue 196 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: is uh historically being uh you know, over the last 197 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:34,200 Speaker 1: decade or so, it's been a very tough area, you know, 198 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 1: known as the Heroin capital of the Southeast and a 199 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:42,679 Speaker 1: lot of traffickings, a lot of you know, just uh 200 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 1: tough activity going on over there hadn't been a school there, 201 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: uh in years since a matter of facts, this nine 202 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: so there's more grocery stores. I mean there's not even 203 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 1: there's there's no grocery stores. You know, it's just there's 204 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 1: it's a food desert, it's a school desert, and um, 205 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:01,200 Speaker 1: it's very unfortunate situation. And so a good friend of mine. 206 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: Benjamin Wills had a vision to uh to see some 207 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: change in that community, and you know, I came alongside 208 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 1: Benjamin Wills and UM and we worked hard to put 209 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: a school in that community. And so Peace Preparatory Academy 210 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: is in this fourth year now, UM adding a grade 211 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:20,559 Speaker 1: every year. So it's the first school has been in 212 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 1: the neighborhood uh since ninety six. I also took it 213 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 1: upon myself to uh to you know, uh take ownership 214 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: over some of the properties down there because it's you know, 215 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 1: as a black man, I wanted to make sure that 216 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,680 Speaker 1: the community was owned by somebody who cares about the community. 217 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 1: And so UM, instead of just putting up you know, 218 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 1: random things that are not helpful for the community and 219 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: just trying to profit off of them, I'm thinking through, 220 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 1: how can we do something that is profitable uh as 221 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 1: a business, but then also uh you know, sustainable, but 222 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 1: it also helps the community. So things like that are 223 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:59,200 Speaker 1: you know, um, places that can house folks and they 224 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: can pay rent at a lower at a lower price 225 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: that they can also work in the storefront. And so 226 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:07,680 Speaker 1: you just get different um circumstances and different things along 227 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:11,840 Speaker 1: those lines. So you know, there's uh there's there's stores, 228 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 1: storefronts that provide healthier options for people, but that provide 229 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 1: them at a uh at a cost that they can afford. 230 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,079 Speaker 1: You hire people from within the community, absolutely, and that 231 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: that becomes a part of the process of getting English 232 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 1: as um. That's what the Neighborhood Award, That's what the 233 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:32,959 Speaker 1: Hoodie Awards was all about when I dated for sixties 234 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:36,319 Speaker 1: straight years, about shining That's that's there's true stars of 235 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: the community. There's the stars are built within the community 236 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:41,680 Speaker 1: to bring them outside that they're they're gifted people within 237 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 1: the community. We just got to shine a stronger light 238 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: on it. I'll be remiss if I don't talk about it. 239 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: Your music as we close out is California Dreaming. Is 240 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 1: that's your new yest single video out? A new single out? 241 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 1: Or it's one that's come out after that? No, yeah, 242 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: that's the latest one. We we we put that out 243 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: as a summer project. Know, just something playing playing bones, 244 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:07,960 Speaker 1: riding ten speed bias, riding a little little banana bikes. Okay, now, alright, 245 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,319 Speaker 1: what you know about dominoes though? Look, Craze, that's what 246 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:11,959 Speaker 1: I was trying to flay. You Are you just are 247 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 1: you just faking like you're playing dominoes or you really 248 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: know how to play dominoes. Don't look crazy with me, Okay, 249 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: now I would say, so it's the it's the real 250 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 1: deal with my brother. Because I'm I'm I'm on Thursday. 251 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 1: I'm a post collage on the dreaming on my social media. Okay, 252 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 1: you know, and I'm gonna posting on social media. I'm 253 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 1: gonna tell you this. I live in Atlanta. I also 254 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:39,440 Speaker 1: have a home in Houston. So you have two places 255 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: you can you can you can knock me out. Okay, 256 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 1: you can knock me out. Mr Bones, don't want none 257 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 1: of me. Okay, don't want none of me. I'm talking 258 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:51,599 Speaker 1: to some me, not you me. Because because you're a 259 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 1: special talent, you're a special talent. Man. I want to 260 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 1: thank you for coming on my show, Lakree and as 261 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 1: you can see, man, I want you to let you 262 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 1: know that I am a fan. I wanted to do 263 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: research in the brain. I wanted to tell some of 264 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 1: your story. And it's not enough enough time to tell 265 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 1: you how great and it changes you're making in the community. 266 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: Just do me a favorite. They'll change. Stay strong and 267 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: keep being you. Okay, We'll be right back with more 268 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: from March McDonald. The money making conversations don't touch that down. 269 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: Guess why crime breaks spike on Halloween. Yep, thieves and 270 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 1: burglars know you're out in your home is vulnerable. This 271 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: Halloween trick or treat with peace of mind knowing that 272 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: you can watch your home with Blink Home Security cameras. 273 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 1: Blink cameras are wire free and set up faster than 274 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 1: you can rip off your kids candy, and they run 275 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: on two lithium batteries for up to two years. When 276 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: your camera to text motion like someone snooping around your home, 277 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 1: you get an alert on your Blink smartphone app. You 278 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: see what your Blink cameras see and your Blink x 279 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: T two two week talk feature unless you talk to 280 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 1: whoever is out there, snooping around your home or just 281 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: coming up to your home. So no matter what you 282 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 1: see or where are you at, it's like your at home. 283 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: And now through November three, I got you up to 284 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: Blink indoor and outdoor cameras and systems. Yeah off, just 285 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: visit blink protect dot com slash sale. That's blink protect 286 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 1: dot com slash sale. Thanks to Blink Home Security and 287 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: Halloween just got Easier, also available on Amazon and other 288 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: fine retailers. Blink is an Amazon company and it works 289 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 1: with Alexa Hi. Just Rashan McDonald. You're listening to Rashan 290 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 1: McDonald and you're listening to moneymaking conversation because Rashan McDonald 291 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: is talking, Oh, moneymaking conversation. Just getting out there so 292 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: everybody understand what's going on. Just gets you know. People 293 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 1: they listen and they scanned through, and they might not 294 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: they just hear ra Sean McDonald. They don't hear moneymaking 295 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: conversation there. What this shows about. This shows about bringing 296 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: people that will empower you to be successful based on 297 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 1: their story, based on their their their drive to be 298 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 1: successful as an entrepreneurs, as entertainers. And I always tell 299 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: people nowadays, because of social media, all entertainers are are entrepreneurs. 300 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: They are all small businesses because of social media allows 301 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 1: them to market themselves, control their brand through the digital formats, 302 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 1: through the social media formats to YouTube formats. So the 303 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: game has really changed in the last ten years as 304 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: to who you consider to be an entrepreneur and who 305 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 1: you are considering to be a small business person. That's 306 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: why I would tell people anybody got a social media account. 