 I believe strongly that you're going to enjoy this interview because this guest is just fantastic. She's just made me so happy. If I was a Chelsea fan, I would be a bit happy. Okay, I'm sorry. Nimea, Chelsea fans, I'm so sorry. It's gonna be okay, I keep saying. My name is Valentine, or at color me. Valasin, vala penagakalas. But chamwe mapani, white two five on Facebook at white two five four channel on Twitter. Hashtag is over in the morning or entrepreneur Tuesday. Now, talking about entrepreneurship, we are asking a very important question on a Facebook. What are the bad habits that entrepreneurs have? What bad habits do entrepreneurs have? And maybe I should ask, I started my guest. Okay, Kwanzaa did introduce me. Hi, good morning. Oh man, I love your personality. I'm so glad I've met you in the morning, when you said you had to stay straight. What's your good name? My name is Beverly Mombi. Yes. Okay, nendana age, amat nendai wa tu. Ah, ah, weh, you're a queen, we don't do those things. Okay, sir, thank you. So, I'm a student at St. Paul's University. Main campus, Iko limoru. Apakwa baridi. Okay, seriously, akunanga baridi mawabu. I know, excuse me, I was just on my way passing, kwa rindas juna kuru kwa ni ni. And the fog, that is... Uli pita wande. Uli pita wande, actually, sahi, okay, any village where they may change, but last week yata kwa na jua, yule, you wouldn't even wear a sweater. But anyway, yeah, it's limoru. I want evidence. Where can we find your social media? Natu kakuna iso selfi uli piga last week. Where can we find your social media? Oh, Jesus, I don't do selfies. Ah, you're so pretty, why don't you do selfies? I'm just that different type of girl. We are going to change that today. We're going to take at least five selfies before you leave. Yes, sir. Okay, but where can we get your social media? I'm on Facebook. Okay, I'm going to add different accounts, but my business is La Crave, Keks by Bev. I'm on IG, La Crave's Keks by Bev, yes. All right, so Bev is doubling up as a student and as an entrepreneur. And tell me, the name is very interesting. Where'd you get the name from? La Crave, funny story. I was just thinking out with my friends and then one specific friend of mine, he's special, but okay, just came up with the name La Crave, like the Crave. The Craving for their cupcakes. But instead, he changed the name to La Crave. So La Crave, Keks by Bev. So like you crave more when you eat. Just the craves, you just want more. Let me tell you a secret. First of all, there have been very many Tuesdays. I have not been in the studio, but people have been eating cake. So I think today is my lucky day. I'm feeling very special. Lucky. Like once in a while, what do you think or what other bad habits that you have had? When you took EG Evaluate? Bad habits. Like when you spend cash. Where, where, where? Pesazo ingi akoza, take the money and change. Una zaku kutamani food, data aiku apu. How much food? Una bai vitu, how need? Karma. Okay. Last week, I'll just give this example. I had this order. I'm a student. I got the cash. So to me, instead, kufikiri akununu a vitu, essential, karma's a student. Imagine I added more on my baking whatever business. Oh, but I don't fault you. No, it was not needed. I bought more. And then kufikiri akununu a vitu. I just used all the cash. Napa dosi janunu asapa. I didn't see that coming. Naka lakadokini, nilikon me bakianakana, I'm like, okay, sasala zima ni Rishon, hi ni me bakianunu a vitu. Oh my gosh. So like I had like cash and then I spent it and then I was like, no, I need to buy food. But I really like, okay, out of that story, I like that you're very passionate about what you do. Like Kenyona Fanya comes first for you. And that's good. I think that's what makes you so good. Yes. Yeah? I want a funny story about you and the cakes. And the cakes. At transition, before I became like more of a professional baker, there was this one time, I recall it as one of my lowest or funniest moment. I was selling oda keiki and I was just from class. Like I need a one kg cake by evening. Where? Sinadi box, busy box zaku deliver, sinabood, iakwe kele keiki. And I'm just sitting there in the house like, what? Sinata icing, most of my cakes are people prefer the soft icing, whipping cream. And I'm