From Intern to CEO: LaToya Shambo on Building a Creator Empire
CockTales: Dirty Discussions
Kiki Said So & Medinah Monroe
4.7 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
The conversation dives into entrepreneurship, imposter syndrome, and the realities of the creator economy—plus how to determine your value and confidently negotiate what you’re worth. LaToya shares the lessons she learned from working in advertising and media before launching her own company and explains why learning on someone else’s dime can be one of the smartest moves future entrepreneurs make.
They also talk about growth, letting go of old situations, the importance of forgiveness, and why knowing your value—whether in business, relationships, or life—is a practice. If you’ve ever wondered how creators turn content into careers, this episode is packed with insight, honesty, and real talk.
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, yeah, check one, two, check one, two. |
| 0:04.3 | Is this mic on? |
| 0:05.6 | Is this mic on? |
| 0:06.5 | Hey, listen, man, it's the one and only trend set of DJ since, and you're listening to cocktails. |
| 0:11.4 | Dirty discussions with Kiki and Medina Monroe. |
| 0:14.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:19.0 | Today's cocktail is called Lat Toya's Titorita. |
| 0:24.9 | The ingredients you need to make this. |
| 0:27.2 | You need two ounces of vodka, a half ounce of orange liquor, two ounces of some lime juice, a fourth of agave. |
| 0:34.8 | Here's how you're going to make Latoya's titarita. |
| 0:37.7 | You're going to add all of the ingredients to a shaker filled with ice. |
| 0:40.8 | Shake that for about 30 seconds. |
| 0:42.5 | And then pour that into a glass with ice and garnish with your lime wedge. |
| 0:46.0 | And ladies and gentlemen, that's a Latoya's titarita. |
| 0:49.1 | I came up with that one because I saw the special request come in via screenshot |
| 0:53.2 | because we record on |
| 0:55.5 | Taco Tuesday even though we will hear it on Thursday and I'm like I love good Titos and I was |
| 1:00.8 | already planning on margaritas so bam we got it and I wasn't going to make Hennessy wing so no need |
| 1:06.8 | to have Hennessy this time but maybe we'll have you back another time or maybe when you have your Juneteen celebration, I'll bring you a couple bottles as a good hen dog. Okay. Anyway, this week we do have a guest, but I want to welcome you guys back to Cocktails or Discussions. I am Kiki Said So. I'm Medina Monroe. And I want to remind you guys really quick to make sure that you are subscribed to this channel if you are watching. And if you're listening, wherever you are getting the podcast, make sure to remember that you should rate, review, and subscribe, drop some comments and talk to us. We would like to keep the conversation going. So if you are watching this, feel free to comment. If you are looking at a clip, leave a comment in the clip. We want to see what y'all think and we will talk back. |
| 1:45.7 | Okay, y'all. So you know that it's women's, women's history month. And so we are doing |
| 1:50.5 | all women guests this March. And I am so excited this week, y'all are going to hear us talk |
| 1:55.1 | about growth, identity, money, black women. And I just so happened to be friends with the woman that I also look up to |
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