Spice Suite Owner Angel Gregorio Talks $1M Property To Open A Strip Mall For Black-Owned Businesses

“I don't ever want for us to not remember that we can monetize things too though right I feel like sometimes we scared like black people we get scared to talk about like how we can make something into a business and we can monetize it meanwhile folks come up with all these ideas and we get mad that we didn't think of it we thought of it we just didn't dare enough”

“We've become so attached to a struggle narrative... when things feel easy right like when folks interview me and they ask you yeah it would have been your trouble your challenges in business I quickly will shift it out you want to say I actually am not here to talk about it yeah but not because I want to make you think my life and my journey have been perfect but that's not gonna inspire you”

“My motto is food is fashion and I think about the food and fashion in the same way and that you start with like this little black dress which is like salt right which is kind of quintessential or garlic something that most people can relate to and then you layer different flavors and textures on top of that and you accessorize it and you edit like you would an outfit until you get it right”

“Start now and perfect later... sometimes I think that we forget the Perfection is like this illusion of progress you're not really making progress when you're focused on being perfect because it's never going to get there”