1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: Okay, now hold on, now, I don't even know. I 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 1: ain't gonna have y'all edited that out. I'm just not answering. 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: Now you're asking a lot. Now you're digging into something. 4 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: People going to jail. Welcome to another episode of Eating 5 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: While Broke. I'm your host, Colleen Wit and today we 6 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: have special guests Mandy b who was a podcaster and 7 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: content creator focusing on women's empowerment, sexual liberation, and body positivity. 8 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: She recently launched a subscription box for women called Official 9 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: Box Owner, focused on feminine hygiene, sexual health, and normalizing 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,880 Speaker 1: conversations about womanhood. And I can definitely speak from personal experience. 11 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,160 Speaker 1: I definitely appreciate everything that you do for women and 12 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: and the movement of conversating because I still get nervous, 13 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: you know, buying tampons, and like I literally will go 14 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:53,160 Speaker 1: to the register that has maybe a woman or try 15 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: and pile on a bunch of stuff. It's for a tampons. 16 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: It's crazy that I have this now because I'm also 17 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: someone that hid my pure from my mom for the 18 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 1: first year. So I am now learning the conversations and 19 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: how important it is, especially like you know, I went 20 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: through my little home phase with with my partners, and 21 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: I thought I thought it was just also very important 22 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: to know the smells. Um, what tracking your own ovulation. 23 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot of women now, of course 24 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,759 Speaker 1: I'm in my thirties, so planning on on being a mother, 25 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: what that looks like, what's the best time of the 26 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 1: month should be? Um? And then also just normalizing the 27 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: conversations with the partners you have about what pleasures you, 28 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 1: what doesn't pleasure you. Those are all conversations I think 29 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 1: we should be having now. So um, that's kind of 30 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: how my box came about. So what I like about 31 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: you is that you have the podcast, you have your box, 32 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: and not only are you a personality, but you're an entrepreneur. 33 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: Oh god yeah. And I came from corporate, so I'll 34 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: be honest with you too as this entrepreneur thing. Um, 35 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: first off, I used to work like seventy eight hours 36 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: as a tax accountant, and I was like, I just 37 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: want my own business, so I don't have to work 38 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: as much. Now, you work more, No one told entrepreneurs, 39 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: and no, you're just not gonna sleep Like I've literally 40 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 1: gone through therapy and had to set my boundaries to 41 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: let my team. Know, hey, nine to nine after nine pm, 42 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 1: can you please like, that's still a twelve hour day. 43 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: It's still a swem our day. I love how you 44 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: admit that to people are always fool Like, I can't 45 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: wait to work for myself because then I'll be my 46 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: own boss. And like, there's no such thing as your 47 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: own boss, either your customers or your boss, your vendors 48 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 1: or your boss, some und your boss. So I had 49 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 1: a baby in my fourteen pound baby is my boss? 50 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: Now I was like, how did that happen? For sure? 51 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: And I mean that's the thing too. I still wake 52 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: up at like seven, so I really have like fourteen 53 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: hour days to be real. Um and then, unfortunately, to 54 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: so many if you're an entrepreneur, social media is a 55 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: large part of that. We're on our phones all day long. 56 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 1: So if you really want to include social media, you 57 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: probably realistically are working. I agree. So what did do 58 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,919 Speaker 1: you have us eating today? All right? So the dish 59 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: um that I brought for you today is one that 60 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: got me through many, many, many times. So it's just 61 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: white rice, um, an egg over easy and then catch up. Okay, Okay, 62 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: you could also do hot sauce if you want salt 63 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 1: pepper for some season as well. Um, and that's the dish. 64 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,359 Speaker 1: This looks like a definite broke dish. I never had this. 65 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: I'm really excited because I like seeing the different broke dishes, 66 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: and I've been lucky and fortunate enough to not have 67 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: had the same dish twice. I get to get find 68 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: out where the root of this dish came from. So 69 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: what was the last time you ate this? Okay, first, 70 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: I guess I'll start by at least putting. Um. Now 71 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: we can say and put the rice down. Thank thankfully 72 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: you cook that for me already. Um. So the rice 73 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: is already cooked. Rice is just something you always have around. Yeah, 74 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 1: you put it with every meal, and you have to. 75 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: It's a good filler. It's a good filler. Um. And 76 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: then eggs. Everyone also always has eggs. Um. So the 77 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: last time I have this dish, I would say, can 78 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: I go to get this is going in? You don't 79 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: if you don't feel okay, I'm staying up. I'm probably 80 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: gonna be the same height standing up, so you want 81 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: have to change any cameras. Um. The last time I 82 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: had this dish, I would say was probably why right, 83 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: I was still in college. I was still in college 84 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: because I thought I made it big once I made 85 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: it to corporate. Once I made it to corporate, I 86 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: was like, oh, I'm making sixty one dollars. I'm so 87 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:30,159 Speaker 1: rich now, you know. You know I don't have kids. 88 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: So I was, but I wasn't living off of Sally 89 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 1: May anymore. Um so, I would say this was probably 90 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,599 Speaker 1: the last time with two thousand eighteen non traditional college students. 91 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: So I graduated college in Um. Yes, so I graduated. 92 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: I was supposed to be a tax accountant. I'm gonna 93 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 1: let this get a little hot before I put the 94 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 1: butter on it. Um numbers, Yes, I love numbers. So 95 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: I was in school. You couldn't tell me I wasn't 96 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: gonna be a c p A. So I did a 97 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 1: hundred of fifty one credits in four years and got 98 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: my b s and accounting and a another bachelor's in 99 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: Business administration. Want to focus on marketing because in New 100 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: York to get you to sit for the CPO, you 101 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: have to have a hundred and fifty credits. I wasn't 102 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 1: gonna pay for a master's. That's coming out of pocket. 