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Speaker 1: edition of the new Small Business call Out. What is

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Speaker 1: the name of your business?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so it's Sambo Patrick and I operate under the

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Speaker 1: And in simple terms, what does your business do?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, In the most simple terms, my business has been

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Speaker 1: And what inspires you to start your business.

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Speaker 2: I've been in health for thirty plus years and what

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Speaker 2: I've really niche down into that space, the hormone side

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Speaker 2: of things, and after twenty two years of doing this.

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Speaker 3: I have waxed in and out from helping women.

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Speaker 3: And there's quite a few reasons for that.

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Speaker 3: They need to know the testosterone levels are doing. They

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Speaker 2: I would branch into men's health, and that's always been

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Speaker 2: You know, I'm very passionate about helping men understand their

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Speaker 3: So I have a podcast. Got two. One's called Hot

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Speaker 2: to be able to help people navigate health and be

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Speaker 2: inspired in this space. But it's Sambo Patrick Official Underscore

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Speaker 2: on Insta and my Facebook has a lot more people.

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Speaker 3: It's Sambo Patrick the Health Queen.

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Speaker 2: And if I can help people at any point, just

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Speaker 2: reach out through my website, set up a complementary session,

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Speaker 2: or purchase one of the programs however you feel you

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Speaker 2: need me in your life. In that regard to the website,

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Speaker 2: Styill the place to do that. So yeah and yeah,

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Speaker 2: thank you for this great opportunity.

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Speaker 3: I think it's awesome.

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Speaker 4: I really have enjoyed it.

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