WEBVTT - WUWY INTERVIEW: Nichole Harmon Talks The Master Connector Agency: Connections, Networking Tips, + More 0:00:03.360 --> 0:00:05.480 What's up this way up at Angela Yee And it's 0:00:05.480 --> 0:00:06.840 a special Wealth Wednesday. 0:00:06.880 --> 0:00:08.760 I'm here with my partners Stacey Tisdale. 0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:11.520 Happy Wealth Wednesday everybody, and today we are going to 0:00:11.560 --> 0:00:16.440 get you connected because we have the Master Connector herself, 0:00:16.760 --> 0:00:24.639 Nicole Harmon Pond. Yes, she is the founder and CEO 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:28.120 of the Master Connector Agency. She's a Wall Street executive, 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:30.240 and we are so excited we're going to learn all 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:31.240 about connecting. 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:34.159 Yes, And I want to start off with how you 0:00:34.200 --> 0:00:37.360 even conceived of this because when I first met Nicole, 0:00:37.440 --> 0:00:39.400 she was always connecting people. Like we said, she's a 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:42.479 Wall Street executive, so she has a lot of corporate 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:44.760 people that she works with, but she also has a 0:00:44.800 --> 0:00:48.520 lot of talent that she works with, a lot of creators, 0:00:48.960 --> 0:00:50.960 and so for a lot of times you've been bringing 0:00:50.960 --> 0:00:51.440 people together. 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:53.360 And I'm like, this is a whole agency. 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:56.240 Yeah, And she's right like as and I met and 0:00:56.280 --> 0:00:58.360 I you know, connected you with her connected everybody. 0:00:58.520 --> 0:00:59.279 That was my life. 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:02.480 I always connecting the Master Connector. So I've been at 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:04.800 Wall Street for twenty years and through my whole career, 0:01:04.880 --> 0:01:07.280 I was always connecting people. If you say, hey, I 0:01:07.319 --> 0:01:08.600 want to be on the radio, I'm like, oh, I know, 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:10.480 can you put my friend out here? Or if you 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:11.960 say you're in the food business, I know a couple 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:14.480 of restaurant owners. So I would always connect people all 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:16.399 the time, but I never knew what I should do 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:19.040 with that and my whole life, people always said you 0:01:19.040 --> 0:01:20.839 need to start a business because you know so many 0:01:20.840 --> 0:01:22.920 powerful people, not just like you said in the industry 0:01:23.160 --> 0:01:24.560 on Wall Street and corporate. 0:01:25.000 --> 0:01:26.520 But I said, well, what does that mean? How do 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:27.360 I start a business? 0:01:27.360 --> 0:01:29.840 And I don't have a product because most people have products, 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:32.240 right like they'll have they're selling shirts, or they have 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:34.360 makeup lines. I was like, what does that mean to 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:36.560 start a business without having a tangible product? 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:38.320 And God gave me a vision. 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:40.759 He said, You're going to curate a room that you're 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:43.280 going to bring together your network. Your network is filled 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:48.440 of corporate executives, industry leaders, influencers, CEOs. So thirty days 0:01:48.480 --> 0:01:49.800 after you gave me the vision, I was like, Okay, 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:50.840 I'm going to curate a room. 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:52.520 It's called in the room where the deals are made. 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:55.320 So I create a space where I bring together corporate executives, 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:59.280 industry leaders, CEOs, entrepreneurs, everybody that's doing their thing in 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:01.800 their field, and I feel like we each need each 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:03.480 other because when I would go to corporate events, I 0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:05.320 wouldn't see my industry friends there, and when I would 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:07.640 industry event, I wouldn't see my corporate watree friends there. 0:02:07.760 --> 0:02:09.400 So I wanted to bring us all together because I 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:11.320 felt like business could be done in these rooms, and 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:12.799 we need each other to get deals. 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:14.360 Done, and it all complement each other a lot of 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:17.119 the different things that we do. It's like, Okay, well, 0:02:17.120 --> 0:02:20.960 Angela's looking for you know, this investor for one of 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:21.760 her businesses. 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:23.560 Let me see if I could connect it with this person. 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:25.800 Or this person's trying to get a guest speaker to 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:27.440 do X, Y and Z, Well, let me see if 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:29.960 I can help them find the right person, because you 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:32.000 also know everybody's bios. 0:02:32.280 --> 0:02:35.200 Yeah, And also what I noticed is, like corporate executives, 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:37.240 we need industry leaders. We need people that are out 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:39.359 on the community to help push our products, to get 0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:41.600 the information out there, to say how wonderful we are. 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:44.040 Because every brand wants to be the brand of choice. 