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Pinky Cole

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first: 2023-03-23
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“It was a pleasure. Thank you so much. Can I say something to the people? Want whoever is listening to this to see me and know that how you show up and everything that you do through your business, show up in the most authentic form possible. Guy, a part of the reason why I believe that I've gotten so much success is because I'm always myself. Like I'm always me. I'm loud. I'm raw, but I'm passionate and I'm real. And as a result of that confidence, it's allowed me to get into every single room that I'm not going. Now I'm building my own doors.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yes, that's exactly what it is. You know why? Because I am multidimensional, right? I am the person that, you know, as a kid, they would tell me like, Pinky, like you got all these things going on and like you need to focus on one of them. So I've always loved to do multiple things at the same time. But I realize I can use the umbrella of my business to do all the things that I've ever dreamed about in my life. And that is how you build empires. So I'm building an empire in real time.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“In 10 years, slutty vegan will continue to be a household name, not just for restaurants, but for the lifestyle side of the brand. I want slutty vegan to embody all parts of the vegan lifestyle, not just food, because we are helping people to reimagine everything at this point, right? But we start with food. So slutty vegan locations everywhere. Slutty productions will be at the top of the food chain when it comes to entertainment and TV. We probably get an egot for all of the movies and documentaries that we push out under this Letty Vegan brand. We will continue our CPG model and put products in stores everywhere. So when you ask me, where do I see the brand? The brand is going to be what Pepsi is to America, what Coca-Cola is to America. They're not selling products.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“It's a new word. It's a new time. Which is so cool because there's so much power in the tongue. So we've created something that initially you think is uncomfortable, but it really is no uncomfortability to it at all. So we'd be on the loudspeaker saying like, we got a slut in the building and you would hear it in the neighborhood. But people got excited to be called a slut. You understand what I'm saying? Like, people get excited. Be called a slut, but a slud is not what it used to mean. And when they eat the food, they're like, I've been slidified. And it's a movement. And this is that same thing like having the parties back in the day where people put the water. Just were excited to be there. This is that all over again.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“But the music is moving through the speakers and the employees are just screaming through the microphone. There's a microphone at my cash register, guy.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah, I am very raw in my approach to everything that I do. So when I was thinking about the branding, I said that I wanted to resonate in a way where I didn't have to pay for marketing because the people were going to market the business because it was so raunchy in your face. But everything has two meanings to it, right? And while it may sound like sex and sound racy, like it's not that at all. So, when we talk about making the colors bright and the messaging and how we talk, it's tongue-in-cheek, right? We want people to have a good time and not feel dirty when you say the word slutty. We're really redefining the term. And we've done that through the experience when you walk through the door. When you come to slutty vegan, we are yelling at you before COVID. We were hugging you, dancing with you.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“But, but. But the psychology again, right? Like, again, when I tell you I'm intentional about the marketing, it's like two meanings, right? But it's whatever you think it means.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Right. So, why wouldn't I want to be a part of the eight pound gorilla? Like, I want to. Affiliated with minds who have created something so special just on the business side, because I want to be clear, I don't eat meat, so I don't eat shake-shat. But I like what they represent when it comes to community. And because slutty vegan is a community driven business, I'm like, okay, there's some alignment here.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Wait, wait, wait, wait. No, I'm scaling a company and I need people to come on board with me who have the expertise that I don't to help me make it better.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“It gave me anxiety because I'm like, okay, this business is not mine's anymore. Like, if I get all this money, then I'm a sellout and it doesn't work. And I'm like”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“He was such a vibe. He was so cool. And I'm very intentional about who I like to do business with. And he was on my wish list because I'm like, I really like his energy. He's very calm and pure in his approach to how he communicates. And I like that about him. So then I get an email a couple months later saying that Danny came to the restaurant at our Edgewood location and he came a little after midnight. And it was him and like 12 other people. And he had a blast. So we reconnected. And that reconnection turned into them being one of our investors as Slutty Vegan. And I'll be honest, a lot of people don't talk about this, right? When they grow in companies. When the conversation started for me to get an injection of capital, it gave me anxiety.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah. So Richie Lou is a great guy. And my relationship started with him first. And we knew that we needed to have someone who was strategic in this space in order to get to where we want to be. When you talk about like growing startup companies, first of all, it's hard as hell. Secondly, you got to be able to rub shoulders with the right people so that you can have the right resources to do the things that you need to do to scale this company. So when we realized we had a scalable and sustainable brand, we're like, okay, all right, we need to bring the big dogs on our team when it comes to restaurants. And I had a conversation with Danny first on Zoom, and it was a great conversation.