307 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: Please understand that account. I don't know the word. Some 308 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 1: people I just not keep it private. I don't know 309 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 1: how you do that. Because people can share your they 310 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 1: can share your posts, so so I always know that 311 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 1: if you you're private, somebody to share, it's suddenly not 312 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: private anymore. So understand that's the way the system is 313 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: designed is to promote your product. And why my guest 314 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: here is I wanted to queen of promotion because she 315 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 1: got a lot of things going on. The next guest 316 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 1: is always very busy. I mean when I did a 317 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: show Sister Circle, you know she she hugged me a 318 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 1: little bit, and we don't buy her business because she 319 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 1: had a lot of stuffs you are going on. She 320 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: stars in the doctor drama Marriathon Mesas on Bravo. She 321 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: co host Sister Circle, the daily talk show that empowers 322 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 1: and inspires black women to live their best life. She's 323 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: an entrepreneur and also on the show today to talk 324 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 1: about her new cookbook, which I Am in awe because 325 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 1: it's so fantastic, Cooking with Miss Quad, Live, Laugh, Love 326 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:21,879 Speaker 1: and Eat, which is currently a bestseller on Amazon. Please 327 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:24,400 Speaker 1: welcome to Money Making Conversation. I'm gonna say, my good 328 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: cooking friend, miss quaud, Well, it's so great to be 329 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 1: a part of your show. And thank you so much 330 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: Rashawn for those trying compliments, and thank you for sharing 331 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 1: and sharing your show with me today. I truly do 332 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 1: appreciate it. Thank you so much. And you know, I 333 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 1: hate to give you a little love when it came 334 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,400 Speaker 1: down the circle, but I didn't have to get out 335 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 1: of it. Gets what mad at you because I know 336 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: it's it's a moving part, so many moving parts going 337 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:54,399 Speaker 1: on there. And the thing about this is that you 338 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: know we're gonna talk about it's a little interesting step 339 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:00,719 Speaker 1: back on us. I remember I was with the CIA 340 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:02,719 Speaker 1: and she was with CIA. I don't know if she's 341 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 1: still with c A. And and they told us, told 342 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 1: me about the talent. They said they got this really 343 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: dynamic young person. She does the show. Uh married married 344 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 1: to Madicine. I said, we sharing you should sit down 345 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 1: with her because we feel she has start potential. And 346 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: h I sat down with her and was an awe 347 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 1: about where she could go with her career. And there 348 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 1: was a way before such a circle, way before this 349 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 1: cook but way before a lot of great things that 350 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:32,679 Speaker 1: he has going on in her life now. Unfortunately for 351 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: me at the time I was I was still trying 352 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: to find out who Sean McDonald was, and we didn't 353 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,400 Speaker 1: get together. But to see to see what I saw 354 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,119 Speaker 1: and now, what I heard in that meeting and to 355 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: see the growth of her now is amazing and fantastic 356 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 1: and it's only gonna get bigger because she is a 357 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 1: natural positive hustle about her that everybody should understand. It's 358 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 1: a valued part of how you can win on a 359 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: regular basis and also have multiple levels of income. I 360 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:04,439 Speaker 1: just had to get that out absolutely absolutely, We'll listen. 361 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: It was a pleasure for me to sit down with 362 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: you that day, and it's most certainly a pleasure for 363 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,119 Speaker 1: me to be speaking with you now, And it was 364 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:13,679 Speaker 1: a pleasure for you for me to have you on 365 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 1: Sister Circle. You know, you have done some amazing things 366 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: to yourself and your career, and you have helped to 367 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 1: springboard a lot of people integrating. So I don't want 368 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 1: that to kind of be skirting it over because you 369 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:28,480 Speaker 1: have been definitely influential and a lot of people's lives 370 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 1: and their success. So hats off to you. Thank you 371 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:33,679 Speaker 1: very much. Now, I saw you. I'm flipping through I 372 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 1: saw on this nation, I saw you on they're talking, 373 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: So is that a do you make appearances? She's everywhere 374 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:41,160 Speaker 1: now you she want other people, but you know you've 375 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 1: better follow on social media? Keep up with her? Okay, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, 376 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 1: You've better follow this young lady. Now I saw your 377 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: on desination or do you feel em periodically? On this day? 378 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 1: We're talking to quad web. When the stars of Sister Circle, 379 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 1: when the stars of Marrithon Maritors an incredible entrepreneur as 380 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:01,119 Speaker 1: well as a cooking sensation. When I saw in additionations whatever, 381 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: yeah you did, you did? And so absolutely you know 382 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: I love my Deah Nation family. Uh. I just want 383 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 1: to give a big shout out to Gary with the Tea, Smiley, 384 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 1: Craig uh Porsche Williams listening. They have always been a 385 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 1: huge supporter of me and I and the bread as well. 386 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 1: I have How dare I leave the bread out because 387 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 1: she's amazing? But um you know, we we do work together, 388 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:25,919 Speaker 1: you know when someone is sitting out, you know, I 389 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 1: am fortunately love that that they like me, would like 390 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:31,359 Speaker 1: me enough and like my personality enough that we have 391 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: definitely been able to um Bridge the gap and create 392 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,919 Speaker 1: a partnership, whereas if anyone is sitting out, you know, 393 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,640 Speaker 1: I'm happy to be called upon. And I think all 394 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 1: last week, um portion was now of course, you know 395 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,119 Speaker 1: that's another young lady who's really successful. It has multiple 396 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 1: streams of income. She was away working on Real Housewives 397 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 1: of Atlanta as they had taken their their girls trip 398 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 1: or their years annual trip, and uh, you know they 399 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 1: call up and say, hey, you know, we would we 400 00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: would love to have you here if you if you 401 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 1: would come and stay, we'll love well, well, well had 402 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,160 Speaker 1: a lot to have you. And I said, you know what, 403 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 1: it would be my pleasure. So yeah, she saw me additionation. 404 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:09,639 Speaker 1: It's always a great time, you know, just you know 405 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 1: that that that sense of camaraderie and and and found 406 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:16,439 Speaker 1: a monks entertainers and talents, and it's always good for 407 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: me to talk about somebody else's business. Absolutely absolutely, But 408 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:22,920 Speaker 1: you know the beauty of it just seeing you looking 409 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 1: you know, you have a brilliant smile and that energy 410 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,920 Speaker 1: and your articulation was on point and you felt you 411 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:31,120 Speaker 1: you just felt right in there. This's when I looked 412 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 1: at it, go, well, this is another a lane of 413 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 1: exposure that's gonna give you another great opportunity for your 414 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 1: career too, to grow. And and that's really that's why 415 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: I was excited a boy seeing it that you you 416 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:45,199 Speaker 1: never turn away from a positive opportunity, even though you 417 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 1: know your schedules business. You go, Okay, look, this is 418 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 1: something good, something I know some work involved, and it's 419 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,239 Speaker 1: gonna squeeze my time, but you see the upside of 420 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 1: that effort. Correct. Oh, absolutely, there is never an opportunity. 