March 5, 2023 • 23 mins
Welcome to our second episode of interviewing local businesses. This episode I got to sit down with one of my buddies, Rick Cameron, and we discussed what he is doing within the Entrepreneurship world. We discuss his love of making candles, his love of creating a magical moment within weddings, and his secret clock making business. This is someone you want to listen to as he has a wealth of experience and knows what it takes to create a sustainable business. Contact information to support him is below and on our website.
Rick Cameron
Phone: 775.399.8318
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Dustin Steffey (00:00):
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Welcome to your top rated business
entrepreneurship, selfdevelopment and smart investment
podcast. This podcast is hostedby creator and founder Dr.
Dustin Steffey and also hostedby coach, music producer and
influencer yours truly Jadenrush Norville, we are blessed
for many accolades such as beingnominated for the People's
Choice Award for Best BusinessPodcast, as well as raising over
(01:13):
$5,000 last year for the CysticFibrosis Foundation, as well. As
for the Boys and Girls Club.
Spending a global reach ourpodcast is in the top four
downloads in four countries.
Without further ado, welcome tochopping wood fire, ladies and
gentlemen, let's chop it up.
Dustin Steffey (01:34):
I'm excited because we are continuing our
small business interviews, andtoday I have a special guest on
I've known him for quite a longtime. Definitely when I look at
an entrepreneur, the definitionof an entrepreneur, he's tried
many, many things. I can't sayhe's successful in everything,
but he has created his ownsuccess over trial and error. I
(01:56):
mean, as we know, asentrepreneurs, a lot of it is
fail sometimes. And then yousucceed other times until you
find that right equation. Sowithout further ado, I want to
introduce Rick to chopping withfire, and allow him to tell his
story a little bit. And thenwe'll dive into his businesses
and kind of how he got intoentrepreneurship and what he's
(02:17):
learned. So that way we alllearn from it. Again, I have
these interviews on purpose foreveryone. Not only is it
tactical, for just seeing how tocreate success in small
businesses, but you learnsomething from different people.
So keep in mind, it's not a onesize fits all, we take what we
need to be better and educateourselves. So without further
(02:41):
ado, I'm going to hand it overto Rick, thank you for your time
today. Rick, let's dive into it.
Rick Cameron (02:47):
Thank you, Justin.
Yeah, as you know, I started outoriginally doing delivery diner.
And that was that was a businessI started with basically the
last $100 I had in my pocket.
And that got me my businesslicense. It was successful. It
was slow in the beginning, butthen it grew to become pretty
successful. I grew to a businessthat was bringing in 10,000 a
(03:11):
month and clearing afterexpenses and everything, four
grand a month. That was myshare, you know, but you know,
as everybody knows, inentrepreneurship, you're
successful only for a certainperiod of time, and you want to
be more successful, which meansyou have to kind of diversifying
(03:32):
move on into something else. Andyou know, that's what I ended up
doing. I've I've moved on fromdelivery diner, I am still you
know, I still kind of miss doingthat. Because the customers are
great. I have really goodcustomers. But I like doing the
other things I do. Which one ofwhich, as you know is my
(03:55):
weddings by Rick. I've done thatnow for about 10 years. And then
I have recently jumped back intowhat most people would consider
a hobby, which Yeah, it is ahobby, but it's also a
relaxation for me when I get offof work sometimes I'll spend you
know four hours after workmaking candles. I mean, it's
(04:16):
kind of odd sure, you know, youdon't hear too many men making
candles you know usually findwomen doing it, but it's
something that is absolutelyrelaxing for me. And I love
doing it it it's something Idon't mind even spending you
know, my days off spending afull day making, you know, a
couple of runs of candles. It'ssomething that brings me joy and
(04:39):
when somebody buys them from meand they take them home and I
get a phone call back saying heylook, you know that smell from
that candle lasted forever. Andthat candle you know i For me,
I've I've tested my own candles.
I burned them. I burned one ofthem. It lasted for 12 hours.
are straight before it burnedout. But for me, the candles,
(05:02):
the smells and everything of thecandles are are wonderful, you
know, as you know, you've gotone there, the sugar cookie, and
they come in a jelly jar, as yousee that for four bucks. Yeah,
it's, you know, a little lessthan the size of the $5 ones,
you can buy a Walmart, but forfour bucks, you get one of those
(05:27):
candles, and it lasts, like Isaid, forever, and the scent
lasts forever in it, it doesn'tburn out after, you know,
burning out a couple of times.
And it's just for me, you know,like I said, making them it's
very relaxing, I love doing it.
