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The Art of Crafting Success: Taimara Valdez's Entrepreneurial Wisdom

The Art of Crafting Success: Taimara Valdez's Entrepreneurial Wisdom

uepodcast.net Are you ready to unlock your creative potential and venture into the world of crafting entrepreneurship? Join me as I sit down with Taimara Valdez, a professional crafter with 40 years of experience and the creator of the podcast Mentes y Manos creativas. In our conversation, Taimara shares her inspiring journey from passionate hobbyist to successful business owner of Caribe Crafter. You'll also hear about her experiences with Cricut machines and the significance of showcasing creative works in Spanish.

Starting a home-based craft business can be both exciting and challenging. Taimara opens up about her own journey, the learning curve she faced, and how Jennifer Maker, a fellow creator in the crafting world, inspired her. She also shares valuable insights and tips she has gained along the way, providing a guiding light for those looking to start their own crafting businesses. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn from Taimara's experience and wisdom.

Finally, we dive into the importance of perseverance, embracing the learning process, and setting yourself apart from others in the same field. Taimara emphasizes the crucial role that experience and customer service play in standing out among the competition. Her advice and guidance are invaluable for both aspiring crafters and entrepreneurs. So, tune in and get inspired by our engaging conversation with Taimara Valdez!

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Speaker 1:

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Speaker 2:

My name is Taimara Valdez, my business is Caribe Crafter and my podcast will be Mentes y Manos creativas. You'll listen into episode 47 on undiscovered entrepreneurs.

Speaker 1:

Welcome to the Undiscovered Entrepreneur, the podcast where brand new entrepreneurs come to life and could quite possibly be discovered. Meet me, dj Scoob, and the rest of the Scoob believers as we help these new businesses become a reality. And now away we go. Hello Scoob believers, and welcome to another edition of the undiscovered entrepreneur, with me, dj Scoob, coming at you on whatever device you happen to be listening on. All right, today is a great episode that we're putting together for you. I have a brand new entrepreneur that is actually somebody from my NUMOSPECT community and her name is Taimara Valdez. Now Taimara is a professional crafter, but also just started a brand new podcast. If you're interested in listening to that, we're going to talk about it a couple of times there. I will have links in the show notes to be able to get to that podcast. So right now we're going to go ahead and listen and get the story from Taimara Valdez.

Speaker 2:

Hello Jesse, how are you?

Speaker 1:

I'm fantastic. Thank you so much for being on the undiscovered entrepreneur and taking some time to talk with us today.

Speaker 2:

It's an honor to be here. Thank you for inviting me.

Speaker 1:

Absolutely Okay. so I have one really kind of semi-serious question to ask you. Okay, you ready?

Speaker 2:

I am.

Speaker 1:

Okay, are you a Scoob believer?

Speaker 2:

Absolutely. I am a Scoob believer. Thank you All right.

Speaker 1:

Thank you so much for being a Scoob believer tomorrow. I really appreciate you.

Speaker 2:

Okay.

Speaker 1:

All right. So what I get to do for me is just kind of let me know about who you are and what you do and how long you've actually been doing it for.

Speaker 2:

I am Taimara Valdez and I am a crafter and I've been a crafter for 40 years. I have a business that is Caribe Crafters. It's about all type of crafting, all type of handmade craft jewelry, scrapbooking, car making, all the stuff. And I do have a podcast that is trying to creativity that goes with the Caribe Crafter. that is called Mentez y Manos creativas. And I am an interpreter by profession. That's what I do, a Spanish interpreter. That's my job and my day job And that's what I do, like I've been doing, for the last 18 years.

Speaker 1:

That's fantastic. It's nice to see you've come all this way I mean 40 years of crafting to get to this point. It's just fantastic. So much, thank you so much for doing that You're welcome. All right. So, from what I'm made to understand, your main thing is a cricket, a cricket machine, right?

Speaker 2:

Yeah, that's what I use. I use a cricketer machine, all the cricketer products. I have used all their products before, all their machines but they're not like cutting machine like that one. They are more manually cutting machine back in the days as well. We use And scissors that was my first machine A scissor and pen sawing machine and then a ruler. All right.