421 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 1: Uh if it makes sense what with my brand and 422 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: especially where I'm trying to go, um that I'm probably 423 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: nine times out of ten not going to turn it down. 424 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 1: We do understand that being in a rim of entertaining, 425 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:13,679 Speaker 1: it's it's it's short lived, and you know, people are 426 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,919 Speaker 1: always looking for the next best thing in this world. 427 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: You have the dis arena and you have to make 428 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 1: yourself almost impossible to be denied. And you do that 429 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,760 Speaker 1: by expanding and kind of being great and a lot 430 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:29,879 Speaker 1: of things. Sometimes people say you adjust the jack of 431 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 1: bond trade, but the man so none. But I say, 432 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 1: you thrust yourself into whatever you're doing and you can 433 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 1: become great at it. And that's how I look at it. 434 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 1: And you're doing a very very great job at doing 435 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: what you just spoke of. Now let's talk about why 436 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: you know I'm I'm salivating over here cooking with Miss Claude. Live, laugh, 437 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 1: love and eat. Okay, now, let me tell you a 438 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:53,400 Speaker 1: little bit about Rashan McDonald. Rishan mcdonal is a super foodie, okay, 439 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 1: because you know I can bake. Now, I have a 440 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 1: website called baker Spotlight dot Com. On their Rashawn each 441 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: type of recipes and all that stuff from from baking recipes, 442 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 1: but also liked. Rashaan eats from various restaurants around the country. 443 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:09,120 Speaker 1: I've eaten saw a Spotlight restaurants. Now what I also 444 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 1: do on my Facebook page which has almost eight hundred 445 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,120 Speaker 1: thousand followers. If you go in there, you know chip 446 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:18,919 Speaker 1: chef Jamika overn wins that she posed uh chef wells. 447 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 1: He's post on Saturday every week. I always post foods. 448 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 1: I post myself baker spot like two or three times. 449 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: So it's a site that's a Facebook page that's really 450 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,719 Speaker 1: people go there because they like to give recipes and 451 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:32,680 Speaker 1: things like that. So just just send you up to 452 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 1: your boy likes to eat and also promote people. So 453 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: I will be promoting your book and a platform that 454 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,639 Speaker 1: people are used to come in and see food. And 455 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 1: also on Sunday morning, I posted the list tasty video 456 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 1: some type of dessert. Okay, Now, I got the book 457 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 1: Open to Cooking with Miss Quad, Live, Laugh, Love and Eat. 458 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:59,640 Speaker 1: It's a top seller on Amazon on page the shrimp 459 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: and Arster dressing. Okay, y'all. Okay, so you know okay 460 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 1: now now okay, now I realized say that because you 461 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:12,119 Speaker 1: know than he's given coming up. Everybody wants a different spin. Okay, 462 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 1: different because I've done the cranberry, I've done the I've 463 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:18,479 Speaker 1: done the with the mushrooms, I've done the arster. Now 464 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 1: I've never done the shrimp and arster dressing. I'm gonna 465 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: tell you something. The reason I'm bringing this up hard recipes. Also, 466 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:28,439 Speaker 1: sometimes you get a cookbook and you've gotta be a 467 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 1: mad scientist to understand what's going on with the measurements 468 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 1: and get confused. And you can look at her book 469 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 1: and you're like, Okay, cannot be that easy. It cannot 470 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 1: be that easy. So this is what I do for 471 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: a living. I cook and I bait. So when I 472 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 1: look through I go yeah. Yeah, yeah that that that 473 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 1: makes sense. Yeah yeah, yeah that that And here's the 474 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 1: beauty of her because I'm gonna tell you about why 475 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,119 Speaker 1: I love her book. Because see, there are people out 476 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 1: there who do cookbooks who get mad if you kind 477 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: of skip a step. They want they want you to 478 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 1: like ride down every step. Now in this corn bread book. 479 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: In this book, she tells you, look, I'm gonna tell 480 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: you how to make the corn bread. But if you 481 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 1: want to go to Krogers Public get that corn bread, 482 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:15,120 Speaker 1: our pre may come on. Save yourself a couple of steps. 483 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:20,879 Speaker 1: Am I right? Absolutely? This is what i want to 484 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: do for you. This is what I'm gonna do. You know, 485 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:25,920 Speaker 1: because I told you my website, I'm not my website, 486 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 1: my Facebook page at ru Sean McDonald. You go there, 487 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: you see Monday afternoon food, Tuesday food, Wednesday food, Friday food, 488 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:37,919 Speaker 1: Saturday food, Sunday food. Okay, I wanna And what I 489 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 1: do is I want to I want to take three 490 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 1: of your recipes and what I want to do is 491 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: post them with the picture and you and I'm going 492 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 1: to put the link in there the driveing to Amazon 493 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 1: so they can buy the book. If you don't mind 494 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,400 Speaker 1: this is what I like to do. And I'm doing 495 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 1: it for Chef to Be because she does it every 496 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: week and she she can't believe the reaction that she gets, 497 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 1: the engagement that she gets, the like she gets. And 498 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,159 Speaker 1: I want to do it for you, Coral, because this 499 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 1: is a great book. I want people. People are buying it, 500 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:04,440 Speaker 1: they should buy more. This book should be a testament 501 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 1: to you as a as a as a chef because 502 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 1: this is amazing and I'm gonna put it in the air. 503 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:15,119 Speaker 1: You will have a cooking show my friend in the future. 504 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:18,399 Speaker 1: Oh my god, Rishan, thank you so very much. And 505 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 1: that's something that my team and I are are really 506 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 1: working towards. Um We're very much so interested in doing that. 507 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:28,360 Speaker 1: And and just to hear those word I didn't tell 508 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 1: you that, I never shared that with you, but to 509 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 1: hear you say those words of confirmation for me and 510 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:34,879 Speaker 1: so I've received that. Thank you so much, and you 511 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 1: will and you'll be back on the show we talked 512 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 1: about those other shows. Guess why crime breaks bike on Halloween? Yep, 513 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 1: thieves and burglars know you're out in your home is vulnerable. 514 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 1: This Halloween trick or treat with peace of mind knowing 515 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 1: that you can watch your home with Bleak home security cameras. 