Hannah Mendoza

Tell me. She was in her kitchen.

Tell me. She was in her kitchen.

In her actual kitchen. And there was this basket with matcha and I think a chai and a golden milk, a turmeric.

In her actual kitchen. And there was this basket with matcha and I think a chai and a golden milk, a turmeric.

golden super latte she was wearing this white shirt and she live made a turmeric latte and i was just looking at her shirt and saying oh my god i hope it doesn't spill all over and she made one live and took a sip and just was the most organic wonderful reaction when she just said it's delicious

golden super latte she was wearing this white shirt and she live made a turmeric latte and i was just looking at her shirt and saying oh my god i hope it doesn't spill all over and she made one live and took a sip and just was the most organic wonderful reaction when she just said it's delicious

I think I fell on the floor. I think I fell on the floor. And you know what? I was, God, I was live editing our website when this happened. I was in there. You should never do this. I was in there tinkering again with stuff live. And there's a little count of how many people are on your website.

I think I fell on the floor. I think I fell on the floor. And you know what? I was, God, I was live editing our website when this happened. I was in there. You should never do this. I was in there tinkering again with stuff live. And there's a little count of how many people are on your website.

It's like, oh, three people are looking at your website, which for me at the time, I was like, gosh, who are these three people? Wow. And then it just started climbing and climbing and climbing. And there was 5,000, 10,000 people on our website within a matter of 30 seconds. And I called Raj. I said... What's going on? And I see the tag. I see the Instagram tag. Oprah tagged you in a post.

It's like, oh, three people are looking at your website, which for me at the time, I was like, gosh, who are these three people? Wow. And then it just started climbing and climbing and climbing. And there was 5,000, 10,000 people on our website within a matter of 30 seconds. And I called Raj. I said... What's going on? And I see the tag. I see the Instagram tag. Oprah tagged you in a post.

And I just, I did. I fell off my chair. And Raj at the time was in our commercial kitchen and he was sweeping after we were making all the product ourselves. He had a hairnet on and we FaceTimed each other and he's got his little hairnet on and we were just screaming.

And I just, I did. I fell off my chair. And Raj at the time was in our commercial kitchen and he was sweeping after we were making all the product ourselves. He had a hairnet on and we FaceTimed each other and he's got his little hairnet on and we were just screaming.

Every founder's dream. Every founder's dream to be on Oprah's favorite things list. I'll remember it till the end of my days.

Every founder's dream. Every founder's dream to be on Oprah's favorite things list. I'll remember it till the end of my days.

I mean, I remember even calling you in May of last year and we chatted and I was having a bit of a wobbly moment. And you said to me, well, what did you expect? This is part of it. This is part of the journey.

I mean, I remember even calling you in May of last year and we chatted and I was having a bit of a wobbly moment. And you said to me, well, what did you expect? This is part of it. This is part of the journey.

Yeah, there's so many. One of the first insights that took me too long to learn, I think, that I wish someone had put me into was... I used to take my thoughts and the things that came up in my brain very seriously. And what I mean by that is with building something comes extreme emotion at extreme frequency. It's erratic. You'll wake up in the night, you'll be obsessing about a problem.

Yeah, there's so many. One of the first insights that took me too long to learn, I think, that I wish someone had put me into was... I used to take my thoughts and the things that came up in my brain very seriously. And what I mean by that is with building something comes extreme emotion at extreme frequency. It's erratic. You'll wake up in the night, you'll be obsessing about a problem.

And it's all you can think about for days and it just consumes you. And then what I found is out of nowhere... You can wake up with a completely new perspective. It fades in importance. And although nothing tangible has changed, it dissipates. And learning the waves and the cycles... And learning to give problems space. Because mostly as an entrepreneur, you're solving problems.

And it's all you can think about for days and it just consumes you. And then what I found is out of nowhere... You can wake up with a completely new perspective. It fades in importance. And although nothing tangible has changed, it dissipates. And learning the waves and the cycles... And learning to give problems space. Because mostly as an entrepreneur, you're solving problems.