1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: Wake that ass up in the morning. The Breakfast Club Morning. 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 2: Everybody's dj NV just hilarious, charlamage to God. We are 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 2: the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest on the 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 2: line right now. We got the brother, Isaac Hayes, the 5 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 2: third welcome Brother. 6 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 1: What's good? What's up? 7 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:17,240 Speaker 2: How you feeling? 8 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:20,119 Speaker 1: I am feeling excellent. How about you, guys? 9 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 3: Blessed Black and Holly favored Isaac. Isaac is the founder 10 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 3: creator of fan Base. For people who might be new 11 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 3: to fan Base, I think just tell them what fan 12 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 3: base is. 13 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: Fan Base is a social media platform that I found 14 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,199 Speaker 1: in that allows anybody to have followers and subscribers on 15 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 1: the same page. We've raised about eleven million dollars in 16 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,919 Speaker 1: three rounds, and we're raising seventeen million dollars right now 17 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: on start Engine for our latest round. So it's really 18 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: a successor to what I call with TikTok and Instagram are. 19 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 3: What is the what is the benefit for like the 20 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 3: non creator to switch to fan Base. I understand there 21 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 3: the creative benefit of fan Base, but what's the fit 22 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 3: for a non creator to switch to fan Base versus 23 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 3: using other social media apps? 24 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 1: Well, I think the first thing is that most everybody's 25 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: content is suppressed on all these platforms, and so there's 26 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: a change that's happening where people feel like they are stifled. 27 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: Even the average user just doesn't seem like they're getting 28 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 1: visibility for the content that they make. So we want 29 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: to make sure that, you know, we provide an opportunity 30 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: that nobody's content and suppressed. We don't run ads. I 31 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: just want to make sure that everybody has an opportunity 32 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: to see all their content. So it's just it's just 33 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: like any other social networks, free to download, free to use, 34 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: doesn't cost anything. So I look at it, like I said, 35 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: as a transition from all these platforms that you know, 36 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 1: shadow band, you you know, crush your content and don't 37 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: allow you to really connect with people. 38 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 2: Now, I was going to ask that a lot of 39 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,479 Speaker 2: people have been in the last couple of months really 40 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 2: been complaining about a lot of these social apps because 41 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 2: they're saying that they are suppressed that you know, you 42 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 2: could tell that they want them to pay for advertising 43 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 2: and it's not really getting this stuff out like that. 44 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,559 Speaker 2: What's going to stop fan base from doing the same 45 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 2: thing later? 46 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: Wrong? Well, I think the current platforms have to charge 47 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: you I mean, you got to think that Instagram is 48 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: now charging you three hundred and fifty dollars a month 49 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,079 Speaker 1: just to get visibility, and that's because they run ads. 50 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: Ninety seven percent of their revenue comes from advertising, and 51 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: so I'm like, you know, we can't, we can't have 52 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: platforms like that. We don't run ads. And so since 53 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 1: we're a repshare platform that has subscription and love, love 54 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: is like digital currency, so you can tip somebody for 55 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: all their content on the platform. So it's really super easy. 56 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,119 Speaker 1: You know, you give somebody a love, it's about half 57 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: a penny. Those add up and you can like stuff 58 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: for free. So we don't really have to worry about 59 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: suppressing content because again we don't run ads. I always 60 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: say that these platforms have to suppressure content because they 61 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: work against you, Like you know what I'm saying. So 62 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: why would Instagram let you reach a million people when 63 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: they're about charge target to reach a million people? So 64 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: that's why they suppressure content. And so for me, that's 65 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,079 Speaker 1: one of the reasons why we don't do that. 66 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 4: What do you mean when you say they charge you 67 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 4: three fifty a month Instagram? 