Speaker 1:

So I really like to know I mean, it's 40 years since you've been doing this, but I know you haven't been actually running a business for a very long time Can you explain to me what actually made you start the business? I mean, as far as the business itself is concerned, what was the thing that kind of got you started?

Speaker 2:

I started the business because of having found in, like many Spanish-speaking creative people that want to show what they're doing in Tish, and because I've been creating things for me and my family, for parties, weddings, my daughters' birthday or everything in the family like everybody comes to me to. Can you do this party for us? Can you create the invitation? Can you do this, can you do that? And I'm being in the crafting world selling with other companies selling their products, but I sell their products because I want to keep those products for me to create my craft. I found Cricut in 2009, but I didn't use it. I was very afraid of the machine, very intimidated, and then I never used it. I only used it for like maybe three times. Then I went to in 2018, they changed the machine. They brought a newer machine and faster machine And I say I'm going to conquer that machine, i'm going to learn how to use the machine from the beginning to the end, but I was already crafting since like 40 years ago. I started when I was seven And it was for me. It was sewing and doing all that type of crafting and handmade things. When I found, when I understood that Cricut you can make things like anything that is in your mind. You can create it with that machine because it cuts more than 300 plus material and you just the opportunities are endless. And I decide I'm going to learn how to do it and I'm going to teach other people how to do it, because I couldn't find anybody at that moment to teach me. That was 2018, 2019 came, 2020 with COVID came, and I found someone. That was. That is the person that I say that she can help me, and it was in English And I speak both languages, but I wanted to know what. Who else could teach me in Spanish? And I've wanted to learn in both languages. I'm very good at learning in English, but I wanted to do both because I wanted to teach other people that I know they like the machine, but they didn't know how to use it And they were in the same situation. I was And that's I'm being like. I try so many products. I and this product to me, the quality and the warranty and everything they offer is to me that that's one of the best one in the market. If it's not the best one is the number one for me, and I I do all my things with their machine and others machine too. I have others machine, but coding machine only one. Okay.

Speaker 1:

Well, there you go. Sometimes that's the only one you need. It's just to start with the one.

Speaker 2:

Yes.

Speaker 1:

I love the fact that you sat down yourself. I'm going to conquer this machine.

Speaker 2:

Yes, I was very afraid to touch the original one. I have it here. It's beautiful, my favorite color and everything. And one day my husband asked me can you make some names for my team, because he used to play baseball? And I said, absolutely. And I didn't know. I said what do I do? How do I do this? How do I cut it? I didn't know. It was a keypad and a cartridge And I didn't know how to use that. And I asked my daughter that was like maybe 11, 10 or 11. And I said can you help me with it? She said, oh, let's try. I had an internet to help me with that. That was 2009. in 2011,. 2012 was when I decided to just to try the machine And I couldn't. I couldn't do it. I couldn't finish. I have the unfinished products here, the project. nothing was finished. And 2018 was like. when I saw that machine, to me it was, oh my gosh, i need to have it. This is the best thing ever. I never thought that a machine could do everything that that machine can do.

Speaker 1:

And then you conquered it.

Speaker 2:

Oh, absolutely, i'm still learning. I'm still learning. Every day I learned something new, something that I can make with that machine.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, it's always a constant learning. No matter what you're doing, it's always a constant learning, and whether you're using a cricket or starting a business or anything like that, always constant learning. That's something I'm always talking about in my podcast is being self, you know, self taught and always being open to learning new experiences. It's always important. I like the fact, too, that you decided to teach others to do it because you didn't have that. So you decided to be that resource for everybody else that didn't have that resource, because I'm sure there's a lot of people, a lot of people that you found that was in the same situation, just like you said earlier, that they don't have anybody to learn from. So you wanted to be that one person everybody could learn from, because you've already taken the experiences and learned things And now it's just so much easier for people to learn from you.

Speaker 2:

Yes.

Speaker 1:

Instead of having to wait a couple years or whatever to learn themselves, and that's really where the boys down to, especially in an opportunity for new leadership is being able to help others with the knowledge that you've accumulated over their time.

Speaker 2:

Absolutely Yes.

Speaker 1:

All right, so thank you for doing that.

