Melissa Ben-Ishay Found Her Million-Dollar Passion Post Layoff

On today’s episode Erika sits down with the founder and CEO of Baked By Melissa, Melissa Ben-Ishay. Melissa created Baked By Melissa at 24 years old after getting laid off at Deutsch Inc. The company now has 14 locations, ships nationwide and has sold more than 100 million cupcakes. Melissa talks about how getting fired helped push her to create her business, becoming a CEO, overcoming obstacles during COVID, loving work and much more. Plus Erika dives into this week's boardroom and recaps the Barstool Invitational, Stella Blue Coffee launch and gives us a look inside Barstool’s 2023 planning. And as always we answer your career questions, enjoy! (00:02:30) Melissa Ben-Ishay (00:29:17) Boardroom (00:34:14) Q&A (00:44:17) New Merch!

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