Cha Cha Sips

1. Joe Scarbo is not only an engineering genius, but an excellent business owner as well. He owns Scarbo Performance, an engineering, analysis, and manufacturing company that primarily serves the automotive racing industry.He turned his hobby into a career and still has yet to get burnt out. Today, we talk about shifting from your corporate job to your own business, how to stick to your pricing and not undervalue your time, and the importance of having a solid support system at home to support your professional life.

Drinks of the Week:

Joe: Coors Light

Chanel: Black Cherry White Claw

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Get in touch with today’s guest:

• Instagram: @scarboperformance
• Website: scarboperformance.com

Cha Cha Sips is produced by Nikki Butler Media.

40: That seven letter word… that big fear in business and life… yep, we’re talking about FAILURE. I go through my main reasons about why I fear failure and how this fear, you guessed it, sets me up for failure! I also dissect these reasons and “debunk” why they are completely irrational. Ridding of your fears is always a work in progress, but we’re in this together and I hope that during this episode you find yourself conversing with me about your own fears and how you’re working to overcome them. 

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And follow me @chanelsonego <3

Produced by Nikki Butler Media.

1. I met Bea through the LEVEL Community Detroit and I just had to have her on the show given all the success she has seen in her businesses. Bea is the founder of Bea’s Squeeze, a delicious lemonade, Bea’s Detroit, an event and co-working space, and Open Me When, a custom gifting agency that was recently acquired. Bea’s Squeeze will be in 17 states by the end of this year and they’re not stopping any time soon!

We also talk about:

• Why she got started as a business owner
• Opening Bea’s Detroit in February 2020, just a month before the pandemic
• How she survived the pandemic with a brand new business
• Creating a business and product for the community that everyone can enjoy
• Her thought process behind how she creates her products and services
• Going through a business acquisition

Drink of the Week:

Bea’s Lemonade ;) 

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Get more Cha Cha Sips @chanelsonego!

Get in touch with today’s guest:

• Follow Bea: @beawolnerman
• Follow Bea’s Squeeze: @beassqueeze
• Follow Bea’s Detroit: @beasdetroit
• Website: beassqueeze.com

Cha Cha Sips is edited by Nikki Butler Media.

38: I feel really vulnerable in this solo episode. Today, I’m sharing with you how I’ve been coping with my feelings of doubt, shame and uncertainty as the pandemic almost took my business, LEVEL, which is an event-based networking community that serves entrepreneurs. A lot of these thoughts have been weighing heavy on my heart and it’s therapeutic to be sharing them all with you. “Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying 'I will try again tomorrow.” -Mary Anne Radmacher

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And follow me @chanelsonego <3

Cha Cha Sips is edited by Nikki Butler Media.

1. Corey McComb is a long time friend of mine who I am so excited to welcome back to Cha Cha Sips. We’re talking about his new book, Productivity Is For Robots, and society’s robotic output race and reconnecting with what it means to be human.

We also talk about:

• Burnout
• How social media plays a role in this “output race”
• Productivity without purpose versus productivity with purpose
• Disconnecting from work through hobbies
• Connecting to your own message and projects that you put out into the world

Buy Corey’s book, Productivity Is For Robots, here.

Listen to his first episode with Cha Cha and his wife, Ava Johanna, here.

Drink of the Week:

Whiskey rocks

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Get more Cha Cha Sips @chanelsonego!

Get in touch with today’s guest:

• Instagram: @corey.mccomb
• Website: coreymccomb.com

Cha Cha Sips is edited by Nikki Butler Media.

36: Loneliness comes at many different times, and whether you’re single or in a relationship, you can still feel lonely. Today, Jazzy J and I talk about the different times and ways that loneliness creeps into our lives. Some days of the week are worse than others, some times of the day are worse than others. It’s all about how we manage this loneliness to keep us going! 

AND we have a special announcement! “Just The Sip” is officially breaking away from the Cha Cha Sips podcast and will become its own podcast that will be consistently hosted by yours truly and Jazzy J. It will be under a new name, for legal reasons, so stayed tuned on that. And this is the last episode of JTS on this podcast. Listen in to hear all the deets!

