Welcome to the Black Girl Burnout podcast, Kelly here, and we have a special edition episode for you today.

And it is a conversation we're having with Beatrice Dixon.

She is the CEO, co-founder, and chief innovation officer of the Honeypot Company.

That's a company that specializes in personal health and wellness, whether it's feminine washes, wipes, tampons, pads.

The Honeypot has it.

The Honeypot's company has plant-derived products that can be found in 4.6 million

U.S. homes and Rio Taylor's nationwide. She's definitely the person to engage with and grasp some

knowledge from when it comes to taking a company from an idea to a multi-million dollar venture.

And in this episode, that's exactly what she talks about. She gives us some gentle but much-needed truths and questions to think about

for those of us who are entrepreneurs and founders who have big ideas, good products maybe even,

but are trying to figure out how this all works.

What is the process by which you go from an idea to a board and investors and a product?

This episode is for anyone who has big dreams and are looking for ways to make them a reality.

It's a great reality check that is both hopeful

by looking at her example and also most importantly, it's helpful. Pay attention, I know I did,

to this important conversation around founders, expansion, and scaling, and how to build a business that booms.

Let's dive into the conversation.

I want to kind of shift a little bit past the burnout stories, which I honestly like,

thank you for your vulnerability and honesty, which I honestly like, thank you for your

vulnerability and honesty, because I feel like so many people can relate to that story in some way or

another, right? It may look a little different. The context may be a little different, but the emotion,

oh yeah, we've all been there. So thank you for that. And I want to shift a little bit to basically

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