103 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 1: That's too expensive. Um so yeah, So I ended up 104 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: leaving my first job at Goldman Sachs and going to 105 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 1: earn Sina, and then I left that ship after one 106 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 1: year to the podcast. So that's that's amazing. Uh So 107 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: when you were in school, were you working? When I 108 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: was in school, I did some internships, um, and then 109 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 1: I bartended maybe the first two years. I also studied abroad. 110 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 1: I was living off scholarships and can I say these 111 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: uh how I'm just saying? Oh? No, I had quite 112 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 1: a few men on the docket helping me pay because, 113 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: like my initially covered regular tuition, but in order to 114 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 1: graduate fast, I had to take winter and summer courses. 115 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: So I had one guy paid for those. Another guy 116 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: had me as a fake employee on his business. Yeah 117 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say who that was. I don't know, 118 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: but yeah, I was getting a check every two weeks 119 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 1: from him. Um. So that's how I was able to really, 120 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: like you know, get through school without having to work. 121 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: Are you still cool with these people that? Oh yeah, 122 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: they're still friends friends today? You guys ever group chat? Like, 123 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: can you believe this group group chat with my lovers? No? Girl? UM, 124 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 1: I mean to be fair, they all knew about each 125 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 1: other because I'm a very honest person. Um but yeah, no, 126 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,720 Speaker 1: so what was the last question? Look now now I'm 127 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: trying to focus here. Yeah, I don't want to get 128 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 1: too off, but how do you how do you go 129 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: from c p A to all about women empowerment? Um? Well, 130 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: I mean I'm a girl's girl on my and like 131 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 1: I like girl trips. I love being around my friends. 132 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:05,840 Speaker 1: That was probably one of the reasons for my recent 133 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 1: breakup too, is my friends come before everybody. Really, my 134 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: friends come before you tell guys that. Yeah, yeah, yeah? 135 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:20,239 Speaker 1: And what slocks too is my friends also come before 136 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: my family, which is very different for most people. My family, 137 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: I feel like I grew up with Osbourne's so it's 138 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: just like we needed a television show because it was 139 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: so toxic. So once I moved out, I moved out 140 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: of eighteen, I was like, my friends have always wrote 141 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: for me if I ever needed anything, my friends always 142 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: had me. So yeah, I tell them that, And um, 143 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: is that gonna okay? They know it's a cooking show, 144 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: all of you. Listener, she's cracking an egg. I'm cracking 145 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: an egg and I haven't worked on an electric top 146 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: in a while. I probably should have let it get 147 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: more hotter. More hotter is not a word, by the way, 148 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: I will make up boards, this entire fun this fine? Okay? Um, 149 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: so where where are we with with with the journey? 150 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: How did I get to podcasting? What's crazy is my 151 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: co host Squeezy came to me. This was my last 152 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: year of college, um, and I was like, girl, I'm 153 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: I'm about to be studying for the c p A. 154 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: It's about to be busy. And she was like, I 155 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: just went on this other podcast and I did so 156 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: great and they said I should have a podcast. It 157 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 1: was so cool and we were talking about dating and 158 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: sex and you know, I was thinking, who else would 159 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 1: talk dating and sex? And it's just as big as 160 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: oh as I am like many, let me see if 161 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 1: Many wants to. And we had actually just rekindled a 162 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 1: friendship we hadn't spoken for maybe five years, um, and 163 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: we literally got into the podcasting for what girl, I 164 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 1: had a Twitter. There was nothing worse than I could 165 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 1: have said on a podcast that I didn't tweet about, 166 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: which min you I just had to go through and 167 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: delete a hole. Have you went back to your Twitter? Girl? 168 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: Do you know they look at your tweets and background 169 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 1: checks now just letting you know. Oh yes, ma'am. I 170 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: think personality you're you're more nervous right because because they 171 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 1: it's cancel culture right now. I looked at them tweets, 172 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: I said, what personalities? That That ain't me? I was. 173 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: I was like, I was imparrased. Oh my god, no 174 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: one was. Let me see. One was really bad. One 175 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: was like, I don't sell drugs or pimpos? What is 176 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: rap music? Girl? I love rap music. I was like, 177 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 1: I tweet, um, but yeah, So she came to me. 178 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 1: It was like, we should do a podcast. By episode three, 179 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,959 Speaker 1: UM shout out to a King A King from Law 180 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 1: Speaker Network. UM reached out and at the time Charlemagne 181 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: was a part of that as well. UM and a 182 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 1: year later they brought us on board and we just 183 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: like full sale went and and we like we went 184 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: on Brilliant Idiots again. Shout out to to Charlemagne and 185 00:09:56,280 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 1: Andrew Chultz for that opportunity, just that one feature. How 186 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: did you get to Charlotman? Did I miss that? King? 187 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: So A King introduced us to Chris Morrow, who also 188 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 1: worked with Charlomagne. Who that's where Brilliant Idiots the read 189 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: friend Zone all the Top Black Black podcast. We're a 190 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 1: part of a lot of speaker network and so we 191 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: got introduced and we're able to kind of be a 192 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 1: part of it. So we signed on and it was 193 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: like that's all she wrote, That's all she wrote, and 194 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 1: like again, probably just being in New York too, right, 195 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: I don't want to say that there's any one way 196 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: to be a successful podcaster. Right. So growing up or 197 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: being around New York, we saw Disamaro brilliant idiots. They 198 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: were having live shows the read so we were like 199 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 1: the next step of the live show, we had to 200 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: do a live show. So we self funded our own 201 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: live show, sold out. Next thing you know, we're looking 202 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 1: at our analytics on SoundCloud, looked at our major cities, 203 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: and we're googling theaters, event spaces, renting them out ourselves 204 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 1: and putting tickets on event right, and we put ourselves 205 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 1: on an a city tour wow where we profited every 206 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: show because we sold out every while. And where you 207 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 1: any part of you guys doubting yourself during the journey, 208 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 1: and then are you making two eggs. I'm gonna make 209 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: two I'm gonna make tours. I'm gonna make it quick. 