Sweet Expectations: Michele Hoskins' Recipe for Success

by Michele Hoskins, Jean A. Williams

Presents the life of Michele Hoskins, an African American businesswoman who overcame physical and financial hardship to become the successful owner of a multimillion-dollar food company.

262 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2004

Reviews

[Monise · Rating 5 out of 5]

I believe that The Universe led me to this book. I had done several Google searches, trying to find books written by women and African American women entrepreneurs with little luck. I know they are out there, but it seems as though they are hard to find. I was at the library with a list full of books that I'd found about business start-up but the majority of those were written by men or women whose circumstances were completely different from my own.

Michele Hoskins took a generations-old family syrup recipe, created by her great great, great grandmother-who was a slave, and turned it into a multi-million dollar business. But here's the best part about her story: She started from nothing! She was going through a divorce and faced with the challenge of supporting her three daughters-with nothing but the family's recipe. As I read her story, I became re-energized on the days I needed it most. I thought: If she can make it with nothing, then surely I can do it too!

This is an amazing story-I am so glad I found it and read it. More importantly, I am glad Michele shared her story-the good, the bad, and the ugly.

[Yvette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very Inspiring book on the journey of a single mother and african american woman who started and struggled to become the business owner of Michele's Foods.
Here is one of her Success Ingredient--- "Watch out for the limitations you put on yourself--they can be just as confining as the ones other people put on you.