Meet Rosy Maldonado | Mom & Business Owner
We had the good fortune of connecting with Rosy Maldonado and we’ve shared our conversation below.
Hi Rosy, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
My name is Rosy Maldonado and I have a two year old baby boy named Ayden. He was my inspiration for our indoor playground, Mini Playtime! I worked a corporate job before having my son and when I became a mom I knew I wanted to stay home and spend as much time as possible with him.
My son was 10 months old when I decided to start Mini Playtime. I wanted something to do again and didn’t want to leave my son to go back to work. I had been to several indoor playgrounds that had toddler areas but older kids still played there and I didn’t feel comfortable enough to let him play freely. After a play date I went home and told my partner, Xavier Chau, that I wanted to turn the toddler area into an actual indoor playground. I wanted to have a space where parents would feel comfortable to play with their toddles.
Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
It was very challenging but fun to start this business. I had no experience in this industry prior to having my son but I loved the idea of an indoor playground and I knew there was a need for a place for toddlers from my own experience, conversations with other moms and due to the rising heat.
I wanted to create a space for the community and parents of toddlers including my own family to have place to play with safety and fun in mind. I think what helped me a lot was that I was doing this from the perspective of a mom and consumer. I was very thorough when I decided what I wanted to include in the playground from the soft floor to padded walls. Any mom that has a toddler will understand why the need for so much padding everywhere.
Our space is small enouhg to allow parents to let their small children roam freely and there is seating all around our padded ball pit for parents to take a break when they need it. We have a giant piano slide that lights up when the kids go down and several interactive stations like our lego wall and ball machine. We just opened Memorial Day 2023 and we are happy to say we have already hosted several amazing birthday parties and have been featured on several instagram influencer pages as top places to visit for toddlers. We are planning several events for the holidays and we are excited to continue hosting parties and playtime for all our mini community.
Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
Most of our customers are local but we’ve had several that are from out of town and we recommend they visit Galleria Mall since we are right around the corner. They have great shopping and good restaurants. We are located near Highway 635 and the North Toll so it’s fairly easy to get to downtown within 10-15 minutes and there are lots to do there like the Dallas Aquarium and Perot museum.
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I have a very supportive partner and village and they have been a huge factor to our success. Xavier jumped onboard day one. He was excited since the day I told him my idea and he stood by me every step of the way. As an investor in luxury real estate, he shared his experience to help design our playground and continues to share his advice to help me be successful. I also have a wonderful group of supportive friends from the Fit4Mom Carrollton group that kept me motivated me and helped test out my place and make sure it was mom and toddler approved.
I love to see people enjoy what we have to offer in DFW and I’m happy to share this space with all the community and visitors and continue to grow to give more parents a place for their toddlers to play, grow and celebrate every milestones!
Website: MiniPlaytime.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/mini_playtime?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093326962898&mibextid=LQQJ4d
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