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And if there was any doubters or if you had any doubts or felt embarrassed posting online online,

especially starting your stuff a little bit older than other creators out there.

I can totally relate.

I mean, I started my podcast just when I turned 30.

And even though I started my career in radio, I had a blog, I've had multiple shows.

I took like a five-year break.

And when I went back to podcasting, I remember my friends were like, you're too old to start a podcast.

Or what are you doing?

You're ruining your life.

You're throwing away your career.

You look stupid.

They were really, really negative.

And now I have the same friends or some of the same friends who like,

now want to start a podcast after they see everything that I've done with it, you know?

So people always ask you why you're doing it, and then they ask you how, how to do it.

Everything that you want is on the other side of cringe when it comes to this creator entrepreneurship game.

At Yap, we have a super unique company culture.

We're all about obsessive excellence.

We even call ourselves scrappy hustlers.

And I'm really picky when it comes to my employees.