68 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: So Metaverified has this new program now where they're charging 69 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: you three hund in fifty dollars a month just to 70 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: be visible in the feed, like in the search and 71 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,239 Speaker 1: all this other stuff. It's really tight on these platform 72 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: It's getting crazy right now, Like you know, it's time 73 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: for a change. Anyway, though, I think none of these 74 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 1: platforms can last forever. I think for us, especially why 75 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: I found it fan base, is that black culture is 76 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: so much a part of what makes social media popular, 77 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: and we don't own any of these platforms. Again, I've 78 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: said this before, like you know, this is a black founded, 79 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 1: but not black only app. So I take into care 80 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: consideration that black culture needs a place that it can 81 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: be global and not be stifled and exploited. And so 82 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: that's the reason why you know, I'm doing it a 83 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: little bit differently. We just it's time. It's time for 84 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: us to own some infrastructure. I'm just I'm over I'm 85 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: over everybody you know having disagreements or issues with TikTok 86 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: and Instagram, and those are always going to be problems 87 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: unless we own the infrastructure these platforms, which is why, 88 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: like I raised capital and built the platform to begin with. 89 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 3: I agree with you, it's the stupidest thing in the 90 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 3: world when I see people say things like I think 91 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 3: Elon Musk is racist and I don't like Elon much, 92 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 3: but you're you're saying it on idiot, right. 93 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: I mean, we can complain as much as we want to, 94 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: but until we change and transform our thinking about you know, 95 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: what we value. I think building building black wealth is 96 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: one of the things that you know, we have to 97 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: really focus on. And the fastest way to build wealth 98 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 1: moving in the future is technology. And so if you're 99 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 1: going to get mad at Elon Musky yell at him 100 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: on his platform, that doesn't make sense. So there has 101 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 1: to be alternatives. And we've never been here before. Again, 102 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: I say this all the time. Fan Base is really 103 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: one of the first of it's kind where we've never 104 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,720 Speaker 1: seen a black founder start a social media platform from 105 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 1: the bottom up. I spent my own bread to build 106 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: this thing, we scaled it up, we raise capital, and 107 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: so now I want to get people an alternative because 108 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: we also have, you know, the ability that people own 109 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: this platform. We have over fifteen thousand investors that have 110 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: invested in fan Base have gone to start engine on 111 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: their own shares in the company, and we got to 112 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 1: build this black wealth or we're going to be customers 113 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: to our own creations. We will never have a seat 114 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: at the table at all. 115 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 4: What is this seventeen million dollar reg what is it? 116 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: Regga rais reggae? So well, I'm the first black man 117 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 1: to raise ten million dollars in reg CF. So regulation 118 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 1: A crowdfunding is where you go up to the next 119 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 1: level where you can raise up to seventy five million 120 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 1: dollars in a year. So right now we're raising seventeen 121 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: million dollars and the minimum to invest is three hundred 122 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: and ninety nine dollars. So when you hear about these 123 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: people that own part of these platforms, these already rich guys, 124 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 1: these angel investors that were part of Uber and PayPal 125 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 1: and Instagram and all these platforms that are you know, 126 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:31,479 Speaker 1: enormously wealthy. They were rich to begin with. But with 127 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: equity crowdfunding, which is something extremely important, we have this 128 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 1: DEI attack that's going on right now. Equity crowdfunding allows 129 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: us to invest in ourselves, to work together to fund 130 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: our own companies. And so the regulation A that we're 131 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: doing on the Start Engine allows us to be able 132 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: to do that. So now the people own the platform, 133 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 1: the users are the people that own part of the platform, 134 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: and who better than to give you know, like I said, 135 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: ownership tos and the people that make the platform successful. 136 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: There's so many creators if I was a creator, an 137 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: average user, anybody. I think investing and understanding why we 138 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: need to be able to do this is something that 139 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: you know, we got to lock in and focus on. 140 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: So I tell everybody go to start engine dot com 141 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 1: slash fan base. If you want to invest, you'll have equity. Again, 142 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 1: we've already raised about one point three million in this 143 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: new seventeen million all around, but we're taking it to 144 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: seventeen million, and so we're gonna be able to you know, 145 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,559 Speaker 1: build fan base enormously faster and better. 