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Listen to The Black Market or 20 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: my Heart Radio, Apple Apple podcast or wherever you listen 21 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: to podcasts. Welcome to money Making Conversations. It's the show 22 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: that she has the secrets of success experience firsthand by 23 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 1: marketing and Brandon expert Rashan McDonald. I will know he's 24 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: giving me advice on many occasions. In the case you 25 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: didn't notice, I'm not broke, you know. He'll be interviewing 26 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: celebrity CEOs, entrepreneurs and industry decision makers. It's what he 27 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 1: likes to do, it's what he likes to share. Now 28 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: it's time to hear from my man, Rashan McDonald money 29 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: Making Conversations. Here we come, Hell Lor, Atlanta, Georgia. Welcome 30 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: to Money Making Conversation. I'm your host, Rashan McDonald. As 31 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: I say it every week, it's time to start reading 32 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: other people's success stories and start writing your own. People 33 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: always talking about their gifts. They pass and leave with 34 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: your gifts. Stop talking about it and don't let your age, friends, family, 35 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: or coworkers stop you from planning or living your dreams. 36 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: My interviews, I bring on money making conversations for you 37 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,799 Speaker 1: my celebrity friends. Some celebrities I don't meet him for 38 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:17,559 Speaker 1: the first time on my show, but there for you CEOs, entrepreneurs, 39 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: and industry decision makers. My next guest is a guy 40 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: I've seen it a long time. He's one of my 41 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: favorite people. Al Harrington. He has a retired NBA star 42 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: as the CEO and founder of the premium cannabis company 43 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: Viola Incorporative. Inspired the name in honor of his grandmother, 44 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: Viola Harrington after seeing how cannabis helped Viola, who suffered 45 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: from glaucoma and diabetes. Als entrepreneur endeavors begin and doing 46 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: his NBA career when he strategically invested in startups across 47 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: the cannabis industry. Then in t al bought Bought brought 48 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: Viola to the market after overseeing the carefully created cultivation 49 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: and extraction and production. This part of his mission is 50 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: to say this entrepreneur opportunity is for everybody. He's there, 51 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: he's a leader in the business. He's throughout this country. 52 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about the locations that he's grown his 53 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: business over one hundred employees. Wow, please walcome to the show. 54 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: My man, he's an entrepreneur. Don't like I said, Well, 55 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: she said, Lebron said, more than the athlete. That's my 56 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: man right here. Al Harriton, I ain't doing all you know, 57 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: I I had to bring it up man more than 58 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: an athlete, man, because I was interviewing, um, Chris Paul 59 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 1: and Chris Paul he was in the interview he talked 60 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:32,519 Speaker 1: about the guy said, guy was caught off guard that 61 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: he knew more than just about the game that he played. 62 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: He said, Man, we do we dribble, We do want 63 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: to just dribble a basketball. Man. We eat, we live, 64 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: we have family, we do business deals, and that's really 65 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: sometimes you can get caught off by that. People just 66 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: kind of like short change you because you are an athlete, correct, Yeah, 67 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: for sure. I mean you gots and it's super expecting, right. 68 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: I mean most people are fans or whatever. They only 69 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: see us on Sports Center, right, they don't. You know, 70 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 1: we don't have too many outlets where we get a 71 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: chance to, um, you know, show the other side of 72 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: our life, right, the things that we do in the community, 73 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: the investments that we make, you know, so, um, you 74 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: know it's important for like platforms like what you have here, 75 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, to be able to highlight 76 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 1: athletes and allow us to show the world that we 77 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: are more than athletes, and we're more than guys who 78 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 1: just contrible a basketball and make a make a hoop. 79 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: You know, the interesting thing about it is that you 80 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 1: know when you were giving it a talent and I 81 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: want to I want to be Uh. I have to 82 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: slow it down when I say the word talent because 83 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: then everybody has a talent. But if you don't work 84 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: on it and mature it, then guess what, it's just 85 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: a talent. Let's talk about the process of once you 86 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: realize you had the ability to play basketball, and then 87 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: people I saw you having that ability to play basketball, 88 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: how did you move forward and making it an opportunity 89 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: that you can make money with it? Well, you know, 90 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:56,919 Speaker 1: for me, like, uh, my basketball talent came from nowhere, 91 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: almost right when I grew up. Believe it or not, 92 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: is uh. You know, I was always the biggest kid 93 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 1: in class. But I was the biggest kid in class. 94 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,840 Speaker 1: You know, my real team is Albert. So I used 95 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: to be fat Albert growing up. So I used to 96 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: be bullied a little bit, you know, about my size 97 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: and my weight. So you know, the way I could 98 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 1: take out my frustration was on a football field. So 99 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: I played football up until I was a freshman in 100 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: high school. And that's when I had a gross spurt. 