Speaker 2:

You're welcome. I like to learn and I love to show other how, what, what do I learn, what can I do, and that you can be creative with anything. It doesn't need to be this specific machine, it could be any other machine. Just try it, don't be afraid, don't be scared of that machine.

Speaker 1:

Right, it's not going to eat you.

Speaker 2:

No, you think well, but you're not going to make it. It's very exciting.

Speaker 1:

All right, what are some of? I want to ask you this question is what are some of the pitfalls and problems that you've had when you were starting your business? I know you've recently kind of started it, but I really like to know a couple pitfalls or problems that you've had starting your business.

Speaker 2:

It's been. I always have that in the back of my head that I wanted to sell, but I didn't want a building like I didn't. I don't want enough is in brick and mortar, like people, like it's called. I don't. I don't like that because I have to pay for rent and all that. I wanted to be able to do it from my house, and this is my craft room, this is in my house, this is my, my special room, and when I decide I say, how can I do? I didn't know how to do anything. It's like I have to learn. I'm learning everything. It's been two years That is being a journey and every day I learned one thing and I say, oh, i, now I have to learn this. How do I do that? I keep asking, i keep asking questions How do I do that? How do I create this? How do you? I don't even know how to create the way to get payments and all that, things like that. We don't know when we have to learn about everything, about how to like. First thing is to do the domain, find your name. I have the name for many, many years And I did the domain them. I did the. I've registered the domain, i've registered the business And after that, now you need to know, like, how are you going to make this work? I didn't know this step. I didn't have a like, a path or a any anything to follow, and I got into a program that it show you how to do a step by step, but it's not in, it's not going to be done in three months or one month is. It requires a lot of work And to me, it's being the learning curve of everything to start this business. That is not all concrete yet, but it's in the process of. This is what I'm working on it And I have to learn about everything because I'm everything right now in the business.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, that could be a struggle sometimes too, especially if you don't have any kind of road to go down or a list to checklist or anything where you don't know exactly what you're doing. So you're really super playing it by ear and and finally and sounds like you finally got some kind of checklist or something where you were able to follow it and finally get it done. It's really, especially for new ones, it's all kind of guesswork until you finally get everything all together. Just, you know if you could find somebody, if you could ever find somebody that's done it, you know before you, and then you could ask them. Or if you go online and find some kind of checklist, and how do I, how do I register this and how do I accumulate that, and that kind of thing. That's always great, but it sounds like now that you have this knowledge, you could actually pass it on to other people in case they want to start businesses too, right?

Speaker 2:

Absolutely yes, yes, and that's what I would love to do. That It's like I don't want people to feel like lost because I've been it's been 20 years since I've been I've wanted to like do something to put it out there And I haven't been able to do it. It's like I start something and I say, but that doesn't work like that. And it's because if you don't, if you don't have the like you said, the checklist, the path and the steps, what do you do first, what do you do second? And all that, if you don't have it in like, in place, you don't want to get it. And now it's easier. 20 years ago wasn't that easy. Now it's super easy because everything is online. You can find everything self, you can be self thought and like do it yourself. But it has to be done the right way And I'm doing all those steps now.

Speaker 1:

Good. It's good to see that you're overcoming that And now you have the steps in front of you where you can just kind of keep going with it. That's amazing. Yes absolutely All right, that's awesome. What I'd like to know in this next question is you've been doing this for a little while, but do you have anybody influencing you or like mentor or somebody that kind of makes you move on, keeps you moving forward, and that kind of thing? Do you have somebody like that?

Speaker 2:

Yes, i do have someone that I found in 2020, when I was confined in this room making a mask for friends and family and coworkers And I my mom called me and said you need to make mask And I say I don't know how to make mask. She said you need to make the face, those face mask, because there's no, there's none. And I said I just know how to sew a little bit. I don't know how to say figure it out. I went online And I found a lady that she's called Jennifer Maker. Her name is Jennifer Marx, m-a-r-x, but her name, her creator name, is Jennifer Maker. She is amazing. She's my mentor. She's like I don't know her. We don't know each other. I just follow her. I just learn with her. Everything I know from, too, about crickets and about all this crafting where in the crickets was because of Jennifer Maker And I am very inspired by her. And she started with practically nothing, just her knowledge, the knowledge she has in design, and she started that business And now she is one of the biggest one out there in the crafting world And I am very inspired by that lady And I respect her a lot And I wish one day I will interview her.

