Tyla-Simone Crayton first created her own wing-style sauce when she was just 8 years old. By the time she was 14, she had started selling it, naming it Sienna Sauce after the Missouri City community where she lives.
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"I would wake up Sunday mornings, hand bottle the sauce, package it and then sell it to my local community," said Tyla-Simone. "Once I got enough money from that, we were able to go to a professional manufacturer and get my sauce manufactured."
Sienna Sauce is available in three flavors: tangy, lemon pepper, and spicy. The sauces are available in over 70 stores across the country, including five H-E-B stores in the Houston area.
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Tyla-Simone and her mom, Monique, who serves as president of Sienna Sauce, pitched their product on Shark Tank in February. They walked away with a $100,000 investment from guest shark Kendra Scott in exchange for a 20% stake in the company.
Check out the video above to see Tyla-Simone's journey to entrepreneurship!
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