WEBVTT 00:00:22.240 --> 00:00:24.440 Hey guys, welcome to good news York. I'm Matt 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:27.239 major from growth mode content joined as always 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:30.660 by my swerve smurf colored spread today swerve 00:00:30.660 --> 00:00:33.979 smurf fucked that up already Yeah, I am smurf 00:00:33.979 --> 00:00:35.859 colored. That was my producing. How are you? 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:38.520 This is why the people on Instagram say that 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:41.060 I'm not funny cuz why I'm not funny. Yes, you 00:00:41.060 --> 00:00:45.759 are All the clips I laugh I laugh at your reaction 00:00:45.759 --> 00:00:49.079 or what you say and all but I pay you to do that 00:00:49.079 --> 00:00:52.579 Yeah, I know Guess what's saying on the air. 00:00:53.159 --> 00:00:55.179 We are sponsored by ads on the go. Get ads on 00:00:55.179 --> 00:00:57.159 the go dot com. And we have a special guest. 00:00:57.219 --> 00:01:01.140 Get ads on the go. It's the coolest truck around. 00:01:01.799 --> 00:01:04.239 But speaking of the coolest around, we have joining 00:01:04.239 --> 00:01:06.700 us speaking of the coolest truck around. No, 00:01:06.780 --> 00:01:10.439 no. We have the most fashionable lady in all 00:01:10.439 --> 00:01:13.319 of Syracuse. By far. By far. One of our growth 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:16.760 mode content content creators. Yeah. And my good 00:01:16.760 --> 00:01:19.840 friend, Marie Ardenado. Welcome to. Welcome to 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:22.450 Good News York. And when someone calls me a lady, 00:01:22.549 --> 00:01:26.430 I know I'm experienced. That's right. This should 00:01:26.430 --> 00:01:27.989 have happened a long time ago, and that's on 00:01:27.989 --> 00:01:30.430 me, because I booked for this show. We should 00:01:30.430 --> 00:01:33.049 have had you on a long, long before. Oh, it's 00:01:33.049 --> 00:01:36.209 fine. But you're here now. And man, I remember 00:01:36.209 --> 00:01:38.769 when we first met Marie. You knew about Marie 00:01:38.769 --> 00:01:42.049 from Profound, correct? Yeah. And when I first 00:01:42.049 --> 00:01:45.709 met you, you too were like a unicorn because 00:01:45.709 --> 00:01:50.030 you do so much. But it all works together, but 00:01:50.030 --> 00:01:52.890 you are a woman of many talents. Well, a lot 00:01:52.890 --> 00:01:56.670 of identities. Yeah. So I think when you are 00:01:56.670 --> 00:01:58.469 in business for a long time and actually when 00:01:58.469 --> 00:02:01.859 you age, you have wisdom, which is great. That 00:02:01.859 --> 00:02:05.859 is true. And so over time, you just kind of develop 00:02:05.859 --> 00:02:07.439 these identities. When I first started my business, 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:10.819 I wasn't married. I was in my early 20s. I just 00:02:10.819 --> 00:02:12.919 got out of college. I was in graduate school 00:02:12.919 --> 00:02:15.319 and I was working for my mom's family business 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:18.240 and, you know, kind of just wanted to start my 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:20.439 own thing. I knew I was going to be an entrepreneur. 00:02:21.259 --> 00:02:22.919 Once I got to graduate school, it was kind of 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:25.419 like at that point, I was like, yeah, I don't 00:02:25.419 --> 00:02:27.020 think I'm really going to fit in with all these 00:02:27.020 --> 00:02:29.569 other people where I'm like. blue blazers. I'm 00:02:29.569 --> 00:02:34.449 in like a red jacket with a pearled lapel. I 00:02:34.449 --> 00:02:37.409 walk into these like job interviews and you know 00:02:37.409 --> 00:02:39.129 they have these job fairs when you when you're 00:02:39.129 --> 00:02:41.430 in college and grad school. Sure. And I was like, 00:02:41.610 --> 00:02:44.770 I don't really fit in here. So they didn't fit 00:02:44.770 --> 00:02:46.729 in with you. Well, back in the day, it was like 00:02:46.729 --> 00:02:49.930 there was no like entrepreneurship major. You 00:02:49.930 --> 00:02:52.490 know what I mean? It was kind of like they had, 00:02:52.490 --> 00:02:55.409 you know, finance finance. You know, we call 00:02:55.409 --> 00:02:59.030 finance finance finance. Yes. And remember people, 00:02:59.330 --> 00:03:02.300 especially viewers like. When people pronounce 00:03:02.300 --> 00:03:04.819 things a certain way we want to make sure that 00:03:04.819 --> 00:03:06.939 we're respectful of the way that they pronounce 00:03:06.939 --> 00:03:09.139 things because there's various different ways 00:03:09.139 --> 00:03:11.759 of pronouncing things and if you actually you 00:03:11.759 --> 00:03:14.719 know Look it up. There's different ways to pronounce 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:17.120 the same work. I think we should shoot a documentary 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:20.780 about it Italian Italian, what's the difference? 00:03:21.099 --> 00:03:25.280 Anyway documentary So yeah, so as I am, you know 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:28.389 as I started getting into dresses from the pageant 00:03:28.389 --> 00:03:31.069 world. I was a contestant in the Miss America 00:03:31.069 --> 00:03:34.050 program for quite some time. Yeah, I got lucky. 00:03:34.550 --> 00:03:36.590 I competed in the Miss New York pageant. I won 00:03:36.590 --> 00:03:39.509 the locals three years in a row, and then I got 00:03:39.509 --> 00:03:41.830 to the state pageant, which was in Watertown 00:03:41.830 --> 00:03:44.340 at the time. And everybody would think, well 00:03:44.340 --> 00:03:45.699 Watertown. What a place for a beauty pageant. 00:03:46.419 --> 00:03:48.460 Invite the army. You know, I'll tell you, I love 00:03:48.460 --> 00:03:50.659 Watertown. It's one of the most amazing cities. 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:54.199 And the people are just so just like down home 00:03:54.199 --> 00:03:57.659 and like really authentic. So I had a host family 00:03:57.659 --> 00:04:01.219 one of the years and became very close with them. 00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:03.439 And I'm still to this day close to the family. 00:04:03.939 --> 00:04:06.860 But so because of the pageant world, I got into 00:04:06.860 --> 00:04:09.340 dresses and all that. So I took my passion for 00:04:09.340 --> 00:04:11.659 that, along with my business education, put it 00:04:11.659 --> 00:04:14.240 all together. threw it up in a bag and mixed 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:17.899 it all up. And then, you know, wound up with 00:04:17.899 --> 00:04:20.399 Spy Baby Bridal and Spy Baby Boutique. I had 00:04:20.399 --> 00:04:23.920 a clothing store and a bridal store and then 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:26.920 once I got married and was pregnant with my first 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:30.500 child, I sold off the boutique. Unfortunately, 00:04:31.100 --> 00:04:32.500 the friend that I sold it off to passed away. 00:04:32.500 --> 00:04:35.199 She got hit by a car on her bike in Albany. It 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:38.040 was awful. She had like four locations. She was 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:41.819 pretty awesome, and her name was Diva DeLuisa. 