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:46.720 Talk more about that, because when you hear about these rooms, 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:49.280 you think, oh, that's just for big shots. The corporate 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:53.639 America needs community people as much as community people need 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:54.240 that opening. 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:57.200 Yeah, exactly, You're spot on the corporate executives. 0:02:57.200 --> 0:02:59.679 We need industry leaders, influencers, people out in the community 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:02.040 to talk about how good our products are. Every every 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:04.560 corporation wants to be the corporation of choice. So if 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:06.320 you have somebody out there and you're doing a business 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:08.360 and they're coming to your events, they're like, oh, I 0:03:08.400 --> 0:03:10.320 went to way Up, I had a beautiful experience and 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:11.240 greeting me with water. 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:13.680 They took care of me, right, So we all want people. 0:03:13.440 --> 0:03:16.040 To don't get we don't get water water. Don't be 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:16.880 putting that out there. 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:19.600 But I'm just saying, like when you when you have 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:21.760 a good company and people are out talking about your business, 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:23.280 it helps you helps business succeed. 0:03:23.280 --> 0:03:24.000 It's all about word of. 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:28.680 Mouth as well as influencers and industry people need corporations 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:30.720 because we can help with funding, we can help with sponsorship, 0:03:30.720 --> 0:03:32.960 we can help with broaden your connections, we can help 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:33.840 with business acumens. 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:36.280 So both entities need each other. 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:39.040 You know what's interesting too, is monetizing something like this 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:42.360 because I feel like sometimes we don't realize the connections 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:44.520 that we have that we bring to the table is 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:47.360 something that can be monetized. Sometimes we do things just 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:49.680 as a favor, like let me introduce you to this 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:50.920 person and hook it up. 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:52.600 And then now they go on and do a deal. 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:54.800 But maybe you're not benefiting from that at all, But 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:56.840 you made the initial introduction that made it happen. 0:03:57.200 --> 0:03:58.120 Can you talk about that? 0:03:58.200 --> 0:03:58.400 Yeah? 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:00.200 And and Andy, who you just had up here or 0:04:00.240 --> 0:04:01.800 she was one of the first people to show me 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:05.760 my worth in connecting people. So somebody reached out to 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:07.400 me that had a conference and they said, Nicole, can 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:09.160 you help me with some powerful women. 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:09.880 To speak at my conference. 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:11.920 At first I was like, I know a lot of 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:13.120 powerful but that I had to figu out the right 0:04:13.160 --> 0:04:13.840 people to be a part of. 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:15.160 This conference is a huge conference. 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:17.680 And I reached out to three people and I asked 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:19.920 them all their fee, and I got everybody their fee. 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:21.240 Okay, what's your speaking fee? What's this? 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:23.799 What's just charges? Doing all these deal transactions and helping 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:25.960 just my friends. I didn't even think about me getting paid. 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:28.640 So Yandy said, well what's your fee? And I said, 0:04:28.680 --> 0:04:30.440 what do you mean? She said, how much are you charging? 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:32.440 I mean, what's your fee for getting me booked to 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:34.800 do this, and I said, oh, I don't charge fee. 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:36.600 He's like, I'm connecting, you're my friend, Like I'm putting 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:38.479 you in this room. I'm giving you this opportunity. I've 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:40.120 always led with how I can help people, how I 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:42.640 can get them opportunities. I never thought about little old me. 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:44.680 And so she said what's your fee? And I said 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:46.600 what does that mean? And I said what do people charge? 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:49.320 She said, you can do anywhere between ten to twenty percent. 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:51.599 I would say ten, because you're new at this. I said, okay, 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:53.560 so you're gonna give me ten percent, I'll take it right. 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:56.360 So and so she gave me ten percent, and every 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:57.880 deal that I got her from more she always gives 0:04:57.920 --> 0:04:59.360 me ten percent of her deal and it's just from 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:01.400 getting her in the rooms. And then I said, oh, 0:05:01.560 --> 0:05:03.359 so people get paid for this. So she opened my 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:06.200 mind up to that, you know, getting paid for my connections. 