Brooke Vaughn is Keeping It Real

By Lucy Pritchett




She stance she would locomote baking chocolate fighting cookies together with selling java until retirement. But equally Please & Thank You cafés together with bakeries expanded, Brooke Vaughn took on a whole novel role inwards the trouble concern — ensuring its growth. She says she’s happiest when working on novel projects, together with she rocks her tattoos proudly. Photo yesteryear Melissa Donald.


What was your path to Please & Thank You?
I receive got a college bird inwards English linguistic communication together with cinema from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. While inwards schoolhouse I worked for Starbucks, together with I could run across how things could locomote to a greater extent than organized. For half dozen years I saw what inwards a corporate construction worked together with what didn’t work. I met my married adult man spell I was working there. He was the director of the tape store adjacent door, together with nosotros decided to opened upward up a combination tape store together with java store inwards Louisville. It felt similar our dreams were possible inwards Louisville.

Working on now?
We’ve established our brand, built upward the staff, together with I desire to construct certain that those people receive got careers together with chance to expand, so I am concentrating on growing the business. Now, I’m non at the café every day.

A defining moment?
When I met Jason, nosotros knew nosotros could exercise whatever nosotros wanted to do. We were immature together with inwards beloved together with simply knew that nosotros could exercise anything.

What makes yous angry?
When people don’t bring responsibleness for their ain successes. I’m an atheist, a feminist, together with a modern woman. I say, ‘Be proud of you.’

Dislike inwards yourself?
My encephalon won’t tiresome downward sometimes. It’s hard to communicate what I am thinking together with hard to construct certain people are amongst me.

Describe yourself inwards iii words.
Candid, intuitive, bossy.

How exercise yous relax?
I’m a hot john woman. Plus, deep breaths.

Missteps?
I didn’t dream big enough. I believed I would operate at Please & Thank You until retirement. People warned me that at that spot wasn’t plenty space. People warned me that the trouble concern would locomote real successful. I didn’t excogitation for its success; I didn’t run across myself exterior of the business. It was eye-opening to run across how many people are willing to purchase a role of something authentic. I didn’t run across it coming.

Boost forward?
When I hired our operations director 5 years ago. He was a client together with came inwards every 24-hour interval on his means to the skatepark. I loved his optimism together with his enthusiastic approach to life. He has brought others to the tabular array so that I could locomote a woman bring upward together with a married adult woman together with bring a vacation. He would tell me, ‘Go on home, I’ve got this.’ I experience I receive got an obligation to assist him together with people similar him who helped us grow so much.

What are your entrepreneurial strengths?
As an employer, I’ve learned that I receive got a rigid feel of self, keen intuition, together with am a corking jurist of character. I’m a natural leader. I also receive got learned that I’m happiest when working on a novel hustle (new operate projects, novel babies, novel spaces).

Who would yous invite to the breakfast table?
Cookbook writer Dorie Greenspan, instrumentalist Rob Zombie, nutrient editor Sam Sifton, together with David Bowie. Both of my kids receive got Bowie references equally heart names. Mary Jane’s is Rebel together with Clementine’s is straight-up Bowie.

What were your dreams equally a kid?
Since I was 12, I said I was going to ain my ain java shop. My dad opened The Daily Grind java store on Frankfort Avenue approximately where our cafe is now. As kids, nosotros were at that spot every other weekend so I grew upward amongst an entrepreneurial together with java background. My 2nd selection would locomote a professor, but I kept skipping grade to become to work.

To what exercise yous attribute your success?
Trusting my people together with supporting my people to stand upward for our brand. We beloved the civilization of our construct together with that it represents authenticity.

About your tattoos?
Getting a tattoo is a tradition nosotros started years ago. We acquire tattooed amongst the management staff every Derby during the race. I receive got 2 quotes, ‘The daughter amongst the most cake’ together with ‘let go,’ a Ford F-150 truck, together with a gear upward of quotation marks.

What receive got yous accepted close yourself?
I’m simply going to locomote me. I’m non going to mistaken it fifty-fifty if sometimes it doesn’t operate out for me. I experience confident inwards myself because I am authentic. I don’t mistaken anything for anyone.

Parting words:
If yous receive got a proficient stance together with tin physically together with mentally hand it your all, there’s no argue non to try. Don’t locomote afraid to inquire for the coin for your dream.
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