00:04:43.220 --> 00:04:46.899 She was really super cool. It was a huge loss 00:04:46.899 --> 00:04:50.160 in the fashion world, so that kind of had a profound 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:53.759 impact on me. And then, you know, as I started 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:56.379 raising a family, you know, you just start... 00:04:56.750 --> 00:04:58.910 kind of like learning new things. You're constantly 00:04:58.910 --> 00:05:01.709 seeking knowledge as an entrepreneur, you know, 00:05:01.889 --> 00:05:05.730 and then I had three, I got to a point where 00:05:05.730 --> 00:05:09.110 I had three kids and got to a point where, you 00:05:09.110 --> 00:05:12.029 know, they were kind of old enough to, to kind 00:05:12.029 --> 00:05:14.129 of be on their own a little bit where they could 00:05:14.129 --> 00:05:17.589 actually not be with me 24 seven. And so I'm 00:05:17.589 --> 00:05:19.529 like, you know, I wanted to get into teaching. 00:05:19.670 --> 00:05:22.529 So I started doing that during COVID. Wow. Yeah, 00:05:22.709 --> 00:05:24.389 so teaching at the collegiate levels is a lot 00:05:24.389 --> 00:05:26.529 of fun. On top of everything else, she's a professor 00:05:26.529 --> 00:05:29.290 at Syracuse University. Yeah. I mean, just why 00:05:29.290 --> 00:05:31.649 not, right? Yeah, you know. In her spare time. 00:05:31.709 --> 00:05:34.050 I got two businesses going. I think I'll be a 00:05:34.050 --> 00:05:35.370 professor at Syracuse. Well, you know, you try 00:05:35.370 --> 00:05:37.569 to extend your career, right? As an owner of 00:05:37.569 --> 00:05:38.970 a business, like when you're an entrepreneur 00:05:38.970 --> 00:05:42.389 and you own it, and it's like, how do you extend 00:05:42.389 --> 00:05:44.370 your career? You know what I mean? How do you, 00:05:44.790 --> 00:05:47.910 what do you do? Like, there's... Yeah, I mean, 00:05:47.949 --> 00:05:50.910 I feel like it's got to be a little bit tough 00:05:50.910 --> 00:05:53.730 when people always say like, Oh, I'm sick of 00:05:53.730 --> 00:05:56.209 working for I want to be my own boss. But you 00:05:56.209 --> 00:05:57.970 know, you just made me realize sometimes it might 00:05:57.970 --> 00:05:59.750 be tough because then who's there to challenge 00:05:59.750 --> 00:06:02.009 you and to make you better, you know, so you 00:06:02.009 --> 00:06:03.990 got to kind of boss yourself. That's why when 00:06:03.990 --> 00:06:06.610 Profound came around, you know, I jumped at the 00:06:06.610 --> 00:06:08.790 opportunity to be part of such a prestigious 00:06:08.790 --> 00:06:11.920 group of businesses because all of the profound 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:13.740 people were going through the same problems that 00:06:13.740 --> 00:06:15.819 I was going through, even though they were in 00:06:15.819 --> 00:06:17.459 a different industry. You know, we were all, 00:06:17.819 --> 00:06:20.000 we could all relate to one another in a really 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:22.560 unique and special and meaningful way. So. Well, 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:25.519 you've got that. I'm going to call it for a second 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:28.439 that entrepreneurial curse that many of us have 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:31.660 where you can't sit still even when things are 00:06:31.660 --> 00:06:36.500 great. And that turns into most successful entrepreneurs 00:06:36.500 --> 00:06:39.560 do not have one venture. They've got I think 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:44.370 the average is seven. And you take that in another 00:06:44.370 --> 00:06:46.910 route where how do you keep yourself occupied? 00:06:47.009 --> 00:06:48.290 You've gone to the teaching route and you're 00:06:48.290 --> 00:06:50.050 helping to teach young entrepreneurs, which I'm 00:06:50.050 --> 00:06:52.149 sure helps scratch that itch a little bit. Yeah, 00:06:52.149 --> 00:06:54.029 and I think, too, the true, like, essence of 00:06:54.029 --> 00:06:55.730 being an entrepreneur is being a problem solver. 00:06:55.769 --> 00:06:58.189 So there's always going to be problems in this 00:06:58.189 --> 00:07:00.889 world, right? So whether it's in your industry, 00:07:00.990 --> 00:07:03.670 a different industry, or you're interested, like, 00:07:03.689 --> 00:07:05.769 you know, in technology, I'm becoming more and 00:07:05.769 --> 00:07:07.730 more interested in technology, learning more 00:07:07.730 --> 00:07:10.920 about technology. As a Gen Xer, and there's many 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:14.060 of us out there, you know, we grew up in a time 00:07:14.060 --> 00:07:16.759 where there were no phones. There were no, I 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:18.720 mean, you know, you wanted to talk to your boyfriend. 00:07:18.860 --> 00:07:20.939 You like grabbed the phone off the wall. It was 00:07:20.939 --> 00:07:23.360 a little curly cord. And you would kind of like 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:25.199 sneak around the corner so that you could talk, 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:29.279 you know, especially I'm one of 10. So like there 00:07:29.279 --> 00:07:34.560 was no privacy in our house. Damn. That's wild. 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:42.259 I didn't know that. Listen, I'm a Gen X, I'm 00:07:42.259 --> 00:07:44.920 on the Gen X millennial line, because I was born 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:49.199 in 82, I just gave my age away. And so what I 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:51.120 do is when I'm around Gen Xers, I'm like, yeah, 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:53.060 I know those damn millennials. And then when 00:07:53.060 --> 00:07:55.120 I'm around millennials, I'm like, those old Gen 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:57.560 Xers. Well, we call you a cusper. I'm a cusper? 00:07:57.560 --> 00:07:58.920 You're a cusper. I've been called way worse. 00:08:00.100 --> 00:08:02.980 I'll take it. I'll absolutely take it. The least 00:08:02.980 --> 00:08:05.339 offensive thing. But I do. I know exactly what 00:08:05.339 --> 00:08:06.980 you're talking about though. The days of like, 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:09.399 you know, you wanted to go hang out with your 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:11.180 friends, you call them. What are we doing? You 00:08:11.180 --> 00:08:13.360 want to date someone? You called them and asked 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:14.800 them on a date or you went up to them or made 00:08:14.800 --> 00:08:16.500 your friend go up to them, right? Yeah. People 00:08:16.500 --> 00:08:18.740 today don't want to call anybody. No. Myself 00:08:18.740 --> 00:08:21.019 included. I hate the phone. Well, texting is 00:08:21.019 --> 00:08:23.480 so easy. It is. Texting. I have to say, I love 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:26.060 it. I do. I do business deals off text. I mean, 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:29.319 absolutely. And it's. unprofessional, maybe, 00:08:29.980 --> 00:08:31.899 but nowadays it's accepted. I was gonna say, 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:33.620 I don't think it's unprofessional. I think that 00:08:33.620 --> 00:08:36.080 maybe in the beginning there was a window of 00:08:36.080 --> 00:08:38.240 time where maybe it would be a little loose to 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:40.659 text someone, but I think now, right, you would 00:08:40.659 --> 00:08:43.960 know. Yeah, yeah, no, I think it's just a preferred 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:46.360 method of communication, and, you know, obviously 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:49.460 when you're business texting, you're gonna be 00:08:49.460 --> 00:08:52.059 slightly more formal. Sure. Nothing bothers me 00:08:52.059 --> 00:08:53.899 more than people that send a text that looks 00:08:53.899 --> 00:08:55.700 like a business letter. Oh, my God. Totally. 