210 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: I didn't. You're just trying not to. Yeah, I didn't 211 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:21,199 Speaker 1: want to have to. I need space. Normally I do 212 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 1: a little pile on a micromanager. Listen, Normally I do 213 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,199 Speaker 1: the little fans. This is a big old fan. I'm 214 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: trying to make sure I don't work the yoke here 215 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: and if y'all are looking at s where I know 216 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: how to cook. But I wasn't gonna come on here 217 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 1: and say we're gonna look what you did it. So 218 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 1: were you nervous at all during any of this experience? 219 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: Did you have any like see things of doubt? Because 220 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 1: I know even me starting this, I always have the 221 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: little devil on one shoulder that's like questioning the ability 222 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: or whether it's going to be successful. Did you have 223 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: any of that? I'll be honest with you and again 224 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:00,839 Speaker 1: through therapy, Girl, I just got told I live in fear. 225 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 1: So every day I woke up, I said, there's no 226 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,200 Speaker 1: way I'm making this much money. It's gonna end. I'm 227 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: gonna have to go back to work. And so a 228 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 1: lot of like what I did was just like I 229 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: have to stay working, which is probably why I have 230 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: thirty jobs. Now, Um, you do you do? I live 231 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 1: in full fear. That's how I live. And it's not healthy. 232 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 1: It is not it is not healthy, it's it's not 233 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 1: something to do. And what's crazy is I live in 234 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 1: in the fear firm like almost where I want to 235 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: disconnect from the past. I'm scared of the present, and 236 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 1: I looked to the future, and the future scares me. 237 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 1: So the fact that there's the future scared you. Um, 238 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 1: the future scares me because that we just had a pandemic. 239 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: You would have told me we were about to live 240 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: through and now we're about to live through a world war. 241 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: So to me, the future scares me because I'm I 242 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: don't want to call myself with my manager, but my 243 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 1: team has been letting me know on such Um. I 244 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: hate to not feel like I'm in control of things, 245 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: and so doesn't matter what my goals are, it doesn't 246 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 1: matter how hard I work towards them. There's a lot 247 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 1: of uh variables that are out of my control. And 248 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 1: so that's what scares me is that all of this 249 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:24,959 Speaker 1: hard work could end who knows, with a fucking nuclear 250 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,839 Speaker 1: bomb at this point, So you know what I mean. 251 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 1: And so that's what what scares me is, Like what 252 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 1: am I working towards and so now I'm just like 253 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: trying to live in the moment. That's what I'm working 254 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: on a therapy now is just like enjoying my successes 255 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: as they come and not looking for the next high 256 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 1: if that makes me Yeah. I When I interview people 257 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:45,559 Speaker 1: on this show, one thing I've noticed is that every 258 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 1: time someone hit a goal, the goal capt moving, so 259 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: it was like impossible for you to find your happiness 260 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: in hitting that milestone. Yeah, I mean I grew up 261 00:13:56,240 --> 00:14:01,079 Speaker 1: in a single parent household, right, so six figures that 262 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 1: I feel you just six figures seems like oh my god, 263 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 1: will I ever obtain? And now it's like all right now. 264 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:13,199 Speaker 1: You also don't realize when you talk to six figures, 265 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 1: there's a huge difference between a hundred thousand and nine 266 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 1: hundred and nine thousand and nine. So now, yeah, like 267 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: I'm working towards seven figures. Do you find yourself ever? 268 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 1: And speaking from experience, but do you do you ever 269 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: find yourself because you're working so many jobs? Do you 270 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 1: keep yourself on a strict budget to survive or do 271 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 1: you do you do you live a little when it 272 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: comes to your finance? Do you put what okay, Okay, 273 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: so you budget. I lived on a budget so for 274 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 1: so many years, like literally this this meal reminds me 275 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: of like back when I had to choose between toilet 276 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 1: paper or food. Yeah, like I had roommates, I was 277 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: like literally the financial aid office like nah, I need 278 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: that to hit or I was calling not somebody like 279 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: nah I need that now. Um and again back back 280 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: in those days, which also is not too long, but 281 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: having to go to Western Union, not having cash, that, 282 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: not having zail, the way of getting means from people 283 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:24,119 Speaker 1: like it wasn't wasn't really you know, it was very expensive. 284 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: I made two good eggs. Y'all can't tell me nothing. Okay, um, 285 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 1: turn that So what at what point did you stop 286 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: living on a budget. Was it like you hit six 287 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: figures and you said screw it? Do you don't live 288 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: paychecks and paycheck? Because I feel like most entrepreneurs don't 289 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: do that. They know better, because I mean again, I 290 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 1: think one of the things that I never had the 291 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 1: luxury of doing when I was eating meals like this 292 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 1: was even having a savings was knowing that another check 293 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: was coming in or I mean I had to budget 294 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: when I got to check every two that's all you're seeing, 295 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: you know, the taxes that are being taken out and 296 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 1: a lot of times, and that's how I was raised. 