Dec 19 2023 72 mins
In this episode of the Business of Antiques Toma Clark Haines - CEO of The Antiques Diva & Co does not have a guest. She just talks to you one on one from her home in Venice, Italy over a cup of morning coffee. Recently her podcast producer Jason Perrier suggested she tell her story. And in this episode - that´s exactly what she does.
She starts by saying, ¨I´m Toma. I am the founder and CEO of The Antiques Diva & Co. I am a creative who has learned through trial and error how to get s#t done. I am an entrepreneur, a writer, a speaker, a jewelry and furniture designer as well as the host of the reality TV show Republic of Toma. Most of all, I am a dreamer and I’ve learned how to make dreams a reality. Let me tell you how we can help you.¨
She tells her personal journey from growing up in Oklahoma to marrying and moving to Paris in her twenties. She explains how she build her brand and she talks about how she almost lost it all when she divorced. She talks about learning to build a profitable antiques business and why trusting your own instinct matters. Most of all she shares her heart. Her heart is to help entrepreneurs who want to become antique dealers build profitable businesses that support the way they want to live their life. With a laptop, her mobile phone, and the help of her friends, she created an empire that operates in 16 countries and has changed thousands and thousands of people’s lives. The Antiques Diva &Co is the World’s Largest Antiques Touring company.
Toma jokes, “Changed people’s lives??” Quelle Drama! This is the Business of Antiques - It’s not Brain Surgery.” I may not be solving world hunger but I am helping people just like you pursue their passion, find their most authentic self and find fulfillment in their day to day lives by getting paid to do what they love. Listen to this episode to find out how The Antiques Diva & Co can help you.