And, you know, I love it. Whenthe customers come back and say
(05:49):
I love the smell, I love the wayit worked. I don't have you
know, I want to buy more. So,
Dustin Steffey (05:55):
so the candle I'm holding in my hand is sugar
cookie, it definitely smellslike sugar cookie. Some things
that I noticed just based off ofother competitors candles,
because I mean, I have acompetitive candle here. So we
can kind of compare here is whenI feel the wax has a glossy tint
to it actually feels pretty likequality made versus when I look
(06:20):
at the wax of like a competitor.
It's really doll, it looks likeit burns a little quicker, in my
opinion. Like he was saying,this is a 12 hour candle. And
the one I have in my hand isfrom a competitor. I won't the
competitor out there, but thisone burns about the same 12
hours and it's double the size.
(06:42):
So I mean bang for the buck. Imean, I spent 10 bucks on this
one versus four bucks on thisone. So I mean, obviously, when
you start buying local like inthese local businesses, no,
especially entrepreneurs andstuff, quality over quantity, I
mean, you look at like Walmart,you look at like Bath and
Bodyworks, you look at otherplaces, it's definitely made for
(07:05):
the masses. It's mass quantity.
And so sometimes quality takes atoll. Sure this smell smells
good. But how long does it last?
And were you putting more bangfor the buck? In my opinion,
right? So there's some goodquality stuff, I was actually
looking for a lighter, I wasgonna burn this one to kind of
smell the burn to kind of givesome things. So a wall, Rick
(07:26):
explains kind of his journey ofentrepreneurship because he has
a pretty good one, I'm gonnalook for a lighter. So yeah,
Rick Cameron (07:34):
so you know, like I said, the beginning, you know,
was the delivery diner business.
And it's, you know, it's evolveda long time. And it works. You
know, the thing with being anentrepreneur is not only are you
working for yourself, but you'reyou're creating success for
yourself that you can share,especially with your family, and
(07:58):
you can, you know, get thatsuccess to grow with them, you
know, get them interested inbecoming an entrepreneur for
themselves, or maybe taking overyour own business, you know, as
you decide, but entrepreneurshipto me is being able to share
with somebody, what you createfrom within, so that they get to
(08:20):
experience a little of you. Andthey actually kind of get a
piece of you now when you dothat. And Dustin has got this
candle going. He's walked in thesmell here. Yeah, it smells
good. Trust me. And I hope heagrees that it smells good. But
(08:42):
you know, if not be honest, thisbut, you know, and I'm sure he
agrees with you know what I'msaying about entrepreneurship,
too. You know, it's somethingit's, it's difficult it takes
time from you. And the rewardsthat you benefit from it may not
always be financially, but theexperience insight is what makes
(09:05):
an entrepreneur, an entrepreneurtruthfully,
Dustin Steffey (09:10):
and as I've explained in the almost 70
episodes that we've had ofentrepreneurship and going down
this journey and stuff, it canstem from a hobby like it has
with Rick, it can stem fromsomething you teach yourself
like B because this wholepodcasting thing a year ago was
(09:31):
boring, and now it's secondnature. Or, I mean it could be a
combination of both but inactuality entrepreneurship and
from what I've learned from themany of guests that I've had on,
it takes many forms. It takes aspecial person to jump in and do
it. It takes a lot of grit in myopinion, a lot of hard work, a
(09:53):
lot of dedication you can't justgo into entrepreneurship and and
think that all A sudden you haveall this free time because you
don't. And I've had many, manyguests on that have said like,
once the business isestablished, then you start kind
of enjoying life a little bit.
But establishment takes quitesome time. And it depends from
business to business, Rickwanted a honest opinion of his
(10:15):
candles. So I'm burning this onecalled Sugar cookie right now.
And the scent. So right when Iburned it, the scent started to
take take hold in the room. Soright now I'm starting to smell
that and it's pretty, prettynice, pretty strong, pretty,
pretty good candle, in myopinion, it's something that I'd
(10:37):
probably say you burn for anhour in the Senate will last for
a good few hours because of thenature of how he makes the
candle. So really good stuffhere. I really enjoy
interviewing local smallbusinesses, because it's given
back to entrepreneurship really,and this is, this is important.
So like I'm local to I'm, we'relocal in Nevada, and we're local
(11:01):
to northern Nevada. So I'm goingto have in the episode
description, some I'll probablyI'll have Rick's contact
information, I haven't asked himyet about ordering social media,
he'll probably explain that orwebsites or anything along those
lines. But this is one of themany talents that he has when I
(11:23):
first met him. I mean, he wasmaking awesome, awesome clocks
that were custom made. And he'shad the weddings for a while now
that he does, which is amazing.