101 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: So I went from you know five ten to six four, 102 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 1: and you know, played on the freshman team. Wasn't that good. Uh, 103 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: But for some reason, you know, my AU coach guy 104 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: named Sandy Payon and then Jay Syriac, they saw a 105 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 1: talent in me somehow, and you know, they started to 106 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: invite me to work out some different things like that, 107 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: and you know, over time, I fell in love with 108 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: the game, and you know, going into my junior years, 109 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: when I made a commitment that you know, I wanted 110 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: to be a ranked athlete. You know, I was wasn't ranked, 111 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: but I saw a lot of the guys that was 112 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: in the top one hundred and top ten, and I 113 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:52,840 Speaker 1: just felt like there wasn't that much better than me. 114 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 1: You know, It's just that they just have been playing longer. 115 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 1: So I just really dedicated myself to the gym and 116 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 1: just got really good man and over year spend, I 117 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: went from an unraped you know, uh, you know player 118 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: to the number one player in the country. Right. So 119 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: once I got to that point, you know, all the 120 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: number one players in the country was going to the league. 121 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: So I was just like shoot the vodka to the 122 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: point I'm the number one player, I'm gonna go pro too, 123 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,280 Speaker 1: And pretty much that's how I made my decision. I 124 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: was just like, I'm the one player everybody else is 125 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: going from too, and that's how. But the key key 126 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: to you was when you got to the n B 127 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: and you had you had mentors, you know, because that's 128 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: where a lot of players like you that are young 129 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: don't have a real professional athletes pull you aside. Talk 130 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: about that experience in the importance of mentorship for a 131 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: young man who was suddenly in a legal adults. You know, 132 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: all the responsibility being an adult is placed on you 133 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 1: and you have money. Yeah, it's it's uh, you know, 134 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 1: it's it's eye opening. You know when you go from 135 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: literally like nothing, so now having a million dollars in 136 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: the bank is it's like you can't fathom it. And 137 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: you know, for me, where I was just really lucky 138 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 1: was that I got on a you know, Indiana Pacers 139 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 1: squad that had just lost in you know, seven games 140 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: to Michael Jordan's Bulls. So they brought back up a 141 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: fully veteran team. So I had guys on my team 142 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: that just taught me everything. They told me how to 143 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: be a professional, which is the most important thing, right. 144 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: I always say, the foundation that they lay with me 145 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: is the reason why that I was able to play 146 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: for sixteen years. And you know, to your point, a 147 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 1: lot of the younger guys that do get drafted, you know, 148 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: in the first the top ten, they usually go to 149 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: teams that aren't really good, right, And usually they're not 150 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: really good because this poor leadership, the team is extremely 151 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: young and they just have nobody to you know, kind 152 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: of give them direction or whatever. So I always say, like, 153 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: as much as I wanted to be a top fifteen 154 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: pick or whatever, and I looked at the teams that 155 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: I wanted to draft me, I think that guy was 156 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: definitely looking out for me by putting me on a 157 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: pacer team that had guys like Reggie Miller, Mark Jackson, 158 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: Chris Mullen, and Tonio Davis who actually allowed me to 159 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: live with him my freshman. ILL tell this story, quick story. 160 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: I had got h you know these books I called 161 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: them at the time in the mail and I looked 162 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: at him and they had like the year and dating 163 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: my name on it, and I didn't know what they were. 164 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: So I took him and put it in my closet 165 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: and like two weeks later, I come home from practice 166 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: in Antonio has these same books and he's like signing them. 167 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: So I asked him what they were and he was like, 168 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: in my taxes. I was like, I got those same 169 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: books taxes. 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Go to smokey 204 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: bear dot com to learn more about wildfire prevention. Brought 205 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:34,200 Speaker 1: to you by the U. S. Forest Service, your state 206 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: Forrester and the AD Council. We don't de beauty of you. Well, 207 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 1: looked at background. Al I man into Steve Harvey Camp 208 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 1: and man, it was hot and we were just laughing 209 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: and we we we were phone called each other period 210 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: and we kind of like it lost uh like disconnected there. 211 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 1: But the thing I loved about this guy man was there. 212 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: You know, you always think people gotta have a degree 213 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 1: to do this. You have to get a certain to graduate. 