like, I don't have it. Where? So what do I do? Men kabe keki kama kawai at least I had the ingredients. And then, I sought to do icing here, buttercream. It's called buttercream frosting. Meme nima frost keki vizuri. With my nice creativity, nika nan gachu kwa kataon kwa hau. Nika kata board round. Nika chu kulu. Nani ni makasi. Nama kasi. Actually ni le kele. Nama kifuni kwa. You're my hero. Nika kata. Nika trace. Nika trace. And then nika chu kwa aluminum foil. Ay, ay, ay. Yes. She's a genius. Aluminium foil. Nika kaba vizuri. So it looked like a board. That was covered. Now the worst part came, Cina box. Imagine I had to deliver it on a paper bag. That was like, I still look back and I'm like, I'm the one person that delivered the cake on a paper bag. Like how? Okay. At least that guy understood because nili muambia manzo umeni per last minute order. Sikuwa na temi aku. Taftangadi makaton. So please understand. Sikuwa na please. Inginia kumika. And he was generous enough to understand. Akani lipa and then I was like, thank you. I went back to my house. We're going to have two sides to this story. Now she's going to tell you her experience and I'm going to translate it according to how I see it. She did not say no. She was given an order and she said, okay, sour. I wouldn't end up kusaku kutia Okay. Now what do we do? How do we? Do you understand? She said, yes, I will do it. And then she went and found a way how to do it. You are such an amazing human being. I don't know. Where did you get this from? Are you like this in your family? Like you know na nikitu na sumatu sawa? Sawa tu nangetu na umbe? Na umbe? Yeah, it's actually the family. No one says no, but yeah. Okay. It's more of a cash generating thing. You can't say no. So trust me. We are two 50 bob so we can get an order one kg for me is 1000 shillings and I only have 50 bob in my pocket. No way. So it's a yes. We will do it. We will be done. We will deliver it. We will buy it and put it in the house. How did you build your clientele? Most of my clients are friends and probably students in there. So my business RAO So I left my friends, my friends left to check on me and then they just called me and said, okay I need a cake. I immediately someone tests my cake, so I just want to stop it. What you called me if you can't come back? I thought I would just go back, so I said, stop it. So why did you have to decide? Because I faint to eat that cake. Just stop it. Bia na drafta this. I'll just give you my number, baby. You've just become my plug, just like that. The stars have aligned. What would you like to tell someone who's watching? Mwa jwa sana ok, mimi niki anza kufkirea kwanza biesha rana kutukayo. My main worry was sasanda anza aji manzi. I needed to have everything in place. I need to have this amount of money. I need to have these amount of resources. But mimi na kwa na tu, na nda tu, alapu na jipata tu na mbele kauna improve tu. And experience is the best teacher because look at you now. Ya. Actually, niki anza ya, I didn't have anything. I started with kubek na jiko. Ono na iliya kawida? Iliya nyumbani. That's traditional style. Apan, unawasha jiko unatu amaka, jiko ikishikamotu unatu amaka una. I didn't have any baking tins na kuna bakina sufuriya? Kava bless you child. Una ruya sufuriya na nia, dani a jiko na funi ka sufuriya na na keliya. Yaw maka, motu juya sufuriya. That is the traditional form of baking baby. Kitambo when people didn't have oven they used that. And then I kind of advanced to gas. Wato na nulizanga na jimtu na bakina gas. N 71 government25 pa rise I went back toNDPSI so it was busy Don't even have a big oven Spider Na rusha kikianguapia tu keiji And then at least he's a good friend I'm inside there a lot When I have huge orders So what are the advice So just choose what you have I believe I'm a born again Christian Just as Moses was told To kwa ila stafi Ila tu rodi ako And now it's time to tell my Israeli it's Egypt Just choose what you have in your hands Okay this is why I think this is divine Because Juzi nili kwa na watch Prince of Egypt Katun version yes But yes Na kwa mkamosi sal kwa na pikianguapia I mean 10 I don't know what it is because 2 mimi pikianguwa I'm just one person And now look at your Look at her girl Look at her girl What is your biggest