146 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 2: Now, what should been some of your biggest challenges when 147 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 2: it came to fan base so far? 148 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 1: Niggas Well, I'll say that I'll say this right, I 149 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: think that some of the biggest challenges is that he's 150 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 1: actually getting people to understand their content has value, Like 151 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 1: we're transitioning, Like think about all the content creators that 152 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:42,600 Speaker 1: existed for the last ten years, and then stop and 153 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: think about costs and not Costuma's probably making about eight 154 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,840 Speaker 1: hundred grand a month off subscriptions. He's like two years old, right, 155 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 1: But the generation before him that we're trying to get 156 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 1: brand deals and all this kind of stuff, they don't 157 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: understand that subscriptions are coming. You know, if you're not 158 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: paying attention and understanding that your content has value, you're 159 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: going to get lost in the shuffle, to be left 160 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,599 Speaker 1: behind because someone like Kai and all the younger creators 161 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: that are coming forward, they're making money off subscriptions. They're 162 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 1: making millions of dollars off subscriptions. That anybody can do that. 163 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: You can do that, I can do that. You might 164 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: not have as many subscribers as Kai, but you can 165 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: still be on a platform where Coy's got millions of followers, 166 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 1: but he has people that also want to support his content. 167 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: And so I wanted to provide a global platform for 168 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: anybody to have that capability. And also with what we did. 169 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: What I did was I invented in that peer to 170 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: peer purchase subscription. I have to say this every time, 171 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: Like before fan Base, you cannot subscribe to a person 172 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: using Apple or Google the app story, you can only 173 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 1: buy a game, or you can only subscribe to like 174 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 1: Spotify or Netflix. But I made it so that you 175 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: can subscribe to people. And that changed everything. And then 176 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: Apple and Google changed their model because again black people 177 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: innovate any everything. They changed their model and they allow 178 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: the Instagram to do it and TikTok and x and 179 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: all these platforms. Now you can describe from your phone. 180 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: But that was done by this black man here in Atlanta, 181 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: Georgia to be able to do that. So I take 182 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: pride in being somebody that innovated the space on that way. 183 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 4: This might be a random question. 184 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 3: I don't know if you can ask you, Isaac, but 185 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 3: when I hear you say things like Kai Sinata is 186 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 3: making eight hundred grand a month, the first thing I 187 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 3: think about with all those content creators is I hope 188 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 3: they're paying their taxes. What are the They got to 189 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 3: pay taxes like everybody else. 190 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: Right, of course, of course they gotta pay tax got 191 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 1: Coy's got solid management, I know, I mean, he's he's here, 192 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: has a great management team. I mean, he's you know, 193 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: he's making so much money. I absolutely you know know 194 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: that they do that. And also what happens with us 195 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: is we send out at fan base. We pay you 196 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:33,559 Speaker 1: out the first severing of the month, but at the 197 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 1: end of the year, we send you you know how 198 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 1: much money you made, so you can follow with your taxes. 199 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: So it's not really an issue that you could just 200 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: send it over and say, hey, you know, let me 201 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 1: let me find my tax and let people know how 202 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: much money I made. But we do that for every 203 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 1: single person on the platform to make sure that you 204 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 1: are paying your taxes, because they will come get their money. 205 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 1: They will, they will, they will send us a letter 206 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: saying we're about to garnish this users. We get letters 207 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 1: from the irs like, YO, give us this money. So 208 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 1: it's it's crazy, but it actually does happen. 209 00:08:58,200 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 4: So so with the money that you've raised so far, 210 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 4: where does that money go to? 211 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: So what I what I explained to people right now 212 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: is is that when you see fan Base, nothing speaks 213 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 1: better for fan Base than the app itself. And so 214 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 1: fan Base has six content creation tools like six verticals 215 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 1: or content creation functionality. So we got stories, live posts, 216 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: long form video which is like YouTube, flicks which is 217 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 1: like short form video, and the audio chatrooms. And so 218 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: when you really see the app, you think that okay, 219 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: these guys are raised about ten or eleven million dollars 220 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: and it built something that most people would say would 221 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: cost fifty million to be able to build, and we 222 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 1: got staying power. I'm not gonna be unapologetic that a 223 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: lot of these companies that have been that have been 224 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: funded by venture capital vcs have actually coming and give 225 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: companies thirty five million dollars and they've blown the money 226 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 1: in eighteen months and had no product nowhere near as 227 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: close to fan base. And so what we do is 228 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 1: we spend our money wisely, we continue to scale the app. 229 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: We have other functionality and features that we're doing. We're 230 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: adding URTMP streaming, so just like Twitch and Rumble, you'll 231 