214 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: And here you are, like you said, you fished your life. 215 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 1: Decision on everybody else was number one, they went pro. 216 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,839 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go pro. But then while you was a pro, 217 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: you had the smart the sense to learn how to 218 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: be a professional and learned there is life after basketball. 219 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: And that's what I'm talking about. You decided to start 220 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: investing in your after life career while you were still playing. 221 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 1: Why was that so important? Well, you know I had 222 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 1: a financial so so you know, quick story. Uh, I 223 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 1: got plenty of stories, but my U I think it 224 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: was my third year in the league. I was sitting 225 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 1: in the locker room, and I was sitting next to 226 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 1: um Derek McKee, and somehow we just started talking about 227 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: investing and how much money, you know, had I saved 228 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: at that point, and he was asking me questions that 229 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 1: I didn't really know the answer of, right, because I 230 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: was focused on playing right. I had had a back surgery, 231 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: so I was just trying to get back and just 232 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 1: focusing on the game and never like really looking at 233 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: my finances. But when he asked me some questions I 234 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: didn't know the answer. He was like, I'm gonna give 235 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 1: you some homework answer these questions for me. And I 236 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 1: went back and I looked at everything and I started 237 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 1: asking questions, and what I realized was like I had 238 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: like three hundred and fifty thousand dollars saved, and I 239 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 1: had a couple of assets here and there, but for 240 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 1: the most part, I was still broke, right and this 241 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,680 Speaker 1: is after I had probably already made about three million bucks. 242 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: And that was very eye opening for me at that time, 243 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:24,680 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. And it really, like, you know, 244 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:27,959 Speaker 1: just made me look at everything differently. And and Derek 245 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 1: also introduced me to his financial advisor, which was an 246 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: older gentleman out of lexing to Kentucky. And what I 247 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 1: like about this gentleman was one he really challenged me 248 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: out the gate. You know. It was just like you know, um, 249 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 1: you know, any business opportunities that you want to do, Um, 250 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 1: I'll look at him for you, but you know you're 251 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 1: gonna have to present to me why this is a 252 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: good deal. And start vetting deals on my own at 253 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,560 Speaker 1: a very young age, and it just started giving me 254 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 1: more business sense and more business acumen and how to 255 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: ask the right questions and not just fall for any 256 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: opportunity that would actually on my way. You know. So 257 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: I'll always give him a lot of credit for those 258 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,960 Speaker 1: two gentlemen because you know, you know, I think I 259 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,439 Speaker 1: was maybe twenty one, maybe twenty two years old is 260 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 1: when I started to have those kind of conversations, and 261 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 1: it just really inspired me to just learn more every time, 262 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: you know, a deal came across my plate, and you know, 263 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 1: from an entrepreneur standpoint, like I just you know, I 264 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: love business man. It's like it's like the game. You know, 265 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,319 Speaker 1: what I'm saying and what I've learned about how translated 266 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: what I've learned in sports to businesses. It's all about team, 267 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 1: you know, so anytime I look at the deal, I'm 268 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: looking at the team who's involved. You know what, I'm saying, 269 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: who's gonna be executing, who's gonna set the pick, who's 270 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: gonna be three point shooter, who's gonna you know, what 271 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: are the specialists that you have within your organization on 272 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: why this is a good business opportunity and why this 273 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 1: is gonna win? And you know, ever since I've taken 274 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,960 Speaker 1: that approach, man, you know, I've been pretty successful. You know, 275 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: I would definitely say every idea or everything that I 276 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 1: invested in did not work, but most did. And then 277 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: you know, you look at this business, said I'm in 278 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 1: now in cannabis. You know, this is our ten year anniversary. 279 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,200 Speaker 1: I'm very proud of that. You know, we've raised you know, 280 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 1: just under twenty five million dollars. Six million of that 281 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: was my own money. So I skinned the game and 282 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: I'm ten years in and running the business as cash 283 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: for positive where I look at a lot of my 284 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: counterparts that don't even look like me one that they 285 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: already have all the advantages, and these hundreds and a 286 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 1: lot of them are out of business. So you know, 287 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 1: I would just say that we've done a really good job. 288 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 1: And I think I've done a really good job at 289 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: the way I approach business, and I'm just continue to learn, man, 290 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: because like to your point, I came out of high school, 291 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: I didn't go to college. I don't have no business degree. 