November 5, 2025 • 13 mins
On this episode of The Network Podcast, Stackpack sits down with visionary entrepreneur Melissa Simmons, a powerhouse making waves in business and leadership. This isn’t your average entrepreneur talk — this is a deep, transparent conversation about resilience, legacy, mindset, and the real cost of building something great.
Stack dives into Melissa’s journey — from the spark that started her hustle to the blueprint that keeps her expanding. Together, they unpack the discipline behind growth, the importance of staying grounded, and how purpose fuels true success in today’s economy.
This episode is packed with gems for every creator, CEO, and dream chaser ready to elevate their grind.
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Stack dives into Melissa’s journey — from the spark that started her hustle to the blueprint that keeps her expanding. Together, they unpack the discipline behind growth, the importance of staying grounded, and how purpose fuels true success in today’s economy.
This episode is packed with gems for every creator, CEO, and dream chaser ready to elevate their grind.
Presented by He Said She Said and The Spill Room, powered by Gender Warz Studios, streaming exclusively on The Network Podcast.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-network-podcast--5862733/support.
🎙️ The Network Podcast with Stack Pack 🔥 Raw. Real. Viral. Culture.
Stay tapped in with #PackGang and get the latest updates, episodes, and exclusives at: 👉
https://stackpackmedia.blogspot.com/?m=1
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey guys, welcome back to the Network podcast. And we
always got interesting guests that come to the show. Today,
I've got Melissa Simmons. It's gonna be a crazy month
with her and I can't wait to do these interviews.
But she's coming into the studio any moment and I'll
be giving her an entrepreneur interview.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Let's turn it up on a network.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Let's go, I'll see you see Melissa Bruce.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
You know who I'm meant to be. This is me,
so cook, here I come, and I launching out to
the beat.
Speaker 4 (00:34):
I dry, I'm not scared to be seen. I'm make
a homologies. This is me.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
WHOA.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
We've always got fire guests that come on the show.
Melissa be stepping in to.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
The podcast any moment.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Oh my god, I got some crazy interview questions for her.
She'll be coming in and giving us a fire interview.
I always got special guests.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
That come up, and I love when new.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Guests come up. And I actually think Melissa just showed
up just now. So Melissa, thank you for being on
the show. Can you please introduce yourself. Thank you for
being on the network.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Let's go awesome, awesomey Dr Melissa Simmons here hanging out
in Delaware.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
I appreciate you, doctor Melissa. I got some questions for you.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
What moment made you realize you were meant to be
an entrepreneur and not an employee.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Let's get into that.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
That's cool, that's cool. You know what. My parents, my parents,
I always remember them having different jobs. They are both
born and raised in Panama, so they migrated here in
the fifties and sixties, and when they got here, they
found jobs, but never had just one job. They always
(02:27):
had a side hustle back in the day. Used to
be touugh aware or it was holiday magic. But they
they knew about making money, you know what I'm saying.
So when I watched them and I thought that's how
they made meet, I said, you know what, that's cool.
I need to be doing the same thing. I always
have to have a plan B because you could work
for people, but that doesn't always make it happen for you. Wow, exactly,
(02:52):
I think. Yeah. I think doing that and watching them
really kind of inspired me. And ever since I could remember,
always had some kind of some kind of passion I
was following in addition to my job.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
I love that, Melissa, my next question for you is
how do you personally define success and how has that
definition evolved over time?
Speaker 2 (03:14):
For you?
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Ooh, I love that. Success to me is doing something
you're happy to do, something that you can feel the
passion about. Because when you're successful, you can do whatever
you're doing all day long, all night long. So for me,
success is being able to do that, and then from that,
(03:36):
I think, because of the effort you put into it,
because you have this passion, you end up making money,
You end up making a moving in a career, you
end up getting into those on financial levels you want
to get to. So for me, success is doing what
you what you want to do, what you like to do,
and doing it well and then getting reaping the benefit
(04:00):
from it.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
I love that, Melissa. I told you I had a
special guest in here. She's true to this. Now, what's
one of the biggest misconceptions people have about being a boss.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Let's talk about that, Melissa. Let's get into that.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Oh man, I think the biggest misconception people have about
being a boss is that they think the title is it.
If you're a boss, you're a leader. But a good
leader really follows from behind. They watch the people that
they're leading, and they become you know, personal with those people.