00:08:56.179 --> 00:08:58.860 You know, using all the corporate jargon and 00:08:58.860 --> 00:09:01.460 full punctuation and then like, you know, that's 00:09:01.460 --> 00:09:03.600 not just send the email. That's not the idea. 00:09:03.620 --> 00:09:05.679 Let me ask you this real quick. The other day, 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:07.879 I was talking to a possible guest that's going 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:10.559 to be on Good News York. Sure. Future never met 00:09:10.559 --> 00:09:13.759 them before. They run this company. I exchanged 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:17.399 texts with them. Whatever Father's Day morning. 00:09:17.759 --> 00:09:20.440 That person sent me a happy Father's Day gift. 00:09:21.799 --> 00:09:25.139 And I don't know how to feel like it maybe I 00:09:25.139 --> 00:09:28.879 never met this person We only texted about bringing 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:31.740 them on the show Maybe five six texts first of 00:09:31.740 --> 00:09:33.799 all how do they know I was a father second, but 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:36.419 I didn't want to be unappreciative And not say 00:09:36.419 --> 00:09:38.740 thank you anyway. This is about you, but I do 00:09:38.740 --> 00:09:42.500 sometimes like people will do that into their 00:09:42.500 --> 00:09:47.460 whole they must It's a copy paste but Then again, 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:51.840 but why me? So it could just yeah, maybe he thought 00:09:51.840 --> 00:09:54.399 I was somebody else one of a million other mics 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:56.419 that the guy It was like on that line of like 00:09:56.419 --> 00:09:58.259 that's so sweet that he would do and then it 00:09:58.259 --> 00:10:01.840 was like and it was a dude. Yeah Which is everything 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:06.000 that's fine. But yeah I think so anyway, that's 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:08.200 what I wanted to bring it back around to I feel 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:11.919 like If he could do that, I think texting in 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:15.159 business is just fine. Yeah in all honesty not 00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:18.259 to like Get on a soapbox or anything, but this 00:10:18.259 --> 00:10:20.639 is one of those things that is the modern evolution 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:23.919 of society forget about business This is how 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:26.559 everyday people want to communicate So my opinion 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:29.360 on that is if you want to be successful in business, 00:10:29.580 --> 00:10:31.700 you got to meet them there Yeah, you know, I 00:10:31.700 --> 00:10:33.519 I don't it drives me crazy when you see some 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:36.200 of these organizations that Want their customers 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:39.620 to jump through hoops? It's like yeah, no Do 00:10:39.620 --> 00:10:42.120 you guys come where I am? Do you guys think there's 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:45.919 an unwritten curfew? For when to stop sending 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:48.019 business texts for there is that there is a written 00:10:48.019 --> 00:10:52.960 curfew. It's 9 p .m. Is it the law? Yeah, what 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:55.080 do you mean? You can't make business calls after 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:59.759 9 p .m. Really? Yeah, so that being said I think 00:10:59.759 --> 00:11:01.799 we're you jump into a gray area when you're texting 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:03.620 especially you're on a personal level and now 00:11:03.620 --> 00:11:06.139 it's more like you and me and is it's not necessarily 00:11:06.139 --> 00:11:08.299 the company Yeah, well that's calling, you know 00:11:08.299 --> 00:11:10.740 what I mean? But and to me that's always just 00:11:10.740 --> 00:11:14.299 made it a nice kind of good What happens if you 00:11:14.299 --> 00:11:17.100 text past nine? Do you get arrested? I don't 00:11:17.100 --> 00:11:18.679 think anybody enforces any of that nonsense. 00:11:18.740 --> 00:11:21.360 Yeah, it's like it is supposed to be a thing. 00:11:21.419 --> 00:11:22.620 It's more of an ethical thing You know, it's 00:11:22.620 --> 00:11:24.759 like the do not call lists. Yeah people still 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:27.159 get harassed. Well, I think that I have bad etiquette 00:11:27.159 --> 00:11:32.169 then Because I literally I run my business off 00:11:32.169 --> 00:11:35.649 my phone now like I do so much at the same time 00:11:35.649 --> 00:11:38.210 because I can be Working the computer here. I 00:11:38.210 --> 00:11:40.669 can be working on my phone here to answer but 00:11:40.669 --> 00:11:42.690 sometimes things come into your head, right? 00:11:42.950 --> 00:11:45.549 And you're like, oh geez, I can't wait until 00:11:45.980 --> 00:11:49.059 I mean, I have a sales rep that sells my Bridal 00:11:49.059 --> 00:11:51.740 collection. And last night it was like, and I'm 00:11:51.740 --> 00:11:53.379 working all night because you gotta remember, 00:11:53.720 --> 00:11:56.379 we're international business. So our factories 00:11:56.379 --> 00:11:59.360 are anywhere from six hours to 12 hours ahead. 00:12:00.179 --> 00:12:02.940 So at two in the morning, it's two in the afternoon. 