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: be able to stream your video games and kick you'll 232 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: be able to do that. So we just keep adding 233 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 1: and building to the platform and we have almost seven 234 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 1: hundred thousand users. I know that people don't know that, 235 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: but this is really, like I said, a one of 236 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: a kind social media app that people don't understand what's 237 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 1: being done and how we're breaking the mold. 238 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:22,959 Speaker 2: Now, if people do want to log I'm trying to 239 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 2: get logg on my fan base right now. It wouldn't 240 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 2: let me log in. That happens all the time. But 241 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 2: I was going to ask you, so for people break 242 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:30,959 Speaker 2: down what fan base is. If they don't know what 243 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 2: they can do with it, why would it benefit them 244 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:35,719 Speaker 2: over other apps? So they get a better understanding. 245 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: Well, first, the first thing I say is you can 246 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 1: create a fan base account and we file the patent 247 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 1: on a migration toil that allows you to copy all 248 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 1: your content from either Instagram or TikTok and paste it 249 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 1: over on your fan base page. So then now you 250 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 1: put your content into place where somebody can tip it. 251 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: Anybody up, any regular person can tip it. So on 252 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 1: fan Base you have followers and subscribers. And what's important 253 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: about that is as AI comes into play and more 254 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:02,959 Speaker 1: people start to lose jobs, I think content creators in 255 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: IRL content, which is in real life content, is going 256 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:07,679 Speaker 1: to be something that people are really going to rely on, 257 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 1: Like the gig economy is going to explode because people 258 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 1: can make you know, the Keith Leads of the world, 259 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 1: the people that discover that they have a talent or 260 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: a neck to be able to do this, and so 261 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 1: being in a position to already monetize from day one 262 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 1: if you so choose. If you just want to use 263 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: fan base as a platform where you connect with your 264 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 1: friends or have fun, you can do the exact same thing. 265 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: But I think we have to understand that content has 266 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:29,559 Speaker 1: value and they're gonna be a lot of money. There's 267 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of money made in the next 268 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 1: few years. Again, people are going to become billionaires off subscriptions. 269 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: I know it sounds crazy, but I'm telling you right now, 270 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: there will be billionaires made off people subscribing to other 271 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 1: people's content, just like we subscribe to Netflix and so again, 272 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: creating generational black wealth and being able to do this 273 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,319 Speaker 1: because again, we are we are left behind. We are 274 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: we are you know, I see these younger creators. I 275 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 1: see the Aiden Rosses who got equity and Kick. I 276 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:58,439 Speaker 1: see all these these people that have equity in these companies, 277 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 1: Charlie Emilio, Bryce Hall, they have equity. But I don't 278 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 1: see that, you know, I don't see the academics as 279 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: equity and Rumble or I don't see Constana has equity 280 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,719 Speaker 1: in Twitch and so again, I think for users to 281 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:15,719 Speaker 1: be able to use the platform and then also become investors, 282 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: it's something that's extremely important. 283 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 4: How many OW subscribers do you all have? 284 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 1: No? Seven hundred thousand, said, give about seven hundred thousand, 285 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 1: seven hundred thousand users global. We're on iOS and Android 286 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 1: and one hundred and ninety countries and territories. We are 287 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 1: continuing to grow. We continue to scale every day, add 288 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 1: new functionality, add new add new things. With this seventeen 289 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 1: million dollar around, we're filing patents. We got to expand 290 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,079 Speaker 1: our team. You know, our team is pretty small. They started. 291 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: We started with five people. Now we have about thirty 292 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: five people that work for fan Base, and we want 293 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 1: to double and triple that team to be able to 294 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: really scale and compete. At first, this is a startup. 295 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 1: People say, Okay, it's a startup, But now we're in 296 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: scale up mode where we really got to take this 297 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 1: app and turn it into the next you know, the 298 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:59,559 Speaker 1: next Instagram, the next TikTok, and we'll continue to be 299 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:01,680 Speaker 1: able to do that. And again I keep saying, there's 300 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 1: nobody out here in this space like this. There's no 301 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 1: you can't find a black founded social media app that's 302 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,599 Speaker 1: for every single person on the planet, that allows you 303 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 1: to monetize, that doesn't suppressure content, that's really changing the game. 304 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 1: And really people are again these platforms are copying everything 305 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:18,199 Speaker 1: that we do. So I'm just going to continue to 306 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: lead the charge and make sure that we do everything 307 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 1: we gotta do to continue to scale fan base. 308 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 4: You know, I'm an investor in fan base. 309 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 3: You know I gotta say that, right, So how do 310 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 3: people what is the process of investing in fan Base? 311 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: So when you invest in fan base, you go to 312 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: start engine dot com slash fan base, right, and then 313 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: the minimum to invest is three hundred and ninety nine dollars. 