They look out for them, They see what the people
(04:36):
can do or not do. They position the people that
they work with for success. You know, when you see
somebody who may not have skilled A and B that
they're really good at skill. See, that's what a leader
should kind of point those people in because too often,
you know, you see people not being successful because that's
not their thing, that's not their jam. And I think
(04:58):
a good leader picks that into account. And they're humble.
They're humble in the sense where they listen to people,
they understand people, They're willing to sit down and talk
to people. They're not just barking out, you know, all
these rules and regulations, but they're sitting down with the
people that they work with, and they get and they
get along with them and understand, well, what can I
(05:19):
do for you? I love asking the people that work
for me what can I do to you to make
you successful? Where do you I always ask people that
when I start working, what do you when you see
yourself as five years and how can I help you
get there in the next five years? I think that's
where tru leader comes from.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Ooh, Melissa's coming in and dropping these balls. Now, what's
something about entrepreneurship? You know that, What's something about entrepreneurship
that taught you about yourself that you didn't really expect?
You know, we all come into things that you know,
we might not expect and it catches us off. God,
But what is something that entrepreneurship taught you about yourself
(05:57):
that you didn't really.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Expect and it kind of caught you off? God, let's
get into that voice.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Oh man, that is a great question. I think what
entrepreneurship showed me was that I can't allow the world
to limit me. That if I'd like to do something
and I'm passionate enough to do it, even if I'm not,
if that's not you know, something I went to school
for or may not even be known for. Like, for example,
(06:23):
one of the things I always wanted to do was
write a book. And even though I wasn't a great
writer or anything like that, just because I went and
I tried it, I was able to produce a book
and then go ahead and sell it as a author.
I think when you are able to kind of just
follow your dreams, allow your dreams to like pick you somewhere.
(06:48):
I think entrepreneurship being an entrepreneur that organically happens because
you find that as you follow these passions these dreams,
doors start opening, you know, you start creating different areas.
You know. One of the things that that I consider
myself is I have a I have an enterprise. I'm
(07:08):
not just limited to business consulting. I can do coaching,
I could do mentorship. So as an entrepreneur, don't limit
yourself to like one set thing. Find yourself, you know,
see what you can do in a number of areas,
so that you have kind of you know what they
call it. You have some colds and all the different fires,
(07:30):
so that as things cool down, you could run to
another area in your business. As an entrepreneur, I love
that Melissa.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
I told y'all I had a special guest coming into
the next told y'all I got I got more.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Questions from Melissa. So Melissa, let's get right back into
if you can rebuild your business from scratch?
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Would you do it differently? Let's get into that.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Wow, if I can rebuild my business, I don't know.
I don't think so. I don't think so because I've
learned so much like when I came into the field.
In my field, you know, I started as an accountant,
as an auditor. I used to work for Pete Mark,
So that was a learning experience and I learned a
(08:19):
lot from there. I learned a lot of how to
build a business, about the in the workings of a business.
And then I went ahead and started working for a
different school districts and building now my career. All of
that experience that I accumulated from being an auditor, from
being a controller and then being a CFO, all of
(08:40):
those different experiences led to me being able to go
out on my own and build my own business. And
in building my business, I always knew that I wanted
to be a family business. So even building my family
became a part of it. And I'll say it like this,
because when my children started graduating from college, you know,
(09:01):
I always had this intention like if you ever wanted
to do something, I'm gonna build. I'm gonna create a
corporation and we could all work in So that's what
I developed. So with everything that I learned in the
path and knowing that I wanted to build our generational legacy,
the timing was perfect for all of that. So much so.
Now it's not just me working in the corporation, in
(09:24):
the business. It's my husband and it's my son at
this point, and we're ready to bring on whoever else
I need to bring on because that's how now we
create generational wealth and build our own and make our
own legacy out there.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Whoa man, Melissa's out here making the moves. Now, another
question I got for you, Melissa, is what mental shifts
were necessary for you to step into your power as
a leader.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Let's get into that m mensorships. I believe in mensorships.
I believe that you always find somebody who's doing what
you want to do well. Se of my key ones,
my first one was, and I'll shout her out, doctor d.
She was doctor Dja Anderson. She was able to show
me what who I was on the inside. She helped
(10:14):
me build my confidence, she helped me build my skills
of me knowing who I was. When I left her,
I knew who I was, I knew what my brand was,
I knew what I was good at from just being Melissa.