And then obviously he hadexternally that he did food
delivery and was successful inthat. Now we have DoorDash and
(11:44):
Uber and stuff. So now he kindof evolved. And that's what he
was leading into when he wastalking about entrepreneurship,
you can't stay stuck in onething, because our environment
changes so much. And as you guyshave learned and listened to the
many episodes that I've had, youguys have seen that like
(12:07):
evolution is mandatory change ismandatory. If you're not
changing, I don't think you'regoing to see the success that
you want to see. Whereas ifyou're evolving, and you have a
plan, and you put everythingtogether and pour your heart and
soul into it, I think as long asyou can course correct
entrepreneurship is amazing.
It's an amazing thing. So handit over to Rick, the one thing
(12:29):
that I want him to kind ofexplain is like, but what led
him to the entrepreneurialjourney. So like you guys know,
my story, what led me to it isthe fact that I just hate
working for the man, right. AndI think that I'm very much
capable of doing my own thingand making good money, and not
having to worry about chasingsomeone else's dreams. I've
(12:53):
never been wanting to chaseother people's dreams, I'd
rather chase my own. Soeverybody has a different story.
We're gonna dive into his, andthen we'll circle back with if
you guys are interested in maybegetting married, which do not
ask me about that, becausethat's not my favorite thing. Or
maybe ordering some of thecandles to actually try them
(13:13):
out. Or even if he's willing andtime permits, like these cool
clocks that I told you guysabout which we don't have one
here we will eventually Him andI are going to work on one.
That's cool. And I'd like to putit in my background back there.
So let's dive into like How Howdid how did your like journey
(13:34):
like, start essentially, likewhat led you to
entrepreneurship, nobody's bornunderstanding this, you have to
kind of like Teach Yourselfthese things, obviously. And you
You my friend, obviously you'rea little, you're a little more
wiser than I am because you're alittle little older have a
little more experience than Ido. So obviously, there's
(13:55):
something that we can take fromthis and kind of apply it. So
tell me a little bit about that.
Rick Cameron (14:02):
I'll tell you a little bit about my journey. How
long, you know, life's road, soto speak. I worked for somebody,
you know, for many years, I workin the locksmith industry for 22
years during that period oftime. 10 years of that I worked
or police department inCalifornia and you know, you get
get to a point where in yourhead you're thinking why am I
(14:26):
working for somebody else? Whyam I providing food for their
table? And yeah, I'm getting anincome and that it's providing
food for mine too. But why am Ipaying for everybody else? Why
am I not paying myself? I'mworth paying myself. And so
that's when I started looking atyou know, trying to get out
(14:47):
there and do something formyself. And at one point in time
I did have my own locksmithbusiness and then I moved up
here to the state of Nevada andthings are a little different
here you know and you learn toadapt to that I've been here now
20 years. But you, you want tokind of I want to put that you
want, you want to be able toprovide for your family, for
(15:10):
yourself and for your future andfor your kids future. And you
don't necessarily want to dothat by providing for your
boss's kids future, if youunderstanding what I mean. But
this track on the candlesliterally started over 20 years
ago, as a hobby, I used to comehome from work, and I commuted
(15:32):
85 miles one way for work. Andso when I would get home, at the
end of my day, I'm working onI'm tired, I'm frustrated,
sometimes with the commute, andI need to have something to take
and pull that away. And give mesome relaxation. Truthfully,
honestly, it may not seem likeit is relaxing. But making
(15:52):
candles is relaxing, becauseyou're sitting there melting
that wax, waiting for it to getto that point where you can pour
it into something that you cansee your creation. And at the
end, you get to see that and youget to see what you have created
and what somebody thinks aboutyour creation, you know, because
(16:12):
if they like it, they're gonnabuy it. But like I said, that
was a hobby in the beginning.
And now it's something that, youknow, I turned back to 20 years
later, 25 years later, somethinglike that, where I'm looking at
why am I spending money orcandle that only lasts for maybe
a day, you know, I can burn oneof these for three or four days
without a problem. Or if Iwanted to burn it straight for
(16:35):
one day, one full day, I canfire that thing up in my house
and let it burn all day long.
And I can come and go from myhouse. And when I come back home
and that candles out, you canstill smell it, I don't I don't
believe in short, changing thescent of the candle I believe in
using as much of the scent thatyou can buy, you know, as it
(16:57):
comes in little jars. And I'lluse a whole jar on a run a
candle, and we're only talkingsix candles. So and that's you
know, pound and a half of wax,and you figure a pound and a
half on wax and you know, a fulljar of scent in one candle.
That's four ounces, that'spretty potent, it will make your
(17:17):
house smell good. You know, Imean, my house isn't all that
big. It's only you know, a 900square foot home. But it lasts,
you know, and I've had peoplecome over and now they'll walk
in they go wow, what what'sthat, that you got going? You
know, I'll tell them and theygo, Oh, you're making candles?