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:07.320 Right, it's like a booking fee. 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:09.080 It's a booking fee, and if a deal is made, 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:10.640 then I get ten percent of that too, because I'm 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:13.240 putting I'm giving you opportunities. And that's the important of 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:15.000 being in the right room, because you can meet somebody 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:18.039 that can grow your network, your net worth, your business 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:19.840 just by being in the right room and being introduced. 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:23.640 So if I'm listening to this, it's like, this sounds 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:26.440 like it's for you know people at a certain level. 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:29.200 One it's not. And two they can actually work with 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:31.359 you when you have a service that people can actually 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:32.680 subscribe to. Yes. 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:36.240 So one, I created the in the room, so it's 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:38.239 it's an event that I host in person. 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:40.480 But people wanted more. They're like, well, how did I 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:41.440 get in contact with you? 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:43.280 You've been on wallhet twenty years, you have so much 0:05:43.279 --> 0:05:46.320 business acumen, you know so many people. So I created 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:48.840 a membership. So the membership is ninety nine dollars a month. 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:50.600 And people are telling me the. 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:52.320 Price is too cheap. But that's where I wanted to start. 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:55.080 And wait, wait, wait, wait, where is it? Where do 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:55.960 people go to get it? 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:58.839 So ww dot the maasterconnector agency dot com. 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:02.040 Okay, back to ninety nine dollars back Yeah, So. 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:03.919 On my website you can book a ticket to the 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:06.760 person events and then you can also book the membership. 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:09.320 With the membership, you meet with me monthly on zoom 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:11.520 and I have experts in their field come on to 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:13.359 talk to you about every area of business. I have 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:16.680 someone talking about trademark, of someone talking about personal branding, 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:19.560 elevator pitch. Your elevator pitch is so important when you 0:06:19.600 --> 0:06:21.280 meet people getting to the point of what they need 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:24.080 to know. I talk to people about the keys of networking, 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:26.120 the art of networking. I have a huge network. People 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:27.840 always ask me how I know so many people, like 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:29.520 everybody knows everywhere I know. 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:32.760 They're like, oh, yeah, you know my homegirl Nicole yea. 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:37.040 All the time, Thank you so. 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:39.680 And I think that comes from like doing good business right, 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:41.160 Like you don't want people to say your name. 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:42.240 You're like, oh yeah, I know Nicole. 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:44.880 Like no, I've always level integrity, do good business, and 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:46.000 leave with how I can help people. 0:06:46.240 --> 0:06:47.039 But the membership. 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:49.600 Every month I have experts coming on talking about their 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:52.359 field and how they can help you increase your business. 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:54.520 I always say your network, your network, and your business. 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:57.680 Wow. A lot of people when they hear things like this, 0:06:57.720 --> 0:07:02.320 you're gonna introduce them to partners, potential mentors, and they 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:04.440 go into these rooms and they think about, Okay, what 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:05.960 am I going to get? What am I going to get? 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:07.800 But You're like, flip that script a little bit and 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:09.800 think about what you're gonna bring ring. 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:12.480 Yes, that's one of the top keys to networking. I 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:14.560 tell people all the time, lead with how you can help. 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:17.520 These rooms are powerful rooms. I had CEOs in this room. 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:20.400 I had venture capitalists, people that had multi mayion dollars 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:23.080 willing to invest. I had executive c suite and above 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:25.440 decision makers, meaning that you want a job, you can 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:27.280 go straight to them. I call it the cheat code, 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:29.400 meaning that you're talking to the person that you don't 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:31.800 have to go through the PR the admin, the behind 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:34.880 the scenes people, through the red tape. But I tell 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:38.440 people lead with how you can offer help to someone, 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:40.080 because a lot of times, I want to say, ninety 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:42.040 percent of the time, if I meet Angela, I'm like, 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:43.480 oh my god, I want to be on your radio show? 