So knowing who you are, knowing what your gifts are,
knowing what your talents are, and then setting your own
(10:35):
personal goals for your life, I think becomes that first
mentorship you need to have. She helped me build my
life plan. So now I don't just look at one year.
I look at ten, fifteen, twenty years at all times
because I know I have a life plan. It's not
just this year, but it's ten years from now. That's
why I you know, even as I saw my ten
(10:57):
years ago, I wrote down my family legacy and I'm
watching it play itself out. You know that mentorship was
everything there. I think the other kind of mentorship or
coach you need to have is a business one somebody
specifically in your business that can now show you how
to become the best at that business. I think those
(11:17):
are two big mentorships that I had that really helped
me move to the next level. I loved that Melissa.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
You see how Melissa took and and Melissa so fired
with it. I asked her about mental shifts, and she
took it to mentorship, and that's the that was the
next question I was going to ask us. So she
done wrapped it up and ran with it. So I
want you to know that that's fire. I love when
people come up and run with the question. So I
appreciate you. Melissa. My last question for you is up
(11:45):
here is what's one mindset you had to unlearn in
order to grow as an entrepreneur.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Let's get into that.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
Dang and saying stop saying yes to everybody. I had
to unlearned my need to please and always say yes.
I had to understand that no is a full sentence
and when I tell people know, that's putting me in
front of me, in front of my own goals. Too often,
I saw myself from the path helping everybody achieve, achieve
(12:18):
their own goals and get to where they wanted to be.
And I had to learn that I had to start
telling people know and put myself first that I can
now take the time to work on my passion, my
goals and for still the things I know I have
in my own heart. That was really big for me.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
OO See now, Melissa, is there any final things you
want to lead with the podcast? How can they find
you on social media? And what you got coming up
new for us? Over to you before we start to
close out.
Speaker 3 (12:50):
I love it. I'm on TikTok, I'm on Instagram, Nelson,
and I'm on Facebook mesa doctor Melissa Simmons and you
could always find me. I'm also part of the Sun
Toork Nation. We do what we we have all kinds
of shows on Facebook and on and on our YouTube channel,
(13:10):
so you could see me there with my other co
hosts and and those are the ways that we get
you know, I get information out the people. You'll see
a couple of things I do. I just don't. I
just don't have but uh,
Hey guys, welcome back to the Network podcast. And we
always got interesting guests that come to the show. Today,
I've got Melissa Simmons. It's gonna be a crazy month
with her and I can't wait to do these interviews.
But she's coming into the studio any moment and I'll
be giving her an entrepreneur interview.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Let's turn it up on a network.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Let's go, I'll see you see Melissa Bruce.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
You know who I'm meant to be. This is me,
so cook, here I come, and I launching out to
the beat.
Speaker 4 (00:34):
I dry, I'm not scared to be seen. I'm make
a homologies. This is me.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
WHOA.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
We've always got fire guests that come on the show.
Melissa be stepping in to.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
The podcast any moment.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Oh my god, I got some crazy interview questions for her.
She'll be coming in and giving us a fire interview.
I always got special guests.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
That come up, and I love when new.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Guests come up. And I actually think Melissa just showed
up just now. So Melissa, thank you for being on
the show. Can you please introduce yourself. Thank you for
being on the network.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Let's go awesome, awesomey Dr Melissa Simmons here hanging out
in Delaware.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
I appreciate you, doctor Melissa. I got some questions for you.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
What moment made you realize you were meant to be
an entrepreneur and not an employee.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Let's get into that.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
That's cool, that's cool. You know what. My parents, my parents,
I always remember them having different jobs. They are both
born and raised in Panama, so they migrated here in
the fifties and sixties, and when they got here, they
found jobs, but never had just one job. They always
(02:27):
had a side hustle back in the day. Used to
be touugh aware or it was holiday magic. But they
they knew about making money, you know what I'm saying.
So when I watched them and I thought that's how
they made meet, I said, you know what, that's cool.
I need to be doing the same thing. I always
have to have a plan B because you could work
for people, but that doesn't always make it happen for you. Wow, exactly,
(02:52):
I think. Yeah. I think doing that and watching them
really kind of inspired me. And ever since I could remember,
always had some kind of some kind of passion I
was following in addition to my job.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
I love that, Melissa, my next question for you is
how do you personally define success and how has that
definition evolved over time?
Speaker 2 (03:14):
For you?
