Well, hey there. Welcome back to another podcast episode. And I know you're going to like this one because the guest, Roberto Candelaria, of course I can't say your name right, even though I should be able to. He's here. And we have been already talking for the past almost 40 minutes. And so we decided to hit record and let you in on the rest of the goodness

that has been our conversation. If you haven't heard of him, he's a partnership strategist,

a master certified business coach. He started his own business off of a $832 social security

disability check and $104 a month in food stamps,

which I can relate to the second half coming from a family who grew up on food stamps,

but I've never had a disability check, nor have I started my business in such a way.

That sounds like you understand what it is

to bootstrap a business. How would you introduce yourself, Roberto? Well, first of all, say,

friend, listen. Listen, if you don't want the SSTI check. You don't. I like to say that I'm an uncle, I'm a dreamer, I'm a Disney kid at heart.

I am the son of a migrant worker.

I love Disney.

I love dogs.

I love champagne.

But most of all, I love helping people, especially people of color, be able to build

businesses they love while also creating a life that they love. And be able to build businesses they love

while also creating a life that they love.

And being able to do that through partnerships,

I think that so many business owners just want to do it alone.

And I found that, you know, especially starting with like literally nothing,

that there's just such an opportunity that when we come together

to be like hey how do we get here and everybody has a different here but we can run our own race

with other people and everybody have their different start line everybody have their different

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