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Or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. For those who find new ways to grow their business. American express open proudly presents your business on msnbc. Hi, everyone, im j. J. Ramberg. Welcome to your business, the show dedicated to helping your growing business. If you need a dose of inspiration this morning, listen to this. Down syndrome may have prevented Colette Devito from getting a job, but not starting her own company. Her mission is to start a business and hire people wi...

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Entrepreneurship and perseverance. >> blake said im going to build her a social platform. >> im gng to start with the cookie, then up to you. >> social media is fciting to me because its global. everyone is on the same platform. so, the stories that were already being shared locally, i made little pages for her on twitter, instagram, facebook. all the information that was already out there, i put on those pages. >> once blake did, it was just everybody kept building on the story. not only have t...

Ingredients is about love. from the heart. >> like many entrepreneurs, colette started small, baking batches of cookies at home and selling them to friends and family. >> it kind of came as colettes main focal point. it made her feel good. theres no rejection there. >> feeling confidence in the quality of her amazing cookie, she approached the golden goose and asked if they would sell her cookies. >> shes a customer of ours and a nice girl. we said we would. >> with a small order from friends an...

Dream that is very personal. >> a company is to -- is to get people with disabilities. >> her goal is to grow the company to create thousands of jobs for people like herself with disabilities and her sister, blake, thinks colette is just the person to make that dream a reality. >> shes at the perfect pace for an entrepreneur. shes driven and loves everybody but shes sassy. shes smart. shes so smart. there is such a platform now in front of us to rea change the fact that a lot of people w disabil...

We got thousands and thousands of orders. everybody that came in here found the shelf empty. we couldnt keep up with the demand. >> with such a large influx of orders, they offered colette use of their commercial kitchen. rosemary and blake pitched in and found others to help to push out the orders. >> she has a couple college kids working for her. she comes in after 3:00 when our employees are gone for the day and there from 3:00 to 11:00 at night making cookies. >> practically overnight, she w...

Or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. for those who find new ways to grow their business. american express open proudly presents "your business" on msnbc. hi, everyone, im j.j. ramberg. welcome to "your business," the show dedicated to helping your growing business. if you need a dose of inspiration this morning, listen to this. down syndrome may have prevented colette devito from getting a job, but not starting her own company. her mission is to start a business and hire peop...

Business from mrs. fields to kathleen king from tates is rooting for colette. shes a graduate of clemson university, hard working and fiercely independent. but 26-year-old colette devito couldnt find a job. >> every interview she went on, people loved her. they kept her for hours. she came home and said that was a slam dunk, i got the job. to find out it wasnt a good fit or the right culture, was obvious to her what they were saying. >> the elephant in the room, she has down syndrome. >> it was ...