Happy Hour #23: The Anteel Tequila Chaser

Anney and Samantha return to Anteel tequila and chat about the importance of having women in leadership positions.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Hey, this is Annie and Smansa and welcome to stuff
I've never told to you production of iHeart Radio. Yes,
and welcome to another happy hour. And it is actually
on a Thursday. It is a rainy Thursday. Yes, it's

(00:26):
lightning and thundering. So sorry, Christina, it's gonna give our
happy hour a sinister note, which is really sad because
my cocktail is so light and lovely and as per
usual at the very top. If you are drinking, please
drink responsibly. Please note we are not actually sponsored. And

(00:48):
most of the alcohols and or drinks that we are
talking about are because we think it's amazing what these
companies are doing and want to highlight what they are
doing and are typically and by women or um non
binary people's and we just want to acknowledge what they
are doing and give them a big props about how

(01:08):
great they're doing things. Yes, and I'm not gonna lie.
This has been one of my favorite segments. I've tried
so many new things thus far. Yes, what do you
think Anny? Yes, well, it's funny because I feel like
this was part of your original plan was to get
stuff to make friends. Yes, and here you are and
and speaking of which yes, today marks as what I'm

(01:31):
going to call a success, which was my goal from jump.
And if you have been listening since the beginning of
when I've been on, you already kind of know I
had an agenda. And that being said, I have been
able to add another woman to what I will call
the Sementty Friend Crew because I'm like slowly racking them up,
and that is the CEO uh Neyana Ferguson, who we

(01:56):
highlighted their tequila not too long ago until two Key
uh and we did a feature with their alcohol and
she was so kind to not only listen to our
episode of featuring their amazing entail tequila, her amazing tequila,
but sit as a bottle of their very unique and
delightful coconut Lime Blanco tequila. She was like, look, look, look,

(02:19):
I'm glad you liked this one. Let me send you
another one. And I was like, yes, please, so excited,
and so of course we had to go on to
their site to create their recipes for different cocktails and Annie,
what do you have in your pretty little hands? Thank you?

(02:40):
I hand still get well though, that's fantastic. You have
some good, very American nail. Polo is going on because
Samantha and I just ran a race. It was bad.
The pictures are hilarious. They're so good. It's some of
my favorite things I've ever seen. So first of all,

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I love coconut. It's one of my very favorite flavors,
and I feel like most people I know don't like it.
So it's something I don't get to have a lot
because I usually do share. You know, coconuts not something
I'm buying a lot of unless I'm sharing with people. Um.
So I love that I'm drinking the tequila sour, which
you chose, I think because it had very few ingredients

(03:23):
than this is simple. I think you have a lemon
that you were correct. I did have a lemon, so
it's yeah, it's very easy. It's just um, one point
seven five ounces of the coconut lime blanco tequila and
then I think point seven five ounces of lemon juice.
I kind of just did. I eye bolded everyone yes,

(03:45):
and then um some simple syrup and then I topped
it off a little bit of sparkling because I like
the kind of sparkles of it, and it's lovely. It's
very light and fresh. It makes me want to be
at the beach peach vibes right now. Oh yeah, yeah,
I hear you. And I decided on the Poloma, which

(04:07):
is one of my favorite drinks. Their recipe and you
could should go and check out their site which just
takes spirits dot com. But it is two ounces of
coconut lime Blanco tequila that we have have an ounce
of fresh lime juice, two ounces of fresh grapefruit juice,
one to one and a half tablespoons of a goba nectar,

(04:27):
a pinch of salt, and then you top it off
with some kind of sparkling as well. And I did
a soda stream sparkling with a little bit of grape
fruit because they said, like, do a grape fruit sparkling water,
So I did that to mine and it is so good.
It has that tartness, and yeah, Poloma is probably one
of my favorites when it comes to cocktails. Problem for

(04:50):
me though, is um, yeah, it's very tart. So as
I'm talking, I'm having a lot of saliva by building
up behind my cheek. But it's so good and it
is so summary. I love it. It does feel kind
of weird because it is rainy and dark outside, and
I feel like This should absolutely be a patio time

(05:11):
with my friends drink. But it is delicious. And yeah,
you should go check out their site not only to
get their alcohol, but also to get their recipes because
they have some really fantastic recipes. And one day when
we have more ingredients and they get real fancy on here,
just so you know, real real fancy. And yeah, we
wanted to talk again about Nyana and her work, and

(05:33):
just so y'all know, they have so many awards to
they're all of their alcohols. They are about to release
a new brand, I think with blood Orange, So my goodness,
they're killing it in this game. Absolutely. I believe they're
also coming to Atlanta this month Annie to do a
tasting of Atlanta or something like that. They're sponsoring something.