297 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: Can I can I hug you up? She's adding up everybody. Okay, 298 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: really good and then you know the little yo gonna 299 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 1: break and it's gonna be delicious. Um. I now have 300 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 1: took this out and I do not poison sauce. Um. 301 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 1: And I also like sour cream, but I gotta stay 302 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 1: away from dairy. I'm trying to stay away from dairy. Um. 303 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: But this was this was my go to. I'm gonna 304 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: bring my seat back over so we can sit and 305 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: eat because the bitch is hungry, and you break the yoke, 306 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 1: let it get into the rise. If you need some more, 307 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 1: like I love everything super saucy and gooey. That's me, 308 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 1: then you might. I definitely will because I love seeing 309 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 1: all that sauce. A lot of people don't. I'm surprised 310 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 1: so many people don't like they over easy, but I 311 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: love it. I feel it's okay girl. When they don't know, 312 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 1: they just don't know, like if they're sausage and pancakes, 313 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: I let that sauce. You have to you have to. Okay, 314 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 1: here's the thing. And I'm gonna tell you secret. If 315 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: they don't like over easy eggs or runny eggs, they 316 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,119 Speaker 1: order their steaks well done. And you can't trust those people, 317 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:13,880 Speaker 1: you know what. You can't trust themand don't trust them. 318 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 1: You can't trust them. You can't trust you know what? 319 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 1: He does both. He likes him, so he doesn't eat 320 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,640 Speaker 1: him runny, and he eats his steaks while done. Oh 321 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: not him eating beef turkey. Yeah, tell me what you 322 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 1: think about it. You can do that. Well. I didn't 323 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: cook the rice, but so shout out to whoever made 324 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: the rice. This is jasmine rice. This is a little passage. 325 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 1: I love those jazzin rights is my favorite. Doesn't it 326 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 1: taste great? No? This is great m and literally to like. Um, 327 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:52,120 Speaker 1: my friends make fun of me, and I talked about 328 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: this on the pot. I will put an over easy 329 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:58,719 Speaker 1: egg on anything, because I never so to me. As 330 00:17:58,760 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 1: long as you put an egg on it, it's part 331 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:06,159 Speaker 1: this so so so good. It's good right right, I'm 332 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:11,199 Speaker 1: definitely gonna it's filling. Do you have you you have 333 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,119 Speaker 1: your protein. It is gooey, you have your protect I 334 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: don't know if gooey is a good word to explain 335 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:22,160 Speaker 1: it saucy there, it's very saucy. I love saucy. Just 336 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: soak my stuff, a gravy, anything, making a little hotter, 337 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 1: that's my thing. You know what. Every once in a 338 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 1: while we come across the dish that I say I'll 339 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 1: make at home. This I will definitely. It's fast, it 340 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 1: took you. It's five minutes fast, and supporta's affordability. This 341 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 1: whole meal. If you buy a bag of rice and eggs, 342 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: you have um at least five or six meals for 343 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: under four bucks. Five or six meals. Girl, there's a 344 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: dozen eggs in a container. If you six meals, isn't 345 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,719 Speaker 1: like you're trying to have a Thanksgiving dinner style with eggs. 346 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:05,959 Speaker 1: You have six Now eggs, I don't think if hit 347 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:08,880 Speaker 1: the inflation button yet, so you could still get them 348 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 1: for like three nine rice you just always have and 349 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 1: then catch up. So I mean, if you do the math, 350 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: this dish maybe costs less than the dollars. So anyone 351 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 1: looking to save money, this beats the beating faster and 352 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 1: it's much faster. It does, and it's fast. Yeah, so 353 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 1: I love it. Yeah, Now I don't I don't need 354 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 1: this anymore, so when it came to the official box. Yes, 355 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: you started that business during COVID. So the idea came 356 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: in May, Um, I'm not gonna lie. I started a 357 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 1: whole another podcast because I was like, oh, let me 358 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: um journal, what this you know breakdown is like? And 359 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,400 Speaker 1: then by April I said, oh, we're not getting out, 360 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 1: We're I getting out. I thought it was only gonna 361 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 1: be two weeks. You know they told everyone just two weeks, 362 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: say in your house, was only gonna be two weeks? Yeah, No, 363 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,919 Speaker 1: it wasn't. Um and I think that that's when the 364 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 1: panic hit because we are our tour got canceled, so 365 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 1: we missed out on six tour dates for horrible decisions. 366 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 1: And then it was just like everything went down. Like 367 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 1: I was just like, what else is gonna do? We 368 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 1: only have ads coming in. This was before we joined 369 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,399 Speaker 1: Black Effect, and I was like, ship, what else can 370 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 1: I do at We were all out speak her at 371 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 1: the moment. We weren't with pocketfe yet and um so 372 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 1: my home girl hit me up and she was just like, girl, 373 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:42,359 Speaker 1: you have this this audience you have, you know, you 374 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: have a fan base. You need to sell something. I 375 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 1: was just like, what you had a good circle. I 376 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,719 Speaker 1: love my circle. I can see why I love my friends. 377 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,720 Speaker 1: I love my circle is vicious. I love my friends. 378 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: They're like, no, girl, why are you not selling anything? 379 00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: So I was like, I don't want to sell sex toys. 380 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:02,919 Speaker 1: I don't want to do that. And I mean, she 381 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 1: knew like kind of where my journey was. Um, A 382 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 1: lot of again, a lot of my friends. We talked 383 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,679 Speaker 1: about pH balances. We did this, and I was just like, 384 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 1: let's look up subscription boxes. Um. And we had the 385 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 1: idea of a quarterly because it was gonna be too 386 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 1: much to do it monthly. And we were getting products 387 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 1: from black owned and women owned businesses. How are you? 388 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,719 Speaker 1: They were just reaching out to you guys, saying, check 389 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: out our products. They were No. I emailed everyone, so 390 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 1: I was deeming them. I used that blue checkmark for something. 391 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:38,159 Speaker 1: I said, listen, um, this is what the value of 392 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:42,439 Speaker 1: promotion on my Instagram page would normally be. UM. I 393 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,679 Speaker 1: also just released another podcast, period sst to go with 394 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,879 Speaker 1: the subscription box. Um. And this is what I'm offering. 395 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 1: This is how many products I need an exchange for promotion. Yeah. 396 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: So I got all those the products for free, got 397 00:21:56,280 --> 00:22:00,159 Speaker 1: my boxes from China. Um so we ended up up 398 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:04,160 Speaker 1: uh figuring out the profit margins for that, and so 399 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,920 Speaker 1: we released by October. So this was a five thousand 400 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 1: dollar investment total for me for the design the website. Again, 401 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:16,440 Speaker 1: my homegirl does graphics, my homeboy does websites, so everyone 402 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 1: I paid them a little song. Um so, five thousand 403 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,439 Speaker 1: dollar investments. And in year one we sold out day 404 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 1: one of the of the drop and then how did 405 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: you promote it? Just on just on my Instagram, Just 406 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 1: on my instagram, just on my Instagram. And in day 407 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,639 Speaker 1: one we sold out all of the boxes in twenty 408 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 1: four hours and I saw twenty dollars hit my account, 409 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: and again, this is October Derrin pandemic, and so what 410 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 1: were you thinking at that point? Oh god, I was like, 411 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: oh this is kind of nice. And here goes my 412 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,679 Speaker 1: partner shout out to sid. She was like, we're not 413 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 1: gonna touch that money. Now, let's make our own product. 