Connect Who or what is your inspiration in business?

I’m inspired by seeing people having had the guts to just “throw a punch” into the world of business, because if you never do that you’ll never get a knockout. I’ve worked “jobs” for small and medium sized businesses, and realized that I was just helping them make their dreams come true & making them money. “Profits are better than wages” (Jim Rohn) is a phrase that I heard young but as I get a little bit more seasoned in life it means so

How do you stay motivated?

I stay motivated by knowing that I absolutely have a product, and that I just need to discover the correct “combination” to unlock the world for me to deliver it. If I don’t give up on this journey, I will find the destination I’m looking for! Quit is a “four letter word”, my kids weren’t allowed to say it, why would that be different for me? To quit is to give up, lie down and die. My mama didn’t put any quit in my recipe.

What would you do with the $25,000?

The first thing I would do is to hire out a couple of things that I am not proficient at (accounting, bookkeeping, & marketing) Then start working towards a brick and mortar so that I could expand the limited reach of the cottage food permit (California only) that I am currently restricted by.