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Ooh, I love that. Success to me is doing something
you're happy to do, something that you can feel the
passion about. Because when you're successful, you can do whatever
you're doing all day long, all night long. So for me,
success is being able to do that, and then from that,
(03:36):
I think, because of the effort you put into it,
because you have this passion, you end up making money,
You end up making a moving in a career, you
end up getting into those on financial levels you want
to get to. So for me, success is doing what
you what you want to do, what you like to do,
and doing it well and then getting reaping the benefit
(04:00):
from it.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
I love that, Melissa. I told you I had a
special guest in here. She's true to this. Now, what's
one of the biggest misconceptions people have about being a boss.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Let's talk about that, Melissa. Let's get into that.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Oh man, I think the biggest misconception people have about
being a boss is that they think the title is it.
If you're a boss, you're a leader. But a good
leader really follows from behind. They watch the people that
they're leading, and they become you know, personal with those people.
They look out for them, They see what the people
(04:36):
can do or not do. They position the people that
they work with for success. You know, when you see
somebody who may not have skilled A and B that
they're really good at skill. See, that's what a leader
should kind of point those people in because too often,
you know, you see people not being successful because that's
not their thing, that's not their jam. And I think
(04:58):
a good leader picks that into account. And they're humble.
They're humble in the sense where they listen to people,
they understand people, They're willing to sit down and talk
to people. They're not just barking out, you know, all
these rules and regulations, but they're sitting down with the
people that they work with, and they get and they
get along with them and understand, well, what can I
(05:19):
do for you? I love asking the people that work
for me what can I do to you to make
you successful? Where do you I always ask people that
when I start working, what do you when you see
yourself as five years and how can I help you
get there in the next five years? I think that's
where tru leader comes from.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Ooh, Melissa's coming in and dropping these balls. Now, what's
something about entrepreneurship? You know that, What's something about entrepreneurship
that taught you about yourself that you didn't really expect?
You know, we all come into things that you know,
we might not expect and it catches us off. God,
But what is something that entrepreneurship taught you about yourself
(05:57):
that you didn't really.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Expect and it kind of caught you off? God, let's
get into that voice.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Oh man, that is a great question. I think what
entrepreneurship showed me was that I can't allow the world
to limit me. That if I'd like to do something
and I'm passionate enough to do it, even if I'm not,
if that's not you know, something I went to school
for or may not even be known for. Like, for example,
(06:23):
one of the things I always wanted to do was
write a book. And even though I wasn't a great
writer or anything like that, just because I went and
I tried it, I was able to produce a book
and then go ahead and sell it as a author.
I think when you are able to kind of just
follow your dreams, allow your dreams to like pick you somewhere.
(06:48):
I think entrepreneurship being an entrepreneur that organically happens because
you find that as you follow these passions these dreams,
doors start opening, you know, you start creating different areas.
You know. One of the things that that I consider
myself is I have a I have an enterprise. I'm
(07:08):
not just limited to business consulting. I can do coaching,
I could do mentorship. So as an entrepreneur, don't limit
yourself to like one set thing. Find yourself, you know,
see what you can do in a number of areas,
so that you have kind of you know what they
call it. You have some colds and all the different fires,
(07:30):
so that as things cool down, you could run to
another area in your business. As an entrepreneur, I love
that Melissa.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
I told y'all I had a special guest coming into
the next told y'all I got I got more.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Questions from Melissa. So Melissa, let's get right back into
if you can rebuild your business from scratch?
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Would you do it differently? Let's get into that.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Wow, if I can rebuild my business, I don't know.
I don't think so. I don't think so because I've
learned so much like when I came into the field.
In my field, you know, I started as an accountant,
as an auditor. I used to work for Pete Mark,
So that was a learning experience and I learned a
(08:19):
lot from there. I learned a lot of how to
build a business, about the in the workings of a business.
And then I went ahead and started working for a
different school districts and building now my career. All of
that experience that I accumulated from being an auditor, from
being a controller and then being a CFO, all of
(08:40):
those different experiences led to me being able to go
out on my own and build my own business. And
in building my business, I always knew that I wanted
to be a family business. So even building my family
became a part of it. And I'll say it like this,
because when my children started graduating from college, you know,
(09:01):
I always had this intention like if you ever wanted
to do something, I'm gonna build. I'm gonna create a
corporation and we could all work in So that's what
I developed. So with everything that I learned in the
path and knowing that I wanted to build our generational legacy,
the timing was perfect for all of that. So much so.
