Derrick Hayes
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
That guy, onions, peppers, three cheeses, a loaded sandwich.
Oh, man.
Hey, listen, listen, run for the Dave's way.
It came together because I wanted to honor my father.
He passed away in front of my face due to cancer.
And for me, it was calling.
It was a purpose.
When I moved to Atlanta, I tried to figure it out.
Didn't know what I wanted to do.
I'm going to do the thing that I told him I was going to do.
I'm going to open a business.
I started out selling Italian ice.
Nobody in Atlanta knew what water ice was, so I couldn't get anybody to walk in the door at that point.
I'm like, oh, man, what am I doing?
This is 2014.
This is early days.
This is me as a young entrepreneur that really don't know what the hell he's doing.
He just wants to do something good.
Trying to sling some ice.
It ain't going well.