292 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: A lot of decisions I've made is off of my gut. 293 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 1: But you know, I've definitely learned how to look and 294 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 1: d diligence on the opportunities before I jump on them. 295 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you somethingow Uh, if you made three 296 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 1: million dollars and you were able to say three and 297 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 1: into dollars, you were pretty smart to say. I'll just 298 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: tell you right right there. You were not a dumby. Okay, 299 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 1: you might say you were broke, but that was a 300 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: pretty smart move. So you mean that you were listening 301 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 1: along the way, which means that you understood that you 302 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 1: need to put money to aside. You know what to 303 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: do with the money. But the people who came into 304 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 1: your life said, you got that, let's build that, and 305 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 1: this is how you have to come to me, so 306 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 1: you won't be coming up with no nightclub pitch, no 307 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 1: car wash pitch with no with no amazization tied to 308 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: the five year plan and so when you when you 309 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: got into the cannabi's business, you know, right now it's 310 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: it's you know, I remember when I first read about 311 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: cannabis business, I just didn't even understand it, and I 312 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 1: was like confused, you know, was it legal? Can you 313 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: how can you do? You know? The athletes, they couldn't 314 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: mess with it. Now you're here that the NFL is 315 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 1: relaxing their rules, the NBA is a relaxing their rules 316 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: if they're they're using the word medically and induced reasons 317 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 1: as to why you can use cannabis CBD. When did 318 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 1: it start changing because you dropped in when it was 319 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 1: just like you know a lot of people say a 320 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 1: good deal, but I'm was stay away and watch Now 321 00:15:55,880 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: people are wanting to invest into your brand. Yeah, mean 322 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 1: to your point, when I jumped in, it was not popular. 323 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: You know, now every entertainer, athlete, everybody's making investments and 324 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: you know, trying to endorse products. You know, when I 325 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 1: did this, you know I was I put my contract 326 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: at risk. Um, I put my freedom at risk essentially, right, 327 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 1: you know, and we still do. I mean, it's still 328 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: federally illegal, and I can be very honest with you 329 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 1: now ten years later. When I first started, I was 330 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: like you, I didn't know what the hell I was 331 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 1: doing and what the meeting into. Um, all I knew 332 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:31,479 Speaker 1: was that I had seen it help my grandmother. UM. 333 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: With my grandmother's background being that you know, she's a 334 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: lady of she's she's a lady of the Lord. I 335 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: tell you all the time, my grandmother not going to heaven. 336 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: We're all going to hell for sure. Where you got 337 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 1: a chance open minded enough to try cannabis and then work. 338 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: And you know, for her when she tried it, the 339 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: first thing she did was go downstairs and read a Bible. 340 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 1: He told me. You know, the first time she read 341 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 1: and read a bib went over three years. So that's 342 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 1: what just really inspired me, like I said, to just 343 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 1: learn more. And you know, from that day, from when 344 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: I made the first investment getting out you know, our 345 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: building that we have in Colorado now ten years and uh, 346 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:11,479 Speaker 1: you know, being robbed, being you know, having the plans, 347 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,439 Speaker 1: get sick in the in the facility, all these different 348 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 1: obstacles that came our way. UM, I had every reason 349 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 1: in the world a quit right and just be like 350 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 1: you know what this ain't for me? You know, I 351 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: could be golfing right now. Right, you know, I can 352 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 1: say enough money that I could be doing something totally 353 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: different in my life, but you know, I just really 354 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 1: value that I had an opportunity to change the perception 355 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 1: of cannabis to the world by using my platform speaking 356 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:39,920 Speaker 1: on it. And it went from that to trying to 357 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:44,920 Speaker 1: change the stigma to now my purposes around the around 358 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 1: the inclusion and diversity of the industry, you know, and 359 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:51,360 Speaker 1: how it impact impacts the black community because they use 360 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 1: cannabis to enslave us in, to destroy our communities. Now 361 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 1: all these you know, we own less than four percent 362 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,159 Speaker 1: of the industry, there's billions of us being made, and 363 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:04,159 Speaker 1: there's still all these barriers for black people to participate 364 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 1: in something that was nothing wrong with it in the 365 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 1: first place. Right. So that's why my focus is literally 366 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 1: on trying to right the wrongs that happened to our 367 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,680 Speaker 1: people in our community. And you know, I will say 368 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 1: that it's very hard, you know, because if you don't 369 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 1: have the capital to be able to really go out 370 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 1: and support these people, because this industry is so cash intensive, 371 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 1: you know, there are a lot of challenges. But you know, 372 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 1: I feel like we've been able to you know, use 373 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 1: you know, our our platform in different ways where it 374 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 1: doesn't always require us to have to put in money. 