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:05.779 So I'm usually, I went to bed at like four last 00:12:05.779 --> 00:12:08.120 night. I mean, cleaned the kitchen for three 00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:12.509 hours, got my stress out and then. as my phone's 00:12:12.509 --> 00:12:14.669 plugged in, charging, because it's literally 00:12:14.669 --> 00:12:17.330 dead 24 -7, because I'm constantly using it, 00:12:17.809 --> 00:12:21.269 as I'm doing things in the kitchen, I'm going 00:12:21.269 --> 00:12:24.049 back and forth messaging the factory, approving 00:12:24.049 --> 00:12:28.370 sketches and things like that. So for me, something 00:12:28.370 --> 00:12:30.350 came up in my head last night, and I said, oh, 00:12:30.370 --> 00:12:32.309 I need to contact Ashley about this, and so I 00:12:32.309 --> 00:12:34.049 messaged her probably like one o 'clock in the 00:12:34.049 --> 00:12:36.070 morning. And I told her yesterday when I talked 00:12:36.070 --> 00:12:37.909 to her, I said, listen, if I message you at weird 00:12:37.909 --> 00:12:41.639 times, Don't expect you to reply don't take me, 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:44.659 you know as I'm being rude Yeah, but like if 00:12:44.659 --> 00:12:47.799 I don't do it then and I have no, you know, I'm 00:12:47.799 --> 00:12:50.440 one of those I take notes I I do the same thing 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:54.659 I do the same thing and my wife would say sometimes 00:12:54.659 --> 00:12:57.600 Why are you texting someone this late and I go? 00:12:57.740 --> 00:12:59.279 You know what? You're probably right. I go, I 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:02.620 just assume that if they're sleeping, they'll 00:13:02.620 --> 00:13:04.840 get it in the morning. I just need to get this 00:13:04.840 --> 00:13:08.740 out of. It's more for me to make sure. I definitely 00:13:08.740 --> 00:13:10.220 do that a lot in business. And I've told you 00:13:10.220 --> 00:13:12.639 guys many times, you get some random email or 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:14.320 text from me in the middle of the night. I have 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:16.940 zero expectation of you doing anything about 00:13:16.940 --> 00:13:20.000 it until work hours. In fact, I mean, I expect 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:22.399 you to get it the next day. But you know, same 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:24.779 with Marie is, you know, when you're in the middle 00:13:24.779 --> 00:13:26.559 of doing something, you want to get that out. 00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:29.129 Yes. or like you know if you're in an industry 00:13:29.129 --> 00:13:31.350 where like you're moving fast like yes a lot 00:13:31.350 --> 00:13:34.070 like we have in a week and a half we have a huge 00:13:34.070 --> 00:13:36.669 photo shoot for the new collection in South Carolina 00:13:36.669 --> 00:13:40.330 so the logistics of that has become you know 00:13:40.330 --> 00:13:41.970 a lot where I was actually on the phone with 00:13:41.970 --> 00:13:44.309 the photographer who's in Florida and then his 00:13:44.309 --> 00:13:46.970 partner is in Boston so like we were quickly 00:13:46.970 --> 00:13:49.509 had a five minute on the way here in the car 00:13:49.509 --> 00:13:51.669 yeah you know just kind of like hey let's set 00:13:51.669 --> 00:13:53.789 up the time for next week finalize where we're 00:13:53.789 --> 00:13:55.659 where we're going what how we're this is going 00:13:55.659 --> 00:13:58.740 to work. But that's the thing. It's like things 00:13:58.740 --> 00:14:02.480 are in real time action, moving and things are 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:05.120 changing or there's a problem or and all that. 00:14:05.379 --> 00:14:07.480 So you have to be able to like being flexible 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:10.759 is so important. I think being flexible is probably 00:14:11.180 --> 00:14:13.159 one of the most important talents that you can 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:15.639 have in life, not just as an entrepreneur, but 00:14:15.639 --> 00:14:17.779 in life. Yeah, Matt can do a full split. You're 00:14:17.779 --> 00:14:20.360 very flexible. You are very flexible. You'd be 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:25.100 shocked. Pilates. Pilates. Marie, let's go. Let's 00:14:25.100 --> 00:14:27.220 take a step back for half a second and give people 00:14:27.220 --> 00:14:29.820 a little bit of just the quick kind of bulleted 00:14:29.820 --> 00:14:31.600 list of the different things that you do, because 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:33.600 I think it's interesting. So tell me what I'm 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:37.240 missing here. So we got a we got a retail bridal 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:41.480 shop. Yeah. Dressed designer, so a lot of the 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:43.840 things that you can purchase in the shop, she 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:46.519 actually designed. You also, I don't know if 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:48.860 that's a separate business, but you also sell 00:14:48.860 --> 00:14:50.940 those designs to other shops all over the country, 00:14:51.379 --> 00:14:54.899 right? Your designs are featured in a video game. 00:14:55.379 --> 00:14:58.139 Yes, Covet Fashion Game. Yes, EA Sports Game. 00:14:58.200 --> 00:15:00.159 Oh yeah, you did talk about that. That's right, 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:03.240 that's right. Let's see, you're a professor at 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:14.639 SU, and you... Mom? mom and there's other services 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:16.919 that you're beginning to develop for other people 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:20.039 in your industry, right? In the podcast we do 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:24.500 retail world. So I try to help the stores, primarily 00:15:24.500 --> 00:15:27.440 the stores that are purchasing my products and 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:30.519 helping them develop their business. But the 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:32.080 one other thing that we haven't really talked 00:15:32.080 --> 00:15:34.779 about. Yeah, what'd I miss? I'm a horse momager. 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:41.600 so my middle child rides she has she owns and 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:44.240 rides her saddle bread and shows the saddle bread 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:48.039 American saddle bread at the world competition 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:52.039 in Louisville Kentucky Wow she competes in the 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:53.860 Junior League show in Lexington she ride the 00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:56.620 horse all the way there sometimes I feel like 00:15:56.620 --> 00:15:59.080 we do yeah so when you're in and she's been good 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:01.769 work she was three years old so One of the things 00:16:01.769 --> 00:16:04.610 that I recommend if you don't want to go broke 00:16:04.610 --> 00:16:07.210 don't allow your little girl to hop on a horse. 00:16:07.750 --> 00:16:11.129 Yeah Because if she gets that itch she'll never 00:16:11.129 --> 00:16:12.649 get off and that's kind of what happened It all 00:16:12.649 --> 00:16:15.909 happened kind of by accident for us We were we 00:16:15.909 --> 00:16:18.529 went to the barn to watch a friend's child get 00:16:18.529 --> 00:16:21.110 a lesson Thinking oh, you know be fun to see 00:16:21.110 --> 00:16:23.269 the horses whatever at the end. She goes mommy 00:16:23.269 --> 00:16:25.669 Can I have a turn can I get on and I was like, 00:16:25.909 --> 00:16:28.049 yeah sure not expecting what that yeah sure was 00:16:28.049 --> 00:16:31.970 gonna become So now she's 17 and, you know, seven 00:16:31.970 --> 00:16:36.250 horses later, she were driving to Ohio five hours 00:16:36.250 --> 00:16:38.190 there and five hours back, typically in the same 00:16:38.190 --> 00:16:42.009 day for her to ride that horse and then get lessons 00:16:42.009 --> 00:16:44.309 on multiple others, maybe for two hours and then 00:16:44.309 --> 00:16:47.230 we come back. Equestrian, is that the right? 