I want to be able to have an audience to say, a lot of you have good ideas out there. I get it. It's hard. It's scary. Look at me. I don't want to say, of course, you're going to be successful. But I'm going to tell you that I've been where you've been. I know what it's like. You know, let me say to you that, you know, I created a product that the consumer wanted,

but the consumer couldn't buy it. So I have this product that the world's largest minority group

wanted, couldn't buy it. I had to buy, I had to go to the retailer to convince them. So my journey

is going to be harder than probably anybody I ever talked to, but I want to

encourage and inspire and say, hey, I get it.

I've been there.

Learn from me.

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It's always a good time to have inspirational episodes, but during the holidays, particularly,

it's even more important.

And to highlight issues that people might not think about every day.

And that is exactly where my guest, Drew Ann Long, comes in.

Drew Ann, I'm so thrilled to have you on the podcast to talk about what you do, what you created, and the impact

you're making on the differently abled community. Thank you. I'm excited to be here. I appreciate

people like you that give me a platform to continue to raise awareness for what I do.

Well, let's talk about it from the beginning because you have had a career in finance,

a very long career in finance, and then you started your own company, Caroline's Cart. So we take

us back to what was the impetus behind starting your own company, deciding this is where you

wanted to put your time and your mission in? Sure, I'm

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