Ep 13: Check-in with Meiko Drew: The Good, Bad and the Ugly of Entrepreneurship
Side Hustle Pro
Nicaila Matthews Okome | Side Hustle Pro Media
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2016
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, we are welcoming back Meiko Drew, the Side Hustle Pro Entrepreneur-in-Residence. We’re following Meiko for an entire year to chronicle her journey from Corporate America retiree to the Founder of Food and Lifestyle brand MeikoAndTheDish. For those of you who don’t know, Meiko walked away from a six-figure salary at Target to focus on Meiko And The Dish full time. Though it hasn’t always been smooth sailing, her brand is steadily rising and so it’s time to check in with her again to see how it’s all going. On this episode we talk about:
- The financial sacrifices she’s had to make to pursue her dream
- The marketing steps she’s taking to grow the Meiko And The Dish brand on social media
- How she’s building relationships and partnerships in her niche
- The upcoming launch of the Black Food Network
Find out how Meiko is making it work despite the twists and turns life throws at her.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow a |
| 0:07.6 | Side Hustle from Passion Project to Profitable Business. |
| 0:11.3 | And I'm your host, Nikala Matthews. |
| 0:13.8 | So let's get started. |
| 0:14.8 | Hey, welcome back everyone to Side Hustle Pro. |
| 0:21.2 | Today on the show we are welcoming back Mikko Drew. For those of you who don't |
| 0:26.3 | know her, Mikko is the Side Hustle Pro entrepreneur in residence. That means we're following |
| 0:31.8 | her journey for an entire year to learn the real deal of what it |
| 0:36.8 | takes to build a profitable business from the ground up. |
| 0:41.6 | Miko is a corporate America retiree turned full-time food blogger. |
| 0:45.4 | She is building a food and lifestyle empire. |
| 0:48.9 | And yes, y'all, she walked away from a six-figure salary to start Mikko in the dish. Her brand is steadily |
| 0:55.6 | rising and so it's time to check in with her again to see how it's all going. |
| 1:00.8 | So welcome back to the guest chair Mikeko. Tell us what have you been up to since we last spoke? |
| 1:07.0 | So much, so much and you know, well one I'm excited to be back in the chair. I've heard so many people have |
| 1:15.1 | listened to the original podcast and have said that you know they were really |
| 1:20.7 | inspired by my journey so I'm excited to update the good, the bad, and the ugly. |
| 1:27.0 | But I've encountered all three. |
| 1:30.0 | I'm excited to chat with you about all of them. |
| 1:34.0 | Oh, that's awesome. I love that people are listening and yet people have actually reached |
| 1:38.0 | out to me and said, you know, can we have Mika Weekly? |
| 1:41.0 | And I'm like, it's a weekly podcast y'all. |
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