Oh, we didn't know that. Let'slook you know, and so they start
(17:38):
looking through what I've got,you know, oh, I want that. Man
these things smells so good. Youknow, it's nice when you see
that it's it's pleasant, andit's comforting, comforting, you
know that somebody actuallytakes pleasure in what you're
doing. So that's kind of where,you know, this is all come
Dustin Steffey (17:55):
from. So one thing you brought up that made
me think a little bit about myhobbies essentially is what what
do I what am I passionate about?
And what's fulfilling to me. Soas as you do and so do I, we
still work kind of for the man,right? And so when I come home,
I do this and this is rewardingto me because to me, this is
(18:16):
given back to a greater cause.
So like the interview we'rehaving right now, this is a
small business and I supportsmall businesses as should most
people and furthermore, I amfulfilled by just kind of the
end product, which the endresult is when the edits are
done. When the screens close,and you produce this and you
(18:39):
send it out to the world. What'sit Sound Like? What's it look
like? Is it perfect? And that'sfulfilling to me so that's
something that I'm into as wellto you you were talking about
pouring wax and stuff and thatseems fulfilling to me. I like
watching those tubes wherepeople dip stuff into asset and
then it changes like thatthere's something fulfilling
(19:01):
about just watching asset andwatching it just turn something
into something different butthat's just neither here nor
there as far as the candles asfar as you're running a business
obviously, however and what aresome ways people can get a hold
of you obviously in the episodedescription. We're gonna we're
gonna have that in there. Do youhave a website take Facebook
(19:22):
orders do you just are you oldschool and you just do a phone
call and then you send it likesend a carrier pigeon? How to
how can people get a hold of youto try out your wonderful
products?
Rick Cameron (19:35):
Well, not quite that old school as far as
carrier picking. Facebook ispretty much where I put my
candles, you know and peoplecouldn't get me through there. I
don't really have a website onit. I eventually one day I
probably will in the nearfuture. I just haven't done it
yet. But you can get a hold ofme through Facebook. Again. My
(19:56):
name is Rick Cameron and you cancatch me there through there or
you can Get a hold of me, youknow, over the phone, I can, I
can leave my phone number, it's775-399-8318. And you can get me
there, you know, if you'reinterested in ordering candles,
and that's the same phone numberfor my weddings by Rick as well.
(20:17):
So if you're, if you're lookingat trying to get married and you
don't have you know, is there'salways that route, okay?
Dustin Steffey (20:26):
So I will have in the episode description for
you guys his telephone numberand a link to his Facebook
profile, he will be evolvinghere soon because he knows me.
And so we're going to evolve. Somore to come on that everything,
everything that we do here weare people, right and for
(20:48):
success of people. So I hope youguys enjoy these little small
business get togethers, they'repretty intimate, different from
the normal show itself. And itjust outlines what people are
doing out there. So I really,really enjoy this. We're not in
the field. Today, we're in myhome studio, but like, like we
saw with speakeasy tattoo, wewere in the field like that.
(21:09):
That's what it's about. That'swhat this podcast is about. It's
not only getting any informationin formal for podcasts, but also
going out and actually likeexperience and different things.
So I'm excited. Rick, thank youfor being on any last words. Any
last advice you want to give toour listeners to entrepreneurs
out there on, you know, advicethat maybe you were given once
(21:31):
upon a time that's worked foryou?
Rick Cameron (21:33):
Sure. One of the things that was said to me one
time, if you have a hobby, andyou know that that hobby is
something that you love, and youcan do, don't hesitate, take a
hold of that hobby and make itsomething that is successful for
you make it a business for you.
Entrepreneurship is basicallythat it's a hobby, it's a hobby
(21:53):
of getting yourself into yourown business, it leads to that
and you just have to take thatchance.
Dustin Steffey (22:03):
That's the million dollar word, right?
There are no multiple words, buttake a chance. You never know
unless you actually did. So.
Again, thank you for coming on.
I appreciate you. I appreciateyou being my friend and being a
fellow entrepreneur this fun. Sothank you very much and we'll
definitely see you around allfind people that want to get
(22:26):
married, not me. But you know,
Rick Cameron (22:28):
I really appreciate it and I really
appreciate you taking your timeto invite me to do this. And
thank you again.
Dustin Steffey (22:36):
It's fun times this is what it's about. So
thank you and to all mylisteners, please go ahead and
hit that like and subscribebutton and furthermore reach out
to Rick and get some wonderfulcandles like this sugar cookie
one that is making me want sugarcookies. So anyway, thank you
all for listening to anotherepisode of chopping wood fire
This episode is brought to you by speakeasy
tattoo company located inFernley, Nevada. That's at 420
East Main Street Fernley Nevada.