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“So much, you know, growing slutty vegan, you know, everybody has an opinion, right? So like people who know you, colleagues, everybody's like, well, you need to do it this way, do it this way. But I decided to do it my own way because I was clear. And there were a lot of people like, well, you know, there are people talking about your vegan burgers and, you know, there's other vegan burgers this that, but I'm like, I wasn't listening to the noise because I've never seen anybody do it in this capacity bootstrapping a business and turning it into a multi-million dollar business before any injection of anybody's capital. So to be able to do this before, you know, all of those things, I'm like, okay, I got to figure this out in trial.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Exactly. And I knew that that was a market that did not exist because me as a vegan myself, that was the food that I wanted certain times of the night sometimes. And I couldn't find it. So coming up with this concept, it really gave people an opportunity to see that there is a need for vegan food on menus and restaurants across the world. Yeah. And putting it on my menu. Now I realize other big companies now have impossible this and chicken that and, you know, there's one side of me this is like, wait a minute. Like I know I'm at the head of this movement. But then the other side of me was like, you know what? The idea that more people want to eat this way tells us that we're doing the right thing and there's a market for it”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah, so you know, I like to call myself the guinea pig. But it's interesting because not a lot of people were doing it. There are some great vegan restaurants in Atlanta, but I'm like, okay, I want vegan food on a late night. I don't want to just eat a side salad and fries”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Now we got you locked in. Now we're going to go into the next thing after I opened up Slutty Vegan. I opened up a bar called Bar Vegan that sells vegan bar food. So now not only can you have burgers and fries over slutty vegan, now you can have chili and rice. Now you can have more chicken sandwiches. Now you can have a salad. So I'm literally growing with people who want to learn about veganism, which is why my book is called Eat Plants Bitch because it's an in your face approach to get you to understand that like we just want you to like good food and that's it. And then you realize that it's vegan and then you realize certain foods are really good for you and so on and so forth.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Climate change is real. Like it's real. So, you know, you know how they say it's levels to this. Like the first level is getting people to understand that like vegan isn't gross. And it can be delicious. So we're going to start with the thing that universally everybody is familiar with, and that's burgers and fries.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yes, but this is twofold. So my agenda has always been I'm gonna meet you where you at. Right, like if you don't want to be vegan, just incorporate some vegan options. A little bit of vegan ain't gonna hurt nobody. And because I've had that messaging, like I'm not going to hate you if I see you eating meat, but I'm also going to encourage you that like this tastes just as good, if not better and no animals were compromised. So people feel comfortable trying new options because they don't feel like the pressure was put on them.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Absolutely. I mean, you know, I'm fighting two battles. I got to make sure that the food is good just because it's good and I got to make sure that the food is good because it's vegan food. And historically, people don't feel like vegan food tastes good. So like I'm at war with two things at the same time. So I make sure that. All of the output is just as good.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Called Slutty Sauce. Yes. It's called Sweaty Sauce. But you know what's so cool about my concept? God, like, it has nothing to do with sex. The names are just a draw to pull you in, to understand it. Like vegan is a vibe. It could be cool and you can reimagine food in a way that you've never seen it before.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“No, it was just burgers and fries. That's it. Like, I didn't know how to build a menu. I didn't know how to do P&Ls. Like I didn't know, like, it was literally just, okay, burgers and fries, let me throw this and see if it works. And I threw it on a wall and it stuck. And people loved it and they love it because of my sauce. So my secret sauce I made from scratch. So people come from around the world to taste this sauce because it's so overwhelmingly good.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Wanted to be a part of that area more. The real estate increased. And I had to literally fight for my brand. And at that moment, I'm like, yeah, this is my child because I don't play about my child. And my child ain't here to hurt nobody. We just want to have a good time for everybody. And I end up staying. I'm still at that location now.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah. Yeah. You know, you know, I laughed because it didn't feel good when it was happening. But what I learned about failure, like really rising above that and realizing that this too will always pass, like that literally is the motivation that keeps me going. So let me tell you about that first location on Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard. My grand opening, I had 1,200 people standing outside. So I came in as a disruption. So I get it. Like, you know, bigger picture now I understand I was upset about it at first, but like I'm literally bringing so many people to a neighborhood that often some of the people in the neighborhood felt like, you know, it was turning the neighborhood and like making it worse. But what they didn't realize is that I was bringing more value to the community.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“People still come and support me, but I realized I am the slutty vegan. I am walling the tongue plus I'm educated. You know, I move with intention and I'm intellectual. Plus I like to have a good time and I'm real and like I meet you where you are and I'm just a vibe. Slutty vegan is a vibe. And as long as that happens, my business will continue to be successful.