414 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:57,160 Speaker 1: So we took all of that into white labeling and 415 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 1: took that money from the first box and invested in 416 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: the inventory. We did work acids depositories and apple side 417 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 1: of vinegar gummies, and we white labeled our own products, 418 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: which means we went to a pharmaceutical that already had 419 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: the products, so I didn't go into the kitchen and 420 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: whipping day up. But it was UM, a pharmaceutical company 421 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: that already sold it, and pretty much we paid them 422 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,879 Speaker 1: for the product, and white label means we placed our 423 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:27,360 Speaker 1: label UM and then Yeah, so we made our Our 424 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:32,400 Speaker 1: one year was October and by then we were at 425 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,879 Speaker 1: a hundred and seven thousand dollars in sales. So during 426 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:39,200 Speaker 1: the pandemic in an e commerce space, I had not 427 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:42,399 Speaker 1: been familiar with it all. We did over six figures 428 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 1: and sales in our first year. Yeah. So when you 429 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: you're a personality on horrible decisions, you have your other podcasts, yes, 430 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: which is how do I see the thing is? See 431 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:59,120 Speaker 1: the thing is? And you have this box yes your personality. 432 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:02,159 Speaker 1: Do you ever get people that underestimate your power because 433 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 1: you have this huge personality but you're a serious entrepreneur. 434 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 1: I mean all the time, I think like that's been 435 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,879 Speaker 1: the issue too with Wheezy and I coming into the 436 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:15,880 Speaker 1: space with horrible decisions. UM. You know, we'll sit down 437 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: on other podcasts and they'll be like, hey, we have 438 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,120 Speaker 1: the horrors in the building, and it's like yeah, like 439 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 1: that that completely diminishes an undermines everything that we built 440 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: um as far as branding, marketing. I mean, for the 441 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 1: first year of the podcast, I edited the audio, I 442 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,880 Speaker 1: boasted things. We still make the descriptions, we're still very 443 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: hands on. UM. So I think it undermines who we are, 444 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 1: Like I mean, we could be boss bitches and sut dick, 445 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:42,679 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And they try to separate 446 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 1: And I say this to everybody. I don't care who's listening. Hey, 447 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 1: no edit here, don't no edit out. No. I'm a 448 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:54,120 Speaker 1: firm believer that every girl goes through a whole face. 449 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 1: I don't give a crap. I mean, girls all the 450 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 1: time they're like, oh, I haven't gone through mine. I'm 451 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:02,479 Speaker 1: so innocent. I'm like, bullshit, Okay, I'm sorry. I mean, 452 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 1: I'm I'm about to renswer one. Yeah. Yeah, I think 453 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:09,120 Speaker 1: at least, I just say, at a minimum, at least 454 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 1: once in your life you go through a whole phase. 455 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,639 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say whether it's multiple times or not, 456 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 1: but I just I think the blanket thought that oh, 457 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 1: this girl is a whole r versus this girl, it's like, no, 458 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:21,640 Speaker 1: you know she's a virgin today. Well you know next week, 459 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 1: but like, but also that term. I think the reason 460 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 1: why we even named sorry, why we named the podcast 461 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,400 Speaker 1: that you know, we put horror out there, and it's 462 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 1: because it's a It's a word that stems from patriarchy. 463 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 1: It's a word that men have pushed onto us to 464 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,879 Speaker 1: make us feel less than for enjoying the things that 465 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: we enjoy. It just is what it is. And so 466 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 1: if we can reclaim that it now doesn't mean anything. 467 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: So now you're calling me that doesn't doesn't mean anything bad, 468 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:52,359 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. But I still think the 469 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 1: negative connotation surrounding the word is why I'm glad you 470 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 1: didn't sit and say, yeah, we have a hole in 471 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 1: no house like you know. And again, I've shared my 472 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: sexual life, my my womanhood, UM, the things that I've 473 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:09,480 Speaker 1: dealt with with my body, with reproduction, with UM, my 474 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 1: relationship so publicly that unfortunately it does get used against 475 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 1: you as a woman, UM in terms of maybe them 476 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 1: not feeling like you could show up the same way 477 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 1: a man can. And I think I've done pretty well 478 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 1: in this space, and I've been attached to a lot 479 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 1: of the other men in this space as well, so 480 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 1: you like, it's not not attached, not attached romantically, not 481 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 1: attached romantically. I actually would never date a podcaster. So 482 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:35,960 Speaker 1: if you're watching this and you have high hopes, sorry, 483 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 1: I want no one in this industry at all, um, 484 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: but like being a part of the Black Effect Network 485 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:45,440 Speaker 1: and Charlemagne believing in um, what I'm capable of doing 486 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,639 Speaker 1: in this creative space. And then Joe Budden approached me 487 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: to be the first pod under his umbrella for his network. 488 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:55,399 Speaker 1: So again, those are two very well respected men in 489 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:58,159 Speaker 1: this space. And I like to say that I'm the 490 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 1: only woman that really got that opportunity to work with 491 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 1: both of them, so you can, well, you could definitely 492 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 1: say that, yeah, yeah, I feel like when when I 493 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,880 Speaker 1: met you, you know, I've heard I've definitely heard different things. 