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The Open Exchange Podcast shares real conversations with people from different backgrounds who have something meaningful to say. Paul Martinez hosts each episode with curiosity and honesty, asking questions that lead to deeper stories and personal truths. Guests include creators, entrepreneurs, athletes, and everyday individuals who talk about growth, failure, faith, identity, and discipline. Episodes capture honest moments, unexpected lessons, and practical takeaways without forcing a narrative. The focus is on connection, reflection, and the value of listening to someone’s journey without rushing past the details.

She Got Kicked Out at 16… Now She’s Building a Brand From Nothing | Kaprece Ransaw | Ep. 104

Send a text to suggest topics you’d like to hear! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2316534/fan_mail/new] At 16, Kaprece Ransaw got kicked out of her house. By 19, she had her real estate license. By 27, she's building Kawfee — a mobile coffee brand born out of New England roots, late-night raves, and a stubborn refusal to climb someone else's ladder. In Episode 104 of The Open Exchange, Kaprece sits down with Paul to talk about what "figure it out" actually costs — and why the people who say it the most are usually the ones with their backs against the wall. We get into: → Getting kicked out at 16 and rebuilding the relationship with her mom → Losing her father during Covid and what forgiveness looks like when you never got to say it → Dropping out of URI to chase real estate at 19 — and what made her finally finish her degree → How a rave in NYC reignited the bug to create after Covid closed the book → Building Kawfee from scratch: 5 roasters, custom trailer, imported Japanese matcha → Why "Instagrammable" is a real product strategy, not a buzzword → The decision-making trap: there is no right decision, just the decision you make → ADHD, procrastination, and the trick of leaning INTO the distraction → Building in public when you're allergic to corporate This one's for anyone who's been told they were too much, too independent, or too all-over-the-place to make it work. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ FOLLOW KAPRECE: Instagram & TikTok: @kaprece_n K12E Coffee: @k12ecoffee Tagline: "It's a New England thing." ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Chapters: 00:00 — "I'm just as lost, but I'm going to figure it out" 01:18 — Figuring it out vs. being lost: which is harder 02:20 — The millennial vs Gen Z label trap 03:48 — There is no right decision — just the decision 05:34 — Giving yourself grace when you blow it 07:00 — Meet Kaprece: 8 years in real estate, founder of Kawfee 07:40 — Kicked out of the house at 16 09:25 — "It was probably the best thing that happened to me" 11:07 — Crashing at her uncle's, walking 20 minutes to a bouncy house job 13:15 — Rebuilding the relationship with mom 14:45 — "I never resented her — I knew I was in the wrong" 15:00 — Losing her father during Covid 17:30 — Forgiveness when you never got to say it 18:04 — Paul's story: forgiving a father he never met 20:00 — The Dave Chappelle defense (using humor to dodge emotion) 21:18 — The bug to create — and what reignited it 23:33 — A rave in NYC after Covid changed everything 25:19 — Choosing not to climb the corporate festival ladder 26:21 — "You don't have to work for someone — just do your own thing" 28:10 — Inside K12E Coffee: cold brew, matcha, ube, and a custom trailer 29:25 — Why she's building a personal brand alongside the product 30:50 — Going viral talking about ADHD on TikTok 31:13 — Designing an "Instagrammable" coffee on purpose 32:35 — 5 roasters in 9 months: why relationships are everything 34:00 — The price list and the process 35:13 — Competition in coffee vs. competition in real estate 36:10 — Building in public when you control the narrative 38:18 — What she's procrastinating on right now 40:08 — What's next: creating a product people can hold 40:31 — "Never enough" — blessing or curse? 41:38 — Paul on his late ADHD diagnosis 42:18 — Leaning INTO the distraction instead of fighting it 43:45 — The time-block trick at the pub Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2316534/support] 'Virtual Tip Jar' - Donate to my show to keep me going! Thank you! Paypal: https://paypal.me/PaulMartinez89?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US (PaulMartinez89) Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/Paullyymm (Paullyymm)

4 de may de 2026 - 45 min