00:16:47.309 --> 00:16:50.730 Yes. Wait, how do you work? Is she an equestrian 00:16:50.730 --> 00:16:54.090 or is it equestrian? Here we go. What is it? 00:16:54.230 --> 00:16:58.259 Yeah, here we go. So she's an equestrian. She's 00:16:58.259 --> 00:17:02.360 an equestrian. And it's an equestrian industry. 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:08.839 But equine, like an equine vet. So there are, 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:12.000 case in point, there are other ways to pronounce 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:15.400 similar, you know, similar versions of a word. 00:17:16.859 --> 00:17:19.400 But you would, like an equine vet would be, that's 00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:22.579 how you would pronounce that. I just assumed 00:17:22.579 --> 00:17:25.119 all vets saw all animals, but I never thought 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:27.910 about that. No, they specialize typically. Yeah. 00:17:28.450 --> 00:17:29.849 You don't want your horse doctor working on your 00:17:29.849 --> 00:17:33.049 hamster, you know what I'm saying? A little different 00:17:33.049 --> 00:17:35.569 scale, really. I don't know why I love that. 00:17:35.789 --> 00:17:37.890 Yeah. So that reminds me of a funny story, actually. 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:42.500 I was on my way to work and I drive I've had 00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:44.579 minivans forever because I freaking love them. 00:17:44.740 --> 00:17:47.000 Minivans are great. And there's no other vehicle 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:49.779 that has stow and go and that can fit two mannequins, 00:17:49.859 --> 00:17:52.640 50 dresses, five racks. And I still have room 00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:55.819 for a couple of kids. And no one will ever carjack 00:17:55.819 --> 00:18:00.140 you. Exactly. So I'm on 690 and all of a sudden 00:18:00.140 --> 00:18:04.119 I see this seagull coming towards me. It literally 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:07.299 finds its way inside the grill of the front of 00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:11.000 my bumper. So I go to work, I'm like, not realizing, 00:18:11.299 --> 00:18:14.500 and I come out at the end of work. This thing 00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:18.400 had been in my grill all day. So I get home, 00:18:18.859 --> 00:18:22.319 my husband has to take the whole car apart. The 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:26.759 bird was still alive. So I find the closest emergency 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:29.480 vet. I take the bird, trying to save this bird. 00:18:30.250 --> 00:18:32.490 and they come out and say, you know, unfortunately, 00:18:33.170 --> 00:18:36.950 he died on the table. You're like, no, he died 00:18:36.950 --> 00:18:41.390 on the grill. I was like, oh no. I felt so bad. 00:18:41.390 --> 00:18:44.589 Yeah. But like, you tried. I brought it to the 00:18:44.589 --> 00:18:48.250 vet. You did more than 99 % of the world would. 00:18:48.269 --> 00:18:51.589 But I think like, what type of vet handles birds? 00:18:51.730 --> 00:18:54.990 Is there a bird vet? That's a great, I mean, 00:18:55.329 --> 00:18:58.500 I don't know. What would you call that? What 00:18:58.500 --> 00:19:01.400 do we do for that? Yeah, I don't know. Isn't 00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:03.339 that wild? That's crazy. Bringing a bird in on 00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:05.480 a crash car. We got one that got hit by a car. 00:19:05.740 --> 00:19:10.160 I need three cc's of whatever. Feed. Feed. We 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:12.880 need bird seed, damn it. Get us some seeds. We 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:15.400 need some duct tape. But it's a bird. But when 00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:18.119 you're a horse mom, you're into animals. So we 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:22.140 have three dogs and we have the horse. And then 00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:24.960 actually at my business, at Spy Baby Bridal, 00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:29.920 we've got pet woodchucks in the yard. So they 00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:32.019 have they've burrowed and, you know, we allow 00:19:32.019 --> 00:19:34.859 them to do they have their babies. And the other 00:19:34.859 --> 00:19:37.720 day, actually, Anna was doing work up at the 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:39.619 window and one of the babies went up to the window. 00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:41.460 She has a picture of it in the window. Oh, really? 00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:44.099 Yeah. Yeah. You got to put them in a little dress. 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:47.220 I mean, it was so just you just tend to be animal 00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:49.400 people when you're horse mom. Do you know how 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:52.880 much wood a woodchuck chuck? No, but that's good 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:55.359 research. I was saying, I feel like you could 00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:59.339 find that out because you own. So our good friend, 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:01.559 Christine O'Donnell, happens to have a horse 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:04.140 farm for sale for like a really good price. I 00:20:04.140 --> 00:20:07.700 saw that. Trust me, I saw that. Shout out, Christine, 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:11.000 on another one of our content creators, Details 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:14.779 in the Deal, her podcast. Another episode today. 00:20:14.859 --> 00:20:17.819 So you've got you've got spy baby bridle. You've 00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:20.599 got Couture I want to make sure I say at or not 00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:23.079 a couture at or not a couture and then obviously 00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:27.940 you're teaching at SU as well What are some things 00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:29.579 that are coming up that you want to talk about? 00:20:29.619 --> 00:20:31.940 What do you got going on? Well the other than 00:20:31.940 --> 00:20:34.380 our and your podcast by the podcast because Marie 00:20:34.380 --> 00:20:36.869 said so right here at Growth Mode Content, please 00:20:36.869 --> 00:20:39.410 check that out. 30 years in business, 30 years, 00:20:39.410 --> 00:20:42.450 you know, just learning and being able to share 00:20:42.450 --> 00:20:44.670 my experiences with with other people, helping 00:20:44.670 --> 00:20:46.869 them consulting with businesses saying, hey, 00:20:47.190 --> 00:20:48.869 how can we cut costs? How can we look at your 00:20:48.869 --> 00:20:51.910 operating, you know, systems and see, you know, 00:20:52.029 --> 00:20:54.329 systematically, where are the where's the breaks? 