>> I have met individuals that have been in the business 20, 15,
40 years that are very attached to me as mentors.
They provide me guidance on being a woman in business, they provide me guidance
on just some financial decisions, tax issues, you know, as well as staffing issues.
And so I'm blessed to have great mentors and that I plan to actually do some business with.
On the other side of that I have become a mentor to others, and so I do have some mentees
that are people that have been in business, a few of them even longer than myself,
they just haven't had the same success.
So I have a couple ladies specifically that I have that are touching base in the emails, text,
you know, and I take out the time for them because I remember that moment of being lonely
where you're like oh my God I'm out here by myself, you know, people think I'm crazy,
especially when you get into the 40s and 50s and you're about to start a business, it's like hmm,
you know, you've got to stop the life that you're accustomed to.
So talking them through that and saying you've just got to keep your foot on the gas and--
and life will change and I have seen some great great changes out of several of them.