Then, surprisingly, the crushing blow turned into relief and reassurance, she says — because getting fired was the push she needed to turn her side hustle into a full-time job.
She'd also spent about four months building Slutty Vegan as a side hustle, hawking vegan burgers from a shared commercial kitchen. That's partly why Cole got fired, sheIt didn't make the experience any easier to swallow. But when the anger wore off, Cole looked for a silver lining and found one staring her in the face, she now says: "The day that I got fired, Snoop Dogg ate from our restaurant.
Rather than let her shortcomings stunt her growth, she says she prefers to find ways to learn from them so she won't "ever make the same mistakes again." The burned-down restaurant — which led to a $17,000 wage garnishment, Cole says — taught her the importance of hiring "a proper accountant" to handle business taxes.