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Belly Rest CEO Kerri Smith on the financial impact on her business of government regulations.
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Asking for help its message and -- -- the -- ladies don't have a lot of that we do not need it all this red red tape the mom was with the -- -- -- belly.
-- -- to recent capital so here's a little song is called do not remove under penalty of law.
Here's the other -- are so fed up with a stable government song and dance well.
She did a song and its.
Belly rest CEO Kerry Smith.
Says all the red tape is smothering her business very good to have you let's get right to that you came up with that.
A pillow to help pregnant.
Women right read all the awkward time didn't.
But there's their ballots right way to benefit a lot of and -- -- included but I digress.
The acts when the trouble started right it's like.
I signed an and a maternity support hello we also have a where a lot of -- -- version eventually do very much that I'm not Saturday I don't think it's it's alright.
And then you started well but I was kind of credit ago and I found out that I would have to -- 3660.
Dollars in state registration fees.
This to be allowed to sell a pillow in these thirteen states that -- loss thanks for each one or -- -- well.
For the for the first year so it North Carolina 720 dollars.
The year well so it.
The answer that adds up after and -- LC -- -- the regulations are coming well and then I found out that there's also would distributor complacent says this is all new actor I raised my.
Initial 6000 dollars.
-- another thousand dollars for -- distributor licensed to be allowed.
To sell to sell the pillow so they're selling -- and manufacturing.
For the manufacturer it's it's been so you really couldn't get -- event with this -- -- now.
I can -- locally and regionally but we weren't pregnant when there on the Internet and that's that's -- wannabes or use an online retailer I have to to.
Pay these fees.
So what agenda -- -- -- Iraq.
And have -- -- but -- this -- that he has still not right yes I'm I'm -- pre selling pillows right now to raise enough money.
To get it off the ground and I bet had to turn away business because and -- women don't want to wait.
For six weeks from prime manufacturer -- You know that things are certainly.
I think you have a better career here to give a great voice but that we're very poised very sound very funny I think so forget the bill of -- rather -- Coming up.
But what was their reaction you got when you complaints of -- about the rules regulations all the nonsense that -- Like -- little are they giving -- the non plus that's the way it is lady move on.
Exactly yeah and what I found out about it I mean I cried a little bit and -- my husband and I told them about the -- idea and he's he said well I think the work.
Go for.
And so I talked -- for -- friend -- conflicts of rights -- -- put but the song together I knew I needed more than just a sob story about red tape.
-- to get this stopped there and so I thought with a rap and -- my pregnant friends rapping with me.
And then we're really pregnant -- -- the one wasn't quite as far along -- as is appeared but they're both actually pregnant that -- in the video it was very very clever and it's become viral.
There was and I were getting there -- I think eleven -- -- thousand.
I'm not tell us well -- -- show you -- to pay and I did not weapons are already have a you know armed.
Is there any message you have go to other on to -- -- is I think a lot of folks never think of what it takes to launch a great idea.
That the idea could be great the financing behind it can be sound.
But there's -- -- you don't expect.
Yeah and there's just there's always going to be broke box and things -- come up against but I'm -- found out later in the game so that.
I had pregnant women behind me saying -- -- you have to do this.
But I had really -- have to -- have to go for an decide I'm gonna do whatever it takes.
To get it out there.
Do you blame army regulations have been going out.
Democratic ministries about a -- ministries I think this event a hundred new ones are on the books every day and for years years.
So there might be new regulations.
A year from now that will bar you from talking about the difficulties are having announced the -- What what really concerns me is right now it's thirteen states that were partly flock takes off the city of Detroit so -- -- any municipality at my township could decide.
Which was attacked the engines and then I have what happens when you take a -- -- -- -- -- -- hello.
Don't they shoot you I think they should you.
Now.
Now but when there's defines as they put these data do not today he's there's these just big think tank and it you can cut off -- -- the consumer.
So when you take this hollowing out of it but not at the story right MI to your daughter's obsession with cutting tax proposals do they right now -- -- going to prison.
Noted we have we own everything -- where the consumer loan values -- yes nice that things that we would onto the story.
Regulations demand that we re run the statements note to government officials the Commerce Department.
Thank you -- I see you -- really best to you very are Smart bright young lady I think.
I think -- -- business and you've got to music career prom or comedy --