There's nobody else I'd rathergo to when it comes to my tattoo
needs, between the experience ofthe whole staff, the creativity,
the knowledge, and the overalldedication to making sure that
(00:20):
your piece looks good. There'sno better tattoo parlor than
speakeasy tattoo company. Soplease, if you haven't done so
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Jaden Norvell (00:53):
Welcome to your top rated business
entrepreneurship, selfdevelopment and smart investment
podcast. This podcast is hostedby creator and founder Dr.
Dustin Steffey and also hostedby coach, music producer and
influencer yours truly Jadenrush Norville, we are blessed
for many accolades such as beingnominated for the People's
Choice Award for Best BusinessPodcast, as well as raising over
(01:13):
$5,000 last year for the CysticFibrosis Foundation, as well. As
for the Boys and Girls Club.
Spending a global reach ourpodcast is in the top four
downloads in four countries.
Without further ado, welcome tochopping wood fire, ladies and
gentlemen, let's chop it up.
Dustin Steffey (01:34):
I'm excited because we are continuing our
small business interviews, andtoday I have a special guest on
I've known him for quite a longtime. Definitely when I look at
an entrepreneur, the definitionof an entrepreneur, he's tried
many, many things. I can't sayhe's successful in everything,
but he has created his ownsuccess over trial and error. I
(01:56):
mean, as we know, asentrepreneurs, a lot of it is
fail sometimes. And then yousucceed other times until you
find that right equation. Sowithout further ado, I want to
introduce Rick to chopping withfire, and allow him to tell his
story a little bit. And thenwe'll dive into his businesses
and kind of how he got intoentrepreneurship and what he's
(02:17):
learned. So that way we alllearn from it. Again, I have
these interviews on purpose foreveryone. Not only is it
tactical, for just seeing how tocreate success in small
businesses, but you learnsomething from different people.
So keep in mind, it's not a onesize fits all, we take what we
need to be better and educateourselves. So without further
(02:41):
ado, I'm going to hand it overto Rick, thank you for your time
today. Rick, let's dive into it.
Rick Cameron (02:47):
Thank you, Justin.
Yeah, as you know, I started outoriginally doing delivery diner.
And that was that was a businessI started with basically the
last $100 I had in my pocket.
And that got me my businesslicense. It was successful. It
was slow in the beginning, butthen it grew to become pretty
successful. I grew to a businessthat was bringing in 10,000 a
(03:11):
month and clearing afterexpenses and everything, four
grand a month. That was myshare, you know, but you know,
as everybody knows, inentrepreneurship, you're
successful only for a certainperiod of time, and you want to
be more successful, which meansyou have to kind of diversifying
(03:32):
move on into something else. Andyou know, that's what I ended up
doing. I've I've moved on fromdelivery diner, I am still you
know, I still kind of miss doingthat. Because the customers are
great. I have really goodcustomers. But I like doing the
other things I do. Which one ofwhich, as you know is my
(03:55):
weddings by Rick. I've done thatnow for about 10 years. And then
I have recently jumped back intowhat most people would consider
a hobby, which Yeah, it is ahobby, but it's also a
relaxation for me when I get offof work sometimes I'll spend you
know four hours after workmaking candles. I mean, it's
(04:16):
kind of odd sure, you know, youdon't hear too many men making
candles you know usually findwomen doing it, but it's
something that is absolutelyrelaxing for me. And I love
doing it it it's something Idon't mind even spending you
know, my days off spending afull day making, you know, a
couple of runs of candles. It'ssomething that brings me joy and
(04:39):
when somebody buys them from meand they take them home and I
get a phone call back saying heylook, you know that smell from
that candle lasted forever. Andthat candle you know i For me,
I've I've tested my own candles.
I burned them. I burned one ofthem. It lasted for 12 hours.
are straight before it burnedout. But for me, the candles,
(05:02):
the smells and everything of thecandles are are wonderful, you
know, as you know, you've gotone there, the sugar cookie, and
they come in a jelly jar, as yousee that for four bucks. Yeah,
it's, you know, a little lessthan the size of the $5 ones,
you can buy a Walmart, but forfour bucks, you get one of those
(05:27):
candles, and it lasts, like Isaid, forever, and the scent
lasts forever in it, it doesn'tburn out after, you know,
burning out a couple of times.
And it's just for me, you know,like I said, making them it's
very relaxing, I love doing it.