Speaker 1:

You just might. I mean, now that you have a podcast, you actually have a platform where you can reach out to her and say hey, i would really like to have you on my podcast. So definitely make that a goal for yourself. Yeah, that'd be awesome. If anybody curious about Jennifer Maker, i'll put a link to her. Is it a YouTube channel, i'm assuming, or?

Speaker 2:

It does have a YouTube, Instagram, TikTok. She has everything. She has an academy.

Speaker 1:

So I'll put some of that in the show notes in case anybody wants to see what she's about. It's nice to have a mentor, or even a virtual mentor, just like Jennifer, to kind of inspire you to move on and to do different types of things that they're kind of doing themselves. My guy, pat Flynn, i talk about him a lot But he I mean I've reached out to him and he knows who I am, but I mean he's not my mentor, he's my virtual mentor. I listen and watch what he does and then kind of emulate but make it my own way And I hope that that anybody, any of my school believers out there, could find a mentor for themselves too, virtual or otherwise, to follow and that kind of thing. So I'm really glad, Jenner, you came across Jennifer, because if you didn't come across Jennifer, who knows what you would be doing right?

Speaker 2:

Exactly, exactly With her. It's like I was, oh my gosh, how where was this lady was before that. I didn't know about her until that happened. That day that my mom and it was in my mind for a couple of days And I said I need to start. I need to start because it was already March, we were in lockdown and I was home and nobody was here. It was only me. My husband and daughter were working And I said I need to do something. I'm going to go crazy. It's like and I started using the machine without being scared of putting fabrics and putting and cutting it. It's like everything. It was like it was a whole thing to me. I spend days and hours and hours and hours working and doing what she was teaching and watching her tutorials, everything. She does have a YouTube channel that have excellent classes too. Everything. She's very good. She's a very good teacher.

Speaker 1:

All right. Well, now you will be a good teacher, right?

Speaker 2:

Yes.

Speaker 1:

All right, that's awesome. I'm so glad it worked out that way And now you are where you are now. It's always a constantly learning from somebody. Sometimes it's always learning from somebody else, but still learning for yourself too.

Speaker 2:

Okay, yes, i continue learning every day new things. Everything that comes, i try it. If I like it, i continue doing it. If not, i say I will put that on the side for now, because if I don't like it too much, but there's so many possibilities, there's so many things in the crafting world, so many things that you can do and create from one thing for a party, for weddings, for everything, for corporations. Anything you can create in the crafting world right now. It's huge.

Speaker 1:

It definitely is. Now, i'm a stick figure guy. I'm not a very crafty kind of guy, so I call people like you to be able to make stuff for me because I haven't done anything, i can't make anything. So I leave that to people like you and my daughter.

Speaker 2:

Oh, that's good. I don't draw, i'm not a drawer, i don't paint, but I can just put paint in some canvas, but that's it. I'm not a designer. I am learning to be a designer, but I am a crafty and I can if I have it in my head. I don't draw it, i just make it with my hands.

Speaker 1:

Good. That's a good way to do it. That's right within your zone of genius. That's what I call that.

Speaker 2:

Yes.

Speaker 1:

All right. So what I'd like to do now is I like asking this question of everybody, especially brand new people that are just getting started but when will you know you've made it? When do you think you've actually made it to the end point where it's like this is exactly what I was hoping for, where I want to be? Can you kind of show that to me? What does that look like in your head?

Speaker 2:

When I have, I think I made it. When I get to help inspire other people, as many people as possible like others has inspired me. I think when that happened, I will say I made it.

Speaker 1:

That's can you? I mean helping others. How are you helping others to get to that point?