314 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 1: That money sits an escro. You don't have it. We 315 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 1: don't have it. After there's a process where everybody does 316 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:49,559 Speaker 1: a background check on the person investing, and then you'll 317 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: get an email saying do you run an invest in 318 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: fan Base? You'll get that email and then once you 319 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 1: click that, that money goes into a dispersement queue. And 320 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: as soon as we take that money and put it 321 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: in our account, you are investing in fans Base. And 322 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: so again, we have over fifteen thousand investors around the 323 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 1: world that have invested in this platform. I keep telling 324 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 1: people like, when these companies have these exits and you 325 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 1: hear you know, these platforms sell for billions and billions 326 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 1: of dollars, and regular people are going to be able 327 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: to exit fan Base eventually. Either we're going to go 328 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 1: public or we're gonna get acquired. That's the eventuality of 329 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 1: what we're going to do. So again, I want to 330 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 1: highlight on investing and how important this is because you me, 331 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: everybody has the ability to increase the value of fan 332 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: base by simply using the platform, but then you own 333 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: a piece of it. And we you know, again, we 334 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 1: have about one point eight trillion dollars of wealth, that 335 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: spending power that we have in the black community every year, 336 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: and we should take some of that money and start 337 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: investing in multiple companies and other companies that we can 338 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 1: fund through equity crowdfunding. Equity crowdfunding is going to be 339 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 1: something that I think the black community's going to focus 340 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: on a lot more because what happened with the Fearless Fund, 341 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 1: what's happening with DEI. They're trying to shut us down. 342 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 1: We in twenty twenty three, blacks, black black startups got 343 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:00,080 Speaker 1: less than half of one percent of all venture cap 344 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: So think about that, less than half of one percent 345 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: of all venture capital went to black founders. So we 346 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: have to start funding our own businesses and look out 347 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 1: for ourselves. I'm over the whole plan of you know, 348 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: we're trying to beg to have a seat at the 349 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: table on Instagram when we make the platforms. I'm tired 350 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 1: of that. So again I encourage everybody to invest in 351 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 1: fan Base, use the platform. We're not gonna stop. We've 352 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: been going, like I said, for the last three years, 353 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: and so many other platforms have come and gone and failed, 354 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: but we're still here because we know what we're doing. 355 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 1: We're building community and we're making a change in what 356 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: we do with social media. 357 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 4: So how do people invest if they wanted to right now? 358 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: So go to start engine dot com slash fan base 359 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: and there will be you'll pull up on a fan 360 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: base page on start Engine and just click get equity 361 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: and that's it. You'll get equity in the platform. You'll 362 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 1: have some shares, you have some ownership. And remember, these 363 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 1: raises tend to go viral. I say this all the time. 364 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: There hasn't been a raise that I've done, but we've 365 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 1: reached our goal and everybody's like, is it too late 366 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: to invest. I'm like, nah, don't wait, We're going all 367 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: the way with this thing. So as soon as you 368 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: possibly can, because again, the raise is gonna close, we're 369 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 1: gonna go on to the next level and continue to 370 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: build the platform. So if you want to have, you know, 371 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: an opportunity to invest. Again, there's a lot of disposal income. 372 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna tell you how to spend your money, 373 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: but I'm definitely telling you that, you know, three hundred 374 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 1: ninety nine dollars is the ability to have equity in 375 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 1: the platform. And there's another stat that I say all 376 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: the time when we think about this, when we're raising 377 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 1: seventeen million dollars, twenty eight thousand, five hundred people investing 378 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: six hundred dollars, and this platform has millions of listeners, 379 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 1: millions of viewers. Right, so twenty eight thousand, five hundred 380 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: people investing six hundred dollars, it's seventeen million, one hundred 381 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 1: thousand dollars. We reach our goal like that, and again, 382 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 1: with that kind of capital, we will catch Instagram, we 383 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: will catch TikTok, and then we will surpass them because 384 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 1: we're doing things that they're not doing yet. We're inventing 385 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: and creating things in social media that none of these 386 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 1: platforms have done so and we're not stopping. We're doing 387 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 1: it right here in a right here in Atlanta, Georgia. 