challenge right now My biggest challenge I'm in school So I have to Double deal zotengili I have to go to class I have to do kats I have to do assignments And at the end of the day I still have to hustle Has one ever suffered because of the other Like much pata manzeu ko nyu ma shule You're just grasping at stress Amma you're behind on your orders Despite all that I still believe School came fast Like I still need the education So I think nimi kwa 2 busy I tend to Manage both But there are sometimes I've lost a lot of orders because I have Kats or maybe I have classes So yeah I like that they still come back And word of mouth is very powerful Mista kurekomendu Bikad ni kitumbaya Wata ni beba aji Onna vala na tuwambiangatu Jujujuju aji So you must be very very impressive Yes How was it In the beginning Ukiyangali kikiya ko eni umeka It's running everywhere It's melting melting Halafuna piti apo Valentine kekaos Ojali piya promo Halafuna na veni wameni ni So you adjust some type of Una choka tu Okay Kwanzaa weh Meni leko anona ma post zawatru Za makeki Kwanzaa kuna this day I think there was a friend of mine You know to just compass in relationships So like you're celebrating your Maybe ka anniversary Ka dating apo maybe 2-3 months And then this guy decided to Surprise chikiake Na akek from maybe I think it was a supermarket It was a black forest Weh Si wacha aturushi apo kama status Weh weh I was looking at that cake and I'm like Wow This guy just left me Hapa tu Azabeka Na kaenda kwa super Akaenda pala kwa super Juana juas juiku tengereza Okay your times kuwajok tengereza Black forest fetis ana Akuna tu anuna super And I'm like Okay nisa wato Hata staskiaf bar Ba gata staskiaf baya But he's So at the end of the day I think I just Strive And Most of my classes were from YouTube I got the equipment myself I bought the equipment myself Like akunam siya lindi baya And then Looking back like Kwanzia na kuais na tulet paper bags toskari I didn't even know what a piping bag is Pepe konyo juu piping bag miya Nyatu na kanga tinshugana So like I didn't even know what a piping bag is So getting to learn from YouTube A lot of Google search And then one day This one day I have mentioned There's this Facebook page I follow It's called the Baker's Club And the leader of that She's a baker Aka postapoka sema I would like to sponsor Like she offer classes A one day class For basic baking And icing Like icing the cake and decorating the cake So she posted that Anata kusponsa Just one person Who really needs this This baking class And then mimi na kichangutumzuri I was like okay let me just try it out So ni kandika po ama student I just struggle a lot with icing Kus kubek nina jua And I find most of my friends Preferring kekiya super Than mine Coz I don't know how to ice And then I got a post Like mimi na rasi kunko By the way I just posted Sat down And went on with life Jo ni ni kifungua Facebook na kutare Ay you have been mentioned in a comment Mi na shindua okay rada Kifungua evi na una we have Decided That Beverly will be the one Who will be sponsored And I'm like wow Class iluka 2400 Wow The class iluka 2400 So it was paid That was icing peke So I had like to look for another 2400 To go now for the basic baking I think I needed the whole class Just to refresh things Coz ono achiki sasa nili kwan mela I think I needed someone professional Physically Physically to teach me Mimi na uyo ni kanda class Iluka I think it's a real ways And I attended the whole day class And after that I think that's now where my business picked Wow I learnt how to ice professionally Baking part She gives out recipes So for me what I did I just took her recipes Advanced it to my own My own creativity And then after that Business just picked Like I have just seen people Okirudi Sometimes when I travel I go away Now that's when people tend to opt Ono na policing kina But they get disappointed Coz I'm not there And I'm like I can't seriously I can't right now Coz I just traveled Or maybe I'm not around But I think from that day That's now where my business just picked I want to compare you What you do to music Whizkidakidropungoma I'm a very big fan of whiskey And I'm a baby I How So I can just imagine Like why too fair for eating your cake Niko Puna guzaa piaki Apu kwa rofa kunda