Who or what is your inspiration in business?

Well I really don't like to follow. I'm more of a leader and I'm just motivated to do better in life so I'm always striving to do better than yesterday. After my legal issues I didn't know what to do and I made a candle and sold it. Then people wanted to buy more. So I put some in a store and then another store and then another store and now I do farmers and Saturday markets and it's become a full-blown business. We are still small but in 2 months it's grown much faster than I thought and I didn

How do you stay motivated?

I've always been motivated to win and I don't know how to give up so it's quite intriguing with the scent profiles I create and it's quite exciting to see people's reactions. I use all of my own recipes from American made fragrance, oils and soy wax. Facing prison time I had to get a job or find something to do and it's kept me busy and out of trouble and now I'm a real businessman.

What would you do with the $25,000?

I would use it to grow the company and get better facilities for manufacturer and possibly a little marketing. Hopefully help to inspire other people that aren't sure what to do to just take that leap. I mean you're guaranteed to lose every gamble you don't take and you miss every shot you don't shoot!