"Working hard, playing hard" — story of hot sauce brand with Caribbean roots
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“If you respect city it respects you back” In this episode, Isaac interviews Danny, founder of the DK Hot Sause brand, and his wife Maria. Denny will tell you how he opened a business after working at Jimmy Choo and Armani, what working on an international cruise ship taught him, and how Covid had changed his life. Maria will tell how she created a visual for the brand and what she advises for SMM. In this episode, good friendship brings investors, the best design comes from someone who understands you, and hard work and discretion pays off.
All the sauces, amazing recipes, and the brand visuals we talked about in this episode are on the site and Instagram
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Production by Hatch Up:
Host — Isaac Dalonin
Showrunners – Aleksandra Volkova & Elena Volkova
Producer – Albert Olkhovikov
Scriptwriter and editor – Aleksandra Volkova
Sound designer – Mikhail Vasilev
History consultant – Aleksandr Kondrashov
Composer – Ksenia Kazantseva
Illustrator – Dina Sami
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