494 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 1: I'll do what I know on a good okay, But 495 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 1: what I hear most of all is your entrepreneurship. I 496 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 1: don't really hear. I mean, I see the personality, but 497 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 1: I more see the brains in the perseverance and the 498 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:34,640 Speaker 1: street smarts mixed with college education. So it's interesting that 499 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 1: you have this show and I'm sure that there's like 500 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:41,440 Speaker 1: you're you're dealing in two different worlds. I'd say right. Yeah. 501 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,919 Speaker 1: I mean that's the thing too. As an entrepreneur, I 502 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 1: know so many people want to just get right into 503 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 1: the space. I don't feel like I would have been 504 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 1: the savvy or prepared for a lot of the things 505 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 1: that I've had to deal with had I not gone 506 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:55,520 Speaker 1: to college. So in terms of even responding to an email, 507 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 1: do you know how many people don't know how to 508 00:27:57,119 --> 00:28:00,920 Speaker 1: reply all? You'd be surprised, like when there's a c 509 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 1: C and you see multiple people on the email, Like 510 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 1: I'm dealing with people that forget to reply all something 511 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:11,919 Speaker 1: something as simple as that. Um, of course budgeting businesses 512 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 1: that I don't Yes, I have a huge accounting background 513 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 1: and my focus was on taxes, so I definitely get 514 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:22,720 Speaker 1: into the nitty gritty and handle that. I mean, I 515 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 1: do have a h an account now to help me 516 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 1: your hands, Oh, I'm so. I look in the account 517 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: and I'll be like, um, who spent two dollars in 518 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 1: thirteen cents? I think you swiped the wrong card. I'll 519 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:36,199 Speaker 1: call my business partners quick or I need an explanation 520 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 1: on what is this and where where wasn't so you 521 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: do have business partners. I have business partners in everything. Oh, God. 522 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 1: I always fair business partners because I feel like it's 523 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 1: it's tough where if to get both people to be 524 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:58,760 Speaker 1: extremely passionate at the same time. I mean again, therapy 525 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 1: has helped. Um. Here's the thing. You can't expect everyone 526 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 1: to show up the way that you do and anything 527 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 1: as a friend, as a partner. UM. In business, a 528 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 1: lot of people have different ways of communicating UM, different passions, 529 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 1: things that they want. I mean, I think it's very 530 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 1: you have to know how to compromise, communicate. It's definitely 531 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: not easy, not even a lie. Um, we've put everything 532 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 1: on paper, so very headed ahead of time, right, so 533 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,480 Speaker 1: been been in some not so great places. So if 534 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 1: ever we're just out of stand still where we don't 535 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 1: know what to do. All right, let's get the lawyer 536 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 1: in vault. And all your partners are women. All of 537 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:45,520 Speaker 1: my partners, all of my partners are black women. Wow. 538 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:47,120 Speaker 1: And you know, when I think of the Black effect, 539 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: what I think is special about them shoutouts to Black effect, 540 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 1: shout out to Black effect, is that it is all women. 541 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:56,600 Speaker 1: Then you get when you get all that quarterly cold, 542 00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,680 Speaker 1: it's nothing. Shout out to all of the women on 543 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 1: black fact is you don't really run a stuff. Is 544 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 1: what I like about working with black women. I think 545 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 1: we know how to support each other in a way 546 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 1: where we, you know, because black women are we're strong, 547 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:17,120 Speaker 1: we're resilient. We carry that crown very well, I think 548 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 1: in a corporate space, but I think when we have 549 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 1: to take it off and be vulnerable and like be 550 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:22,920 Speaker 1: that shoulder lean on, we're very good at it well. 551 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 1: And see that's that's the thing that we allow each 552 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 1: other to do. Unfortunately, in the spaces where I have 553 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 1: worked with men um and again being on just networks 554 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 1: and being in rooms of men that may or may 555 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: not have been involved with anything that I'm doing, there's 556 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 1: been a lot of pushback with men, Like if I 557 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:43,600 Speaker 1: come into the room and I say something, they'll immediately 558 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 1: disregard what I'm saying is me being emotional, not that 559 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,440 Speaker 1: I'm coming with something that I'm seeking solution for, not 560 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 1: something that I genuinely have a problem with, not something 561 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 1: that I think is bad business. They completely just undermine 562 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:59,080 Speaker 1: what I'm saying based on, oh, you're just emotional. And 563 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:00,720 Speaker 1: so I think that when you come in as a 564 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,640 Speaker 1: strong woman to get mental listen to, you become harder 565 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,440 Speaker 1: so me working with women is it's just it's been 566 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,200 Speaker 1: a little bit more easy, I feel like, and it's 567 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 1: also a safe space. Again. I love my home girls. 568 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 1: They all helped me and we all have these business 569 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 1: savvyest minds. Like my other best friend is a fucking 570 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:22,360 Speaker 1: truck owner. My other best friend owns a has an 571 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:25,480 Speaker 1: ice cream shot. Um, and this is all in the 572 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:29,240 Speaker 1: East Coast. All both of them are in Atlanta. Um. 573 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:31,920 Speaker 1: But yeah, like again, like I'm in New York. A 574 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 1: lot of my friends like just do so many dope stuff, 575 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:37,160 Speaker 1: like they scream right. They have their own shows and 576 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:40,160 Speaker 1: and podcasts as well. Like I love women that go 577 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,479 Speaker 1: out and get it, and a lot of them do. 578 00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:48,640 Speaker 1: When did you feel like you're arrived, like from from 579 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,800 Speaker 1: eating here. I'm sure there was a point where you 580 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 1: were like, you know what I am? This ship? You 581 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:56,960 Speaker 1: know you know what's crazy? Again? Maybe back to living 582 00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 1: in fear. I I have to remind myself as the 583 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 1: things I've done and the things that should be proud of. Um. 584 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,920 Speaker 1: Going on the Breakfast Club was like, am I really 585 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,560 Speaker 1: on the Breakfast Club? Again? Shout out to Charlottagne in 586 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 1: the Black Effect. I mean again the conversation was around sex, 587 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:18,880 Speaker 1: but we were promoting horror decisions. Um, that was like, whoa, 588 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 1: I'm wow. Um, wasn't your first time meeting Charloman? No 589 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:27,360 Speaker 1: oh no, I've again. I felt, yeah, I worked with 590 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 1: him before. But the breakfast club that's a big deal. 591 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 1: Was my pussy stock going. And then I mean to 592 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,200 Speaker 1: be fair too. And in January was I was just 593 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 1: on a billboard in Times Square that was like that 594 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:48,560 Speaker 1: was Trump. I was like, Mama, my name is in life. Yes, yes, Um, 595 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:51,360 Speaker 1: I mean it's it's crazy though, Like I've been in 596 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 1: a documentary on HBO Viceland. Some of the friends and 597 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,760 Speaker 1: people I hang around is just like I'm in this 598 00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 1: room and I feel like there's still so much more 599 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 1: for me to do. So I still don't feel like 600 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 1: I made it. I'll be honest though, probably the only 601 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:07,760 