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:45.480 Versus what are you working on? What are your GOALRO 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:47.119 twenty twenty five? How can I add value? 0:07:47.720 --> 0:07:47.760 Is? 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:48.679 What is your plan? 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:51.000 I always leave with value with people. Anybody I met. 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:53.600 Everybody can say that when they've met me, Yeah, like 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:54.440 how can I help you? 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:55.920 Right, It's like, what are you working on? 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:56.080 Oh? 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:57.760 You want to speak on JP? Okay, you want to 0:07:57.760 --> 0:07:59.160 speak on a platform. I'm gonna see who I know 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.120 on that platform. So I always have with value and 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:02.800 I think that comes back to your fold because always 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:04.320 leaved with how you can help versus what can I 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:04.760 get from you? 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:07.880 And it's so important for our community to get into 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:10.160 these rooms. We don't have access to this route these. 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:12.720 Ass and we do make such a big splast when 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:13.600 we are in these rooms. 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:15.160 I think people are really excited. 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:16.840 You know, Nicole's had me out of some of her 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:20.240 networking events also, and it's always been like I walk 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:23.040 away with a whole bunch of different new connections. I 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:25.240 even meet people who are like, oh, I reached out 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:27.600 to you on LinkedIn, I didn't hear back, but here 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:29.800 you are in person. Yeah, And so it's like a 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:34.079 real life LinkedIn vibe in the rooms. I mean, it's amazing, 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:37.319 it's you know, it's just incredible because it's all people 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:39.440 who I think when you go into rooms like this, 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:41.439 it's also important because these are all people who are 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:44.560 very ambitious. Because it's one thing to want to do something, 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:45.880 it's another thing to get out and do it. And 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:47.600 so all these people are there for the purpose of 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:50.120 trying to grow whatever it is that they want to do. 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:52.080 But also there's people in the room that want to 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:54.640 help you grow whatever it is that you're trying to do, 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:58.040 so that's equally important. And it's interesting because I know 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:01.680 Yandy and you, like you said, have work together closely. 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:03.520 And I was with her earlier and she was talking 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:06.120 about just the feeling that people are having right now 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:09.400 who are business owners, who are entrepreneurs, who are creators, 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:12.200 how right now they're feeling like, Ooh, what's the government 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:13.000 about to do for us? 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:14.160 We have to figure out how to. 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:17.000 Make things happen more on our own because they're not 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:19.000 going to be looking out for us. What do you 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:21.160 feel like is the sentiment around that right now? 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:21.800 Yeah? 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:26.000 I always say work with people that celebrate you. Focus 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.640 on people that focus on you. Don't like, look for 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:30.520 your tribe, look for people that light up when they 0:09:30.520 --> 0:09:32.040 see look for people that want to help you. And 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:34.400 I tell everybody that go where you're celebrated, not where 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:37.480 you're tolerated. And I think right now even more so, 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:40.760 like I'm building this community of powerful people that have 0:09:40.840 --> 0:09:43.920 seats at the table to help us all grow our network, 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:46.000 our network, and our business. And I stand on that 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:48.240 because everybody that's in these rooms. I want to say, 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:50.960 ninety percent of these rooms haven't seen the table, which is 0:09:50.960 --> 0:09:52.720 important and a lot of us don't have access to that. 