Victoria Wieck - Million dollar hobbies

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today's episode, our guest is Victoria Wieck, world-renowned jewelry designer and aspiring author. She has been on HSN selling her products and has 20 years in this realm and</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">she</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the jewelry industry. She has done stuff around jewelry and design. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[5:43]</span> <strong>Why should I listen to you?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I hope to be able to prove that my time was worth our time was worked together.  I have a very interesting story, a different story, and it's my story, so I'm going to own it. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[8:52] Back in 1989 or when I started my company, we were the first generation of females. I'm going to work outside the home in a manager position before mostly secretaries, restaurants, and whatnot. So basically, we were working like crazy, and I left my kids. I was going to leave my kids at home the same way my parents left me. They did it involuntarily, but I had a choice. I pretty much started my company in search of freedom, emotional freedom, more than money. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[10:37]</span> <strong>The journey to build a $500 million business.</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Two very distinctive parts work together emotionally. When I started my business, I was surrounded by naysayers, including my parents, basically telling me you're going to fail unless you have some loads of money. Today, you have social media; you have the same sort of all the pundits and experts that have never been in business before telling you why you're going to fail. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[12:02] I'm a jewelry designer. There's no business more competitive than jewelry design. Every corner, there was a jeweler. It doesn't take a lot of money to get into the