Speaker 1: time I feel like I'm in the right direction. Um, 602 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:11,520 Speaker 1: my apartment in New York, it's fly? Is it fly? 603 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:17,040 Speaker 1: Is it all glass? It's all glass? And here's how 604 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:18,440 Speaker 1: long I've been in New York. I'm like, I got 605 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 1: a washer dry and um, but it's I have my 606 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,200 Speaker 1: my friends say that my view is the big rich town. 607 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:30,440 Speaker 1: So if you watch power. This is a big rich town. 608 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:35,080 Speaker 1: I just my view is all of Manhattan, So I loo, 609 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:38,680 Speaker 1: we should have done a special. So y'all, yeah, if 610 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:40,960 Speaker 1: ever y want to come to New York. I love 611 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 1: like I love my kitchen, I love my apartment, and 612 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,479 Speaker 1: I moved there from the Bronx. At one point I 613 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:51,320 Speaker 1: was in a three bedroom, one bad basement apartment eating 614 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:56,600 Speaker 1: this meal. How long ago was that? To no, no, no, 615 00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:01,800 Speaker 1: the three the basement apartment, that was. But I left 616 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:07,040 Speaker 1: the Bronx in But I left the Bronx in Wow. 617 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:10,440 Speaker 1: I just left the Bronx because they had COVID specials. 618 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:12,560 Speaker 1: Thank you to everyone who moved out of New York. 619 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:15,160 Speaker 1: Ya made y'all made the rent drop and I was 620 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:17,400 Speaker 1: able to get my dream apartment right back up the 621 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:22,920 Speaker 1: second the two year lease. Yeah, I'm smart. I was like, oh, 622 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,080 Speaker 1: the world go back, this rent gonna go right back up. 623 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:27,960 Speaker 1: But my view, so I'll sit on my cap sometimes 624 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,319 Speaker 1: and be like I would have never thought I would 625 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:33,600 Speaker 1: have ever even been able to live the way I'm 626 00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:35,759 Speaker 1: living in New York because New York is just so expensive, 627 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:37,960 Speaker 1: and so of course they say, if you can make 628 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,319 Speaker 1: it here, you can make it anywhere I thought I 629 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:42,840 Speaker 1: was making it in my little basement apartment with two roommates. UM, 630 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:44,839 Speaker 1: and now this is You're able to live this week 631 00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:47,880 Speaker 1: all off of your businesses. I love there by myself, 632 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,600 Speaker 1: but you don't have any accounting jobs or any side hustles. 633 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:55,400 Speaker 1: This is strictly your podcast and and my podcast and 634 00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:59,600 Speaker 1: my box and UM I'm opening my own studio in 635 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:04,120 Speaker 1: Brooklyn next month. Look at you, your your serial serial entrepreneurs. 636 00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:06,839 Speaker 1: Like so where everyone is like okay, all right, so 637 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:08,880 Speaker 1: and I'm like so down for what is what I 638 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:12,839 Speaker 1: could do it? I I am really curious about when 639 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:16,520 Speaker 1: you left your accounting jobs to pursue this full time. 640 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,680 Speaker 1: What was that ache or day or with that process 641 00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:22,839 Speaker 1: like to come to the decision. And I want to know, 642 00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:24,919 Speaker 1: like what those last days were, like you know what's 643 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:27,040 Speaker 1: so crazy? And I haven't shared this so you are. 644 00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:30,920 Speaker 1: This is how fed up I was. First off, So 645 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:33,759 Speaker 1: in accounting, there's a high turnover. I worked at a 646 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,320 Speaker 1: big four firm. UM, I was at Ernsting Young. I 647 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:38,000 Speaker 1: could go out and say that. Now I've said it enough. 648 00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:42,600 Speaker 1: So for anyone who works big for UM, it's it's 649 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:45,439 Speaker 1: a lot. It is a lot. UM. The turnover is high, 650 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:47,839 Speaker 1: and so I had seen a lot of people leave 651 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,880 Speaker 1: before me, and so I knew the week I was 652 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:54,080 Speaker 1: gonna quit because I had paid off all my credit 653 00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:57,799 Speaker 1: card debt, got ten thousand dollars in savings, and got 654 00:35:57,800 --> 00:35:59,799 Speaker 1: my new furniture. Those are the three things I wanted 655 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:02,279 Speaker 1: to do to feel comfortable. And I was like, I 656 00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:04,279 Speaker 1: did all that and have money left over. I said, oh, yeah, 657 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:07,279 Speaker 1: it's time for me to leave, to leave my job. 658 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:11,440 Speaker 1: And so I walked into the partner's office and I 659 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:14,239 Speaker 1: was like, hey, um, I want to put in my 660 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:17,560 Speaker 1: two weeks and he was like all right, and he 661 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,400 Speaker 1: was like why, And I told him at that point, literally, 662 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:22,880 Speaker 1: I want to say the week before, uh maybe maybe 663 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:25,600 Speaker 1: maybe the month before, we had a sold out show 664 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:31,600 Speaker 1: at Carolines. So I was touring every weekend. I was like, 665 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:34,840 Speaker 1: I'm leaving to work for myself. I have a podcast, 666 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,840 Speaker 1: I go on tour, I do these really dope things 667 00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:39,320 Speaker 1: and it's making me a lot of money. I've actually 668 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,239 Speaker 1: made my salary in five months. So I think it's 669 00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:45,799 Speaker 1: time for me to put more energy where the money's coming. 670 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:49,719 Speaker 1: And so the week before I left, I know that 671 00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:53,239 Speaker 1: they normally fucking ordered banana pudding from mcnolia Bakery and 672 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:56,239 Speaker 1: get everyone in the office and they all say goodbye 673 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,880 Speaker 1: and how they're gonna miss you. I told that partner, 674 00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:02,080 Speaker 1: I said, I don't do that. I don't like most 675 00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:03,840 Speaker 1: of the people in this office. I don't need to 676 00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:08,040 Speaker 1: they fake goodbye. I actually don't care about any of them. Said, 677 00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,200 Speaker 1: there's three people in this office. I like. He said, 678 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:13,600 Speaker 1: what three? Told him the three, and he put it 679 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,480 Speaker 1: on the calendar to take me and the only three 680 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:19,520 Speaker 1: people I liked all to lunch on my last day 681 00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:22,480 Speaker 1: because it was the last day, said Margarita's we're doing 682 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:26,239 Speaker 1: shots right, and I got drinks. But I didn't want 683 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:29,839 Speaker 1: the fake corporate goodbye like I had seen so many 684 00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:33,520 Speaker 1: people even I was like, yeah, and I'd still talk 685 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:37,560 Speaker 1: to the people that I invited to that lunch, but yeah, 686 00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:39,120 Speaker 1: I didn't want the audi pic ship. So that was 687 00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:43,399 Speaker 1: my last week, Like save save the banana pudding. Since 688 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,359 Speaker 1: you left, have you had any like see things of 689 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:48,799 Speaker 1: doubt or have you just been looking onward and it's 690 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:53,640 Speaker 1: been nothing but positive? Has any hiccups come? Like the panorama, 691 00:37:54,719 --> 00:38:00,080 Speaker 1: like the whole pandemic girl, Like I quit sick some 692 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:06,440 Speaker 1: months before they shut the world down. So I was like, uh, 693 00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:08,759 Speaker 1: I said, Okay, we're gonna do this little podcast thing 694 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:11,960 Speaker 1: on Zoom, but so how how are we making money now? 695 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,160 Speaker 1: And then you know, you came in with the subscription 696 00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:16,680 Speaker 1: box and that came in May again, I thought that 697 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:18,440 Speaker 1: the pandemic was gonna lie. Are you able to get 698 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:22,279 Speaker 1: any type of COVID relief or I don't hold on 699 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:23,960 Speaker 1: now that don't know. I ain't gonna have y'all edited 700 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,480 Speaker 1: that out. I'm just not answering. Now you're asking a lot. 701 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:32,200 Speaker 1: Now you're digging into something people going to jail, when 702 00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:34,960 Speaker 1: people getting locked up. But I mean I did everything correctly. 