The secret sauce to entrepreneurship is hard work and making connections, and Carolyn Chism Hardy stops by the studio today to chat about her tricks and tips to making dreams a reality, with a little help from your friends.

Carolyn shares about her entrepreneurial skills from a young age and how she used the power of connections to forge careers in arenas from accounting and writing to her bottling company. She has parlayed her knowledge into success in many sectors -- including one of her newest ventures (HTWO) with daughter, Whitney Hardy.

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