1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,400 Thank you for joining me for another episode of YQG in Bloom. 2 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:15,920 My name is Tracy Martens and we are still at Wolf & Rebel for our podcast pop-up. 3 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:22,160 Now this shop is located at the corner of Seminole and Drouillard in Windsor, Ontario. 4 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:29,600 And right now I am going to be talking to Alejandra Diaz from Optimus Show Events. 5 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:31,520 Yeah, I'm so happy to be here. Thank you for inviting us. 6 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:36,160 Oh, these guys have the eight foot tall robot, right? 7 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:36,880 Nine feet. 8 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:37,760 Nine feet tall? 9 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:38,320 Yeah. 10 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,040 And they do events all over Windsor. 11 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:43,440 Whatever you guys do. 12 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:51,280 So it's a person in a robot suit, light up LED. They wear stilts. So they're trained 13 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:57,280 professional stilt walkers that we know they're safe doing that. It won't fall on trip or on anyone. 14 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:05,040 And we can do weddings, we do parties, kids parties. We go to bars. We do concerts. 15 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:10,800 Any type of celebration really, the robot can be there. And we also do promotions. We were 16 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:15,440 at Open Streets promoting with YKG Green. And the robot's just really good at attracting 17 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:18,720 people's attention because it's something a lot of people haven't seen before. 18 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,600 So they're very surprised to walk up and we'll ask more. 19 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:25,840 Yeah, it's massive. I just don't know if I could do that on stilts. 20 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:30,720 Now, how many is in your business? 21 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:36,080 Well, the business was founded by a couple from Venezuela. 22 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:36,560 Okay. 23 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:41,600 It's the two of them, Claudia and Giovanni. And they started it. They're the ones that actually 24 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:47,200 they make the suits from scratch themselves, which is so impressive to me. I don't know how 25 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:54,640 they do that. And then my family, my mom and I specifically got involved. They were looking 26 00:01:54,640 --> 00:02:00,320 for someone to bridge the gap between the Spanish language and English. And we could do that. So we 27 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:10,160 decided this is cool. We'll help them out. So it's basically us and then our stilt walkers that we... 28 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,800 How many of them do you have? How many stilt walkers do you have? 29 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:14,240 Like two or three. 30 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:14,960 Two of them. 31 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,000 Okay. So you guys could do more than one event in a weekend. 32 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:19,440 Yeah, we could. 33 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:21,440 And when did you say it started again? 34 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:26,080 The company was actually founded eight years ago, but the couple actually just moved to 35 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:30,560 Canada a couple months ago. So it's just been starting up here. 36 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,520 You guys are everywhere. You have to be really booked up. 37 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:40,080 Yeah. So we actually have a very big event that we're very proud of on Friday. We can't say the 38 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:46,400 details. It's a little bit of a surprise, but I'm sure you guys will see us around. It'll be a big 39 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:51,600 thing. Are you booked up until the holidays already or are there still openings for bookings? 40 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:59,600 There's definitely still openings. Since the robots only need to be at an event for an hour, 41 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:06,880 or we work with the people, right? So say we have one event, we have to be there from eight to nine. 42 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:12,960 We can go to another event at midnight. So we can do multiple events a night. And we also have... 43 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:18,320 So we have the person on the stilts and then we have another robot that it's like a girl robot. 44 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:24,800 So she's not on stilts. So she can dance more with the people and interact more with them from their 45 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,160 own height level. 46 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:29,600 Can the stilt person, can they do all the dancing and... 47 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:35,840 Yeah, they can. They can. That's what they're for. They also have laser pointers. They shoot 48 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,280 out fireworks. A lot of things. 