Yeah.

Luckily I, I recognize that God built me with everything I need to do this, but have there been days where I am just like, "What did I get myself into?" And that I have to dig so deep in the courage and the belief that's required to keep going? 1,000%.

Have there been those 53 cents in the bank days? For sure.

Um, will there be more? Likely.

Um, is the brand doing well? Are we doing the things that we need to do, the building blocks? Yes.

But there is no doubt about the journey of a Black and brown woman founder is hard, and I appreciate everyone saying, "You're so graceful." I mean, I don't really know any other way to be.

I happen to be a graceful person.

... you know, grief and all those spaces, but it's been really important for me.

Wow

... a lot of people, um, discount, um, when you're at certain levels, different titles.

It's...

It, it really boils down to, like, what are you extracting from the experience?

Yes.

So ibestwines.com. You can buy the white blend, the red blend, our new rosé, which is beautiful.

Um, you can follow me at miss_ibest.

You can follow the brand at ibestwines.

But do you feel like you made it yet?

No, far from made it.

I tell people all the time, I'm a 20 year overnight success, but I'm just getting started.

I'm happy with the early success.

I'm grateful for the support.

Obviously, we have a great product.

It is an award winning product.

And you love this business so

So discuss that with me, because I think people need to understand why one would build a business that's their baby, and you love this business so

much, but with the intent to sell.

Yeah, you know, listen, over my 20-year career, I had an opportunity to really see things at a high level.

When you work for organizations like Diageo and LVMH and Bacardi, when you run joint ventures, your exposure to business is just really heightened.

And so I think for me, understanding that one of the beautiful things about creating something is that you should be wanting to create things yourself.

all the time.

I know I am.

Yeah, it's a real