Ok La creve Cake spy path We're about to be harassed by picture I designed this Yourself? Myself I'm a communications student So I'm just trying Kwa ni utajwa kila ki ito We are going to be so very talented like this Ok, let's just first look at the logo The logo Ok, it is just simple I was just trying out So Yeah, chocolate muffins My favorite Oh, that's so good How long does it take to make muffins like this? Actually not long Really? Ok, cupcakes can In an oven In an oven it stays for around 20 minutes A laugh was a boy For another 20-40 minutes And then I just saw like You know now it's done One hour For that goodness Yes We're onanani Uta kwa na klase zivi karebonia tamini kuji I will pay I say happy birthday June, July, August babies Yalla But the design Yo On that cake is Hey That's all mine baby I just came up I thought of purple and white And then I was taking to a like Ka group We like Around 100 people So we were like Celebrating everyone Wow And then Yeah If If the writing was not there I would say this was a bridal cake Ha ha, hadikuna fecha Yeah, we do pictures Ok, please help me understand How that concept is It's an edible It's called edible print So like it's edible So what you do You send your photo Anything happening We print it out There are specific places in towns And as you print it out So like as you print it out Just anyhow Yeah, so I go to this one shop In it to feel soft It's in Moya Avenue So So we like print it out Cut it out Place it on the cake Onapata keki Ako ikwa delivered na picha Ako una kata una kula unaji Ok People have this notion That unaji kata Afrikans Why are we like this Why are we like this 24 Who Ok This order This order Let me tell you Who are your friends Last week It was a banana cake So The girl was like The guy loves banana cakes He's done him 24 Atasikwana juajina Ok, by them Sometimes they deliver cakes And I don't know The cakes are false So like So The guy was 24 Akambia nama bishto Ake sasulat kwa mkubwa Definitely Ah This was for a bridal I can literally almost feel Like the nini Aka belageti It looks so nice I love you Utu tu love at Kokando You did that like Yeah I have some cutters Like I cut with them And as you paste up How long did it take you to do it? This one Kiki kama hi zina Sila langi useiku Like na bekingi During the day Ice during the night This is the hard icing It's really like Complicated to make It needs time So kama hi zina Chukwanga almost a whole night Piahi But it's so pretty I know Oh my gosh It's so pretty I might have a problem I just want to look at it fast So cool Ay ay ay Yeah So ili kwa birthday I'm saying Sometimes I just Even don't get to taste the cakes I just like deliver But susu na jokulakwa Nakaleka yampishi Yeah I don't know Is it ready? I just say Is it ready? Una jokiki kifure na Furanga paju So susu wezi I see kwa na koka paju I cut Susu na jokulakwa At least na zasa manili Onja Only bless Yes Okay Okay guys Ay ay ay ay ay Yeah That was for dad I didn't escape it The idea was like Okay I need a rainbow type of cake So My handle Is kala miwa So these colors are doing something to me So nani guza maha And if the taste is as good as it looks Weh Ili nda paka embu by the way Wow Yes Wow Look at you Even inter cut Guys It's very good to watch you in the morning You meet amazing people Like Bev Okay So just hala at her La Crave Cakes by Bev And she will do you some magic Yes And what's that protruding over there They look like biscuits Where? Oh it's Menda Another picture Yeah Another picture This one was for a graduation pic But she offered something different So they were celebrating the church And just simple Simple And everyone in that church Enjoyed the cake I think it went up to Embu I don't know mua Meru I don't know ya But li Yan You're confusing people in mua As you're here in Nairobi Just minding your own business I don't know where you went By the way Where? At the English Where? Where? Ai ai ai Yeah You thought we were just going to have a picture We are not going to eat Alo Alo Why does it look so scrumzias? Oh my gosh It is really scrumzias You guys Atanibizurin me kujancha They had a very hard time Waking up this morning But I can see it was worth it So these are four flavors Is mango Strawberry I think one is vanilla And one is mango