703 00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:37,560 Speaker 1: I didn't have a little bit out I did. I did, 704 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:40,200 Speaker 1: and I'll just say when my business, my business came 705 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,960 Speaker 1: to a complete hole. So I was like, I went 706 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:45,560 Speaker 1: through all the shades of grief. Like I was depressed, 707 00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:49,840 Speaker 1: I was shocked, I you know, I was mortified, you know, 708 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,400 Speaker 1: but I had applied for like I was able to 709 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:56,399 Speaker 1: get that. Yeah, got the p PP, I thought, I said, 710 00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,680 Speaker 1: everybody getting this thing. My accountant said, the way you 711 00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:02,600 Speaker 1: don't payroll set up p PP doesn't have fly it. 712 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:04,640 Speaker 1: Then my homegirl was like now you can get it 713 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:08,359 Speaker 1: through the PayPal. I said. I was like, you know what, Nah, 714 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:10,319 Speaker 1: I'm gonna just stick to that, to to the s 715 00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:14,200 Speaker 1: b A got got that little bit of change. And 716 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,600 Speaker 1: like I said, though, like I just was like trying 717 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,879 Speaker 1: to create a way. And then to be fair, See 718 00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:22,640 Speaker 1: the thing is my other podcast I launched in October, 719 00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:26,640 Speaker 1: so literally the same week I launched a new podcast 720 00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:30,120 Speaker 1: and the subscription box same week. So you were working 721 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:36,320 Speaker 1: pretty much through COVID, dealing with the goddamn China getting 722 00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:41,120 Speaker 1: things to the US, oh my god, dealing with just 723 00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:44,000 Speaker 1: and and and again, starting an e commerce business where 724 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:48,560 Speaker 1: things are the male system is not being the same, 725 00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:52,239 Speaker 1: nothing is acting, you know, the right way. And then 726 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:54,560 Speaker 1: I didn't realize how much Amazon has pulled us all 727 00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:58,000 Speaker 1: I am delivering this out of my home the way 728 00:39:58,040 --> 00:39:59,440 Speaker 1: they thought they was just gonna get the box. The 729 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,359 Speaker 1: next day, I say, give some time. Did you put 730 00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:05,960 Speaker 1: a little disclaiming They had to. I said, let me 731 00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:08,720 Speaker 1: add that business days, you know don't include the weekend. 732 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:11,360 Speaker 1: So I mean and again just did the research of 733 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:13,840 Speaker 1: all that, you know, I stay working. I felt like 734 00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:17,040 Speaker 1: I had to, Like I wasn't just gonna get lazy. 735 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:20,880 Speaker 1: What tips would you give to business owners or anyone trying. 736 00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:24,080 Speaker 1: I would say business owners that are trying to get 737 00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:28,200 Speaker 1: into the position that you're in currently to date. Here's 738 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:34,120 Speaker 1: the thing, learn every position. Learn every position. Also, you're 739 00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:36,520 Speaker 1: gonna need a team, but to me, you need to 740 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:40,560 Speaker 1: learn every position so that if there's a break in anything, 741 00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:43,120 Speaker 1: your whole business isn't on the whold because now you 742 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:46,280 Speaker 1: can step in and do it. I think like from podcasting, 743 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:52,279 Speaker 1: I learned everything from Yeah, I learned how to edit 744 00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:58,160 Speaker 1: audio very easy. All this video editing ready for y'all. 745 00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,560 Speaker 1: It's like it's a whole another bees. But like again 746 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:04,440 Speaker 1: I looked up, you can get Premiere Pro. You can 747 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:09,879 Speaker 1: get the entire Adobe and just YouTube University girl. They 748 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:13,560 Speaker 1: also even Premiere comes with the comes with But then 749 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:18,600 Speaker 1: again that's time, that's sweat equity, that's in your time, 750 00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:21,799 Speaker 1: So you have to you have to definitely do your 751 00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:24,680 Speaker 1: own research. Literally, that would be my bit of advice, 752 00:41:24,719 --> 00:41:26,960 Speaker 1: not only to get a competite team, but you need 753 00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:29,279 Speaker 1: to know every part of the business that you're a 754 00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:31,560 Speaker 1: part of. You just have to agree with that. I 755 00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:34,360 Speaker 1: agree with that. Well, it was a pleasure to have 756 00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:37,799 Speaker 1: you on the show. Thank you so much here, I 757 00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:40,880 Speaker 1: feel like we're going to be vested. I'm I'm saving, 758 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:42,719 Speaker 1: we're hanging out. I'm here for like a week and 759 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:45,839 Speaker 1: a half. Girl, Thank you guys so much for checking 760 00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:48,840 Speaker 1: out another episode of Eating Wall Broke featuring Mandy B. 761 00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:52,480 Speaker 1: Thank you for having me out her official box and 762 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:55,319 Speaker 1: her podcast. That's why I make sure you guys go 763 00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:59,800 Speaker 1: to official box owner dot com. Um we are currently rebranding, 764 00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:01,720 Speaker 1: so you can get everything right now for ten dollars 765 00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:04,520 Speaker 1: except for the box, but you can get work acid suppositories, 766 00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:08,880 Speaker 1: applesider of Internet gummies, and also feminine pouches just so 767 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,240 Speaker 1: that you don't have to walk around with your tampons, 768 00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:14,319 Speaker 1: your paths, your condoms, your loops, uh, those things just 769 00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:16,520 Speaker 1: free flowing. And then yeah, you can check out my 770 00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:20,200 Speaker 1: podcast Horrible Decisions on the Black Effect Network. We dropped 771 00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:23,759 Speaker 1: every Monday, and my other podcast, See the Thing Is, 772 00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:26,800 Speaker 1: with my co host Bridget Kelly, we dropped every Tuesday 773 00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:30,800 Speaker 1: and Friday wherever you listen to your favorite podcast. Girl, 774 00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:33,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be do you hear this voice? Yes? And 775 00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:34,920 Speaker 1: I and I have to be on set all week. 776 00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:41,520 Speaker 1: I don't know how. I'm like, yeah, here, came straight here. 777 00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:44,279 Speaker 1: I respect you, and I'm so thankful that you gave 778 00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:49,520 Speaker 1: us the time. Thank you so very much. For more 779 00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:52,400 Speaker 1: eating while broke from I Heart Radio and The Black Effect, 780 00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:55,720 Speaker 1: visit the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcast, or wherever 781 00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:57,280 Speaker 1: you listen to your favorite shows.