375 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 1: You know, we could use just our influence, some of 376 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 1: our resources, just our knowledge, just giving people the right 377 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 1: course to go down instead of going down the way 378 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 1: that I already went down and that was not the 379 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,120 Speaker 1: right way, you know. So it's just really just trying 380 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 1: to just trying to figure out what's the best way 381 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,439 Speaker 1: to have an impact on our community. And you know, 382 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 1: that's what that's that's what is constantly motivating me every 383 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: day to continue to grow this business. Looks to see 384 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:03,399 Speaker 1: the true magic of a forest. It's a storybook world 385 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: for them. You look and see a tree, They see 386 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: the wrinkled face of a wizard with arms outstretched to 387 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 1: the sky. They see treasure and pebbles, They see a 388 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,640 Speaker 1: windy path that could lead to adventure, and they see you. 389 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:21,199 Speaker 1: They're fearless. Guide. Is this fascinating world? 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And 400 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 1: now the eldest daughter, who looks to be about nine 401 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 1: or ten, has secured herself in the booster seat. Dad 402 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 1: zips the clothes and they're off. But looks like Mom 403 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 1: doesn't realize your coffee cup is still on the roof 404 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 1: of the car and there it goes. Oh, that's a shame. 405 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 1: That mug was a fan favorite. 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The forest is closer than 416 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: you think. Find a forest near you and start exploring. 417 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: I discover the Forest dot Org. Brought to you by 418 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,399 Speaker 1: the United States Forest Service and the AD Council. You 419 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:00,879 Speaker 1: know somebody, you know, you got over, had employees, you 420 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:06,680 Speaker 1: know your you know, franchises in California, Colorado, Michigan, Oklahoma, Oregon, 421 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 1: and Washington. And I'll tell you I was watching HBO 422 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 1: when early stages of this cannabis andy and that they 423 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:15,160 Speaker 1: were showing this this this white guy. He had security 424 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:17,919 Speaker 1: all around them, okay, and he had to go to 425 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 1: a warehouse and he had to have cash, and they 426 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 1: were saying something like, you know, you can't deposit this 427 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 1: money in the bank. It was like I was like, okay, 428 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 1: that mean he's like everything the cash transactions. You couldn't 429 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:34,359 Speaker 1: deposit the money in the bank. That scared me. I 430 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:36,919 Speaker 1: would hold up. I gotta worry by my wife. I 431 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: got worried by my daughter. Somebody gonna kidnap somebody. How 432 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,399 Speaker 1: did you How did you manage man to like, uh, 433 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 1: survive you with all these barriers. You couldn't put the 434 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:50,640 Speaker 1: money in bank it's cash induced. You know, you gotta 435 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 1: have security around here all the time. And I was like, 436 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: I was blown away, man there that that ran me 437 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:58,400 Speaker 1: out the back door. I went, no way, no way, 438 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: because people will come in the app. They were coming 439 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 1: at me. You're smart, dude, you can make a lot 440 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:07,640 Speaker 1: of money. I saw that HBO special I would hell, no, 441 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 1: no way, no way. No. It has its challenges, man. 442 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,440 Speaker 1: So you know, when I came in, banking definitely was tough. 443 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 1: I started off in Colorado, so Colorado had some form 444 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 1: of regulation and different things like that. We first started, 445 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 1: we definitely did have a bunch of cash, but that 446 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,439 Speaker 1: was only for maybe like the first year to eighteen 447 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 1: months that Credit Union started to take banking and they 448 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,440 Speaker 1: got filthy rich. You know. I would say, like it 449 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:36,239 Speaker 1: was thirty five hundred dollars for us to have just 450 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: to holding account with the bank monthly. It was a 451 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 1: monthly feet of thirty five hundred bucks. And then we 452 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,399 Speaker 1: would have to pay two to three percent on every 453 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 1: deposit over ten thousand dollars. You said, wait, wait, wait, 454 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 1: wait wait a minute. Brother, You said, they choked you 455 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 1: thirty five dollars a month for their account. Did two 456 00:22:55,840 --> 00:23:03,160 Speaker 1: percent oh their account ten thous dollars. So yeah, yeah, 457 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 1: so the banks. So if you was willing to take 458 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: the chance we're banking, you got rich. That's just been 459 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: calling me, Rishad, do start off black banks something. I've 460 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,159 Speaker 1: been saying that for a while, just it's only so 461 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:17,639 Speaker 1: much time in the day for me, you know what 462 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 1: I'm saying. I still think that the banking is a 463 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 1: huge need and opportunity in the space, and especially as 464 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 1: more black people, especially social equity continues to be more 465 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 1: relevant in the space. I think that people would love 466 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 1: to bank with somebody that looks like them and in 467 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:33,399 Speaker 1: someone that can understand them in their needs, you