Speaker 2:

To craft, just to take care of the state of mind and to be creative and don't think that, oh, I don't know how to, I don't know how to draw, I don't know how to paint, You don't need to draw. All of us are creative people And we just need to find the thing that we like to do. And we can create anything that we want with our hands if we like it and we believe that we can do it. And if I get to inspire people just to create and feel entertained because that was my thing To entertain myself that's how I started creating when I was seven, making things and sewing for my dolls when I was seven And people can do that and entertain their mind and just feel that they can have a hobby, they can have anything to just spend their time and not to worry about thinking about bad things and the way they know that. And I inspire people that they will say, okay, I can make that and I'm not afraid to do it and I'm not afraid of that machine or that tool. That's when I say, okay, I can, I made it And I wanted to teach and help my people in Spanish, Spanish speaking. That's one of my goals.

Speaker 1:

That's amazing. You know, i ask that question on every one of my podcasts And my most common answer is when I get the big house, or when I get the car, or when I reach this huge plateau And and you're actually in the same boat as me is where all I really want to do is help other people accomplish their goals and what they want to do and how to do it. And when somebody comes up to you and says thank you so much for helping me, it's inspired me to do this. That's when you know you've made, that's when you've reached that goal, that plateau, that that, oh, i helped them come up with this. I helped him get that special feeling I have by working with your hands and making something fantastic. That's great.

Speaker 2:

And then you can do it by displaying your house or giving it to someone, like making a cup, for example, making a cup for the teacher, and that is like one spot will inspire, that, inspire others and just a gift that you made with so much love. To me That's, that's amazing And to me that's the most rewarding thing that I can, i can do. Just when someone called me the other day and say I have my, i have the machine in me is in the box, i don't know what to do with it, i say get it out, she's not going to bite you. I say absolutely, just call me, call me on video, i help you. But those things, that's what I wanted to And that's that's what motivate me every day to learn something else, something new, to help others.

Speaker 1:

All right, that's fantastic. That's a great goal to have. Thank you, Absolutely All right, And what I'd like to know is if you actually met someone that wants to do the same entrepreneur adventure as you as far as the crafting and things like that, because I know you're into teaching people. You're actually kind of doing this already, but I'm going to go ahead and answer this question, ask this question. Anyway, what kind of steps do they have them do? What would you tell them to do to start an entrepreneur adventure like yours?

Speaker 2:

Not to be afraid. Just never give up. Don't give up. Keep doing it, even if people tell you how. But that doesn't give make you money. That won't make you money. Just keep going, keep learning everything you can, everything you can find to, to help you with the, with what you wanted to, to start the business you wanted to start. Find a way to learn everything you can about that business and go for it. Don't don't stop. Be a learner, don't give up And just don't be afraid. Don't be like me. I was a for a long time.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, fear stops a lot of people from doing something or accomplishing something they might be able to do with their hands or otherwise. So whenever I talk about fear, especially when in something like this, i always talk about an acronym for fear F, e, a, r, false evidence appearing real. And it's like I was saying before I know it was kind of a joke, but at the same time it's not a saber tooth tiger that's going to bite you or anything like that It's. It's just something you're scared of doing because you've never done it before. So what you really need to do is take that leap, that kind of leap of faith into it, and just kind of get into it elbow deep and see what you can learn from it. And I love the advance, the advice Don't give up. We all we don't give up because it is going to be hard, it is going to be a learning curve, like kind of like what you were saying earlier and that kind of thing. But I mean, don't let it get you down. It's just part of the process, it's part of learning, it's part of what we do as entrepreneurs is, you know, we'll have failures, we'll have things that don't come out right, you know? oh, i missed a corner or something along those lines. You know, don't give up, work at it. It's something that it's going to take practice, and don't be afraid to take those that practice and turn it into something that later on you will actually work out really well for you. And and I. and another thing too, you mentioned is don't be so worried about the money. The money will come eventually. I'm going to definitely tell you about that. I mean, the money basically is a byproduct of how you serve others. The better you serve others, the byproduct of the money will come. But don't let that be the first thing that you worry about when you get into an entrepreneur adventure or anything else like that. It can't be the money, it's got to be the passion for what you're actually doing. You have to be able to want to do it for free, to be passionate, right, absolutely. I mean, if you could do it for free and you don't mind doing it for free, then you know you're doing something that you really want to do for sure.

Speaker 2:

That's, that's me, that's you. Okay.