(05:54):
And I was like, man, I need to try to
figure out if I can go and meet her, meet
them as a team, because they're doing, like I said,
phenomenal work. And when we were talking about doing until
they actually had a different name called Tea, which is
what the site is, which is t e e Q Tequila,
but they changed it and I was kind of confused
about why that was, and and they actually didn't interview

(06:16):
where she talked about the fact that her husband has
another company that has a similar name, and so they
were like, maybe we need to change this up, and
they decided on the name Antil, which is a N
T E E L, which comes from a species of
Antillian hummingbirds, and the logo is actually a hummingbird. It's
it's a really beautiful, like black sleek with this outline

(06:38):
of a hummingbird on their label. So it was gorgeous.
So I really thought that was interesting and I do
love this name. I feel like this name definitely fits
this tequila, So kudos to that. But also one of
the things that I did want to focus on is
Nyana is kind of, you know, the face to the
brand and has come up as a forefront to being

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a leader in the specific brand. And I wonder how
many CEOs were women in the industry and how often
we see or talk about CEOs, and there's not that many,
as in fact, when I found some research it said
from one research in twenty seventeen, only twenty five point

(07:20):
five percent of female executives in the FIRS and five
hundred company were CEOs or c s os as that
can be called, which is sixty one out of two
nine companies, and then it wasn't too different in two
thousand seven. It was actually only twenty three point three
at that point in time, so literally it only jumped
in ten years to two point two percent, And I

(07:43):
was like, what is going on in by comparison, uh,
the share of women executives serving as general council they
some are sometimes called chief legal officers. There are so
many titles, y'all, so many titles. They actually doubled. They
went from twelve point eight percent to twenty three point
eight percent, So there has been some jumping up, but
it's not too significant in all of the numbers. And

(08:05):
when I was looking it up, they still had this
conversation about whether or not that women can go past
this quote unquote new glass ceiling for this title. It
wasn't until eighteen that Starbucks had their first African American
woman being there CEO, So it wasn't just recently that
major companies started bringing up these other women and c

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e o s. There have been more and more in
the tech industry, but not as many as you would expect,
especially with how many companies are out there. As in fact,
you know, I know We've talked about Cheryl Sandberg, who
did lean in, and there was a lot of conversations
about is this problematic the way she's referencing her success
as if it could be the new norm when it
negates all of the other problematic issues within these fields.

(08:50):
It looks like she's not getting along well with Mark
Zuckerberg as of late, and there's been reports about them
possibly having outs. Who knows, so definitely interested to see
what happens. And I don't think it's helped that our
past administration did not really encompass any kind of nurturing environment,
and when I say nurturing, I just mean any kind

(09:11):
of welcoming or conequitable environment for women to continue up.
Of course, with a conversation as of late, when we
talk about diversity, and I know it's become a like
a niche word within a lot of industries, it's hard
to see whether this is an effective change or this
is just for social standings. But when you see companies

(09:33):
like Until, who has succeeded and continues to thrive within
that industry, there's hope. I definitely believe that for sure,
And what Nyana is doing on the forefront of being
at the helm of this company is really encouraging to see.
And you and I just recently talked about the me

(09:53):
too stuff within the brewery industry and why things like this,
why seeing people like Nyana being heads of this or
being at this executive level is so important. Yeah, and
I know it's not the same, but when I first
got this job, and this job has gone through I
have gone through a lot of changes in my role,

(10:14):
but it's also gone through a lot of ownership changes.
But when I first got it, my boss my manager,
but she was also helped create the company, which at
the time was like how Steff forks the company. She
was so influential to me as a young college student
who was pretty shy and hadn't had like I had

(10:37):
had jobs, but not something that was like they were
always had a fixed term, you know, like it's for
six months, you're gonna work here and that's the end
of the job, whereas this was more open ended, and
it was so important to me to have someone like
her who was really open and frank about her experience

(10:59):
and also with I felt like I could go talk
to her about things like I'm uncomfortable with this aspect
of my job, And I'm not sure I would have
felt that way if I hadn't had a boss who
like went out of her way to get to know
me and make herself available for me. And I just
remember her. She asked me once, like what do you

(11:21):
want in terms of like where do you want this
job to go? Uh? And I was like, I don't
want to manage people. I don't I feel like that's inevitable.
And she was just really open about it, like, yeah,
that's what like if the more money you make, this
is what it where it's going to lead. But I
don't know. I just really really appreciated how how open