know 468 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:35,399 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. So there's definitely an opportunity there. So 469 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,880 Speaker 1: we can talk about that offline for sure. You know, man, 470 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:43,719 Speaker 1: talking to you, man, I n b a doctor, dude. 471 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: You are so well honed, so articulate, so smart in 472 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 1: this whole entremur neural space. Do you realize who you are? 473 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 1: Do you realize how you communicate? Man? That's what that 474 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: when I met you with this brother's shock man. But 475 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: sometimes you know, you just one of those natural guys 476 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:05,159 Speaker 1: that don't appreciate something, even respect the knowledge that you 477 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: pour into people. And it's tough because like, obviously I'm 478 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 1: living everything in in real time, right and obviously I'm 479 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:19,640 Speaker 1: constantly working every day in the building, so you don't 480 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: really get a chance to sit back and kind of 481 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 1: just realize, you know, what you have been able to 482 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,119 Speaker 1: build and what you've been able to to to actually 483 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 1: create for others. But you know, my my biggest thing 484 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 1: is like I really feel like this is a legacy 485 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: opportunity for myself and everybody that's involved with it. And 486 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 1: you know, that's what I continue to sell to my employees. 487 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,399 Speaker 1: It's like, you know, this is what we're doing is 488 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,680 Speaker 1: not only for us, it's for it's for other people 489 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,680 Speaker 1: to at some point be able to you know, benefit 490 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 1: from as well. And you know, I think that when 491 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 1: you set up a business, where is about serving the people. 492 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: I think that the reward that comes back you can't 493 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 1: put a number on it. Right. So I've never been 494 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 1: the guy to say I want to create a billion 495 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 1: dollar company, right, you know, let's just see what the 496 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:03,119 Speaker 1: chips for what they made. But I just feel like 497 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 1: if we continue to serve people, continue to help people, 498 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: continue to be consistent with within the brand, and the 499 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:14,120 Speaker 1: products that we produce. I think sky's the limit for us. Man, 500 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 1: I'm tell you something, Man, I was impressed when I 501 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:20,119 Speaker 1: first met you. Man, you were just just you just 502 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 1: don't understand your abilities. Right now you are walking talking 503 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: poster for black opportunity athlete transition to normal life entrepreneurship planning. 504 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 1: And I just want you to say, you're on my 505 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 1: show here might making conversation. I need you on CNBC. 506 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 1: I need you CNN, I need you on everything MSNBC 507 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:48,919 Speaker 1: because Man, your game and your conference. I need you 508 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:52,920 Speaker 1: on the cover Black Enterprise. Okay, that's how smart you're 509 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 1: talking because you're missing your mixing community and opportunity, and 510 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: that's what doesn't get spoken a lot the community and 511 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: everybody wants to hear that. Then your backstory of how 512 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: you started was based on your grandmother, So when you 513 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: start mixing all that together. Because I've been trying to 514 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 1: get you a boy a year and a half of 515 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 1: my show. Now I'm mad at you because you need 516 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 1: to be on more than my show. You my brother, 517 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: need to be on more than my show. Your special man, 518 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,120 Speaker 1: I said that back then and here and how you've 519 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: developed as a man as a business person. Your story 520 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 1: needs to be told more than just on this show. 521 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 1: It needs to be across the board because you're employing people, 522 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,920 Speaker 1: then you're you're telling me, I'm trying to get more 523 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 1: people into the game, but also I'm trying to break 524 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 1: it down the numbers of where it was. At one 525 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 1: time it was they was putting us in jail for 526 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 1: this same thing and putting three and ten years sentences 527 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 1: on us. Now the white people selling it and they're 528 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:51,719 Speaker 1: not going to jail, but then they won't let us 529 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 1: buy it to sell it. Right, Yeah, it's it's I mean, 530 00:26:57,680 --> 00:26:59,640 Speaker 1: we could we could go on and knowing about that, 531 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's really screwed up. And you know 532 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 1: I always would. I always say when I talk to people, 533 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:07,680 Speaker 1: and especially when I talk to like, you know, black 534 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 1: business leaders in these communities that don't want cannabis, and 535 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 1: I just tell them all the time, like you got 536 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,199 Speaker 1: to really take another step back and look at this 537 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:17,680 Speaker 1: because it's happening, and this is generational wealth at risk 538 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 1: for our community. You know, I really feel that this 539 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,680 Speaker 1: cannabis plant will be a you know, a hundreds a 540 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: couple of hundreds of billion dollars a year industry and 541 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 1: if we can have a seat at the table and 542 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: carve out our peace. I feel like we can take 543 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: something that destroyed our community to actually rebuild it. You know. 544 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 1: It's so many different ways of you know, uh participating 