“I Was Not Smart”: RHOA’s Kelli Ferrell On Nearly Losing Her Business After Estranged Ex-Husband Took All Of The Money From It | Essence

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“I Was Not Smart”: RHOA’s Kelli Ferrell On Nearly Losing Her Business After Estranged Ex-Husband Took All Of The Money From It | Essence

When Kelli Ferrell launched her culinary brand, Nana’s Chicken and Waffles, she brought the vision and half of the investment capital—her husband, she says, handled the finances from then on. […]

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