And, you know, I love it. Whenthe customers come back and say
(05:49):
I love the smell, I love the wayit worked. I don't have you
know, I want to buy more. So,
Dustin Steffey (05:55):
so the candle I'm holding in my hand is sugar
cookie, it definitely smellslike sugar cookie. Some things
that I noticed just based off ofother competitors candles,
because I mean, I have acompetitive candle here. So we
can kind of compare here is whenI feel the wax has a glossy tint
to it actually feels pretty likequality made versus when I look
(06:20):
at the wax of like a competitor.
It's really doll, it looks likeit burns a little quicker, in my
opinion. Like he was saying,this is a 12 hour candle. And
the one I have in my hand isfrom a competitor. I won't the
competitor out there, but thisone burns about the same 12
hours and it's double the size.
(06:42):
So I mean bang for the buck. Imean, I spent 10 bucks on this
one versus four bucks on thisone. So I mean, obviously, when
you start buying local like inthese local businesses, no,
especially entrepreneurs andstuff, quality over quantity, I
mean, you look at like Walmart,you look at like Bath and
Bodyworks, you look at otherplaces, it's definitely made for
(07:05):
the masses. It's mass quantity.
And so sometimes quality takes atoll. Sure this smell smells
good. But how long does it last?
And were you putting more bangfor the buck? In my opinion,
right? So there's some goodquality stuff, I was actually
looking for a lighter, I wasgonna burn this one to kind of
smell the burn to kind of givesome things. So a wall, Rick
(07:26):
explains kind of his journey ofentrepreneurship because he has
a pretty good one, I'm gonnalook for a lighter. So yeah,
Rick Cameron (07:34):
so you know, like I said, the beginning, you know,
was the delivery diner business.
And it's, you know, it's evolveda long time. And it works. You
know, the thing with being anentrepreneur is not only are you
working for yourself, but you'reyou're creating success for
yourself that you can share,especially with your family, and
(07:58):
you can, you know, get thatsuccess to grow with them, you
know, get them interested inbecoming an entrepreneur for
themselves, or maybe taking overyour own business, you know, as
you decide, but entrepreneurshipto me is being able to share
with somebody, what you createfrom within, so that they get to
(08:20):
experience a little of you. Andthey actually kind of get a
piece of you now when you dothat. And Dustin has got this
candle going. He's walked in thesmell here. Yeah, it smells
good. Trust me. And I hope heagrees that it smells good. But
(08:42):
you know, if not be honest, thisbut, you know, and I'm sure he
agrees with you know what I'msaying about entrepreneurship,
too. You know, it's somethingit's, it's difficult it takes
time from you. And the rewardsthat you benefit from it may not
always be financially, but theexperience insight is what makes
(09:05):
an entrepreneur, an entrepreneurtruthfully,
Dustin Steffey (09:10):
and as I've explained in the almost 70
episodes that we've had ofentrepreneurship and going down
this journey and stuff, it canstem from a hobby like it has
with Rick, it can stem fromsomething you teach yourself
like B because this wholepodcasting thing a year ago was
(09:31):
boring, and now it's secondnature. Or, I mean it could be a
combination of both but inactuality entrepreneurship and
from what I've learned from themany of guests that I've had on,
it takes many forms. It takes aspecial person to jump in and do
it. It takes a lot of grit in myopinion, a lot of hard work, a
(09:53):
lot of dedication you can't justgo into entrepreneurship and and
think that all A sudden you haveall this free time because you
don't. And I've had many, manyguests on that have said like,
once the business isestablished, then you start kind
of enjoying life a little bit.
But establishment takes quitesome time. And it depends from
business to business, Rickwanted a honest opinion of his
(10:15):
candles. So I'm burning this onecalled Sugar cookie right now.
And the scent. So right when Iburned it, the scent started to
take take hold in the room. Soright now I'm starting to smell
that and it's pretty, prettynice, pretty strong, pretty,
pretty good candle, in myopinion, it's something that I'd
(10:37):
probably say you burn for anhour in the Senate will last for
a good few hours because of thenature of how he makes the
candle. So really good stuffhere. I really enjoy
interviewing local smallbusinesses, because it's given
back to entrepreneurship really,and this is, this is important.
So like I'm local to I'm, we'relocal in Nevada, and we're local
(11:01):
to northern Nevada. So I'm goingto have in the episode
description, some I'll probablyI'll have Rick's contact
information, I haven't asked himyet about ordering social media,
he'll probably explain that orwebsites or anything along those
lines. But this is one of themany talents that he has when I
(11:23):
first met him. I mean, he wasmaking awesome, awesome clocks
that were custom made. And he'shad the weddings for a while now
that he does, which is amazing.