516 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,199 Speaker 1: Bleak cameras are wire free and set up faster than 517 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 1: you can rip off your kids candy, and they run 518 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,199 Speaker 1: on two lithium batteries for up to two years. When 519 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 1: your camera detext motion like someone snooping around your home, 520 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 1: you get an alert on your Blink smartphone app. You 521 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 1: see what your Blink camera see and your Blink x 522 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 1: T two two week talk feature unless you talk to 523 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,679 Speaker 1: whoever is out there stooping around your home or just 524 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 1: coming up to your home. So no matter what you 525 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,640 Speaker 1: see or where you at is like your at home. 526 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:22,320 Speaker 1: And now through November three, I got you up to 527 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:27,679 Speaker 1: Blink indoor and outdoor cameras and systems. Yeah off, Just 528 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 1: visit blink protect dot com slash sal that's blink protect 529 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 1: dot com slash sal Thanks to Blink Home Security and 530 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: Halloween just got Easier, also available on Amazon and other 531 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 1: fine retailers. Blink is an Amazon company and it works 532 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 1: with Alexa. Money Making Conversations continues online at www dot 533 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:55,120 Speaker 1: money Making Conversations dot com and follow money Making Conversations 534 00:27:55,119 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 1: on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. My next two guests are 535 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 1: on the phone. I just said hi to them off air, 536 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,400 Speaker 1: So let me bring moreline so we get this bad 537 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 1: ball rolling. My next two guests began their business with 538 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 1: one product, the Advanced Hair Formula, a unique blend of herbs, 539 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,639 Speaker 1: amino acids, and minerals to support healthy hair. Course on 540 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,919 Speaker 1: ball Headed, I got some hair, but you know I 541 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 1: cut it off and so people onto mac assume on 542 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:33,120 Speaker 1: ball Headed it helps your skin, nails, and your immune system. 543 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:35,920 Speaker 1: Since then, they have expanded to a half dozen half 544 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 1: dozen collections under their direction, including products for skin and children. 545 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 1: Their products have been distributed any more than eighty seven 546 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 1: countries and can be found in more than one hundred 547 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 1: thousand stores across the US and retailers such as Salad Beauty. 548 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,240 Speaker 1: I go there, Target, of course. I shot their CVS 549 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 1: and wal Rings went the wall roofs yesterday, Kroger's went 550 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 1: to the yesterday, went the wall Redjusted as well J C. 551 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 1: Pennies in Walmart, to name a few. Please work with 552 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 1: the money making conversations. My guest Monique and Melvin Rodriguez, Well, 553 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,320 Speaker 1: thank you. Do you love that energy? Got by got 554 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 1: me a power couple on the phone. Here we hear it. 555 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 1: We hear it. Good. Where are you guys based at? 556 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:23,920 Speaker 1: So we were based on Chicago, um, but we're based 557 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:26,960 Speaker 1: out of Northwest Indiana, which is about forty five minutes 558 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:30,080 Speaker 1: outside of Chicago. Okay, cool. I was in Chicago from 559 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 1: I lived up there because I did to Steve Harvey 560 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:37,640 Speaker 1: talk show up there from twelve to twenties sixteen. So 561 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:43,840 Speaker 1: so I know about that Chicago winter. Yes, okay, it's coming. 562 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,720 Speaker 1: It should be there. Now it's October. Now she's not 563 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:54,000 Speaker 1: upon you and you just denied. Yeah, we're we're about 564 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 1: Oh wow, that's that's pretty. That's pretty. That's pretty warm 565 00:29:58,040 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 1: for that time of the year. So let's let's talk 566 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,920 Speaker 1: about your business. Um. First of all, I set up 567 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 1: the top of your power couple, which means that you 568 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 1: have to work as a team. Like It was kind 569 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 1: of funny at the very top when I said what 570 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 1: you guys were from both y'all talked to the same time. 571 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 1: And I know you can't and I know you can't 572 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:15,200 Speaker 1: run a business like that. There has to be a 573 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,840 Speaker 1: unity yang and you handle this part of the business. 574 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 1: I handle this part of the business. Sometimes you do 575 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:22,880 Speaker 1: come together because you know you have to discuss the 576 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:26,480 Speaker 1: direction of the business. So how this shows about money 577 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:30,320 Speaker 1: making conversations about small business, about entrepreneurship, it's about relationships. 578 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 1: Your relationship means you communicate, you do you Let me 579 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 1: ask this question right quick? Do you bring okay, you 580 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,520 Speaker 1: you've got a business together? Do you bring that business home? 581 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 1: When do you release your business? Time? Go ahead? Nevin, Well, 582 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 1: that's that's always a interesting um topic because Ben an entrepreneur. 583 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaker 1: You know obviously, as you know, you're working ten times 584 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:02,120 Speaker 1: harder than if you're thinking your corporate it's your job 585 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:08,200 Speaker 1: and you know, but for us it's God, family, then business, 586 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:10,240 Speaker 1: and it's in that order, and that's how we operate. 587 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,840 Speaker 1: Monique and I are God fearing people and all that 588 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:17,880 Speaker 1: we do, it's it's His way in our way, and 589 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:22,400 Speaker 1: you know, oftentimes in our and where we are now, 590 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:25,680 Speaker 1: you know we made periodically talk this is or what 591 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 1: have you, but we always remind ourselves, you know what, 592 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,400 Speaker 1: this can wait. There's no need to talk about this 593 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:36,480 Speaker 1: right now. You know, our kids, our kids need us, 594 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:39,080 Speaker 1: our home needs us, and we can deal with that 595 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:43,720 Speaker 1: at lytic time. So so we are aligned with that regard. 596 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:47,840 Speaker 1: But being that both Monique and I are so driven 597 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 1: and we're always looking to improve and all fast of 598 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:59,160 Speaker 1: our lives. You know, oftentimes we find ourselves uh periodically 599 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:03,800 Speaker 1: talking bits. But again we we do recognize and we 600 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,720 Speaker 1: do understand that, you know, there is a balance and 601 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:09,960 Speaker 1: there is a fine line that we uh tend the 602 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:15,240 Speaker 1: practice to not cross and so it keeps us balanced. Cool. 603 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,400 Speaker 1: That's great. Now, let me ask you this question, Monique, Uh, 604 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:20,520 Speaker 1: the name of your company? How did they come about? 605 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 1: Give us the history of your company's name. Yeah, So 606 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:28,880 Speaker 1: when I first, um started brainstorming on names from our company, 607 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:32,200 Speaker 1: obviously I was more so working on the product card 608 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:36,600 Speaker 1: and really educating consumers on social media. So I guess 609 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:38,160 Speaker 1: I was kind of going in the direct in the 610 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 1: direction of creating a business. So once I decided to 611 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,760 Speaker 1: come out with the product, I had the product, actually 612 00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:45,440 Speaker 1: before I had the name of the company, and you know, 613 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,800 Speaker 1: I went back and forth with Okay, what do I 614 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:50,200 Speaker 1: want to name the company? And you know, I wanted 615 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:53,440 Speaker 1: the name to be something that's meaningful to me and 616 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,320 Speaker 1: you know, something that motivates me, something that drives me 617 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,760 Speaker 1: every day, UM, and something that I obviously love and 618 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,680 Speaker 1: my kids are the first thing that comes to mind 619 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:05,880 Speaker 1: because they're the reasons why I do what I do. Obviously, 620 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,040 Speaker 1: I'm their mom. I love them like more than I 621 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:13,440 Speaker 1: love myself. And you know, everything that me and Melvin 622 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:16,480 Speaker 1: are sacrificing, all the hard work that we're putting into 623 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 1: this business is for our kids and to create a 624 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,480 Speaker 1: legacy for them. So I thought it would only be 625 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:25,360 Speaker 1: right to name the company after them. Um, and also 626 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:27,840 Speaker 1: for the fact that me and my kids we also 627 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,280 Speaker 1: share the same birthday. So I have two daughters and 628 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:34,600 