#233: Nichola Ivy Kouzes Just A Girl Boss Building Her Empire "I CLOSE DEALS IN HEELS"

Nichola Ivy is one of a kind for many reasons. She is beautiful and full of energy and her and her family are the Greek counterparts to our Co Hosts with her family also having Mafia connections.
Her Dad is a Greek Mafia Playboy that courted her German Mom back in the day in Chicago and swept her off her feet.

Nichola is a gifted singer that was destined to be famous and never got in trouble in her younger years. She grew up as an only child dancing competitively at Dana's Studio in Southlake, Tx.
When she was in 2nd grade she was already En Pointe.
At 7 years old she entered the talent contest in the city of Southlake, TX as a singer and was the star of the show instantly. She performed "Together Again" by Janet Jackson which has a very
special meaning to her about her grandmother. She knew at that moment that she was born to be a singer. She sang with a group called God's Country Kids and did a lot of community service when she
then got hired by Disney and signed a contract with them, performing at tons of events.

Nichola always liked the finer things in life and her parents told her that she would have to figure out how to buy all those designer things.

She tells us that the show Hannah Montana was written about her and that she was supposed to be the lead in that show, but because she didn't have a contract Billy Ray Cyrus came in and paid for Miley Cyrus
to get the part. It is still upsetting to Nichola to have missed out on that million dollar opportunity and she tells everyone to always make sure you have your contracts in order.

Nichola's singing career got her to a point where she got paid $ 5000 just to perform one song at age 13 and was able to pay all her bills and even paid for a car in cash.
She was called to perform at the White House for President George W Bush and was featured in Tokyo for a very long time and the face and influencer of a girl guitar company. She was singing all over the nation.
She loved her life and relives it in her dreams all the time.

Nichola shares her story about being born without her right hand which is due to her grandmother taking the drug DES that was used to conceive children back in the day. The after effects of this drug were that the
offspring of those children suffer many birth defects.
Nichola's Mom participated in a class action lawsuit against the manufacturers of that drug.

Nichola was raised to never know the difference and she doesn't see herself different from anyone else. She was lucky that she
was never bullied, just the opposite - everyone loves her and everyone thought that she was going to be a huge celebrity. How she handles this is incredibly inspirational.

She didn't know what real life was like and had a bit of a culture shock when she took a real job at age 16.

At age 17 Nichola tried out for American Idol and Nigel Lythgow crushed her dream and it completely defeated her - so much so that she put down the microphone and has never sang again.
For the first time in her life she found rejection in her hand.
It is her deepest regret and it crushed her parents.

Nichola vows to never fail at anything ever again. Missy and her new podcast "Don't Call Us Pretty" feels like a replacement for her singing career and she absolutely loves being in the studio.

She has also started a new apartment locater company called "Money Move Locating" where she is an operating partner. The company was started in January 2020 right before Covid 19 hit, but they are thriving and have
12 agents.

Then we have an absolute hilarious time talking about dating and we were secretly trying to set Nichola up with Marcella's brother Gino who is single.

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