MARKET EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO
KNOW IS IN
ONE PLACE TUNE IN TO BETTER BET
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THURSDAY 04:30PM.
>> WELCOME BACK TO SHED HER
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CHASE THE BANK THAT ADVANCES
WOMEN EVERYWHERE. VETERANS DAY
HAS JUST PASSED TODAY OF COURSE
TO HONOR ALL WHO HAVE SERVED IN
THE
U.S. MILITARY. OUR NEXT GUEST
SAYS A MOTHER BUSINESS WOMAN
PHILANTHROPIST AND
AUTHOR DESIGN I MEAN ONE OF A
KIND JACKETS INSPIRED BY THE
MILITARY IN GIVING BACK TO THE
VETERANS JOINING US NOW IS
TAMIKA RAYMOND AUTHOR OF HERE I
STAND AND OF COURSE DESIGN OF
COLD IS YOUR
TO ME TO THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
WAYS THAT YOU ARE GIVING BACK
TO VETERANS THROUGH YOUR COOL
WHEN OF COURSE.
>> SO I STARTED MY CLOTHING
LINE A COLD IS YOUR IT WAS
JUST SO WHEN MY HEAD AND
MILITARY JACKET FROM ONE OF
MY UNCLES AND I HAVE A LOT OF
MILITARY BEFORE ME.
VETERANS
AND I'M BASICALLY I JUST
EMBELLISHED THE JACKETS AND I
DID IT FOR MYSELF HONEST THEIR
WAR TO AN EVENT AND IT KIND OF
CAUGHT ON LIKE WILDFIRE PEOPLE
LOOK
AT WHAT ONE OF THOSE JACKETS
AND SO I DECIDED AFTER THE
FIRST YEAR TO START MAKING A
PORTION OF
OUR DONATIONS. I MEAN DONATIONS
FROM PROCEEDS FROM THE SALES TO
DONATE TO
THE VETERANS.
>> AND WE KNOW YOUR JACKETS ARE
MADE OF RARE VINTAGE WILL
DISCONTINUE
MILITARY PIECES WHEN YOU GET
YOUR DESIGN INSPIRATION AND HOW
DO YOU GO ABOUT CHOOSING THESE
PIECES IN DESIGNING THE
JACKETS.
>> YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE BASED
ON EACH CUSTOMER'S PERSONAL
TASTE. SO FOR EXAMPLE WHEN YOU
PLACE THE ORDER YOU GET TO PUT
IT YOU SPECIFY SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT ARE
REALLY DEAR TO YOUR HEART FOR
EXAMPLE WE'VE DONE A IN HONOR
AUTISM SOME OF OUR CLIENTS HAVE
AUTISM AND THEY'LL SAY I MEAN
THERE ARE CHILDREN
OF ALL AUTISM AND I
WANT TO AUTISM PATCH FOR BREAST
CANCER AWARENESS
LIKE WE RAISE DIFFERENT
AWARENESS YOU KNOW WITH THE
PATCHES YOU CAN CHOOSE THEM.
>> THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS
JACKETS IN AND HAVE THAT ADDED
MEANING TO IT I IMAGINE, TAKES
IT FROM BEING JUST FASHIONABLE
TO A PIECE THAT YOU CHERISH
I WONDER IN TERMS OF THE
BUSINESS SIDE OF THINGS WHAT
ADVICE YOU HAVE FOR OTHER WOMAN
OF COLOR
ENTREPRENEURS WHO ARE OUT THERE
LOOKING TO START THEIR BUSINESS
ARE IN THE MIDST OF AND OF THAT
PROCESS TO START A BUSINESS.
>> YOU KNOW IT IS KIND OF
DAUNTING IT'S SCARY TO START
YOUR OWN BUSINESS BUT I TOLD
THE
GO FOR YOU KNOW YOU MISS A 100%
OF THE CHANCES, YOU DON'T TAKE.
SO I SEE EVERYBODY TAKE A SHOT
AT IT. YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY
TRYING TO PUT YOURSELF IN DEBT
WHILE DOING SO BUT GO
FOR IT, YOU ONLY GET ONE LIFE
GO
FOR IT.
>> WHICH ONE OF THE 700%
>> YOU ALSO JUST RELEASED A NEW
BOOK I MENTIONED EARLIER HERE
I STAND CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOU
KNOW WHAT YOUR BOOK IS ABOUT
AND THERE YOU GO AND WHAT YOU
WHAT YOU WANT YOUR READERS TAKE
AWAY FROM IT.
>> THE BOOK IS A YOU KNOW I'VE
BEEN THROUGH A LOT AT YOU KNOW
GONE THROUGH A LOT OF
YOU KNOW TRIALS AND
TRIBULATIONS BUT IT'S A STORY
OF TRIUMPH BUT HOW YOU CAN MAKE
IT TO THE OTHER SIDE THERE'S
HOPE. AND YET THEY REMAIN IN A
BEAUTIFUL STATE STATE POSITIVE
IT ALWAYS HELPS THE SITUATION
IT MAKES IT MUCH MUCH BETTER TO
STAY POSITIVE.
>> YOU KNOW ADDITION IN
ADDITION TO KIND OF ALL YOUR
OTHER WORK THEY'RE BEING OFF
THERE BEING A DESIGNER YOU'RE
ALSO AN AVID PHILANTHROPIST AND
A VOLUNTEER.
>> I'M JUST SHOWING THAT YOU
KNOW THROUGH ALL THE THINGS
THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH THERE'S
ALWAYS A WAY FOR US IS STILL TO
GIVE BACK COMMUTE TELL US A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF
THE NONPROFITS THAT YOU'RE
WORKING WITH.
>> SO I HAVE A CHARITY CALLED
THE KYLE'S WORLD FOUNDATION,
VERY DEAR TO MY HEART I LOST MY
11 YEAR-OLD SON AND IT'S IN
HONOR OF JUST CHILDREN THAT.
HAVE A LOVE FOR THE PERFORMING
ARTS. HE WAS A A HUGE ART IS HE
LOVED TO SING DANCE. HE LOVED
THEATER. AND IT HAS EDUCATIONAL
BASES. AND MY OTHER
NONPROFITS CALLED OAKLAND
NATIVES GIVES BACK AND WE'VE
BEEN DOING THAT FOR 14 YEARS SO
I AM PRETTY BIG IN THE
FULL INJURY.
>> LOVE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
DOING YOUR JACKET AS I
MENTIONED EARLIER ABSOLUTELY
GORGEOUS BUT I LOVE YOUR STORY
IN THE TELLING THAT YOU CAN GO
THROUGH SO MUCH BUT AGAIN,
THERE'S STILL SO MUCH MORE F