Okay how can you tell now Okay that one has a different color So strawberry Yellow is yellow And this is passion One of these two is mango And vanilla You're Sanctu Zakarata Nijuzina kujanga Okay I use I use the essence Flavours Unless I am specifically And I take the fruity self Most of the time I use the flavors Do you like fruits in your cakes? Because probably Okay I wouldn't mind But mostly I work with time So unless I am So I will take much time on it But what I do I buy a lot of flavorings And I use it I use blueberries And I use orange But what I do on the icing Will be a bit creative Umona yo ya banana Had actual bananas When strawberry I put strawberries on top I just become a bit creative What's your favorite flavor? Well I love eating So I think all of them But I prefer chocolate fudge a lot I did that once on my birthday And it turned out wow Apokwa chocolate fudge Unani guza mali ni I'm confused I don't know whether to be excited or hungry Can I be both And then satisfy one Immediately Okay Brenda do I get to eat a cupcake please Nantambia ni ni wa to lipstick toka But shorye no I'm not here to slay Sorry sorry sorry Which one would you recommend? I start with Amy Oh Iki pikipoki Fadadadoki Doktafaka Pikipikipoki Kiki Okay Strawberry Oh my gosh Okay I think I need to do the outro Before I start embarking on this However what would you like to tell us In conclusion maybe perhaps Just be you Okay I know sometimes starting a business Can be had in terms of capitals And everything For me I didn't even have the cash Just took someone to buy The ingredients for me And that started it all And then when I do my cakes I like ask people to send the deposit To my payment I get to buy the things So like I didn't even have the capital I'm still baking for my room Sinata shop But just look at me Just be you And be passionate on what you love I hate people telling me that They just don't know what they are creative in Like howana talent Or howana anything they can do I believe everyone was created In a creative way Like you have a creative personality in you And the world has pictured Some talents as the most creative Yet there are others that Can outdo Like so say you came to buy a bowl Okay Go forth Joseph Jacob He was a very good cook He had a brother And he was a bad writer And he was a cook And he was a son But he was a teacher It's because he knew how to cook Like he was such a good cook Brother he was a good hunter But Jacob was a very good cook He knew how to aspect And he was a good cook On sale he was a bad writer And he knew how to cook The whole bad writer Yes, just because someone was good at cooking So it's not all about singing Dancing Whatever Public speaking And all that It's easy for me To have the talent To have the talent You see how they are doing perfectly well The way I have a lot of friends Or makeup artists And they are doing good cash with cash It wasn't a profession before It just needs you being you Just appreciate yourself Love yourself Just sit down Have a conversation with yourself And look at what can I do So Zingina you don't have to be employed To get cash On get the volume On get the help volume You just need to be yourself Do what you love And cash for it I see I draw I have many other talents That I do Behind baking But just sitting down And looking at all that talent I'm a creative person I call myself creative anyway And I thought Singing There are a lot of people in the singing industry Artists I do graffiti and stuff But what is that one thing That can generate cash to me Like Ni kitugani hiyanya Inezani akadu And baking came to mind And look at me now Just be you Do yourself Love everything you do about it Be passionate about it And trust me you kufa And the things that I have had her Saying but not really saying Is be consistent And be patient with yourself You will grow You will learn Take your time And that's thank yourself It's going to be alright You are still watching one in the morning And now you are about to watch me eat something Kumbushe At WhiteFive Or by the way What are the bad habits that Entrepreneurs usually have And Onezakomento At Well So this is delicious I know Oh my god Taste my breath Taste it Enjoy I know I'm halfway This is not ladylike guys This is not ladylike Sorry So soft