Tiffany Haddish joined Cheddar News to discuss her investment in  ''Assemble" with app CEO and Co-founder Cortney Woodruff. The actor also discussed her efforts toward the SAG-AFTRA strike.

<div class="block">Tiffany Haddish joined Cheddar News to discuss her investment in &#39;&#39;Assemble&quot; with app CEO and Co-founder Cortney Woodruff. The actor also discussed her efforts toward the SAG-AFTRA strike.</div>

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Tiffany Haddish Talks Investing in App 'Assemble' & SAG-AFTRA Strike

Are you a fan of Tiffany had? Who isn't? I'm so excited to hear your interview, right? Who isn't? She's known for movies like Girls trip and night school. Not to mention season two of the after party. And I spoke with Tiffany and her business partner about their new project, a platform that helps connect experts with people who need their help. It's called Assemble. It's probably the first interview the Tiffany's done with someone from the New York Stock Exchange. You'll see why. And we had a very unexpected moment toward the end. OK, Tiffany, I'll start with you. How did you hear about assemble and what made you want to invest? Um I heard about a symbol through um one of my former colleagues and they connected me with Courtney. Courtney told me more about it, how it works, what they were doing. And I was like, let's go, let's go. So Courtney, you got to jump in now too. I know you're the co founder and CEO of Assemble. What can you tell us about the platform? Yeah. So, I mean, initially it was, it was master class for black and brown experts. Um But now it's, it's more of a cool way for you to connect directly with these experts uh via video calls or video responses to your questions. And we're just really excited about it because we finally have that aha moment and we're getting the nostalgia from all of our customers and they're just, they're just wild every time they interact with the platform. And Tiffany, what's some of the advice that you've been able to offer on the platform? Um I've been able to say what motivates me. Um What, how to keep motivated, which is very important. What else have I been talking about relationships and all kind of weird things? Is it easy? Very, very helpful, too good, good, good. And do you find that it is easy to, to connect with um some of the viewers, some of the people writing in and wanting to connect with you on the platform? It's easy for me. I mean, I could connect anywhere on the platform is very simple though. But yeah, I I'm a pretty easy to connect with type of person. Uh Courtney. So, so why is the platform especially important now during the writers strike? I think it's important because you have so many individuals uh creatives where there's actors, comedians, producers, writers, you know, such as Tiffany and um they can't generate income. And I think that this is the first time, very sim or the second time, very similar to COVID where they kind of have downtime and they actually have to earn a living. So it's a great way and moment for them to pay it forward. Uh mentor coach, the next generation of aspiring creatives and professionals, but also just connect with fans that want to get a peek behind the curtain. Tiffany, has this been a good outlet for you and something to focus on during the strike? Um Yes and also striking has been a great outlet for me and um something to focus on. Yeah. So talk to me more, talk to me more about that, your experience and what you want. Um I want everybody to be happy when I want to get back to work. So my experience has been marching around um these studios in the hot sun. Yeah, I need to get on the committee. Tiffany, I know you mentioned earlier that people have been writing into you connecting with you asking you uh ways to get motivated and stay motivated. What have you told them? Um I've told them to make sure that you have the right? Why, like, why do you wanna do this? Is it really because those whys are usually what inspires you to do more and to be great, right? Like I know what my why is for doing what I do? Do you know what your why is Courtney? What are some of the other top questions that people have on the platform? Assemble? Uh I think, you know, when it comes to entertainment or music. At least we, we get questions around uh not having access being from small towns and, and how do you navigate, you know, certain industries. We have a lot of questions in the finance industry around entrepreneurship, um around fundraising starting you. We have a lot of notable individuals that are given advice on how to start your own funds. I mean, we've seen sessions set up around how to attract the right uh council and accountants and, and infrastructure to create a hedge fund. Um And yeah, so it, it, it really varies but it, it's very, it's very amazing. I think Tiffany had a question just the other day asking her, how does she select jewelry for red carpet events? Um So all of these, yeah, it is from a prominent jewelry owner and um um creator in L A. So, you know, I think we, we've kind of taken the lid off of things and, and, and the thing I like to say is we figured out how to monetize people's curiosity. And um and inquisitiveness Tiffany had behind you. There was a dude walk the other way. I'm here at the stock exchange. I bet a lot of traders girl looking like. Well, thank you. I, I appreciate, I appreciate that tip. Uh Tiffany had. Thank you, uh Courtney Woodruff. Uh Thanks so much and we'll see you. Uh We'll be following your work on assemble. Thanks again. Thank you. For having us, Chris. We'll send you a gift with some responses too. Uh Thank you so much. I'll send you some honey. If you have the stock ex, go ahead and get some of this had honey on that, uh, on that, uh that had honey. Is that your honey? Yeah. Yeah, I got my own bees, our bees in the trap and this must be like amazing. Probably good for my voice. Right. Excellent for your voice and for your immune system and a whole lot of other things is that, is that part of your daily routine? Well, my age, honey. Yeah, it's fun. I got bees boxes of honey. I'm about to start giving away to my friends. Oh, my gosh. I would be so honored. Tiffany. Thank you so much. Very exciting. Did you get the honey a lot of fun. So, we taped this yesterday. The honey hasn't showed up yet, but I will report back if it does arrive. Tiffany had Courtney Woodruff. He's your business partner. It was, it was a fun conversation. And thanks to them, it seems like it. Now I'm going to focus on them. Know my wife. Yes. That's good.