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Living Your Legacy

From Single Mom to Million-Dollar Laundromat

07 May 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

0.031 - 16.013 Candice Bourne

They're going to learn how to fight. Wow. How to fight, how to make it happen. Yeah, they're going to learn that because it's not an easy road. Candice Bourne is a resilient, resourceful, and disciplined entrepreneur and the founder of Candy Clean Laundry.

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16.233 - 37.533 Candice Bourne

Drawing from her journey of building a million-dollar laundromat from scratch after repeated rejection, she empowers others to bet on themselves, proving that grit and consistency can turn adversity into lasting success. You want to do a business that you don't have to sit in. So I researched, researched, and this is what I came up with. However, I'm sitting in it.

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38.534 - 39.215 Ray Gutierrez

I'm sure.

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Chapter 2: What motivated Candice Bourne to change her career path?

39.655 - 43.979 Ray Gutierrez

I'm sure you are. But you're sitting in your empire. It's a lot of fun.

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44.099 - 50.625 Candice Bourne

I'm sure it is. You know, everyone tells you to get something that you love. Do something that you love. I love what I do.

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53.668 - 83.636 Rudy Mawer

It spans the globe like a super high school Internet Elvis. Today, Apple is going to reinvent the phone. It's not over until I win. The Living Your Legacy podcast for those who live to leave a legacy. That's extraordinary. The impossible. Oh, that is sensational.

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83.656 - 85.118

Open. Chicago with the lead. Usain Bolt is the fastest man on the planet.

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87.241 - 93.167 Ray Gutierrez

Welcome back to the Living Your Legacy podcast, the Women in Power edition. For Inside Success, I am Ray Gutierrez.

Chapter 3: How did Candice overcome bank rejections to start her business?

93.427 - 110.343 Ray Gutierrez

Now that I've gotten through all of those brands, I have the pleasure of introducing Candice Bourne of Candy Clean. Wow. Thank you. That is awesome. I was actually kind of excited to meet you because you've nailed the name, you've nailed the branding, you've nailed the company. How does it feel to be here?

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111.123 - 113.806 Candice Bourne

It feels awesome. Great. Amazing. Cool.

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113.866 - 124.048 Ray Gutierrez

This is your very first podcast. My first podcast. You're doing very, very well. Who are you? Where do you begin? And how are things?

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125.53 - 139.734 Candice Bourne

Candice born, originally from Jamaica. Right on. Live in Florida. Right on. Live in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Have a business in Pembroke Pines, Florida. And where do I begin? Yeah. Do I tell my whole story?

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139.875 - 143.1 Ray Gutierrez

I was going to say, you run a cleaning company, right?

143.08 - 157.054 Candice Bourne

It's a coin laundry. Coin laundry, even cooler. Yes, it's a couple of coin laundries. And... I had three. I sold two. So now I'm down to one because I'm doing other things.

157.215 - 164.382 Ray Gutierrez

Very cool. So you're ascending and evolving. Yes. So how does one begin a coin laundry business? Is it the first? You got to buy one machine, don't you?

164.702 - 190.762 Candice Bourne

You got to find a store first. And then from there, you just venture out and try to find more stores. But how do you begin? You start with a dream. You start with a dream. You look for a business that you don't have to sit in, which is what my mother said. You want to do a business that you don't have to sit in. So I researched, researched, and this is what I came up with.

191.083 - 192.325 Candice Bourne

However, I'm sitting in it.

Chapter 4: What challenges did Candice face while building her laundromat?

350.862 - 367.555 Candice Bourne

They'll wash them themselves, they'll dry them themselves, and then they'll fold them themselves. So that's the walk-ins. So then we had a limited amount of wash and fold service. The wash and fold service is where they'll drop them off to us and we'll do everything and then we'll just text them or call them and say, hey, it's ready.

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367.535 - 390.486 Candice Bourne

So that part of the business, they did a very small amount of numbers. And then I went in and I increased the numbers. Actually, that's what I focused on growing. So I did that. And then I expanded it to ironing services where, you know, we'll have a lot of people come in and they want their uniforms ironed. And then I expanded it to dry cleaning services.

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390.546 - 395.033 Candice Bourne

And then I expanded it to pickup and delivery. Right on.

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395.193 - 396.435 Ray Gutierrez

I was just going to say, yeah.

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396.455 - 397.637 Candice Bourne

We have all those services.

398.659 - 409.64 Ray Gutierrez

Before I got my own on-site washer and dryer, thank God, I was doing the app thing, the wash and dry app. And I put in a big green bag and some stranger.

409.8 - 410.181 Candice Bourne

Yes.

410.161 - 429.825 Ray Gutierrez

But I can see the decline of that happening quickly because the first time I signed up, I got my code and a green truck showed up and it was on brand. And the guy comes up with his costume. Hey, sir. A couple of weeks later, it's some random schmo on a red truck. Is this it? And I'm like, well, they cut back on delivery. No, you're good, honey. They cut back on delivery somehow.

429.865 - 433.57 Ray Gutierrez

They cut back on the culture because at the end of the day, it's just someone picking up your dirty laundry.

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