The latest season of the Real Housewives of New York City premiered this week, and Cheddar's own Michelle Castillo got a chance to catch up with the ladies and get some of their tips on how to stretch your dollar in the Big Apple.  

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Stretching Your Dollar

Getting Down to Business With the Cast of RHONY 

Well, speaking of living in a big city, I start spreading the news because the Real Housewives of New York City had its premiere right here in the Big Apple and Zone. Senior reporter Michelle Castillo got a chance to catch up with the ladies and get some of their tips on how you can stretch your New York. Take a look. We're here at the premiere of the Real Housewives of New York City. And one thing this season's women have in common is that they've all started their own businesses or run businesses. So we asked the experts for some advice. What is your top three advice for anyone who wants to start their own company? Yeah, we definitely have to stay, stay focused. Your gut. Never take no for an answer. Do everything with a smile. I mean, you know, things go wrong and you just gotta like fumble and you get back up again. Make sure you actually wanna do it. I realized a couple of years in that I was doing it for ego. I like saying I was a founder of a company. I like like having the business card and then I just realized, like, I don't want the responsibility, go for it. You know, it's like that's the advice. Start. What's your biggest advice for anyone who wants to start or run their own company? Oh, my God. Start small. Don't get ahead of yourself. I started a company going right into the pandemic and we like anything being small and really going slow and taking your time. I continue. Don't give up, start very, very, very small and organically and build from the bottom and don't, don't go all in with too much when people believe in something they make it happen. I think that you just kind of have to like, trust your vision in the hands of others, not everything and not every aspect had to be perfect and that you just kind of have to learn as you go believe in yourself at the end of the day, even if no one else does. Now, if you're curious about how to survive in a big city like New York on a budget. Here's what the ladies had to say. What's the best way to live in New York City and enjoy life when you might be a little short on money, you have a lot of 99 cents, sliced pizzas. I'm dead serious. The museums are incredible. All you have to do is give a donation. There's so much to do in the city that's free. We have free music in the park all summer long. Can totally hang out in the city on a budget. Take it from a Manhattan night. Yeah. Take it from me. Yeah, window shopping. I feel like if you just go walk around window shopping, you feel like you bought something but you didn't. It's just like the visual of it. One of my favorite all time things to do when people come to visit is take the ferry to Governor's Island and when you pull away in the evening, it's the most beautiful scene in New York I've ever seen like all the New York lights are on and it's cheap. It literally costs like $2 an island vacation. Exactly. Just like an island. You have to just do what works for you. If you have to take on a second job and you have to have a roommate that's New York City living and that's a wrap here at the rainbow room at 30 Rock. Stay tuned to the Real Housewives of New York City for all the business and all the drama cast news.