Speaker 1: our birthday is on October fifteenth, which which recently was 629 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 1: um just passed. It was last week, and it's like, 630 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:41,240 Speaker 1: what are the odds of that. Not many moms or 631 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:44,400 Speaker 1: I've never heard of any moms sharing a birthday would 632 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:49,480 Speaker 1: not one, but both of their children for the company 633 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,200 Speaker 1: to be named after them. So their middle name is 634 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:56,560 Speaker 1: Gabrielle and r L. And they're Mea and Mackenzie. But 635 00:33:56,760 --> 00:34:02,120 Speaker 1: they're my il. So that's where my IL was created. Wow, 636 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:06,840 Speaker 1: I'm glad I asked because it's important to understand that, 637 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:08,920 Speaker 1: you know, like people ask me. Many of my business 638 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,200 Speaker 1: company's thirty and fifty media some people call the three 639 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:13,880 Speaker 1: win five media, and that's based on the address of 640 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:15,799 Speaker 1: the home that I grew up, when I lived, when 641 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,919 Speaker 1: I would lived in the hood. That's where it gives 642 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:21,799 Speaker 1: me my motivation as to my history, and it gives 643 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:23,879 Speaker 1: the story. And I think it's important that you tie 644 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:26,759 Speaker 1: a story to why you're achieving success. And when you 645 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,680 Speaker 1: talk about your children, my children is my legacy. It 646 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:31,440 Speaker 1: drives me. It gives me a sense of purpose. So 647 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:33,759 Speaker 1: I understand that as well. And I want to get 648 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:37,440 Speaker 1: back to this whole power couple conversation because because Melvin, 649 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,799 Speaker 1: he talked about, you know, being able to turn it 650 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,240 Speaker 1: off and being able to you both were driven, and 651 00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:44,359 Speaker 1: you know, it's kind of you know, we have two 652 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:46,719 Speaker 1: people that's just just looking forward all the time. They 653 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,719 Speaker 1: have them don't have a general tenden to look behind. Okay, 654 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:54,680 Speaker 1: as a team. Explaining your work habits, Monique, and then 655 00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:57,320 Speaker 1: I'm gonna ask you, Melvin, explain me your work habits 656 00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:01,680 Speaker 1: because they're different. Correct, Yeah, uh yeah, we're absolutely different. 657 00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 1: You know, hold on, hold on, hold on, you said 658 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:07,120 Speaker 1: that we're absolutely different. Like that was like a little 659 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,000 Speaker 1: slam on Meilver Mail. But don't not to do you 660 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:14,240 Speaker 1: like that. Brother, know, he knows, he knows like we 661 00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:16,319 Speaker 1: we So people all the time. Like our personalities are 662 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:19,480 Speaker 1: just so opposite. Uh, you know, we work, we just 663 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:22,680 Speaker 1: work differently. Like, you know, I work well in the 664 00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:26,040 Speaker 1: morning times. I'm a morning person. I'm not a night person. 665 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:29,200 Speaker 1: I will cut off and go to sleep at if 666 00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:31,600 Speaker 1: I can, if it's a good day eight thirties, because 667 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:33,719 Speaker 1: my brain shuts down. But I work and I throw 668 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:36,440 Speaker 1: better in the morning time. You know, I'm also a 669 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:40,839 Speaker 1: person that writes down everything. I'm a checklist type type 670 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,680 Speaker 1: of person. So I keep my calendar, I keep my planner, 671 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:46,839 Speaker 1: and I write down all of my tasks for you know, 672 00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:50,240 Speaker 1: the week. I plan out everything, all of my content 673 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:52,600 Speaker 1: on social media, and I like to check things off, 674 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:57,160 Speaker 1: so I'd like to say organized. Um. And you know, 675 00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:01,360 Speaker 1: I practice getting up at five talk in the morning. 676 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:06,320 Speaker 1: I'm am, okay you five? What time are you? Melvin? 677 00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:15,040 Speaker 1: I'm a five thirties Okay, we got four? Okay, we 678 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:17,360 Speaker 1: got we got four or fifteen? We got five? We 679 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:21,480 Speaker 1: got five thirties. We gotta work on five thirties there, Okay. 680 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,880 Speaker 1: You know we went to buy like a few we 681 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:29,239 Speaker 1: went to to buy in April, and you know, just 682 00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:32,000 Speaker 1: to see like their culture and how they practice getting 683 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:34,000 Speaker 1: up early in the morning and spending time with God. 684 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:38,440 Speaker 1: Like it was really like I opener for me. And 685 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:41,320 Speaker 1: you know, just researching a lot of other successful people 686 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:44,320 Speaker 1: and seeing how getting up early in the morning before 687 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:47,160 Speaker 1: the sunrise and spending time with God and really spending 688 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:50,319 Speaker 1: time with yourself and being stealing, being quiet, it just 689 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:53,560 Speaker 1: gives you so much clarity for the day. And to 690 00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:57,080 Speaker 1: me that just helps me stay so more organized and 691 00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:01,239 Speaker 1: being more productive throughout the day. Um, that's just kind 692 00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:04,400 Speaker 1: of like how I operate, you know. Obviously, you know 693 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,840 Speaker 1: in any business, any young startup or entrepreneurs entreneur business, 694 00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:10,759 Speaker 1: you're gonna deal with what we all call and know 695 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:13,200 Speaker 1: growing things. But you know, I'm a farm believe. But 696 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:16,320 Speaker 1: when you know better, you do better. And so through 697 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,879 Speaker 1: such trials and trie relations, we learned and we've gotten better. 698 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:21,520 Speaker 1: And as as I mentioned earlier, we're very, very driven, 699 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:24,640 Speaker 1: you know, to the point where failure for us is 700 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:28,160 Speaker 1: not an option. Our motto is execution of excuses is 701 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:32,120 Speaker 1: as simple. And so you know, um, when we talk 702 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,000 Speaker 1: about going a scale, well we had to plan for 703 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:40,319 Speaker 1: the scale uh financially, uh, structurally, et cetera. And so 704 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:44,960 Speaker 1: fortunately for us, we were able to surround ourselves around 705 00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:48,759 Speaker 1: experienced individuals that have been done that to help and 706 00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:51,760 Speaker 1: mentor and aid us. And what we were getting ready 707 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:55,640 Speaker 1: to undertake the relation to scale because when we started 708 00:37:56,040 --> 00:38:01,280 Speaker 1: our first major retailer, Sally Duty in we scale the rapidly. 709 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:05,480 Speaker 1: Long story, you know, we entered in February and literally 710 00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:07,680 Speaker 1: within six months it could us change why due to 711 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:10,880 Speaker 1: the success and and um demand moren't brand And so 712 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:13,239 Speaker 1: fast forward four and a half five years later, we're 713 00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:16,440 Speaker 1: now in every major retailer in America, as you mentioned earlier, 714 00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:20,440 Speaker 1: And how did you support that well? Again, surrounding yourself 715 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:25,000 Speaker 1: of like minded individuals, surrounding yourself of experience, surrounding yourself 716 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:29,840 Speaker 1: with people that have your best entest at hand, and 717 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:35,440 Speaker 1: and and also being able to uh educate yourself to scale, 718 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:37,840 Speaker 1: because again it's about it's one thing about getting a 719 00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:41,120 Speaker 1: distribution at scale, but it's another about staying that scale 720 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:44,200 Speaker 1: and sustaining yourself. And for us, you know, we're all 721 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:48,400 Speaker 1: about sustainability and consistency and so everything that we do 722 00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:51,080 Speaker 1: today we did a minion of years ago in the beginning, 723 00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:54,280 Speaker 1: Given that customer that experience that he or she deserves, 724 00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:58,000 Speaker 1: every single time, all the time, you know. And so 725 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:01,640 Speaker 1: again for us, we're not need driven, we're not revenue driven. 