388 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: So we're gonna keep pushing. 389 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 3: Is there a minimum amount that you gotta invests? 390 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 2: I don't know if you know. 391 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 1: He said, well, how many suscribes is it? 392 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 2: You just said some one hundred thousand? 393 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: You just said three hundred. 394 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 2: And ninety nine. 395 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 3: Listen, man, Sometimes when a person is talking, people will 396 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:10,199 Speaker 3: miss things. When you pose it as a question and 397 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 3: you say, what is the minimum amount? 398 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: Tell us again, the minimum to invest is three hundred 399 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 1: and ninety nine dollars. That's right to invest. But listen again, man, 400 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: I thank you guys man for providing the platform. I 401 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:27,399 Speaker 1: think it's extremely important because we are at a we 402 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 1: are at an inflection point in social media and technology, 403 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: and again we got to own these platforms. I'm just 404 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 1: you know, I can't stress enough. I see I saw 405 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: somebody else today they got they got their platform, you know, 406 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 1: they got their page taken down and their mad Instagram. 407 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 1: And why are we always begging to be on platforms 408 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 1: where they really utilize every dance We have, all our music, 409 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:51,639 Speaker 1: all our skits, all the things that we have, but 410 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: we don't have equity in these platforms. And so we 411 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: can continue to really you know, beg to be included 412 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: in these platforms. We can build our own, but again 413 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 1: and be part of it for the entire planet fan 414 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:05,159 Speaker 1: base for everybody to use on the planet globally, I 415 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: want everybody to join it. We got users in Africa, 416 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 1: we got users in England and Australia and in Asia, 417 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 1: all over the world, and I got to hop in 418 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 1: audio rooms and help people hear people talking in different 419 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 1: languages and having conversation and bringing the world together. Audio 420 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:21,479 Speaker 1: chat is something that's phenomenal. And we even have something 421 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: called branded audio Chat that we filed a patent on. 422 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:25,440 Speaker 1: So there's a lot of dope things that we're doing 423 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:27,400 Speaker 1: that nobody else is doing. I'm gonna continue to do that. 424 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 4: I agree with you, you know. 425 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 3: You know they treat social media sites the way television 426 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,439 Speaker 3: networks used to treat black people like they like, you know, 427 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 3: the Foxes and the CW's and the upns. They use 428 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 3: all the black content to build it up, and once 429 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 3: they get it to a certain point, they box us out. 430 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: Look look what happened on two B. Look look what 431 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,639 Speaker 1: I mean Ones two B. Black people put all their 432 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:53,439 Speaker 1: movies on too B blew it up, and then they 433 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: switched it like that, they rebranded it. Now it's like 434 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 1: they switching. They got all that, they made enough money, 435 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 1: they built enough users up, so now they can go 436 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 1: run ads, make money and switch the entire nature of 437 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: the platform a whole rebrand or refresh. They're not gonna 438 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: start letting those black movies on there anymore. But black 439 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: culture is really the reason that blew too be up. 440 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 1: And again, we do it all the time. We think 441 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:14,399 Speaker 1: it's funny. We think it's funny that we bling like, 442 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:16,640 Speaker 1: oh my god, these Too B movies are so bad. Yeah, 443 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 1: but you're actually adding value to the company. And one, 444 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 1: you don't own it. And two, when they're ready for 445 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 1: you to go, they'll just switch it up and change 446 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 1: the programming and change the style of the app, and 447 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:26,359 Speaker 1: then you out of there. 