00:20:54.750 --> 00:20:56.890 But the biggest thing that I like to focus on 00:20:56.890 --> 00:21:00.569 is creating super fans out of your customers. 00:21:01.829 --> 00:21:05.349 And that becomes very meaningful in so many different 00:21:05.349 --> 00:21:07.970 ways. You when you're in business, you don't 00:21:07.970 --> 00:21:10.049 just want to say, OK, well, here's a pair of 00:21:10.049 --> 00:21:11.950 jeans. You know, they're thirty dollars. I'll 00:21:11.950 --> 00:21:13.509 take your money. See it. Never see you again. 00:21:13.910 --> 00:21:16.289 That's that's not really the point. You know, 00:21:16.369 --> 00:21:19.069 the point is to service the customer in a way 00:21:19.069 --> 00:21:20.950 that solves their problems, that creates great 00:21:20.950 --> 00:21:23.190 experiences, build a relationship and just, you 00:21:23.190 --> 00:21:25.269 know, making it meaningful. I always said if 00:21:25.269 --> 00:21:27.470 I was going to leave my kids screaming at daycare. 00:21:27.900 --> 00:21:30.700 and have to walk away every day. I needed to 00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:34.839 go to a place that was gonna really make a difference 00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:37.440 for someone in their life. And it seems very 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:39.759 materialistic, being in the bridal industry and 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:42.039 everything's pretty pretty, but we deal with 00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:48.140 so much more psychological things. I mean, I've 00:21:48.140 --> 00:21:52.599 clothed people who were in a casket. I've dealt 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:56.079 with people who... the bride's dad is passing 00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:57.980 away, we have to quickly get the dress, quickly 00:21:57.980 --> 00:22:01.069 alter it. And within days, you know, dad passes 00:22:01.069 --> 00:22:03.589 away like even a bride, you know, within a week 00:22:03.589 --> 00:22:06.670 she passed away. It just things like that become 00:22:06.670 --> 00:22:11.170 so tough emotionally and psychologically. People 00:22:11.170 --> 00:22:13.750 don't realize it's not just all that like pretty, 00:22:13.890 --> 00:22:15.809 pretty fun fun. That's a great point. There's 00:22:15.809 --> 00:22:18.690 just so much more going on in the background 00:22:18.690 --> 00:22:21.210 that we don't know. Yeah. I mean, I feel like 00:22:21.210 --> 00:22:23.769 all of her customers, all of your customers and 00:22:23.769 --> 00:22:26.630 clients. They're letting you into a very personal 00:22:26.630 --> 00:22:28.190 part of their life. You know, they're getting 00:22:28.190 --> 00:22:30.609 married or it's a funeral or whatever else you 00:22:30.609 --> 00:22:32.069 got going on. That's a great point. I never thought 00:22:32.069 --> 00:22:33.730 of it that way. It's not like they're walking 00:22:33.730 --> 00:22:35.529 in and saying, I'd like that dress, please. You're 00:22:35.529 --> 00:22:38.430 very involved with the emotions and the and the 00:22:38.430 --> 00:22:40.890 feeling. And you know, I've had situations where 00:22:40.890 --> 00:22:44.579 moms in the hospital. and it's an emergency thing, 00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:47.420 the wedding's this weekend, but she still needs 00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:49.339 to do a fitting. I mean, I've brought dresses 00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:53.079 to a hospital bedside to try to make this all 00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:58.380 work so that we can allow the bride to have this 00:22:58.380 --> 00:23:00.740 experience with their family member until it's 00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:05.180 too late. So it definitely does, emotionally 00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:09.279 it's a lot on you sometimes, but we just have 00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:12.519 so many. Great experiences where there's just 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:15.220 such happiness and such joy and I try to keep 00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:16.980 everything real positive Sometimes you'll get 00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:19.559 some negative Nellie's in a group or the group's 00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:22.480 too big and you know, you don't know what that 00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:25.319 Yeah inner workings interconnections is between 00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:28.160 you know sisters or cousins or you know parents 00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:31.660 or whatever So you have to just kind of keep 00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:34.859 things really positive and happy and and on a 00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:37.789 high note. Yeah Absolutely. Marie, before we 00:23:37.789 --> 00:23:39.609 run out of time here, I wondered if you could 00:23:39.609 --> 00:23:41.509 just talk for a minute a little bit about your 00:23:41.509 --> 00:23:43.130 process, because I think it speaks to a lot of 00:23:43.130 --> 00:23:44.849 what you're saying. I think what's interesting 00:23:44.849 --> 00:23:46.990 to folks, or maybe it shouldn't be, maybe it's 00:23:46.990 --> 00:23:48.750 just because I'm a guy and I'm not necessarily 00:23:48.750 --> 00:23:51.789 in this market. But what I found very interesting 00:23:51.789 --> 00:23:54.210 about your business is it's not necessarily a 00:23:54.210 --> 00:23:57.410 typical shop at the mall where people walk in 00:23:57.410 --> 00:24:00.089 and wander around and walk out. They make an 00:24:00.089 --> 00:24:02.309 appointment and they take the time and you and 00:24:02.309 --> 00:24:05.460 your team takes the time to really find something 00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:07.900 that fits their needs and literally customize 00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:09.660 it to their needs, right? Is that accurate? We 00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:13.140 have to really hone in on what are their hangups. 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:15.359 We all have hangups about our bodies. Sure. We 00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:18.359 all do. Especially for Mothers of the Bride, 00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:23.339 let's say. I'm Gen X. I'm in that age group where 00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:25.440 people my age, their kids are getting married. 