726 00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:04,160 Speaker 1: We're a mission driven. So it's a big difference. And 727 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:06,560 Speaker 1: so in all that we do and everyone that works 728 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:09,200 Speaker 1: for us, they understand that, and we're consistent and we're 729 00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:12,360 Speaker 1: accountable at all that we do, and we've we've been 730 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:15,640 Speaker 1: able to support our growth, you know, and show to 731 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:17,920 Speaker 1: the point now, I mean we're shipping products as you 732 00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:21,200 Speaker 1: mentioned earlier, and over eighty countries around the world. You know, 733 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,960 Speaker 1: how did you do that? Again, you have to have 734 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:28,400 Speaker 1: the support because there is no eye and team and 735 00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:30,120 Speaker 1: you can't do this alone, which is one of the 736 00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:34,000 Speaker 1: reasons why we're really showing our youth and our communities 737 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:37,680 Speaker 1: that together that you can't you just can't have it all. 738 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:39,840 Speaker 1: And we when we get the mindset of I just 739 00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:42,560 Speaker 1: can't have it all that you know what, when two 740 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:44,480 Speaker 1: or three I gathered and he told us this, when 741 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:46,600 Speaker 1: two or three I gathered in the midst it's done. 742 00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:50,120 Speaker 1: And so for us, you know, again going back to 743 00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:53,880 Speaker 1: surrounding people that understand the mission and we're together, you 744 00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:56,680 Speaker 1: can support the scale. I love it. I love it. 745 00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:59,239 Speaker 1: You know, it's really important because you know, when you 746 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:02,719 Speaker 1: start growing, you start doing something that is normal because 747 00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:04,720 Speaker 1: everybody knows how to go get a job at a bank, 748 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:06,799 Speaker 1: or go get a job and the store. Go get 749 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:09,400 Speaker 1: a job at a regular location where everybody else works, 750 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:12,560 Speaker 1: clocks in that they leaves at five, get that large break, 751 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,640 Speaker 1: playing for vacation. When you're an entrepreneur, you can't really 752 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,560 Speaker 1: explain to people what your normal day is, and it 753 00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:20,600 Speaker 1: confuses people. And that's what the doubt drops in. How 754 00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:21,879 Speaker 1: are you gonna make money? How are you gonna pay 755 00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:23,919 Speaker 1: for the bill? Girl? You know you've got kids. All 756 00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:27,759 Speaker 1: that type of those conversations start popping in, dropping in, 757 00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:30,000 Speaker 1: and that's what you're saying, Melvin, You gotta get those 758 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,960 Speaker 1: people out of your conversation. Those doubters, those people who 759 00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:36,319 Speaker 1: tell you that can't be done, who told you you 760 00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:38,959 Speaker 1: can do that? What bank gonna give you money? All 761 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,840 Speaker 1: those dollars because they they doughted me in my life, 762 00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:44,920 Speaker 1: and I know that they're the first, they're the closest 763 00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:48,400 Speaker 1: to you. Really, your dollars, your biggest dollars, are the 764 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:51,520 Speaker 1: people that you really believe in the most. Initially because 765 00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:54,279 Speaker 1: you go, wow, you questioned me, So you really have 766 00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:56,359 Speaker 1: to go out of that that first circle. You got 767 00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:58,600 Speaker 1: to jump out of that first circle to meet people 768 00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:03,280 Speaker 1: out who unders said how you approach business as you say, Melvin, 769 00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:08,480 Speaker 1: like minded people generate like minded success. They willing to 770 00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:11,799 Speaker 1: push you to your opportunity instead of hold you back 771 00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:16,239 Speaker 1: from the opportunity through questions, through doubts. I've never done 772 00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:19,640 Speaker 1: that before. I don't know. See, if you're constantly answering 773 00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:22,560 Speaker 1: questions like that, guess what You're not moving forward. I'm 774 00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:25,240 Speaker 1: on the phone with my my power couple. My power 775 00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:29,000 Speaker 1: couple here a Monique and Melvin Vegas. So my Yale 776 00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:33,320 Speaker 1: Organics a hundred a hundred thousand stores in short five years, 777 00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:36,000 Speaker 1: eighty seven countries. So I got I got the conversation down, 778 00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:38,040 Speaker 1: wal Green. I'm not even reading anymore, mel I'm just 779 00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:41,480 Speaker 1: I'm just rattling from success. I'm just talking about success. 780 00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:44,680 Speaker 1: And he's on a mission. I want to just say 781 00:41:44,719 --> 00:41:46,839 Speaker 1: that Melvin is on a mission to let everybody know 782 00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:49,960 Speaker 1: that he and his wife worked. They come from the hood, 783 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:53,560 Speaker 1: they come from a regular life, improving in power and success, 784 00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:55,680 Speaker 1: and they want to continue to keep that message out there. 785 00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:57,120 Speaker 1: And I want to thank you too for coming on 786 00:41:57,200 --> 00:42:01,000 Speaker 1: money making conversation and no Christmas, comeing up someone, You're 787 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:02,600 Speaker 1: coming back on the show so we can make some 788 00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:05,680 Speaker 1: money together. Money making conversations. Okay, we'll be right back 789 00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:09,000 Speaker 1: with more from John McDonald and money making conversations. Don't 790 00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:11,759 Speaker 1: touch that down. Guess why crime brate spike on Halloween. Yep, 791 00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:13,960 Speaker 1: thieves and burglars know you're out in your home is 792 00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:16,879 Speaker 1: vulnerable this Halloween trick or treat with peace of mind 793 00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:19,040 Speaker 1: knowing that you can watch your home with Blink home 794 00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:22,160 Speaker 1: security cameras. Blink cameras are wire free and set up 795 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,520 Speaker 1: faster than you can rip off your kids candy, and 796 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:27,360 Speaker 1: they run on two lithium batteries for up to two years. 797 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:30,560 Speaker 1: When your camera detext motion like someone snooping around your home, 798 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,480 Speaker 1: you get an alert on your Blink smartphone app. You 799 00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:36,359 Speaker 1: see what your Blink cameras see and your Blink x 800 00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:39,040 Speaker 1: T two two week talk feature unless you talk to 801 00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:42,200 Speaker 1: whoever is out there stooping around your home or just 802 00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:44,840 Speaker 1: coming up to your home. So no matter what you 803 00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:47,160 Speaker 1: see or where you at is like your at home. 804 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:49,840 Speaker 1: And now through November three, I got you up to 805 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:55,239 Speaker 1: Blink indoor and outdoor cameras and systems. Yeah, off, just 806 00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:59,080 Speaker 1: visit blink protect dot com slash sell. That's blink protect 807 00:42:59,239 --> 00:43:02,400 Speaker 1: dot com slash self thanks to Blink home Security and 808 00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:06,080 Speaker 1: Halloween just got easier. Also available on Amazon and other 809 00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:09,120 Speaker 1: fine retailers. Blink is an Amazon company and it works 810 00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:17,439 Speaker 1: with Alexa. Hi. This ra Sean mcdonaland welcome to Money 811 00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:20,520 Speaker 1: Making Conversation. Of course, I'm your host. Every every week 812 00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:23,279 Speaker 1: I bring it into amazing guests to talk about their 813 00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:28,880 Speaker 1: their careers. There setbacks, there, moments of where they felt 814 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:31,360 Speaker 1: that they were going to accomplish their dreams. That's what 815 00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:34,200 Speaker 1: it's all about. It's about steps that you can can 816 00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:37,520 Speaker 1: look inside yourself and realize that you can be successful 817 00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:39,880 Speaker 1: on the oh obstacles because a lot of people look 818 00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:43,480 Speaker 1: at you doing this speech dispasst Weekend It Scores and Houston. 819 00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:45,840 Speaker 1: I was just talking about how people are denied the 820 00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:49,040 Speaker 1: opportunity because of perception. People can feel that this is 821 00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:51,479 Speaker 1: what you're supposed to be based on your race, based 822 00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:53,920 Speaker 1: on your age, based on your gender, and you cannot 823 00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:57,000 Speaker 1: allow perception to control your destiny. And then going on 824 00:43:57,200 --> 00:43:59,880 Speaker 1: and talked about you shouldn't allow your race, your color, 825 00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:02,759 Speaker 1: all those things can be put in place as what 826 00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:06,120 Speaker 1: people perceive what a business person is and align you 827 00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:10,800 Speaker 1: and a level of expectation that is not your dream. 