In this episode of **Gems From Friends**, F’ture sits down with **Rashida Hoyte-Hutson**, the woman behind Rashida’s Pizza, for one of the most open and unexpected conversations of the season.
Rashida shares the reality behind building a food business from the ground up — leaving her job with a young daughter depending on her, investing what she had into her vision, building a team and eventually opening a restaurant.
But behind the growth came another side of entrepreneurship.
We talk about the pressure of managing staff, the financial realities of running a restaurant, learning to set boundaries, balancing marriage and motherhood, going through depression, rediscovering herself, and what happens when your passion begins to feel like your punishment.
Rashida also opens up about her faith, why serving others means so much to her, and how baking cakes and bringing joy to other people became part of her own healing.
This isn't just a conversation about food or business.
It's about **sacrifice, faith, leadership, family, boundaries, resilience and learning not to lose yourself while building something for the people you love.**
### In this episode:
• The leap from employment to entrepreneurship
• Building Rashida’s Pizza from the ground up
• The hidden financial pressures of running a restaurant
• Trust, employees and the importance of boundaries
• Why business owners need to pay themselves
• Marriage, motherhood and entrepreneurship
• Rashida’s experience with depression
• How serving others helped her heal
• Faith and trusting God through difficult seasons
• Developing yourself before trying to grow your business
• Building a future for your children without missing the present
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**Gems From Friends Season 7 — Powered by Payce Digital.**