49 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:41,760 I had no idea they did the fireworks too. 50 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:46,000 Yeah. Oh, that's great. I bet the kids go nuts for that. 51 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:52,400 Yeah, the kids, when we were at YQG Green Expo, we were out at the door of the building, 52 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:57,680 greeting people. And there was the kids from swimming practice, hockey practice, whatever, 53 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:03,520 walking by. And they were floored. They were so shocked. Some of them were just standing there 54 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:07,360 for minutes just staring at the robot, not knowing what to think. 55 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:17,040 Now, I know you guys have partnered up a couple times with YQG Green. Is the suit environmentally 56 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,280 friendly? I wasn't sure. 57 00:04:19,280 --> 00:04:27,520 Well, yeah, that's something we definitely think about when making our suits. So we try to get 58 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:34,000 everything, like the fireworks and all the attachments from local places instead of like 59 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:41,120 the made in China places just because of the delivery. So when making it, they take into 60 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:47,280 consideration using all the product and not wasting any of it. So like this LED strips 61 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:54,640 that they cut and use in different spots. Is your event, is the Optimus Show events, 62 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:59,760 is it just strictly the robots or? Yeah, it's just strictly the robots for now. 63 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:03,360 That's the main focus of the thing, because we think that they're so cool. 64 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,960 That's your niche. Well, yeah, they are. I've never seen anything like that. 65 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:13,280 Yeah, which is exactly what we what we're for. There's one company in the States, actually, 66 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:19,040 that is really inspiring to us. They've worked with really big brands, NASCAR, like Formula 67 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:27,120 One. OK, they've worked with, who was it? Red Bull. OK, MTV, Space X. 68 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:34,160 OK, MTV. And they do pretty much the same thing. And it's robots. They have multiple robots. 69 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:41,120 And something we're trying to do is make a robot look even cooler, give it more of a robot look, 70 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:48,160 more like metal shiny parts and stuff so that we can build that off factor just like they do in the 71 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:54,800 States. So maybe people should contact you if they have any ideas. Yeah, for sure. If anyone's a 72 00:05:54,800 --> 00:06:00,480 welder out there knows how to design a robot suit, that would be amazing. That would be great. 73 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:06,480 Yeah. And how can people get a hold of you? So we have a website. We also have our Instagram, 74 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:13,120 where is where we post most of our information. Our Instagram is Optimus Show Events, and we post 75 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:19,920 there almost daily. Yeah. Things that are going on, upcoming events, past events. And in our 76 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:26,560 Instagram bio, there's a link to our website. If you do want to have an event, you can, people can 77 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:32,480 DM us or they can fill out a form that we have on our website as well. And if they have any hints 78 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:38,320 on how we can make this the even better robot. Yeah. If you want to partner with us, we got to 79 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:42,720 get you guys out of Windsor all over the place, just like the one in the States. Yeah. Have you 80 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:49,200 guys traveling? Because it's a great company. And I think it's it's fabulous that you guys have made 81 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:54,400 such a niche for yourself in such a small time here. Yeah. And something we're actually looking 82 00:06:54,400 --> 00:07:00,240 forward to doing is we've been planning some events in London and in Toronto, because usually 83 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:04,720 I feel like when you want something big, you grab the Toronto people and you bring them to Windsor. 84 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:09,280 Yes. But we're trying to do the opposite. Yeah. Get the get the talent from Windsor and spread 85 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:15,760 that around. Why not? Yeah, why not? I definitely wouldn't. I think this would be a great idea for 86 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:20,720 the Toronto area for Ottawa, for London, for anywhere. It's something different. It's great. 87 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:27,040 Yeah. It's a small business, but big ideas, which is so important for growth. Yeah. Always think 88 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:35,600 bigger. Alejandra, I really do appreciate you guys being here today and telling us about your robots 89 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:40,640 and about your event company. It's been great. Yeah. Thank you so much. I enjoyed it. Thank you 90 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:47,120 so much for joining me on another episode of YQG in Bloom. My name is Tracy Martens and make sure 91 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:53,600 for your next event, you get in touch with Optimus Show Events on Instagram or their website 92 00:07:53,600 --> 00:08:11,520 and book soon because I have a feeling it's going to be going fast. Yeah. Have a great day.