828 00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:14,560 Speaker 1: And I created Monimaking Conversation to show people their dreams 829 00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:17,600 Speaker 1: are for everyone. Accomplished are tied to everyone, but it's 830 00:44:17,640 --> 00:44:20,080 Speaker 1: also tied to what is your business plan? What is 831 00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:22,560 Speaker 1: your dedication to that dream? How much time do you 832 00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:24,680 Speaker 1: will we are you willing to put into that dream? 833 00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:27,920 Speaker 1: That's what Moneymaking Conversation is. It's a very popular podcast now. 834 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:32,719 Speaker 1: It's also syndicated across the country or for entrepreneurship and entertainment. 835 00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:37,719 Speaker 1: I provide the consumer and business owner access to celebrities, CEOs, entrepreneurs, 836 00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:40,319 Speaker 1: and industry decision maker which all tend to be the 837 00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:43,319 Speaker 1: same people. My guests, in turn deliver information about their 838 00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:47,040 Speaker 1: career planning, motivation, financial literacy, and how they lead a 839 00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:49,919 Speaker 1: balanced life. My next guest four, we go way back, 840 00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:52,080 Speaker 1: just because back over back to the Steve Horror Morning 841 00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:56,200 Speaker 1: Show days. Her grandmother advice is the best. She followed 842 00:44:56,200 --> 00:44:58,560 Speaker 1: her grandmother's advice, it's best to do one thing and 843 00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:01,400 Speaker 1: do it really, really well, and equipped with her mama's 844 00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:04,319 Speaker 1: knack for bacon, she's the owner and created Force Behind 845 00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:07,200 Speaker 1: Camic Cakes LLC. Camic Kicks is a chain of gour 846 00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:12,240 Speaker 1: make cupcake booteets which originated in Jacksonville and two thousand 847 00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:16,320 Speaker 1: and fourteen, Andrew extended the brand to incorporate ice cream 848 00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:20,520 Speaker 1: and form Camic Cakes Creamery. She extended his brand to 849 00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:24,040 Speaker 1: incorporate ice cream and and and all kinds of ice 850 00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:28,399 Speaker 1: cream like pineapple upside down cake, apple pie. But now 851 00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:31,759 Speaker 1: they're pudding. Uh, but it become which is my all 852 00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:34,719 Speaker 1: time favorite. By the way. She's also been featured on 853 00:45:35,239 --> 00:45:37,560 Speaker 1: The Best Thing You've Ever Ate eight when I saw 854 00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:40,160 Speaker 1: that episode with the with the red velvet and then 855 00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:43,800 Speaker 1: the butter of a calm in between Sandwich Girl following 856 00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:49,480 Speaker 1: you please welcome to believe work with the money to 857 00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:53,080 Speaker 1: make conversation my girl. Long time, long time, uh since 858 00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:57,960 Speaker 1: the Steve Hard Morning Show days. Ms. Andre, Yes, are 859 00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:04,560 Speaker 1: you doing great? Great? Thank you? You know I'm not broke. 860 00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:08,600 Speaker 1: I'm not. I have followed on the wayside. The first 861 00:46:08,719 --> 00:46:11,239 Speaker 1: people I know I was got dressed up extra people 862 00:46:11,239 --> 00:46:13,880 Speaker 1: who saw me back in the day to Shaw still 863 00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:18,000 Speaker 1: gotta going going up. Here's the beautiful thing about our relationship. 864 00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:20,680 Speaker 1: I got to see you at the early stages. And 865 00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:22,640 Speaker 1: at the early stage it was about put getting your 866 00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:27,160 Speaker 1: brand out, sample, sharing, samples, u anything you can do 867 00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:30,759 Speaker 1: to get on the morning, to show us, the Steve 868 00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:34,440 Speaker 1: Harry Morning Show team sample your product. You know. It 869 00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:36,560 Speaker 1: was always you know, and Monica was one of your 870 00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:40,320 Speaker 1: big fans. She Monica Bars now yeah, one of the 871 00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:43,160 Speaker 1: executive producer the current exactive producers of Steve hard Morning 872 00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:46,400 Speaker 1: Show introduced us and created the relationship. So tell us 873 00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:49,080 Speaker 1: about you know. I mentioned your grandmother, then I mentioned 874 00:46:49,080 --> 00:46:51,600 Speaker 1: the natural talent, but she was in the corporate world 875 00:46:51,640 --> 00:46:54,680 Speaker 1: prior to all this star state government. Right out of 876 00:46:55,200 --> 00:47:00,040 Speaker 1: high school, out of high school, head four jobs, Like no, 877 00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:03,960 Speaker 1: I'm not Jamaican, but right out of high school I was. 878 00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:06,000 Speaker 1: While in high school, I was a cashier at a 879 00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:09,000 Speaker 1: grocery store. Then I wanted to see what was happening 880 00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:11,480 Speaker 1: over in the bakery department, so another store hired me 881 00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:15,080 Speaker 1: as a cake decorator. So I worried at two grocery stores. Okay, okay, 882 00:47:15,120 --> 00:47:18,879 Speaker 1: before I love when people just slide past, just say 883 00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:22,320 Speaker 1: anything about baking in college. Didn't say anything about the 884 00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:25,760 Speaker 1: corporate job, state job, right and you know, sudden somebody 885 00:47:25,840 --> 00:47:28,799 Speaker 1: hired you to be a cake decorate well, yes, but 886 00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:36,320 Speaker 1: I always baked so as a little girl starting off yeah, always, always, always, 887 00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:38,319 Speaker 1: So that was just something that I did, and you 888 00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:41,040 Speaker 1: could just automatically just knew how to decorate, you just know. 889 00:47:41,239 --> 00:47:44,000 Speaker 1: I mean, it took practice so over time, just like 890 00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:46,279 Speaker 1: I remember. I don't know they still do, but I 891 00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:48,719 Speaker 1: remember the little Wilton courses you could take, like at 892 00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:52,160 Speaker 1: Joe's Fabric. So I took those courses. It was just 893 00:47:52,239 --> 00:47:54,719 Speaker 1: something I always wanted to do. Just whenever I had 894 00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:56,239 Speaker 1: some downtime, I would just get in there and just 895 00:47:56,280 --> 00:47:58,839 Speaker 1: kind of tinker around. Any kid kate decorating, just being 896 00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:02,240 Speaker 1: able to write a name, decreat cakes, do wedding cakes, 897 00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:05,719 Speaker 1: do all those different colors and get it right. The 898 00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:09,839 Speaker 1: piping and piping that's not your boy, you're walking bake, 899 00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:15,000 Speaker 1: you know, you know, but that's well, I mean, that's 900 00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:17,800 Speaker 1: not I mean, there are people who are a true artist, 901 00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:20,680 Speaker 1: and I realized that that wasn't really my forte. I'm 902 00:48:20,719 --> 00:48:23,960 Speaker 1: like you, I'm more of a baker. But I enjoyed 903 00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:26,680 Speaker 1: the artistry of us. I wanted to learn it, and 904 00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:29,440 Speaker 1: as I learned more about it, I realized that I 905 00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:31,080 Speaker 1: don't know if that's really the avenue I want to 906 00:48:31,080 --> 00:48:35,399 Speaker 1: go down. But so yeah, so I did that. So 907 00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:40,080 Speaker 1: cashier de great my dad had back in the day, 908 00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:42,880 Speaker 1: I guess now we call the food trucks, but he 909 00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:45,520 Speaker 1: had a business very similar that worked with him and 910 00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:48,120 Speaker 1: I worked with the state. Okay, so with the school. 911 00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:50,600 Speaker 1: It is the beauty of all those things you're talking about, 912 00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:53,920 Speaker 1: you know, the food truck, cashier, all these things really 913 00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:57,000 Speaker 1: prepared you for being an entrepreneur, Yes, because you had 914 00:48:57,040 --> 00:48:59,120 Speaker 1: to learn that. That's why I would tell people what 915 00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:01,200 Speaker 1: you did in your early twenty is really prepared for 916 00:49:01,239 --> 00:49:03,439 Speaker 1: what you're gonna do now. I really I always hold 917 00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:06,120 Speaker 1: that true because all those skills sets that you mastered, 918 00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:08,600 Speaker 1: because you have the master the kit. And even though 919 00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:10,919 Speaker 1: your mom said, grandmother said do one thing really well, 920 00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:14,280 Speaker 1: really well. But but but I would say, now you're 921 00:49:14,360 --> 00:49:20,360 Speaker 1: doing multiple things really well under the guise of an entrepreneur. Yes, 922 00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:23,360 Speaker 1: I mean, but you know, it's hard. We're more critical 923 00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:26,279 Speaker 1: on ourselves. So from the from you know, I see 924 00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:28,759 Speaker 1: it up close, and I often wonder, I'm like, am 925 00:49:28,760 --> 00:49:31,600 Speaker 1: I really doing it really really well? But at that 926 00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:33,440 Speaker 1: time I only focused on that one thing, and I 927 00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:37,759 Speaker 1: didn't let all these other things destright right, So Caemic cakes, yes, 928 00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:41,040 Speaker 1: named because of your daughter, my daughter Camillo. I just 929 00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:44,920 Speaker 1: chopped off the last three lessons. And so that then 930 00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:49,839 Speaker 1: became a business. Okay. Now when you came into my life, 931 00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:53,200 Speaker 1: where were you there with your business? I was three 932 00:49:53,200 --> 00:49:56,440 Speaker 1: stores in it. Just moved to Atlanta from Jacksonville, Florida. 