What kind of tips do you have for any women listening who might have multiple kids under 10 and they're feeling like oh my goodness I don't know what I'm doing?

Are they going to resent me for having a business like what would you say to those women?

If I compare my relationship with other moms

didn't have jobs and they were stay-at-home moms

and they were spending all the time with their kids,

I do not see any difference.

Can you take me back to the early days of even wanting to start?

From an idea and from getting fired.

That's how it all started.

That was the best thing that ever happened to me. I had nothing and I had to make it happen.

What has kept you wanting to continue growing this business and remain CEO versus selling the company?

It's been a journey and I haven't even thought about that.

Maria Hatzty Stephanis is a trailblazing entrepreneur and the founder of the global beauty brand, Rodeel.

From launching Rodeel with just one product to building into a multi-million dollar empire,

Maria's journey is a masterclass and bootstrapping,

community building and brand innovation. Maria is also a mother, a podcast host,

an influencer, author of three best-selling books and a Dragon's Den judge.

Well, welcome to the podcast again.

So nice to be here. I'm so excited to be able to actually

be in person. It's such a big difference. I was just saying yeah you were on our

30th ever podcast. Well you've come a long way as we all did. Yeah. So you just shared with me. You're celebrating 25 years of rodeo? Yes. Tell me about that. Tell me about this journey 25 years. How does it feel? Yeah, it's it's been a crazy journey and it's funny a lot of people ask me. Did you ever think you would be where you are today and I had no idea I mean you know I was born and

and raised in this tiny island in Greece and I was always passionate about fashion and beauty when I was eight years old.

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