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:55.000 I always tell people the last event, the first event 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:57.480 I did, I had the mayor come up talk to 0:09:57.600 --> 0:09:59.600 take thanking me for lunch of my business in Atlanta 0:09:59.600 --> 0:10:01.880 and Land. I had the old mayor of Atlanta in 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:03.800 the room as well. I had CEOs in the room. 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:06.960 I had executive from Fortune five hundred companies. I had influencers, 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:09.520 I had famous people, I had real estate. 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:11.640 Like the room had a caveat of people that you 0:10:11.720 --> 0:10:12.199 just don't. 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:14.160 Normally want to entrepreneurs. 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:17.079 And entrepreneurs, yes, successful business owners and new business owners, 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:19.240 and you just don't walk into a room that has 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:22.400 that caliber of people of different backgrounds. Usually if you 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:25.200 go to a certain function, it's always you know, sports, 0:10:25.320 --> 0:10:28.080 entertainment or music or finance or law. 0:10:28.200 --> 0:10:30.000 Like this room had everybody in there. 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:33.120 And playing off what Angela was saying about how people 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:35.640 are feeling like it's we really got to come together. 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:39.120 You had an event right after the election November seventh 0:10:39.120 --> 0:10:40.680 that kind of lived that home for you. 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:43.680 Yeah, and so what's interesting because I had the event 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:46.280 November seventh. The election was the number fifth, and so 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:48.120 many people were like, they don't know if they're gonna 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:50.200 come because their mood was just not. 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:53.040 Where they wanted to need them. I need a moment, right. 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:55.640 I had the chairwoman of Black Lives Matter come to 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:58.440 my event, and she's in that space right like you're 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:00.160 fighting for us on the front lines every day. And 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:02.040 she said, nicoll I wasn't going to come to this event, 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:04.200 but when I tell you, I thank you for coming 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:06.840 to this event because it was the room was so 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:09.800 warm and welcoming. Everybody was there to help. Everybody knew 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:11.440 they were there the network, so the guard was down. 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:13.920 And she said it was just so powerful and pactful 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:16.400 being around all this black excellence all at once. 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:17.439 I needed this. 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:19.760 She needed that room's public first spirits and she made 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:21.679 some dynamic connections for what she's doing. 0:11:22.040 --> 0:11:24.160 So I think one havn't even I know. 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:25.880 November seven was a gamble, right, I'm like, oh, I'm 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:27.720 gonna be celebrating and I was like, okay, well, I'm sorry, 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:32.160 but the energy in the room, the power of the room, 0:11:32.280 --> 0:11:34.800 all the black excellence in the room, everybody loved it. 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:37.040 Yeah, because I feel like we can be discouraged right now. 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:39.679 I know it was a big story about Walmart and 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:42.679 how they're getting rid of their whole many companies, yes, 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:46.079 so many companies are and obviously Walmart's a huge one, right, 0:11:46.080 --> 0:11:47.880 and a lot of people who have initiatives or they 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:50.120 had funding set aside and now everybody's like, oh, ain't 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:52.320 got I do that nowhere, right, And they're also even 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:55.360 trying to make it illegal for you to even you know, 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:59.400 give grant money yea to you know, people of color, 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:01.360 to black owned businesses. 0:12:01.000 --> 0:12:04.199 To one penalized colleges and universities, right. 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:05.240 And so it's a different world. 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:07.440 Yeah, there's a lot of that going on, and I 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:09.760 know it can feel like a discouraging time, but I 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:12.640 think it's even more important that we have things like 0:12:12.720 --> 0:12:15.480 this and things like the Master Connector who can actually 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:18.320 still help navigate through a system that even if you're 0:12:18.360 --> 0:12:20.760 trying to make us not able to do things or 0:12:20.800 --> 0:12:23.040 put obstacles in our way, we're still able to get 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:23.960 it done with community. 