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:28.799 And we all have hangups, whether it's the arms, 00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:31.240 whether it's the belly, whether it's, you know, 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:34.230 and that whole... M word, the menopause word. 00:24:35.109 --> 00:24:37.390 That's right around the time where we're dealing 00:24:37.390 --> 00:24:40.670 with all kinds of stuff. So whether it's hot 00:24:40.670 --> 00:24:42.410 flashes and you got to make sure that the fabric 00:24:42.410 --> 00:24:45.470 is light or whether it's that belly hang that 00:24:45.470 --> 00:24:47.490 we're all kind of dealing with at this age. And 00:24:47.490 --> 00:24:49.630 I think guys go through it too. Absolutely. Do 00:24:49.630 --> 00:24:54.240 guys go through a form of menopause too? But 00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:56.420 we have all those things you described. I don't 00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.500 know if that has anything to do with menopause. 00:24:57.779 --> 00:25:00.619 No, we have all of those hangups. Well, you know 00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:03.720 what I mean? At that age where there's hangups, 00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:07.339 where it's like the garment needs to either kind 00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:10.400 of cover up an area where they don't want exposed 00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:12.880 or make them feel more comfortable, have a stretchy 00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:16.380 lining. So all of these things, you do become 00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:19.059 very intimate with the customer, with the conversation. 00:25:19.380 --> 00:25:21.759 And then a lot of times, we do a lot of custom 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:25.000 work to make sure that Whatever that it's not 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:26.640 and I don't call hang ups an issue because to 00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:29.640 me it's not an issue It's it's the way that you're 00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:32.299 looking at yourself and we have to really encourage 00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:36.259 people to be more positive about their own images 00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:38.140 sure because when you look in the mirror you 00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:39.980 You're gonna you gotta look in the mirror every 00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:43.099 single day and you got to be really happy about 00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:45.319 you know what you see and yeah, everybody's gonna 00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:47.490 have a Little something that they they want to 00:25:47.490 --> 00:25:49.990 change about themselves, right? But so what we 00:25:49.990 --> 00:25:52.789 do is we try to help them just be the most comfortable 00:25:52.789 --> 00:25:55.609 Look their best because when you look good, you 00:25:55.609 --> 00:25:58.230 feel good. It's true and looking good is a matter 00:25:58.230 --> 00:26:01.869 of perception because some people feel like I 00:26:01.869 --> 00:26:05.779 look good if I'm covered and I and I'm like a 00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:07.500 square box. If I have a piece of fabric that 00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:10.140 just falls and isn't tight on my body, I look 00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:12.460 good where other people are like, well, no, I 00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:14.740 want a booty cup. And what's a booty cup? A booty 00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:16.900 cup is when the dress is fitted around the booty. 00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:20.579 Yeah. Right. So J .Lo keeps our butts in style, 00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:23.640 which is great. So we love that. But, you know, 00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:26.500 so everybody's got a different sure way that 00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:29.319 they want to project. You know, I feel like sometimes 00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:32.619 in my house anywhere. Is this is this crazy? 00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:35.740 I feel like I look better in certain mirrors 00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:38.440 Yes, like I have a mirror in my house where I 00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:40.279 always look really good and then I go to the 00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:42.440 other mirror and I'm like Yeah, is it the lighting 00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:44.500 cuz the lighting has a lot to do with it I think 00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:46.660 I'm asking you I don't know and and sometimes 00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:49.619 lighting has a lot to do with it And is it beveled 00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:51.079 is the mirror beveled? I don't even know what 00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:52.940 that word means like a funhouse mirror. Thank 00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:55.940 you Yeah, I don't know. I have no clue off to 00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:57.680 check this out when I get home Does one make 00:26:57.680 --> 00:27:00.880 you look considerably shorter? No, no. All mirrors 00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:03.119 make me look short. It's not the shorter. It's 00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:05.559 just like sometimes I look skinnier in certain 00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:07.119 mirrors or a little more muscle. Or like you 00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:09.019 have a little bit of dark, more dark circle under 00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:11.779 the eye in one mirror. Oh, my God. Yeah. Yeah. 00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:13.880 So that makes me feel good because I always just 00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:15.619 say that. I go, man, this mirror, I love the 00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:17.119 way I look in this mirror. And I'm like, what 00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:18.940 are you talking about? Yeah, well, I do. I got 00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:20.519 to find me one of those mirrors. I'll get you 00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:23.240 one. It's awesome. I'll get you one. Marie, where 00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:25.940 are the best places for folks to find you? Yeah. 00:27:26.190 --> 00:27:29.230 Well, they can find their all over social media. 00:27:29.230 --> 00:27:32.890 Just Google me. I'm everywhere. That's true But 00:27:32.890 --> 00:27:35.769 Facebook I use a lot. I love Facebook. Sure. 00:27:36.009 --> 00:27:38.950 I love the messenger You know feature where people 00:27:38.950 --> 00:27:41.390 can just message me I can get any time Instagram. 