545 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 1: in the space from you know, HIMP industrial hip. You 546 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: know how many people reach out to me saying that 547 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 1: they family own land and all these different parts of 548 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 1: the country, and I'm like, yeah, let's start producing hip 549 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:51,160 Speaker 1: on there because I envisioned at some point um building 550 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 1: communities made out of him HIMP homes and different things 551 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:57,119 Speaker 1: like that. Is there's so many different ways that this 552 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,719 Speaker 1: plant can impact our community. It's just have been unlocked 553 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 1: yet because it's been illegal. And then also people from 554 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 1: our community have some form of ps PTSD of just 555 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 1: seeing so many people being locked up in lives ruined 556 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:13,239 Speaker 1: that they just can't wrap their head around like this 557 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 1: is now an opportunity where we can create real wealth. 558 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 1: You know. So that's what I just continue to speak 559 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,880 Speaker 1: on and just you know, continue to let people know 560 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 1: and spread the good news because you know, cannabis is 561 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,199 Speaker 1: the most dynamic play in the world, and as we 562 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 1: continue to unlock all the things that it does, you know, 563 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,680 Speaker 1: We're gonna really be sitting twenty years from now thinking 564 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:35,400 Speaker 1: about how dumb it was that, you know, cannabis wasn't 565 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 1: you know, a primary source of wellness a very long 566 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 1: time ago. You know, here's a there's a thought as 567 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 1: we close up because of the fact that when I 568 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 1: talked to you, what exactly does your company do? I 569 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 1: want everybody to clear understanding. You know you in you 570 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 1: in California, Colorado, Michigan, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Washington. You have 571 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:58,120 Speaker 1: all hard your employees. What does your company do? Now? 572 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: So we were we're pretty much a vertically integrated company, 573 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 1: so we actually we cultivate, we manufacture, we have some 574 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 1: retail locations. UH. So that's called like pretty much vertical integration. Uh. 575 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 1: And the state is a little different. So like in 576 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:20,280 Speaker 1: Colorado were vertically integrated, Michigan with vertically integrated, uh, Oregon 577 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 1: with vertically integrated. But you know California, Oklahoma, Washington, those 578 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 1: are places where we actually do white label agreements or 579 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:32,000 Speaker 1: we actually provide those producers. There are genetics to grow 580 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 1: specifically for us, and then obviously we package it and 581 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 1: we market it. So essentially, you know, Viola is a brand. 582 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:41,800 Speaker 1: UM just think of it almost like a set stop. 583 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 1: First of all, stop man, vertically integrated, white label. How 584 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:51,160 Speaker 1: many people you know know what you're talking about? Brolie. 585 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 1: He just he That's what I'm talking about. You're so 586 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:02,400 Speaker 1: into your game when you start talking, you forget I'm 587 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:05,959 Speaker 1: talking to a lot of people. They may know Presenter 588 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,160 Speaker 1: that people don't know what white labeling is and definitely 589 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:12,440 Speaker 1: don't know what vertically integrated is. So you couldn't explain 590 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,240 Speaker 1: that there white labeling because so we could just let 591 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 1: everybody know the greatness of our Parentally integrated means that 592 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,720 Speaker 1: we control the supply chain, you know, from start to film, 593 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 1: almost from seed to sell. So that means that we cultivated, 594 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 1: we manufactured, whether we break it down into oils or concentrates, 595 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,640 Speaker 1: or we just make pre roles, that's that's considered manufacturing. 596 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 1: Then we actually package it for distribution to to our 597 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 1: end user, which is the dispensaries that we work with 598 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:42,280 Speaker 1: or our own dispensaries. So that's what vertical integration is. 599 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 1: And white labeling means that you know, you have a 600 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,840 Speaker 1: brand that's really strong where you could do strategic partnerships 601 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:52,840 Speaker 1: with other cultivators and manufacturers where they will agree to 602 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 1: produce product for you to put into your packaging so 603 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:58,760 Speaker 1: that you can now enter into that state in the 604 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,320 Speaker 1: asset light model, which I mean when I said like 605 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:03,239 Speaker 1: model means that we don't have to come in and 606 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 1: spend like most cultivation UH costs anywhere from five to 607 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 1: ten million dollars to build out a five hundred to 608 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,240 Speaker 1: a thousand life facility. So if you don't want to 609 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:14,280 Speaker 1: go into that state and you know, spend that capex, UH, 610 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,840 Speaker 1: you will find a partner that has lights and that 611 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 1: respects your brand, and we'll be able to cultivate for 612 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,040 Speaker 1: you so that you can actually into that market without 613 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 1: having to put up that upfront money with the brand 614 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:30,800 Speaker 1: actually leads the way. My man. Man, you're special as 615 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,800 Speaker 1: an African American, and I know you're trying to break walls, 616 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: breakdown path. How can you be an assistant uh in 617 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:41,200 Speaker 1: getting there. I know you're saying you're trying to normalize 618 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:44,360 Speaker 1: the process. Is it is it about just getting money? 