933 00:49:57,120 --> 00:50:00,800 Speaker 1: UM opened the storm Peach Tree, so nine right. I 934 00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:04,399 Speaker 1: didn't burrow it across from doctor Donuts. No, we don't 935 00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:07,919 Speaker 1: talk about donuts when we're talking about I'm just trying. 936 00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:14,040 Speaker 1: And I dropped our petree headed to Linux Mall. Yeah, 937 00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:15,719 Speaker 1: and so I dropped by all the time I go. 938 00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:19,400 Speaker 1: For those who have been in Atlantic for very long time. 939 00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:24,520 Speaker 1: It's where Justice was. Yes, across the street from you 940 00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:30,359 Speaker 1: too much. But yeah, So I came here from Jacksonville. 941 00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:32,200 Speaker 1: Didn't think I was gonna move. I was so naive, 942 00:50:32,880 --> 00:50:34,960 Speaker 1: really off to turn and I thought I was just 943 00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:39,040 Speaker 1: gonna open the store and commute maybe twice a month 944 00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:41,880 Speaker 1: back to it. I got here and that state with 945 00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:47,200 Speaker 1: about three outfits and figured it out. And so so 946 00:50:47,520 --> 00:50:51,440 Speaker 1: now when I met your three stores, I just want 947 00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:55,440 Speaker 1: to start a business and moved to a state like Atlanta, Georgia. 948 00:50:55,800 --> 00:50:57,400 Speaker 1: You have to have a certain amount of courage, a 949 00:50:57,440 --> 00:50:59,400 Speaker 1: certain amount of planning. Can you talk about that? That 950 00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:02,200 Speaker 1: whole process is the first store, the first store, So 951 00:51:02,440 --> 00:51:05,000 Speaker 1: I think courage is I remember my Angela said, if 952 00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:07,279 Speaker 1: you don't have courage, you really can't do practice any 953 00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:10,840 Speaker 1: of the other things. So UM, I think her is 954 00:51:10,840 --> 00:51:14,799 Speaker 1: the main one. But that very first store. If I 955 00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:16,440 Speaker 1: don't know how much time I have, but if I 956 00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:23,919 Speaker 1: just just talk started um candy cakes. Prior to that, 957 00:51:24,040 --> 00:51:27,520 Speaker 1: I was in corporate, So I transitioned from UM state 958 00:51:27,600 --> 00:51:31,560 Speaker 1: government to corporate. My daughter was born. About a year 959 00:51:31,600 --> 00:51:34,719 Speaker 1: old into it, she got really sick and we had 960 00:51:34,719 --> 00:51:36,800 Speaker 1: to rushed to the well, not rushed her to the hospital. 961 00:51:36,880 --> 00:51:38,719 Speaker 1: She she went in for what we thought was just 962 00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:42,880 Speaker 1: a simple perceived while recovering from ad NOI's being removed 963 00:51:43,120 --> 00:51:47,240 Speaker 1: in council's she flat behind. She had to be rushed 964 00:51:47,280 --> 00:51:49,799 Speaker 1: to I see you. Things just happened so quickly, like 965 00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:53,640 Speaker 1: what's going on. Um. She didn't wake up until two 966 00:51:53,719 --> 00:51:56,160 Speaker 1: days later. But after she woke up, it took some 967 00:51:56,239 --> 00:51:59,160 Speaker 1: time to get her back on track. So throughout that process, 968 00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:01,799 Speaker 1: I realized that I can't maintain this whole time job. 969 00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:04,239 Speaker 1: I had to let that go. My husband at the 970 00:52:04,280 --> 00:52:06,799 Speaker 1: time ended up taking on a part time job just 971 00:52:06,840 --> 00:52:10,200 Speaker 1: to help me end sneak. Still wasn't enough, So daughters 972 00:52:10,239 --> 00:52:12,920 Speaker 1: out of the hospital. Now we're doing therapy during the 973 00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:17,160 Speaker 1: daytime at nighttime. I ended up taking, uh, basically a 974 00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:18,839 Speaker 1: minimum wage job. I was thinking that I was an 975 00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:21,920 Speaker 1: hour working at a clerk in a hotel, um, a 976 00:52:22,040 --> 00:52:25,719 Speaker 1: night auditor at a hotel and um, so that was 977 00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:27,840 Speaker 1: a graveyard shift. I had a lot of time on 978 00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:30,920 Speaker 1: my hand. Like men, I just literally had to stay away. 979 00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:33,960 Speaker 1: But during that time, as I got closer to her 980 00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:36,279 Speaker 1: getting better, I said, will I go back into the 981 00:52:36,320 --> 00:52:38,600 Speaker 1: corporate or will I do what I love to do? 982 00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:40,960 Speaker 1: So I started working on this business plan, just put 983 00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:42,920 Speaker 1: it together. I didn't have a dime in my name, 984 00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:45,240 Speaker 1: just but I just started putting this business plan together. 985 00:52:45,840 --> 00:52:48,399 Speaker 1: And um, when it was time to open the very 986 00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:51,600 Speaker 1: first store, I had this business plan at this idea 987 00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:54,920 Speaker 1: had great product based off of what I cheered with 988 00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:57,879 Speaker 1: people in the feedback I had gotten back, um, and 989 00:52:57,960 --> 00:53:00,400 Speaker 1: no one to help fund it. I went to family 990 00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:06,120 Speaker 1: members and like, you stupid you that money, Yeah, you 991 00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:10,080 Speaker 1: get real crazy I'm gonna make a living selling cupcake. Okay. 992 00:53:10,360 --> 00:53:12,640 Speaker 1: So anyway, when they up happening was we had. The 993 00:53:12,680 --> 00:53:14,279 Speaker 1: only thing we had to our name was a lot 994 00:53:14,320 --> 00:53:17,560 Speaker 1: of first little started home and so we financed that home. 995 00:53:17,960 --> 00:53:21,800 Speaker 1: Took out a little bit of money enough to really 996 00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:23,440 Speaker 1: we had to pay off some bills that was part 997 00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:27,279 Speaker 1: of guarantee. Um, but it was enough to just buy 998 00:53:27,280 --> 00:53:30,919 Speaker 1: some used equipment. I mean we literally painted the walls ourselves, 999 00:53:31,080 --> 00:53:33,759 Speaker 1: and just enough to get those doors open. After we 1000 00:53:33,760 --> 00:53:35,919 Speaker 1: got those doors home, I only had five hundred dollars 1001 00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:40,520 Speaker 1: to my name. This had to work. The only employee 1002 00:53:40,680 --> 00:53:43,319 Speaker 1: and my husband at the time at taking off some 1003 00:53:43,400 --> 00:53:50,799 Speaker 1: time from his job, so we had to so um, 1004 00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:53,319 Speaker 1: got it. Got it opened on our very first end 1005 00:53:53,360 --> 00:53:55,960 Speaker 1: because I had to feel every I was the dishwasher, 1006 00:53:55,960 --> 00:53:57,160 Speaker 1: I was the baker, I was the deck of it. 1007 00:53:57,200 --> 00:53:59,359 Speaker 1: I was everything. I was the pr person, and I 1008 00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:02,040 Speaker 1: sent out a prayer at least to every outlet. I 1009 00:54:02,080 --> 00:54:06,080 Speaker 1: mean I googled how to part But you're three stores 1010 00:54:06,120 --> 00:54:08,279 Speaker 1: in when I met you. Thank you for coming on 1011 00:54:08,320 --> 00:54:12,040 Speaker 1: my show. Appreciate your your friend, and it's great just 1012 00:54:12,120 --> 00:54:14,000 Speaker 1: saying that you not have a home where you can 1013 00:54:14,280 --> 00:54:17,080 Speaker 1: promote your brain. Put your brain out there and anytime 1014 00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:18,759 Speaker 1: you have any specials, come to me. I put in 1015 00:54:18,760 --> 00:54:21,920 Speaker 1: my fan club list strictly for Atlanta area and I 1016 00:54:22,080 --> 00:54:24,320 Speaker 1: kelp you get the word out because you want them. 1017 00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:28,600 Speaker 1: Camel cakes Rashan McDonald's featuring her on the Bigger Spotlight. 1018 00:54:44,600 --> 00:54:47,120 Speaker 1: Guess why crime break spike on Halloween. Yep, thieves and 1019 00:54:47,160 --> 00:54:49,840 Speaker 1: burglars know you're out in your home is vulnerable this 1020 00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:51,960 Speaker 1: Halloween trick or treat with peace of mind knowing that 1021 00:54:52,040 --> 00:54:54,840 Speaker 1: you can watch your home with Blake home security cameras. 1022 00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:57,480 Speaker 1: Bleak cameras are wild free and set up faster than 1023 00:54:57,560 --> 00:54:59,719 Speaker 1: you can rip off your kids candy, and they run 1024 00:54:59,719 --> 00:55:02,520 Speaker 1: on two lithium batteries for up to two years. When 1025 00:55:02,560 --> 00:55:05,359 Speaker 1: your camera detext motion like someone snooping around your home, 1026 00:55:05,600 --> 00:55:08,319 Speaker 1: you get an alert on your Blink smartphone app. You 1027 00:55:08,360 --> 00:55:11,120 Speaker 1: see what your Blink camera see and your Blink x 1028 00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:13,840 Speaker 1: T two two week talk feature unless you talk to 1029 00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:17,000 Speaker 1: whoever is out there stooping around your home or just 1030 00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:19,680 Speaker 1: coming up to your home. So no matter what you 1031 00:55:19,719 --> 00:55:21,959 Speaker 1: see or where you at is like your at home. 1032 00:55:22,160 --> 00:55:24,680 Speaker 1: And now through November three, I got you up to 1033 00:55:25,560 --> 00:55:30,000 Speaker 1: Blink indoor and outdoor cameras and systems. Yeah off, just 1034 00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:33,920 Speaker 1: visit blink protect dot com. Slash Tale that's blink Protect 1035 00:55:34,040 --> 00:55:37,160 Speaker 1: dot com. Slash sale thanks to Blink Home Security and 1036 00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:40,879 Speaker 1: Halloween just got easier. Also available on Amazon and other 1037 00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:43,920 Speaker 1: fine retailers. Blink is an Amazon company and it works 1038 00:55:43,920 --> 00:55:53,279 Speaker 1: with Alexa. Money Making Conversations continues online at www. Dot 1039 00:55:53,560 --> 00:55:57,440 Speaker 1: money Making Conversations dot com and follow money Making Conversations 1040 00:55:57,440 --> 00:56:02,200 Speaker 1: on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Two