Excuse me.

EXCUSE ME. ARE YOU THE FOUNDER OF POPPI? I AM. $2 BILLION YOU JUST SOLD YOUR COMPANY, RIGHT? I DID, ALMOST $2 BILLION. AND YOU SAID THIS WAS A PASSION PROJECT. WHAT WAS THE REASON? WHY DID YOU START POPPI? YEAH, I HAD SOME HEALTH ISSUES. I KNOW, YOU KNOW, GIRL PROBLEMS. YOU ALL GOT THOSE TUMMY ISSUES AND I STARTED DRINKING APPLE CIDER VINEGAR. HATED THE WAY IT TASTED. AND SO TO MY KITCHEN I WENT AND I GOT A DEAL ON SHARK TANK AND WE LAUNCHED POPPI MARCH 2020, THE FIRST WEEK OF COVID. I ACTUALLY HEARD THAT YOU WERE PREGNANT WHILE BUILDING THIS BRAND. DID YOU THINK THERE WAS A CERTAIN BALANCE TO THAT OR DID YOU JUST GO ALL IN? I STARTED THE COMPANY THREE MONTHS PREGNANT, WAS ON SHARK TANK NINE MONTHS PREGNANT, AND THEN I HAD MY THIRD TWO YEARS AGO. AND I JUST FEEL LIKE I AM HERE TO TELL YOU IT IS ABSOLUTELY HARDER TO HAVE KIDS AND START A BUSINESS, BUT IT MAKES IT SO MUCH MORE REWARDING BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE TO CHOOSE. I COULD DO BOTH. AND GET A SUPPORT SYSTEM, BREASTFEED YOUR BABY ON ZOOM, MAKE IT PART OF YOUR CULTURE. BEING A MOM, BEING A BADDIE, AND SELLING YOUR COMPANY FOR $1 BILLION, THOSE CAN ALL COEXIST. YOUR HUSBAND'S ALSO IN YOUR BUSINESS TOO. WHAT CHALLENGES HAVE YOU GUYS FACED SO FAR WORKING TOGETHER IN A BUSINESS? I LOVE THAT WE HAVE A COMMON GOAL AND A COMMON PURPOSE TO CREATE LEGACY, NOT ONLY WITHIN POPPI, BUT OUR FAMILY THAT WE CREATED POPPI. AND THE FACT THAT WE CAN DO THAT TOGETHER IS REALLY REWARDING. WE HAVE TRUE PARTNERSHIP WITHIN WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO I ALWAYS RECOMMEND, IF YOU CAN STAND IT, DO IT. AND THEN IF YOU DO IT, STAY IN YOUR LANE. IF THERE'S A WOMAN RIGHT NOW WHO IS SITTING ON A BUSINESS IDEA AND SHE'S TOO AFRAID TO TAKE THAT RISK AND START IT, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL HER? I WOULD SAY EMBARRASSMENT IS THE MOST UNDEREXPLORED EMOTION WHEN IT COMES TO SUCCESS. GO OUT THERE, MAKE A FOOL OF YOURSELF, START AWKWARDLY, START MESSY, START BEFORE YOU'RE READY. BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? AFTER YOU START AND YOU'RE EMBARRASSED, YOU'RE GOING TO GAIN CLARITY, YOU'RE GOING TO GAIN CONFIDENCE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN AND YOU'RE GOING TO GROW.