619 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 1: I just want to get licensed in this business. Yeah, 620 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,240 Speaker 1: I mean it depends. I mean, like you know, with 621 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:53,880 Speaker 1: the license and situation, it's it's very it's unique. Right, 622 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 1: So places on the West Coast like you know, Oregon, California, 623 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:03,360 Speaker 1: it's relatively easy to get a license. Um, it's expensive obviously, 624 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:05,920 Speaker 1: you know, because you have to you know, submit applications, 625 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:08,160 Speaker 1: pay all these different fees and different things like that, 626 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:10,560 Speaker 1: and then once you actually win the license, now you 627 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 1: need you know, anywhere from you know to the ten 628 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 1: million dollars to build out your facility, depending on the 629 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 1: size of it. On the East Coast, that's where it's 630 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 1: really really competitive. And on the East Coast is where 631 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:25,520 Speaker 1: pretty much all the opportunity is because all those licenses 632 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 1: are all limited. Right, So New York there's only ten 633 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 1: vertically integrated licenses that they gave out, and when you 634 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:34,560 Speaker 1: think about how big the New York market is, you 635 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:36,800 Speaker 1: know that ten licenses will never be enough, right, They're 636 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,320 Speaker 1: gonna have to add probably another hundred. But the way 637 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: they set it up is these first ten will be 638 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,280 Speaker 1: vertically integrated, like I talked about earlier, which gives them 639 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:48,000 Speaker 1: an advantage right when entering into the market because they 640 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 1: already have a market share and they already have somewhat 641 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:54,880 Speaker 1: of a foothol already. But that license process, the reason 642 00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:58,640 Speaker 1: why those ten operators aren't black is because or none 643 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,640 Speaker 1: of the black people couldn't even the afford to apply 644 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:05,520 Speaker 1: was because that whole application process was probably a five 645 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:10,800 Speaker 1: to seven million dollar package, right and there was probably 646 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:15,520 Speaker 1: fifty sixty companies that had to put five to seven 647 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,440 Speaker 1: million dollars in their package to apply and only ten one. 648 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:20,680 Speaker 1: So when you think about that, like you could go 649 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:22,720 Speaker 1: and use all the resources you know when you'll put 650 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:28,600 Speaker 1: your five million dollars together, right right, So it's so 651 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:32,960 Speaker 1: so the East is extremely expensive. And you know, even us, 652 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:36,000 Speaker 1: you know, I have another company called Village Uh that 653 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,920 Speaker 1: me and my co found in Viola. We started and 654 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,880 Speaker 1: you know that company, we we we pretty much raised 655 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,800 Speaker 1: five million dollars to start that company to go after licenses. 656 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 1: And you know, last year we was awarded a license 657 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,440 Speaker 1: in Maryland where you know, we beat out some of 658 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:54,440 Speaker 1: the big Coca Colas and is a bush back companies. 659 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:57,040 Speaker 1: We were the number one ranked application in the state 660 00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 1: of Maryland. And then in Missouri we won for vertical integration. 661 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:03,040 Speaker 1: We won. We was number one in cultivation, number one 662 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:06,640 Speaker 1: in retail, and number three and manufacturing. And you know 663 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:10,359 Speaker 1: we're still waiting on New Jersey, Illinois, Georgia. We're great 664 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:13,040 Speaker 1: to put in New York. So I've tried to figure 665 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:17,360 Speaker 1: out ways to kind of you know, participate in every 666 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:20,359 Speaker 1: way possible, you know what I'm saying, And I've been 667 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,400 Speaker 1: having some success. So to answer your question, how can 668 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:26,160 Speaker 1: you support me? Right? We are constantly always raising money. Um, 669 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:28,440 Speaker 1: you know, all these new opportunities that come you have, 670 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:29,799 Speaker 1: like I said, you have to find a way to 671 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,719 Speaker 1: fund them. So um, you know you could be my 672 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:36,719 Speaker 1: first investor. You know, from this call and from there, 673 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:40,640 Speaker 1: my brother I would tell you the man man's first 674 00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:42,280 Speaker 1: of all, you know, we're gonna talk off our lives 675 00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:47,080 Speaker 1: because you're brilliant. Man. I just feel that, uh as 676 00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:51,000 Speaker 1: part of the service of your business. You like you know, 677 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:54,040 Speaker 1: magic is his business. You know what I'm saying. You 678 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:57,600 Speaker 1: have that same charisma. Your intellect is off the chart, 679 00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:02,560 Speaker 1: your articulation is your beast, and your smile is brilliant. 680 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:05,279 Speaker 1: And so again, Man, I want to thank you for 681 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:09,319 Speaker 1: reuniting with me Al Harrington and getting to talk and 682 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,359 Speaker 1: just see where your life is treating you well. Man, 683 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:13,879 Speaker 1: And uh, thank you for coming on money making conversation there. 684 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:16,960 Speaker 1: Thanks for having me. I really appreciate it. Okay, cool, 685 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:18,840 Speaker 1: if you want to hear see any of my interviews. 686 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,440 Speaker 1: For money Making Conversation, please go to money Making Conversation 687 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:24,040 Speaker 1: dot com. I'm with Sean McDonald. 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