Lee Rhodes
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89 appearances
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard Dec 2024
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We're going to make them in another country to save a dollar. None of it fit with me. So they just sat. And I eventually I opened one box and eventually they just went. I think they got donated to somewhere. But we could never incorporate that that that very smart man, that very smart person. line item gentleman who said to me, you got to make this in China, you'll never make it.
And what I didn't, what I didn't realize and what I hope people don't have to make that mistake that I made is you can listen to people and you can learn from what they say. If you listen to yourself as well, that's the lesson I learned. Yes, I hear you. I want to do what you say. I want to be successful. I want to be financially secure. I want to make a lot of money.
I want to give a lot of money away. I want all that to work. But instead of then testing and not believing in myself and feeling like I had to prove he was wrong before I could be right, just skip that step. Skip that step. Just believe in yourself and believe you're right. And it'll save you a lot of headache.
So our giving at Glassy Baby was the inspiration and it's been there since the inception. That's what we do. I sat in chemo rooms with people who were less fortunate than I by miles. They didn't have healthy food. They didn't have friends to drive them. They couldn't afford to pay to park. They missed chemotherapy because they couldn't get the bus fare together. I mean, we're talking about
Chemotherapies are like battlefields. They're the ultimate equalizer. It doesn't matter how much money you are. It doesn't matter how pretty you are. It doesn't matter who your dad is. In a chemo room, you're just as equal as the guy next door who owns the gas station you go to. It's the same.
And being involved, being a part of a family that was part of the great equalizer was was a life changing experience for me. And all of a sudden I thought I should be able to do something to help some of them have bus fare. I should be able to do something to help some of them be able to pay to park.
And so when we started, when I got this little candle and it was it created such passion in me to do something positive.
better and more with my life so the the the beginning of glassy baby was about giving money back and that's how it was so we don't give money back at the end of the year we don't give we give it at the actual payment process because it's part of our business model it's not part of our marketing right It's actually exactly what we do. It's a line item in our cogs.
And so unlike most businesses where people give at the end of the year when they see their P&L and they're like, oh, I can give $100,000 their way or something, we do it at every single time you buy a glassy baby.
I think there's, there are, From my personal experience, there are two things. First of all, glassy baby work. When you take the time to sit down with, and it doesn't have to be a glassy baby. It can be anything. A little tea light in something that's colorful. brings you to a place of calm.
We are all animals, you know, we're all on this earth and we're all connected and we're connected through things like flame and color and dancing movement and anything that makes you have kind of a visceral reaction. That's what we all are. And that's, that's what everyone needs in their life. No matter whether it's a baby or whatever you, it's sunset or sunrise. It's all the same thing.
It's that same feeling of You can't even control that breath you're taking. It's because your body is in control. And I think that, you know, eating well was always part of our lives. You know, we were in a cold cereal family. We had eggs and toast in the morning or oatmeal and sandwich for lunch, solid dinners. You know, I do love a glass of wine, too. So there's that. But, yeah.
You know, I think the most important thing for me with eating and really caretaking was making sure I was never alone eating. It was a time for around those meals with my children or with friends or with my husband. It's that time. It's really the time to... Let yourself absorb other people's energy, good food, but the energy and the conversation.
And even if you're bickering, even if you're whatever, it's it's a model. It's being friendly and having a community no matter what your community is. That's so important. Your community can just be your husband. You know, there's all these things about you need 50 friends.
There are no rules except doing it.
That's such a good question. So, I mean, I lived in the world of no, but I had a product that I believed in and worked for me. So it was, every single day was different. Every single day I'd woke up feeling, you know, like I could take over the world. And then the next day I woke up and felt like I was shoveling out of a, you know, 10 foot hole. So,
Um, I think that the, the, the answer no always for me meant, okay, so how do I make this work for myself? And so when I didn't have funding, I would put together, you know, I, I've used my own money, which was tough. Um, I had three small kids, so I used my own money. Um, And I figured out ways we did, you know, we did a little hand to mouth situations.
We would order, you know, people would say, you know, you've got to order 10,000 of those boxes in order to get you, you know, the right deal so you can afford your business. And I would end up having to do a hundred a time until I could do 300 at a time. And, um, The beginning was okay because it was $20,000, $50,000, so it was a little bit more doable.
Once we started to grow and we were a million-dollar business, all those expenses became more difficult. And I had a couple people come to me and say, we're really inspired by what you're doing, we love what you do, and we'd like to invest in your company. And that was probably the turning point
on allowing me to go from a million dollars to a $5 million company because then I had cash that I could actually... And not everyone's going to have that happen to them. I understand that. But I do think that was 20 years ago and now the world has changed. You know, there are... There are venture people.
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