Drink of the Week:

It’s the morning, so coffee

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Get more Cha Cha Sips @chanelsonego!

Get in touch with today’s Honorary Co-Host:

• Instagram: @jazzy_j_explores
• Work IG: @femaven.travel

Cha Cha Sips is edited by Nikki Butler Media.

35. PJ Busalacchi comes from an old school Italian family who came to America with a dream to open a classic Italian restaurant. Fast forward years later, PJs family has opened numerous restaurants in San Diego, one of them being today’s popular Barbusa. PJ tried numerous career paths, but always came back to realize that his passion was working in restaurants. As the youngest son of the family, he definitely had to earn his stripes, but now, he is leading this already successful business to more success.

We also talk about:

• How working in a restaurant teaches you excellent life skills 
• The San Diego restaurant scene
• Finding hobbies to release stress from work
• Figuring out how to shift your business in a global pandemic
• How San Diego residents view San Diego versus tourists
• Karaoke in COVID lol

Drink of the Week:

Reposado over ice

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Get more Cha Cha Sips @chanelsonego!

Get in touch with today’s guest:

• Instagram: @barbusasd
• Website: barbusa.com

Cha Cha Sips is edited by Nikki Butler Media.

1. Samantha Sommelier is well, just that, a certified SOMM. And today, she and I had such a fun conversation talk about two of my favorite things, business and BOOZE. Sam started her business at just 23 years old and has built it into a thriving in-home wine tasting and wine club venture. We talk about the rise of the wine industry and wine becoming a part of pop culture, as well as the constant paranoia we face as entrepreneurs, always asking ourselves, “Am I doing enough? Am I making enough?”

We also talk about:

• Struggling through an inconsistent income to a steady one
• Choosing the right alcohols for the right environments and why this can lead to a bad experience with wine
• How she manages the wine consumption between her personal and professional lives
• Everyone's paths are so different but society’s expectations are so high
• It’s OK not to have a “Marie Kondo”’d life
• The never failing imposter syndrome

Drink of the Week:

WINE! DUH!!

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Get more Cha Cha Sips @chanelsonego!

Get in touch with today’s guest:

• Instagram: @samanthasommelier
• Website: samanthasommelier.com

Cha Cha Sips is edited by Nikki Butler Media.

33: Are you the type of girl to go on one date a week, or do you have an entire lineup of dudes taking you to dinner M-F? I am definitely more like the former but either way, dating and dating app fatigue is a real thing and I am feeling it lately. Jazzy J joins me for this episode and we get into this topic much deeper, plus...

We also talk about:

• Focusing on yourself first
• Looks vs personality
• Third & fifth wheeling
• Spending enough time with yourself
• Being too “picky” and what that really means

Drink of the Week:

eNeRy dRiNks?????

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Get more Cha Cha Sips @chanelsonego!

Get in touch with today’s Honorary Co-Host:

• Instagram: @jazzy_j_explores
• Work IG: @femaven.travel

Cha Cha Sips is edited by Nikki Butler Media.

32: SINGLE LADIES! Take up golf as a hobby, you will absolutely find someone to date, f*** or marry. Today, Jazzy J and I give you updates on our personal lives; for me, Casper returns, we bone, and then he ghosts me again. Time to break out the infrared thermometer and track this ghost down. Jazzy J updates us on what it’s like hanging out with her boyfriend, his ex-wife and his ex-wife’s boyfriend. In light  of the recent holiday, we also talk about how expectations can totally kill a relationship.

We also talk about:

• Why Valentine’s day is our favorite holiday, single or not
• We play some Would You Rather
• Hotel room sex

Drink of the Week:

I have tequila, Jazzy J has wine (or water as she likes to call it)

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Get more Cha Cha Sips @chanelsonego!

Get in touch with today’s Honorary Co-Host:

• Instagram: @jazzy_j_explores
• Work IG: @femaven.travel

Cha Cha Sips is edited by Nikki Butler Media.