(11:45):
she was about it and she fought for me, and
I think that, yeah, when you don't when the numbers
are so small. I remember a couple of years ago,
I think it was that Fortune five hundred. There were
more men named Dave who were CEOs, and there were
women so and so sad. I know, right, But it's

(12:06):
just so important when you have that person that can
really inspire you. And if you don't see that person
becoming that person, but yeah, it's really nice to see. Yeah,
And I think that's again it's a laugh, but I
laugh at the out of exasperation. Oh sure, Dave, because
it's true, like we talk about constantly who is doing

(12:29):
what and who we're looking at. And we've talked about
this before when we were talking about lots of jobs
during the pandemic and who has risen and who hasn't
risen and why we need to have a conversation and
for I don't know because we've not personally spoken with Nyana.
She and her husband created their own company and that's
where she is and that is oftentimes what people have

(12:51):
to do, like you said, is if they don't see it,
create it right um, which we've talked about with like
female first, when we talked about women making change and
making history. They often are like, you know, screw this,
y'all don't have something for me. I'll do it myself.
Or you didn't you don't have this in process, Let
me do this. You don't have this machine, I'll invent it.

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Like it becomes a whole thing, which is amazing. But again,
it kind of how we've talked repeatedly about the fact
if the opportunities are not there, if the funds are
not there, if the schooling is not there, if the
ability to actually take time to do these things are
not there? Do you have the playing field to do so?

(13:32):
And again, how many people that we miss out in
their incredible talents and gifts because they are forced, whether
it's through economic situations, social situations, or just life tragedy whatever, um,
that we don't ever see that. But I think there
is also something to the fact that it is also
taking a risk, because we talked about how often women

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downplay their own abilities because they think they have to
do to be qualified us. You know, we talked about
this many times and as in fact, Nayana she did
talk about how she started her own business and what
advice she would give. In one of her interviews, she says, quote,
the advice that I have for new potential business owners
would be to formulate the plan for your business, research

(14:17):
other businesses like yours are similar, and get a business coach,
mentor consultant. And I think that's very important, which we
don't have access to all the time, and then there
will be so much information to find out regarding a
new business. But my other piece of advice is don't
do all on trying to get everything you need before
you start. That's why most new business owners do not
start their businesses, get important information, get advice, but move

(14:39):
forward and start your business. And that's so true. Again,
I feel like this could be to all, but specifically
to women who oftentimes feel like they're good is not
good enough, so therefore they wait until everything is perfect.
And I'm guilty of this. If I'm not good at it,
I'm not doing it at all. That's kind of been
my motto, and it's an awful, awful motto, right because

(15:03):
I'm scared to do something and failing, and I think
that's something that Yeah, just just go move forward is
such great advice and itself, of course again you need
to have all of those other things that you talked about,
make sure you have a reasonable understanding of what you're
getting into, kind of like buying a house, which by

(15:24):
the way, I'm trying to do, not anytime soon, but
just kind of making plans and I'm nowhere and you're ready,
but it takes a lot of planning to do. So, Yeah,
that reminds me of I can never remember it exactly,
but the Amy Pohler quote of like, just go and
do it. If you're waiting to be perfect, you're never
gonna do it. Um, so just get out there and

(15:45):
do it. But also I recently, and Samantha knows this,
I got an audition for a role and I was like,
I didn't feel really qualified, like a qualified qualified but not,
And I was what would a man do? He would
do it? So I right, I'm glad that I did.

(16:05):
I'm not sure that that is how it should be,
but I guarantee you that a lot of people probably
audition for that that weren't And I was sitting there like,
but I'm not totally perfect, right, right, And I think
that's such a sad state of affairs because that's what
we all feel like. And I think for many women,

(16:27):
especially in the marginalized community, they feel that on top
of the fear of being discovered. Uh. And I do
love the new And we need to have a whole
other episode about the fact that maybe when we talked
about imposter syndrome, we're putting too much responsibility on our
reactions as uh, not enough on others. So when we
talk about maybe it is, why isn't the corporation doing

(16:49):
more to welcome women or to those marginalized instead of
making us feel like we have to prove ourselves to
beyond the expectation. That's a whole other conversation that we
need to get into, and I think it is a good,
good way to look at it. Of course, Yes, a
lot that has to do with self esteem, trauma, so
much more, so much more. But cheers, cheers to all

(17:17):
of y'all. Cheers too, and till cheers in Nyana making changes,
creating new brands and creating new drinks for us. Yes,
and thank you for so supportingly sending the product. Yes,
if you want to concoct a Sminty official drink, We're
still waiting. We're still thinking about it. Yes, Yes, And listeners,

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