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah, burgers and fries. And literally, hold up. Let me, not even just burgers and fries. I didn't sell drinks. I literally only sold burgers and fries. I didn't sell desserts. So you were literally coming for some French fries in a sandwich. But guess what? What else you got? You got the cultural capital of being able to have the currency of food and take a picture with it and people get excited because they want to hear about your experience. It's a brand And do you know my business is almost five years old, and I still got lines down the block.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“So, when I got the food truck, the owner allowed me to pay every single week, and I would go on the east side and the west side, and I would post up three hours before and say, hey, the slutty vegan food truck will be here from four to seven. Those were my hours, like four to seven or four to nine. I will post on Instagram. And every time I post on Instagram, I literally had between 300 to 500 people that would stand outside. Yes”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah, so it was crazy, man. Listen, when I got that food truck, I went to this place called Mr. V's in Atlanta. So I went inside and they told me that the food truck would be $45,000. So I'm like, all right, well, I'm making a lot of money, but like I don't have $45,000 in my hand right now. But what I could do is I can pay you $10,000 a week for the next four weeks or so. It was like $10,000, I think.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yes. But people didn't come for the food. The food was good. That was like the cherry on top. Yeah. But to say that you were a part of this experience that felt cryptic and you could only get it at a certain time, people love the art of scarcity. You know, like the art of scarcity makes you want it more. I would only open up for like three hours at a time. And once I closed the block, that's it. Nobody else can order. So like I put people on a time frame on when you can get the food and they complied. And I'm like, wow, people really want to be a part of this movement just to say that they got it. And when I got put out, they told me that I could use the parking lot. Like, hey, you should get a food truck and you could do it out in the parking lot, but you can't do it in here because it's disrupting the other tenants.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Well, that's how it started, how it ended is that I got kicked out of the facility and I appreciate them for that because they pushed me to get uncomfortable. Why? Because I had too many people coming. Like people started talking about the brand so much that customers started Instagramming us, sending us private messages saying, hey, can I order the one night stand with the fries, ketchup on the side? And I'm like, okay, I'm not going not take the order. So I would take the order from Instagram while taking orders from these online platforms. And it got out of hand, guy. When I tell you, like, people from everywhere were coming. Literally, it was like 300 people standing outside to get their food.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Nope, you know what I did? There was like a procurement director and she was showing me some new products that they had. Like there's this newer company called Impossible. And I'm like, oh, let me taste it. And I tasted it, and I'm like, oh, this is good. And I'm like, I want it. So she got me a delivery of the impossible patty. And I started from there and I added my little razzle to the already dazzle. And I started growing and building”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Then I know that I have their attention. And when I have their attention, I can teach and educate them on whatever it is that I want to. So I took the approach to educate people on how veganism could be cool and be fun and not be stuffy and uptight, but you can have a good time and we'll meet you where you are.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Weird, yes, and guess what it did? I love the purple cow theory, by the way. Purple is my favorite color, so it just works all the way around. I got to grab that book. But what I realized is this concept came at a time where people wanted something new and in wanting something new, if I could make them uncomfortable and ask questions at the same time or laugh or chuckle or be surprised.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“So, mind you, I'm not a chef guy. So I came up with a recipe, like I was just tasting and putting my finger in like, okay, this is good. And came up with that, came up with the fry seasoning. And I was just like doing as I go. And like everything was tasting really good. So we started selling it. Online through DoorDash, Postmates, Grubhub, and Uber Eats.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yep. And so they allowed me to do it. So I hired two employees and we were making. Burgers and fries. And I came up with the recipe for the sauce. It's like a similar to like what a McDonald's sauce would be, but not. Right. So vegan, so”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Really took all the politics out of what being vegan was. So came up with the name, literally started to do the work. Like I got all my permits. I did everything that I could all on my own. And I got the shared kitchen and I asked them, I said, hey, I saw something in LA when I was working for DoorDash. And basically it's a cloud kitchen. So can I do a cloud kitchen here? This was before cloud kitchens got popular, guy”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Listen because slutty and vegan ain't supposed to go together, right? Like, right when you think that's like how peanut butter and jelly goes together, like slutty and vegan don't go together. But what it did is. It really was the biggest oxymoron. So I'm like, if We all know veganism to be like very rich and wealthy and like clean and like the person whose vegan works out all the time. No, this ain't that. But it literally.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And I called up my best friends, and I asked them, I'm like, What y'all think about this idea? And they're like, oh, Pinky, that's good. Like, you need to do that. I'm like, all right, cool. You had the idea and the...”