And then obviously he hadexternally that he did food
delivery and was successful inthat. Now we have DoorDash and
(11:44):
Uber and stuff. So now he kindof evolved. And that's what he
was leading into when he wastalking about entrepreneurship,
you can't stay stuck in onething, because our environment
changes so much. And as you guyshave learned and listened to the
many episodes that I've had, youguys have seen that like
(12:07):
evolution is mandatory change ismandatory. If you're not
changing, I don't think you'regoing to see the success that
you want to see. Whereas ifyou're evolving, and you have a
plan, and you put everythingtogether and pour your heart and
soul into it, I think as long asyou can course correct
entrepreneurship is amazing.
It's an amazing thing. So handit over to Rick, the one thing
(12:29):
that I want him to kind ofexplain is like, but what led
him to the entrepreneurialjourney. So like you guys know,
my story, what led me to it isthe fact that I just hate
working for the man, right. AndI think that I'm very much
capable of doing my own thingand making good money, and not
having to worry about chasingsomeone else's dreams. I've
(12:53):
never been wanting to chaseother people's dreams, I'd
rather chase my own. Soeverybody has a different story.
We're gonna dive into his, andthen we'll circle back with if
you guys are interested in maybegetting married, which do not
ask me about that, becausethat's not my favorite thing. Or
maybe ordering some of thecandles to actually try them
(13:13):
out. Or even if he's willing andtime permits, like these cool
clocks that I told you guysabout which we don't have one
here we will eventually Him andI are going to work on one.
That's cool. And I'd like to putit in my background back there.
So let's dive into like How Howdid how did your like journey
(13:34):
like, start essentially, likewhat led you to
entrepreneurship, nobody's bornunderstanding this, you have to
kind of like Teach Yourselfthese things, obviously. And you
You my friend, obviously you'rea little, you're a little more
wiser than I am because you're alittle little older have a
little more experience than Ido. So obviously, there's
(13:55):
something that we can take fromthis and kind of apply it. So
tell me a little bit about that.
Rick Cameron (14:02):
I'll tell you a little bit about my journey. How
long, you know, life's road, soto speak. I worked for somebody,
you know, for many years, I workin the locksmith industry for 22
years during that period oftime. 10 years of that I worked
or police department inCalifornia and you know, you get
get to a point where in yourhead you're thinking why am I
(14:26):
working for somebody else? Whyam I providing food for their
table? And yeah, I'm getting anincome and that it's providing
food for mine too. But why am Ipaying for everybody else? Why
am I not paying myself? I'mworth paying myself. And so
that's when I started looking atyou know, trying to get out
(14:47):
there and do something formyself. And at one point in time
I did have my own locksmithbusiness and then I moved up
here to the state of Nevada andthings are a little different
here you know and you learn toadapt to that I've been here now
20 years. But you, you want tokind of I want to put that you
want, you want to be able toprovide for your family, for
(15:10):
yourself and for your future andfor your kids future. And you
don't necessarily want to dothat by providing for your
boss's kids future, if youunderstanding what I mean. But
this track on the candlesliterally started over 20 years
ago, as a hobby, I used to comehome from work, and I commuted
(15:32):
85 miles one way for work. Andso when I would get home, at the
end of my day, I'm working onI'm tired, I'm frustrated,
sometimes with the commute, andI need to have something to take
and pull that away. And give mesome relaxation. Truthfully,
honestly, it may not seem likeit is relaxing. But making
(15:52):
candles is relaxing, becauseyou're sitting there melting
that wax, waiting for it to getto that point where you can pour
it into something that you cansee your creation. And at the
end, you get to see that and youget to see what you have created
and what somebody thinks aboutyour creation, you know, because
(16:12):
if they like it, they're gonnabuy it. But like I said, that
was a hobby in the beginning.
And now it's something that, youknow, I turned back to 20 years
later, 25 years later, somethinglike that, where I'm looking at
why am I spending money orcandle that only lasts for maybe
a day, you know, I can burn oneof these for three or four days
without a problem. Or if Iwanted to burn it straight for
(16:35):
one day, one full day, I canfire that thing up in my house
and let it burn all day long.
And I can come and go from myhouse. And when I come back home
and that candles out, you canstill smell it, I don't I don't
believe in short, changing thescent of the candle I believe in
using as much of the scent thatyou can buy, you know, as it
(16:57):
comes in little jars. And I'lluse a whole jar on a run a
candle, and we're only talkingsix candles. So and that's you
know, pound and a half of wax,and you figure a pound and a
half on wax and you know, a fulljar of scent in one candle.
That's four ounces, that'spretty potent, it will make your
(17:17):
house smell good. You know, Imean, my house isn't all that
big. It's only you know, a 900square foot home. But it lasts,
you know, and I've had peoplecome over and now they'll walk
in they go wow, what what'sthat, that you got going? You
know, I'll tell them and theygo, Oh, you're making candles?