Speaker 1:

I'm trying to figure out how I could work this question in because, like, i'm not exactly sure how you market yourself to these people. So I'm going to read this question but kind of fit it into what you're doing. If I was looking to hire someone to do what you're doing, say, i want some art, some stuff done for a wedding, okay, let's do that. I want some stuff, some crafts, done for a wedding. but there's you and I have two other people that have kind of like the same experience and maybe charge the same amount of money. How would you set yourself apart from these other two to make me want to go with you instead of the other two?

Speaker 2:

I think the experience I have to do being doing this for so long that I start from scratch, like drawing it with my hands and cutting it with a scissor, like hand cut and not with a machine, and the results were fabulous And then going from there to machine cut projects like more perfect, more sophisticated and more clean I think that will stand out for me, plus the customer service I offer. It's personalized, it's just for you and I will give you all my time and everything you want me to do for that project. It will be done for you.

Speaker 1:

That's awesome. Having that personal touch, i think and I mentioned this in another podcast too not too long ago but having that actual human personal touch. We've kind of lost that as a society. Yes, i mean, a lot of things are automated now and then you have to go through a huge process to be able to even just to talk to a human. So to be able to have a customer service where I can call you, talk to you the person that's in charge and ask a question or voice of concern that I might have for something, it's a lot different than having to go through a switchboard and then, you know, press one if you want to leave a message and that kind of thing. You know it's a lot different now that it used to be. Yeah, so having that, yeah, having that human touch really makes a big difference.

Speaker 2:

Absolutely Yes, all right.

Speaker 1:

This is my favorite question. This is always my favorite question, but I did steal this question from another podcast, so I'm sorry everybody, but what is the one question that you wish I would have asked? but didn't I always miss one really good question and my guest is so prepared to answer that question, but I never asked the question. So I give them an opportunity to ask get that question asked. So what is the question I didn't get to.

Speaker 2:

To me it will be like you didn't ask me where I come from.

Speaker 1:

Oh well, i Oh. That's very true, that is very true. Where did you come from?

Speaker 2:

I come from Dominican Republic. I was born in Dominican Republic and have part of my life living there, part of my childhood, my childhood and part of my teenage years here, and I moved to Puerto Rico and from Puerto Rico to United States, to Raleigh, North Carolina. Yes, that's my native language Spanish and I learned English when I was 10. I started learning English.

Speaker 1:

So you know, what's funny is, especially when I talk to somebody from a different country that moves to the US of A, the question I always ask is why? and then where you're at right now. So why North Carolina? I mean, you can go anywhere in the US. Why do you choose North Carolina where you're at right now?

Speaker 2:

That was the question my husband asked Why this place? This is a country place, I say because it's beautiful and it's so peaceful. I don't know, It has something that I wanted to leave here since I was. before I landed I said this is the place North Carolina is to me. It's very quiet, It's so calm and it's not that anymore. It's going to pass, but it's so calm and quiet and, like people, everything, I love it. I just love it. I always say that I will stay here until I die. It's like I really like it here.

Speaker 1:

Well, there you go. That's it. I guess you're just going to be there for a while. Oh well, That's great. That's it. That's a good answer to the question. I really should have asked you from the very beginning, but that's okay, all right, i know you've been doing this for a little while, but I would like to know is your next goal? I always talk to my guests and I want a six month goal. So do you have a goal for yourself that you would really like to accomplish in the next six months?

Speaker 2:

Yes, i wanted to be consistent with my work and starting doing workshops and teaching Spanish speaking women about crafting and about how to create anything they want to and that they wanted to show to others and, if they have the machine, how to use it. if they don't know how to use it, if they want to buy the machine, which one to buy, and all that. that will be one of my goal and to work on just here in my shop and work on my podcast.

Speaker 1:

All right. So you want to make sure your workshops are going and you got your podcast, that you're working, and you want to make sure that's going Okay. And what else was?

Speaker 2:

there To be consistent with the podcast workshops and to be working here in my shop just creating things and entertain myself and showing up every day.

Speaker 1:

Consistency is important, especially when it comes to like especially the podcast on top of everything else being able to keep up against this, and that's the on that it's going to be key for you. I mean, do you have any pictures of a workshop that you put together?

Speaker 2:

No, I have videos. I have videos of the workshop. I did a workshop on car making how to make cars for Christmas and Valentine's and I have the video of me teaching them.

Speaker 1:

What I'd like, you know, if you could get, if you could do this, because if it's going to be part of your goal, I would like a couple of snapshots of your workshop I could put on my social media for you.

Speaker 2:

Absolutely, i would.

Speaker 1:

Okay, because I'd really like to put that. So if anybody wants to see tomorrow's workshop or anything like that, go to. my social media is on there. You can find those at link tree, link tree. So that's L-A-N-K-T-R dot E-E backslash DJ Scoob, and let's see if we can put those out there for you so people can take a look at it.

Speaker 2:

Thank you so much.

Speaker 1:

I appreciate it All right. So what I'd like to actually do, now that I have goals for you, i want to be able to follow up with you and see if we've actually accomplished those goals. Are you okay with me following up with you in six months? Yes, you can Thank you Absolutely, absolutely, all right. Thanks for Tamara for being give me the name of your podcast one more time.

Speaker 2:

My podcast name is Mentes y Manos creativas. It's in Spanish only and in English means creative hands and minds.

Speaker 1:

All right, and I will find your link and I'll put it in my show notes in case anybody that wants to actually listen to that podcast, they could access it really easily, okay.

Speaker 2:

Thank you.

Speaker 1:

All right, i'm an undiscovered entrepreneur. I really appreciate you All right, scoop believers. Thank you so much and make sure you stay tuned for the wrap up. Okay, thank you everybody. Bye-bye, all right. Ladies and gentlemen, that was Tamara Valdez Man. What was a lot of fun to be able to talk with her. Now, like I said on the podcast, i'm not a very crafty person, but if you are learning to be a crafter or if you think you have that talent, definitely the person to talk about and be with. She has 40 years worth of experience, so you know she's going to be able to help you learn how to do certain types of crafts and working with a cricket. My wife has a cricket and she's used it for a couple of things and it's just amazing. So take a look at that and follow her on her podcast, the podcast that we mentioned a couple of times in her in this interview. I will have a link to her podcast in the show notes, because I'm not able to say it as well as she did. So take a look in the show notes, click on that, follow her in that podcast and see if it's something you can learn from, and a lot of times I really like this. The couple of times we did talk about fear And, if you know, fear is one of my specialties and one thing I really like to talk about fear. So really take that into consideration when you're getting into an entrepreneur venture and kind of take it to heart the way she did and learn from it. And now a little bit about what's going on with me. Lately I've been working really hard to get myself to pod fest that's coming up in January. Just need to raise money to do that. So I'm actually starting to construct a few things that I could actually I don't know help other people out with, possibly sell whatever it takes for me to get to pod fest. I really want to make sure this happens. So right now I'm actually starting recording on a new course that I'm putting together. I'm actually going to be starting it here today, starting record this on how to start a podcast. So we're going to go step by step how I actually myself started the podcast. Hopefully it's something that you can learn from to and we can get together and start a podcast for yourself. Also, i'm under construction of the box of how to start a business a business in a box, basically and I've got some ideas to what I want to put in this box to help you start your entrepreneur adventure, but I need some ideas of what else to put in here. So I would like, if you could, please reach out to me on my social media. Let me know what you would like to have inside this box And if I choose your thing, i will definitely let you know about it. That way you could have that know that you actually contribute to something in this box. Also, in NUMOSPEC I have the group coaching that's still going on. Please look for that. Join me in the NUMOSPEC community and look in the show notes and I did have the commercial at the very beginning on how to join that. If you want to get a hold of me, you want to know where my socials are all that good stuff. Find me at linktree. That's L-I-N-K-T-R-D-E-E, slash DJ Scoop, s-k-o-o-b. You'll find all my social media is there. You'll find my YouTube channel and all that good stuff to find me. It's all there. So I just want to say thank you so much for all your support up to this point. Your Scoop believers are amazing. I can't wait till next week for you to listen to the next episode. All right, everybody. Thank you so much. Goodbye, wee hee, hee hee. Hello there. Dj Scoop here And I just want to personally say thank you for listening to my program. I really hope you learned something. Tune in in two weeks to listen to another brand new entrepreneur. And remember I can, i am, i will and I'm doing it today.