Williams is affectionately known as “So Gucci.” She’s a certified personal trainer and the owner of stairway 2 So Gucci Fitness, where she hosts boot camps to encourage health and wellness in the community. That’s part of being a woman.Īs Women’s History Month comes to a close, I encourage all readers to fol-low the examples of not only Pearson and Rogers but all women who are taking chances, growing businesses, pursuing dreams, all while embracing the power, beau-ty, and pain of womanhood.Source: Courtesy OWN / Oprah Winfrey Network So I candidly asked: “Isn’t that part of being a business owner and growing as one?” We all agreed.
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You have to learn how to ma-neuver just learn you and keep going keep striving.” And people don’t portray who they say they are. Rogers says she, too, has definitely grown since the re-cording and airing of the show. But, overall, what I love about it – it’s reality. “I learned to just say what I want to say. Pearson says she learned a lot about herself. It’s going to take more than me but the vision won’t change.”Ī question that was asked several times in the group: How has the show made you look at yourself and how do you feel you’re being portrayed? Pearson answered, “My experience with Farish Street has been an EXPERIENCE and I’ve learned A LOT! I didn’t know all the ins and outs of that area. So, we will downsize to just two brunches a year.”Īnother fan wanted to know Pearson’s goals for Farish Street and where she is with it. We are focused on several things that are coming soon. “I want to focus on an enterprise and build it. Pearson says she will always empower and educate with her brunching nonprofit. And Goddess Lengths is looking to get into the realm of fran-chising. Esensual Beauty has officially made it into a major retail store and I’m looking to get into more. “I have a new hair care product line com ing out. “Which one?” But her hair business is still growing. I loved Latrice’s entrepreneurial response. One poster simply wanted to know where the ladies see their businesses in five years. The inquiries came from one of the many social media groups where viewers do not hold back opinions of the ladies, their storylines, their wardrobe, etc. The next set of questions made the ladies slightly roll their eyes at me. I cut up some pineapples and post a picture.” “With all my businesses, my first cus-tomers come from social me-dia. She started out delivering homemade fruit platters and baskets, then took on adolescent birth-day parties by helping par-ents bring just about any cartoon character to their child’s special day.
Pearson didn’t start her self-employed journey brunching. She wanted to know how the ladies got their first customer. Tasha Bibb is the Entre-preneurial Development Director with Innovate MS. With it being Women’s History Month, I asked a few other em-powered women what they wanted to know from the OWN Network castmates.
This time, I didn’t want to have the questions come from me. Before my ZOOM minutes ran out (I re-fuse to upgrade), I had to stop the chit chat and get straight to the business of asking the right questions. Latrice joined us busy and bubbly as ever, leaving one business meeting and head-ing to the another. We are well ac-quainted from several of her brunches, and have always discussed our business goals. Lateshia and I had a few minutes to ourselves to catch up. Our ZOOM interview didn’t feel like an interview at all. Both ladies are well noted and awarded for their brands and hustle. Rogers is the CEO of Goddess Lengths, a luxury hair extension brand. Now that the show has fin-ished its first season, I want-ed to pick their brain and brands. Like any successful business owner, it is obvious that these ladies did not allow COVID to “stop their show.” They adapted.
That was in 2020 before the pandemic hit. No, they weren’t performing, they were giving other southern bosses advice at the Black Women’s Business Expo. Jackson Advocate Lifestyle/Entertainment Writerīefore being cast in the reality show “The Belle Collective” on Oprah Winfrey’s Network, the last time I saw Latrice Rogers and Lateshia Pearson was on stage.
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