00:27:41.390 --> 00:27:45.490 I'm becoming better with Instagram So I do have 00:27:45.490 --> 00:27:47.349 a team that's taken over the Adornado Couture 00:27:47.349 --> 00:27:50.809 Instagram account. So people can message there 00:27:50.809 --> 00:27:54.680 We do have some cool new designers coming on 00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:56.900 with us. We're gonna be adding Haley Page to 00:27:56.900 --> 00:28:01.059 our product mix at Spy Baby Bridal. Haley Page's 00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:03.299 story was really awesome and interesting. She's 00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:07.200 a younger designer. She had teamed up with a 00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:10.059 company, left the company, but they owned the 00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:12.420 rights to her name. So she recently was able 00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:14.819 to get her name back. That's wild, huh? Because 00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:17.480 that company had gone belly up. Imagine that. 00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:21.019 Yeah, but she's she's really just took your name 00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:22.880 and went out of business. She's a powerhouse. 00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:25.680 Yeah, exactly. Put them out of business. What? 00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:28.579 Yeah. But we're going to be bringing her on our 00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:30.619 podcast because Marie said so. So we're trying 00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:32.519 to get a date that works for her. Awesome. But 00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:34.440 we will have the dresses in the store. So and 00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:37.140 she also just got picked up again by Kleinfeld. 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:39.259 She had to step away from bridal for a little 00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:40.940 while while she was legally fighting to get her 00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:44.619 back. But she's a pretty awesome, awesome individual. 00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:47.500 That's so cool. Well, Marie, we love you and 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:50.200 make sure you guys love you tune in to Marie 00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:52.460 because Marie said so her podcast right here 00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:54.400 growth mode content. And where do you go for 00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:57.369 that, Matt? You can go everywhere. Everywhere 00:28:57.369 --> 00:28:59.569 she just mentioned. Everywhere she just mentioned. 00:28:59.950 --> 00:29:01.529 You can find all the links to that. The podcast 00:29:01.529 --> 00:29:03.970 itself is in every podcast app that exists. That's 00:29:03.970 --> 00:29:05.589 what I meant. Pick the one that you like the 00:29:05.589 --> 00:29:08.150 best and type in because Marie said so. But you 00:29:08.150 --> 00:29:10.730 guys are on Every Morning here, right? So, you 00:29:10.730 --> 00:29:12.950 know, we need to encourage our viewers, like, 00:29:13.089 --> 00:29:15.109 pop on Every Morning because you guys have some 00:29:15.109 --> 00:29:17.890 really fun stuff to talk about. Thank you. We 00:29:17.890 --> 00:29:20.369 try. We try. And even if I miss you in the morning, 00:29:20.430 --> 00:29:23.289 I try to go through when you repost, just because 00:29:23.289 --> 00:29:27.539 that's how I knew. about, you know, our pronunciation 00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:32.200 of documentary. Documentary. Documentary. I love 00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:35.799 it. It's been a great episode of Good News York 00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:37.900 brought to you by ads on the go. Get ads on the 00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:40.119 go dot com. Shout out to Zach out there in his 00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:43.119 truck probably right now. I'm very excited because 00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:46.380 this is a little behind the curtain, but our 00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:50.700 content creators like Marie. Got notified yesterday 00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:53.220 that what we're doing with Zach with ads on the 00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:55.839 go. One of the things that we announced for them 00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:57.940 is we are advertising all of their podcasts. 00:29:58.279 --> 00:30:00.140 Not just Good News York. Right. Everyone that 00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:02.319 has a podcast through us will also be on that 00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:04.259 amazing truck. They're all going to get some 00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:07.460 some love from our man Zach in his incredible 00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:10.500 truck. And we've got a lot of other things kind 00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:13.599 of on deck that we're going to use Zach for. 00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:15.140 That doesn't sound right, but we're going to 00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:17.980 work with Zach and the incredible ads on the 00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:20.119 go truck. to put together some different events 00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:23.359 and just really fun stuff. We're also taking 00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:26.400 our creators to the River's Edge Mansion. River 00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:29.099 Edge. I made that mistake. Sorry. No, no, no. 00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:31.700 I'm just correct. I said it yesterday and he 00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:35.940 went, it's River. River Edge Mansion. It is an 00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:38.420 absolutely gorgeous bed and breakfast just outside 00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:41.619 of the city. And we're going to do some fun stuff 00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:43.559 with our creators. Hopefully the weather permits 00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:45.200 so we can get down by the water to shoot some 00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:49.289 stuff. It's just so much fun. fun stuff happen 00:30:49.289 --> 00:30:50.950 in the beginning. I mean, we're not even a year 00:30:50.950 --> 00:30:53.670 in, man. Yeah. So imagine what what we don't 00:30:53.670 --> 00:30:55.509 even know some of the things coming down the 00:30:55.509 --> 00:30:57.450 the pipeline, as they say. I don't know what's 00:30:57.450 --> 00:30:59.309 going to happen in 30 seconds. Me either. You're 00:30:59.309 --> 00:31:02.130 going to find out. Yeah, I guess so. This has 00:31:02.130 --> 00:31:03.970 been Good News York. Marie, thank you so much 00:31:03.970 --> 00:31:07.789 for joining us. This has been a blast. Danny, 00:31:07.789 --> 00:31:11.170 as always, thanks for running the board and making 00:31:11.170 --> 00:31:14.430 me sound less stupid and making Mike sound more 00:31:14.430 --> 00:31:18.549 stupid. No, it's true. It's true. We'll see you 00:31:18.549 --> 00:31:19.789 guys tomorrow. Peace out!