Oh, we didn't know that. Let'slook you know, and so they start
(17:38):
looking through what I've got,you know, oh, I want that. Man
these things smells so good. Youknow, it's nice when you see
that it's it's pleasant, andit's comforting, comforting, you
know that somebody actuallytakes pleasure in what you're
doing. So that's kind of where,you know, this is all come
Dustin Steffey (17:55):
from. So one thing you brought up that made
me think a little bit about myhobbies essentially is what what
do I what am I passionate about?
And what's fulfilling to me. Soas as you do and so do I, we
still work kind of for the man,right? And so when I come home,
I do this and this is rewardingto me because to me, this is
(18:16):
given back to a greater cause.
So like the interview we'rehaving right now, this is a
small business and I supportsmall businesses as should most
people and furthermore, I amfulfilled by just kind of the
end product, which the endresult is when the edits are
done. When the screens close,and you produce this and you
(18:39):
send it out to the world. What'sit Sound Like? What's it look
like? Is it perfect? And that'sfulfilling to me so that's
something that I'm into as wellto you you were talking about
pouring wax and stuff and thatseems fulfilling to me. I like
watching those tubes wherepeople dip stuff into asset and
then it changes like thatthere's something fulfilling
(19:01):
about just watching asset andwatching it just turn something
into something different butthat's just neither here nor
there as far as the candles asfar as you're running a business
obviously, however and what aresome ways people can get a hold
of you obviously in the episodedescription. We're gonna we're
gonna have that in there. Do youhave a website take Facebook
(19:22):
orders do you just are you oldschool and you just do a phone
call and then you send it likesend a carrier pigeon? How to
how can people get a hold of youto try out your wonderful
products?
Rick Cameron (19:35):
Well, not quite that old school as far as
carrier picking. Facebook ispretty much where I put my
candles, you know and peoplecouldn't get me through there. I
don't really have a website onit. I eventually one day I
probably will in the nearfuture. I just haven't done it
yet. But you can get a hold ofme through Facebook. Again. My
(19:56):
name is Rick Cameron and you cancatch me there through there or
you can Get a hold of me, youknow, over the phone, I can, I
can leave my phone number, it's775-399-8318. And you can get me
there, you know, if you'reinterested in ordering candles,
and that's the same phone numberfor my weddings by Rick as well.
(20:17):
So if you're, if you're lookingat trying to get married and you
don't have you know, is there'salways that route, okay?
Dustin Steffey (20:26):
So I will have in the episode description for
you guys his telephone numberand a link to his Facebook
profile, he will be evolvinghere soon because he knows me.
And so we're going to evolve. Somore to come on that everything,
everything that we do here weare people, right and for
(20:48):
success of people. So I hope youguys enjoy these little small
business get togethers, they'repretty intimate, different from
the normal show itself. And itjust outlines what people are
doing out there. So I really,really enjoy this. We're not in
the field. Today, we're in myhome studio, but like, like we
saw with speakeasy tattoo, wewere in the field like that.
(21:09):
That's what it's about. That'swhat this podcast is about. It's
not only getting any informationin formal for podcasts, but also
going out and actually likeexperience and different things.
So I'm excited. Rick, thank youfor being on any last words. Any
last advice you want to give toour listeners to entrepreneurs
out there on, you know, advicethat maybe you were given once
(21:31):
upon a time that's worked foryou?
Rick Cameron (21:33):
Sure. One of the things that was said to me one
time, if you have a hobby, andyou know that that hobby is
something that you love, and youcan do, don't hesitate, take a
hold of that hobby and make itsomething that is successful for
you make it a business for you.
Entrepreneurship is basicallythat it's a hobby, it's a hobby
(21:53):
of getting yourself into yourown business, it leads to that
and you just have to take thatchance.
Dustin Steffey (22:03):
That's the million dollar word, right?
There are no multiple words, buttake a chance. You never know
unless you actually did. So.
Again, thank you for coming on.
I appreciate you. I appreciateyou being my friend and being a
fellow entrepreneur this fun. Sothank you very much and we'll
definitely see you around allfind people that want to get
(22:26):
married, not me. But you know,
Rick Cameron (22:28):
I really appreciate it and I really
appreciate you taking your timeto invite me to do this. And
thank you again.
Dustin Steffey (22:36):
It's fun times this is what it's about. So
thank you and to all mylisteners, please go ahead and
hit that like and subscribebutton and furthermore reach out
to Rick and get some wonderfulcandles like this sugar cookie
one that is making me want sugarcookies. So anyway, thank you
all for listening to anotherepisode of chopping wood fire
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