Now it's not just me working in the corporation, in
(09:24):
the business. It's my husband and it's my son at
this point, and we're ready to bring on whoever else
I need to bring on because that's how now we
create generational wealth and build our own and make our
own legacy out there.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Whoa man, Melissa's out here making the moves. Now, another
question I got for you, Melissa, is what mental shifts
were necessary for you to step into your power as
a leader.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Let's get into that m mensorships. I believe in mensorships.
I believe that you always find somebody who's doing what
you want to do well. Se of my key ones,
my first one was, and I'll shout her out, doctor d.
She was doctor Dja Anderson. She was able to show
me what who I was on the inside. She helped
(10:14):
me build my confidence, she helped me build my skills
of me knowing who I was. When I left her,
I knew who I was, I knew what my brand was,
I knew what I was good at from just being Melissa.
So knowing who you are, knowing what your gifts are,
knowing what your talents are, and then setting your own
(10:35):
personal goals for your life, I think becomes that first
mentorship you need to have. She helped me build my
life plan. So now I don't just look at one year.
I look at ten, fifteen, twenty years at all times
because I know I have a life plan. It's not
just this year, but it's ten years from now. That's
why I you know, even as I saw my ten
(10:57):
years ago, I wrote down my family legacy and I'm
watching it play itself out. You know that mentorship was
everything there. I think the other kind of mentorship or
coach you need to have is a business one somebody
specifically in your business that can now show you how
to become the best at that business. I think those
(11:17):
are two big mentorships that I had that really helped
me move to the next level. I loved that Melissa.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
You see how Melissa took and and Melissa so fired
with it. I asked her about mental shifts, and she
took it to mentorship, and that's the that was the
next question I was going to ask us. So she
done wrapped it up and ran with it. So I
want you to know that that's fire. I love when
people come up and run with the question. So I
appreciate you. Melissa. My last question for you is up
(11:45):
here is what's one mindset you had to unlearn in
order to grow as an entrepreneur.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Let's get into that.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
Dang and saying stop saying yes to everybody. I had
to unlearned my need to please and always say yes.
I had to understand that no is a full sentence
and when I tell people know, that's putting me in
front of me, in front of my own goals. Too often,
I saw myself from the path helping everybody achieve, achieve
(12:18):
their own goals and get to where they wanted to be.
And I had to learn that I had to start
telling people know and put myself first that I can
now take the time to work on my passion, my
goals and for still the things I know I have
in my own heart. That was really big for me.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
OO See now, Melissa, is there any final things you
want to lead with the podcast? How can they find
you on social media? And what you got coming up
new for us? Over to you before we start to
close out.
Speaker 3 (12:50):
I love it. I'm on TikTok, I'm on Instagram, Nelson,
and I'm on Facebook mesa doctor Melissa Simmons and you
could always find me. I'm also part of the Sun
Toork Nation. We do what we we have all kinds
of shows on Facebook and on and on our YouTube channel,
(13:10):
so you could see me there with my other co
hosts and and those are the ways that we get
you know, I get information out the people. You'll see
a couple of things I do. I just don't. I
just don't have but uh,
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For more than 30 years The River Cafe in London, has been the home-from-home of artists, architects, designers, actors, collectors, writers, activists, and politicians. Michael Caine, Glenn Close, JJ Abrams, Steve McQueen, Victoria and David Beckham, and Lily Allen, are just some of the people who love to call The River Cafe home. On River Cafe Table 4, Rogers sits down with her customers—who have become friends—to talk about food memories. Table 4 explores how food impacts every aspect of our lives. “Foods is politics, food is cultural, food is how you express love, food is about your heritage, it defines who you and who you want to be,” says Rogers. Each week, Rogers invites her guest to reminisce about family suppers and first dates, what they cook, how they eat when performing, the restaurants they choose, and what food they seek when they need comfort. And to punctuate each episode of Table 4, guests such as Ralph Fiennes, Emily Blunt, and Alfonso Cuarón, read their favourite recipe from one of the best-selling River Cafe cookbooks. Table 4 itself, is situated near The River Cafe’s open kitchen, close to the bright pink wood-fired oven and next to the glossy yellow pass, where Ruthie oversees the restaurant. You are invited to take a seat at this intimate table and join the conversation. For more information, recipes, and ingredients, go to https://shoptherivercafe.co.uk/ Web: https://rivercafe.co.uk/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/therivercafelondon/ Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/therivercafelondon/ For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iheartradio app, apple podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Dateline NBC
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