
I rarely eat lunch sitting down and am often eating lunch in the car or between meetings. After that, I open myself up to connecting with employees and doing my rounds in the stores. This may include coming up with new plans, new proposals and projects that require more attention and thought. 7am to 9am is the most critical time for me to get the most important things done in the day. I enjoy having some time for myself where I can think and get ready for the day.

How would you describe a typical day running your own business?Īllison: I typically wake up at 6 am. Our process has the same consistency as coffee and some customers have told us they can’t tell the difference with the added bonus that it has health benefits of tea with no crash or jitters. It’s very similar to your favorite espresso drink except for a shot of tea that has just as much caffeine. We have a patent on making tea like espresso. We spoke with Allison to her more about her story as a woman founder and small-business owner.Īllison: I founded Teaspressa five years ago and started with a cart in the streets of Phoenix, Arizona. In the five years since Allison founded her business, she’s opened four stores and also sells all sorts of tea related products online. She sells tea that’s brewed like coffee – it’s got foam, and you can get latte art on the surface. This week diverse female voices spoke on gender and racial equality, electability, breaking the glass ceiling, and truly extending the right to vote to all women.Īt Intuit, we believe you cannot have prosperity without equality and we are here to support female entrepreneurs, like Allison DeVane, and all women in the workplace.Īllison is a QuickBooks customer who founded a company called Teaspressa in Phoenix, AZ. Although this is the centennial anniversary of the Amendment, its promise has not been fully realized for all American women, especially women of color and the underserved.

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