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:26.320 Yes, exactly, get it done with the community. It's called 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:28.960 the Connectors community. And like I just said, I know 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:30.560 a ton of people. So if you're working on something, 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:32.520 do you feel subscourverage you reach out to me, especially 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:34.200 if you're a part of my membership, because we also 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:37.320 have Slack channel where you can communicate or I put 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:39.280 in exclusive events that are happening, or I say, how's 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:41.720 everybody's day going? If I found out opportunities and so 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:44.320 it's good to have someone that a I have a 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:46.160 seat at the table, but also have the networks to. 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:48.400 Help you in your business or whatever you have going on. 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:51.440 So you got me. I know everybody out there right 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:53.160 now is listening and they're going to go to the 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:58.000 Master Connectoragency dot com. It's the Masterconnector Agency dot com. 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:02.600 Subscribe ninety ninety nine dollars a month and just take 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:05.199 me through. So I subscribed. I don't know what I'm doing. 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:07.320 What do I get for my ninety nine dollars a month? 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:08.080 Sure, exactly. 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:11.839 So our first class is on December ninth, so you 0:13:11.880 --> 0:13:14.439 want to subscribe before December ninth. Right now, we're giving 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:17.160 out free credit repair to the first five members that 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:18.719 sign up. So if you sign up in their first five, 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:20.680 you get the free current repair, which is one thousand 0:13:20.679 --> 0:13:22.840 dollars service. So we're giving that away for free as 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:25.679 part of the membership and being on the way up 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:28.280 and then with the service. So the first meeting, we're 0:13:28.280 --> 0:13:30.640 gonna do goal setting for twenty twenty six. So I'm 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:32.760 gonna meet with all of my members and write down 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:35.200 what your goals are. And that helps me understand who 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:37.280 you are as my key member in my community, what 0:13:37.320 --> 0:13:39.079 you're working on, and then I start to go through 0:13:39.080 --> 0:13:40.640 my role indecks in my network to figure out how 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:42.120 to get you from point A to point B. 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:45.120 Each month, I have people coming on to. 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:46.920 Talk about different areas of business and how to be 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:49.280 successful in your business, whether like I said, that's marketing. 0:13:49.559 --> 0:13:51.480 I have a good girlfriend that does marketing, and she said, 0:13:51.480 --> 0:13:53.320 when people start their businesses, they don't think about a 0:13:53.320 --> 0:13:55.959 marketing budget. But if you don't have a marketing budget, 0:13:55.960 --> 0:13:56.559 how do people know. 0:13:56.480 --> 0:13:57.560 What your business is exactly? 0:13:57.640 --> 0:13:59.840 And so like little things like that, so so many 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:01.959 is being dropped in so many aha moments that you 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:04.560 would get from being in this community. It's access to 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:06.319 information that we just don't know that we don't know. 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:08.920 I have been you're marketing for people too. 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:10.880 And marketing for people. Yeah, and then you're a part 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:12.960 of a community, so we're all in this together. And 0:14:13.000 --> 0:14:15.040 it's like, I have this going on. We promote each 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:17.920 other's businesses, which I think is important, but it's just 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:21.600 having those experts come on every every month to talk 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:22.640 about different areas of business. 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:23.120 Trademarking. 0:14:23.280 --> 0:14:26.160 You had somebody up here talking about trademarking, talking about 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:29.280 personal branding. There's also what a lady coming on talking 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:30.960 about the five areas of business. Shout out to my 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:32.840 girlfriend Candae. She's talking about the five area business that 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:35.400 you need to succeed. So every month you'll be on 0:14:35.600 --> 0:14:37.600 and then you also get access free access to the 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:40.600 in person events. So the in person events are ticketed, 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:42.360 but if you're a member, you get free access to 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:44.520 the free general mission access to the in person events. 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:47.240 You have a big one coming up in markets. 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:50.400 Huge ones et so Eric Thomas. 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:53.880 He is the highest paid, number one motivational speaker in 0:14:53.960 --> 0:14:57.760 the world. This man changes lives. Anytime I mention his name, 0:14:57.920 --> 0:15:00.600 someone's like, he saved my life. He changed my life. 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:03.560 He is like the amazing profit. He charges a lot 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:05.240 of money to show up anywhere he goes, and they 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:07.800 pay it because he's valuable the gyms that he drops. 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:11.560 He's going to be our guest on March fourteenth in Atlanta. 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:14.160