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Okay, so when I was the casting director, because I had gotten promoted within that time. They asked me to move to Atlanta temporarily to do the show. So while I was living in Atlanta, I was in my two bedroom apartment and I can only be transparent, so I'm going to tell you the honest truth. I don't smoke, right? I'm not a weed smoker. But on this night, I smoked And after I smoked, Slutty Vegan literally hit me like a light bulb. And I got to be transparent about that story because literally, I don't know if I was super relaxed, if my conscience was open, I'm still trying to figure it out. But when I came up with slutty vegan, it was literally like the universe just put it in my hand, like, okay, run, fly, and be free.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Well, you know what? My thought process was now that I think about it. Going to do this because discipline breeds rewards. I know that if I'm disciplined on something, there will be like a cosmic effect that happens when I display that level of discipline. And I did that. And now that I'm thinking about it, I did it all of my life. There were certain levels of discipline. And some of it probably was a little bit more extreme than others. But that level of discipline. Really like opened up my mindset to be able to receive what it is that the assignment was. And the assignment was to open up slutty vegan and build a multi-million dollar brand.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And then you got to figure it out while you're done until it comes back. So I'm like, okay, all right, let me do DoorDash. So while I was doing DoorDash, I'm like, all right, let me start working out. Let me start reading a book every day. And I did that. I read a book every day. I was raw vegan. I did DoorDash. And I ran five miles a day consistently. Like I did that because I was practicing discipline.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah, so like you can have a whole lot of money and then you could be trying to figure out how you're going to pay the next bill. Yeah. Like, that's how it works. Nobody really talks about that world, but it's the truth.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“So again, I told you that I got a couple screws loose, but it's okay. So right before I started Slutty Vegan, something just went over me. I don't know what it is. But now that I look at like the holistic picture, I'm like, it happened on purpose. So when we were on hiatus, you know, when you have hiatus on the show, you got to find ways to supplement your income.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“It was like a therapy show. But what I liked about the show is that I got the opportunity to connect with people who were also going through it”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah. So that was the moment that I was in when I had the restaurant right before the fire. And it was so many things happening at that time. And when it happened, I didn't understand it then. But then I got the opportunity to go on a show and I'm like, I don't got nothing to lose at this point. Like I might as well go and be great and fly and start over because one thing about me is I was never afraid to start over. And when I got to LA to work on the show, it was the best thing that could have happened to me because it was actually like a healing therapy show. I'm like, go figure. Healing therapy, like I'm coming from a depressed space. Like, great. But I needed it Because it allowed me the opportunity to get the therapy that I needed to heal.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I took that job and I don't know why I'm having all these revelations while I'm talking to you guys. But you ever been in a situation where you like, okay, it's time to move on. Okay, this is not working. Has that ever happened to you before?”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Like, I had no choice but to learn accountant. I had no choice but to learn how to cook burgers and fries and I didn't grow up eating burgers and fries. I had no choice but to be customer service.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I wish I could come here and like tell you like it's all rainbows and lilies and like. It's not like it's really not. I walked in so blind. And when I say blind, I didn't have anybody that has done it before to ask those kind of questions. So I was in the lake all by myself. But being in a lake, I really stuck myself out there to do the research. So I'd be on Google all night. I'd be on YouTube. Like I would go to different restaurants and just look around. And like, it was a lot of trial and error. It still is trial and But what I realized is that creating it the way that it was created gave me the opportunity to learn every side of the business.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I lost everything. And I make a joke about it. Like I almost lost my mind, but I really almost lost my mind. You got to imagine what I've told you so far is I used to throw parties. I was the girl on campus. I got this job working in TV. Like everything that I've done have always been successful, right? Like anything I touch turn to go. Pinky Cole got Demitis touch, but I didn't have the Midas touch on this one. And I felt like the biggest failure at the time. It didn't feel good to me at all because my pride and my ego wouldn't allow me to be that vulnerable. So when it happened, it really humbled me in a way that it's never happened in my life. But I needed that level of humility guy”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“So there were things at the front that were salvageable, but majority of the items in there, the roof had came in, like it was not salvageable. So I'm like, okay, cool. Like fire insurance is going to take care of this. So I called my insurance agent and they were like, no, you don't have fire insurance. I'm like, what? Like, you just have regular basic business insurance. And if you want to be able to, you know, get the things that you got back, like we aren't responsible. Like we don't have a policy for that. So that's literally blood, sweat, and tears down the drain. And I don't wish that on my worst enemy.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“No, I work that night and I closed at like nine o'clock and I went home with my friend at the time. And we were sitting in the house and I got a call from the fire department telling me that my restaurant was on fire. And I'm like, on fire, I just left. And when I got there, the fire had been out. At this point, all it was was smoke, the windows were busted. So like smoke was coming out the windows. Everything was black on the inside. And I'm like, holy. Like everything that I worked for is literally gone up in flames.”
2023-03-23 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT