The Space Tradr Podcast: Recent Episodes
Matt Hare
Welcome to the Space Tradr podcast! Each episode will feature a small business owner or entrepreneur and we will dive into who they are, how they started their business, lessons learned and more! Space Tradr is all about helping you connect with like minded business owners and create relationships that can help both businesses grow. We're excited to have an opportunity to meet some incredible people on this podcast and hope you'll be as inspired as we are. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spacetradr/support
Lori Kirsch is the owner of East Cincy Yoga, located in Amelia Ohio! Lori says her love for yoga is what drove her to start her own yoga studio all the way back in 2014 and has been serving the area ever since! Lori is a delight to talk to, full of energy and you can hear just how much she loves what she does, helping people and seeing their lives improve through the work she does at her studio. Lori and her team offer all sorts of classes, healing sessions and so much more!
- Website - https://www.eastcincyogaschool.com/
- Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EastCincyYoga/
- Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/east_cincy_yoga/
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Bulbs Deep is Botanical with an edge!! Jim Craver and Gina Crowley walked me through they, along with their friend Brian evolved their friendship to a business partnership designed to help customers adopt plants! Bulbs Deep is located online only for the moment, but will open their brand new store front (hopefully) some time in late October or November in downtown Batavia Ohio. We know you'll love hearing their story and what they have planned as much as we did. Be sure to check them out on their website and social media channels and of course, come visit them when they open!
Website - https://www.bulbsdeep.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bulbsdeepinc
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Stefanie Hockett is the owner of F & Goode Desserts, located in Newport Kentucky! Stefanie is originally from San Francisco and spent time creating delicious desserts and honing her craft and now resides in the Greater Cincinnati area supplying amazing baked goods to multiple businesses and coffee shops. I hope you enjoy listening to Stefanie tell her story as much as I did and get a chance to enjoy some of her donuts, cakes, muffins and other sweet treats. You can find F & Goode Desserts at the following links!
https://www.fngoodedesserts.com/ https://www.instagram.com/fngoodedesserts/ https://www.facebook.com/fngoodedesserts/
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Lizz Schmitz is the owner of Queen City Tan, located in the heart of Batavia Ohio right on Main Street. Queen City Tan specializes in providing customers with the highest quality spray tans and also offers teeth whitening as well. Lizz is an expert in her field with over 40 certifications and over 10,000 spray tans under her belt. She is also absolutely hilarious, friendly, super smart and very successful. Queen City Tan has grown leaps and bounds since she started it 4 years ago and her work can be seen everywhere from Reality TV, to the Bengals sidelines, to your neighbor (probably). Big thanks to Lizz for being a guest and bailing me out last minute!
- Website - https://queencitytan.com/
- Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/QueenCityTan
- Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/queencitytan/
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Shayna Naegle is the owner and operator of Sno Shack 513 located in Batavia Ohio. Shayna is a former stay at home mom that had dreams of owning her own business and after lots of planning and research, the Batavia Sno Shack was born! It was really exciting and fun to have Shayna on, especially since she's new to the small business game, having only opened this business two weeks prior to recording the podcast with me. Shayna is supported by her family, friends and community and is super smart, fun and loves serving fun summer treats to people of all ages. Check her out on Facebook to get an idea of what new flavors and toppings you want when you come visit her at her location!
https://www.facebook.com/TheSnoShack513
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Amy Stevens is a volunteer wildlife rehabilitator for a Non Profit based in Cincinnati Ohio called Nature Nurses. She holds a level two clearance and works with all sorts of wildlife animals including racoons, fox, bats and more (with racoons being her favorite). Nature Nurses' focus "is returning these animals back to the wild where they belong. In the work of doing so, we will educate the public on conservation and how valuable it is to live in harmony with nature". You can find them at the following places:
- Website - https://www.naturenurses.org/
- Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NatureNurses/
- Donate - https://www.naturenurses.org/Donations
Big thanks to Amy for spending time with us, educating me on several things and to anyone out there that wants to get involved, contact them today!!
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Samantha Gardner and Mady Mantha are the co-founders of an upcoming application that seeks to provide "Mental health support for everyone using the power of AI" via Happypillar! Samantha is a mother of two children and an accomplished businesswoman having spent 10+ years providing GTM strategy services building award-winning customer success teams at a16z and Accel-backed startups including Rasa and Sauce Labs. Mady Mantha has been a Strategic advisor to Fortune 10 companies on their machine learning initiatives, featured in WSJ and a Keynote speaker at Microsoft Ignite and over 50 other tech conferences. Space Tradr was fortunate enough to get some time with these incredible ladies and hear about the vision for Happypillar, where they are on their journey to launch and some advice for anyone thinking of starting their own business. On a personal note - I absolutely lucked into finding Samantha and Mady and was absolutely blown away and beyond impressed with their knowledge of their business and plan, the market, the technical side of the app and also with how friendly and passionate they are about providing real help to real people via this app. I'm already a big fan and cheering for their success. You can find Samantha, Mady and Happypillar at the following links:
https://wefunder.com/happypillar https://www.happypillar.com/ https://twitter.com/Happypillar_app https://twitter.com/FunSamGardner https://twitter.com/madymantha
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Charlie Yapp is the owner of Yapp Studios, Scalded Dog Auto Parts and the Editor of Secrets of Speed Society. Charlie has over 30 years of experience in professional photography, working for major clients and brands in product photography but has always kept an entrepreneurial mindset along the way. Charlie's willingness to learn new things and pursue his passions have led him all over the world and he's been successful in starting several businesses in the process. These days he's the owner of Scalded Dog Auto Parts and the editor of Secrets of Speed Society, a 52 page magazine that is published and sent to every corner of the globe. Secrets of Speed is all about preserving the heritage of Ford Model A, B & T cars as well as pushing them to their limits via racing, hill climbs and more. Charlie is hilarious, incredibly smart and knows business. My thanks to Charlie and his lovely and wonderful wife Donna for opening their home to me and spending some time sharing from the wealth of wisdom he's gained over the years.
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In this episode, I take just a few minutes to talk a little about my vision for this podcast and what I want to accomplish with it. Ultimately, I'm a guy that is fascinated with the people that decide to take the plunge and start their own business and want to understand, promote and explore with them what they do and how they have become successful doing it. As you listen to the show and you're introduced to our guests, you'll be enlightened, entertained and maybe even inspired. Thanks for listening!
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Bill Teater is the owner of Great Day Productions, serving the Greater Cincinnati area for over 30 years as a premier entertainment service provider. Bill brings with him a wealth of experience from a career both in the small business and corporate worlds. We really enjoyed hearing how Great Day was started, his philosophy on how he runs his business, the importance of meeting clients face to face, what to do when things don't go according to plan and so much more. To find out more information, visit greatdaydj.com
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In episode one of the Space Tradr Podcast we sit down with Chris Denney, owner and operator of Chris' Barbershop in Batavia Ohio. We get into what caused Chris to go into barbering as a profession, how he got started and ultimately what led to start his own business. Chris is a very thoughtful guy that loves his craft, enjoys creating relationships with people and taking care of his customers. Almost 20 years later Chris is still putting smiles on people's faces with high quality and an exceptional attention to detail. You can find Chris' Barbershop via the following channels:
https://www.chris-barbershop.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Barber-Shop/Chris-Barbershop-LLC-294502910664624/
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Welcome to the Space Tradr podcast! Each episode will feature a small business owner or entrepreneur and we will dive into what makes them tick, how and why they started their business, lessons learned and more along the way! Space Tradr is all about helping you connect with like minded business owners and giving you an easy way to create the kind of relationships that can help both businesses grow. We're excited about having an opportunity to meet some incredible people on this podcast and hope you'll be as inspired and entertained as we are.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spacetradr/support