448 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 4: Y'all read something like a two days ago. 449 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 3: I think it said two B had more viewers last 450 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 3: month than Disney Plus and Paramount Plus. 451 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: And yeah, I mean we did that, though we do 452 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:41,440 Speaker 1: that all the time. I mean, what do you think 453 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,880 Speaker 1: Instagram would be without Black Culture? How much you think 454 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 1: would be worth? How much you think TikTok would be 455 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,719 Speaker 1: worth if we took all the dances, all the music, 456 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 1: all the skits. You know, if Funny Marco left and 457 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:54,919 Speaker 1: Drew Ski and Kysannot and all these creators were no 458 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: longer part of these platforms that bring eyeballs to the 459 00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 1: platform so that they can run ads. I mean, what 460 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 1: do you think you platform to be worth. They wouldn't 461 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:04,439 Speaker 1: be worth anything. So again, we have to I recognize that, 462 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 1: and I think a lot of other people out there 463 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: recognize that too. So that's one of the reasons why 464 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,679 Speaker 1: I'm just so adamant about making sure that people understand 465 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: that we got to start investing and they're gonna keep 466 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 1: stripping away DEI. You know, you know, the diversity acry 467 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:18,719 Speaker 1: inclusion is under attack. So unless we start funding our 468 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: own businesses and investing in ourselves, you know what I'm saying, 469 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:23,880 Speaker 1: we're gonna be left out. And so this is our shot. Again, 470 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 1: I tell everybody, we've never been here before. Don't think 471 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 1: about this, Like I tell anybody, download that app. Nothing 472 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 1: speaks better for fan base than the app itself. But 473 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 1: go to start engine. Look at everything we've accomplished, look 474 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 1: at everything that we've been able to do, and I'm 475 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: telling you'll see for yourself, like this is real. This 476 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: is a growing platform. Like I said, people like you, 477 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:45,199 Speaker 1: Charlemagne that are investors, and so many other people that 478 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 1: are part of the platform continue to invest and be 479 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:49,680 Speaker 1: a part of it, and we're gonna scale this thing. 480 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,479 Speaker 1: Fan Base was when I first launched the app, we 481 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 1: were valued at twenty million dollars. Now fan base is 482 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,200 Speaker 1: one hundred and sixty million dollar apps, so it's eight 483 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:59,640 Speaker 1: times as valuable as it was when I first raised 484 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 1: capital twenty twenty. So I went from twenty million to 485 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 1: fifty million to eighty five million to one hundred and 486 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:07,159 Speaker 1: sixty million, and so we can scale this thing to 487 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: a billion dollars. Again, I'm telling people like I even 488 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: tell people like Costs and not like Yo. I would 489 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 1: love to have cost and I have equity and family. 490 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:15,959 Speaker 1: We elegine Costana have equity and fan base. He can 491 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: bring a million people over the fan base probably in 492 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:19,639 Speaker 1: a couple of days, and fan maase be a billion 493 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:22,960 Speaker 1: dollar platform. We should be leveraging our reach to bring 494 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 1: people to platforms that we own. Get some equity first, 495 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 1: because again Aiden Ross, Charlotte, Emilio, Brysol, they're getting equity 496 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: in these startups. Man, they're taking these companies in exiting. Meanwhile, 497 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: they're cutting checks to academics and they might cut checks 498 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: to cost not but the bigger players to have equity 499 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:40,920 Speaker 1: in these platforms and make sure you got money. You 500 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying that that the long game is 501 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 1: really the ownership. And when these platforms scale, tell. 502 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:47,640 Speaker 4: The people where to go again to invest in fan. 503 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:51,640 Speaker 1: Base, start engine, dot com slash fan base. Come on in. 504 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 1: We're raising seventeen million dollars on start Engine. The minimum 505 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,119 Speaker 1: to invest is three hundred and ninety nine dollars. We 506 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: love to have you on the cap table, download the apps, 507 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,399 Speaker 1: ye share with the friend. Remember this is you have 508 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 1: the ability to increase the value of the assets you 509 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 1: own by simply using it. So once you got shares 510 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,479 Speaker 1: and fan Base, tell a friend, tell them to invest, 511 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,679 Speaker 1: and then we raise the value of the platform and 512 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:13,680 Speaker 1: scale this team to a billion dollar company, a ten 513 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: billion dollar company, one hundred billion dollar company, and we 514 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,679 Speaker 1: exit again. I said, I can't wait to be standing 515 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 1: in a room full of twenty five thousand people that 516 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,159 Speaker 1: invest in fan Base in twenty thirty possibly and we 517 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,440 Speaker 1: exit the company. And this is the largest distribution of 518 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: black wealth ever And we can do this. This is 519 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 1: not this is not impossible, This is totally doable that 520 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 1: people can buy shares, we can raise the value of 521 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 1: this company, exit this company, and then we can do 522 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 1: it again for another company, and then then start up 523 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,440 Speaker 1: in another business and keep doing this over and over 524 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 1: and over again. Before we didn't have an opportunity to 525 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 1: do this. The Jobs Act, which is what I used 526 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,880 Speaker 1: to raise capital, has only been around since twenty fifteen, 527 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 1: and it really got popping in like twenty nineteen. So 528 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 1: that's the reason why, you know what I'm saying, I'm 529 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 1: so heavy on this, all right, my guy. 530 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 2: Appreciate you, brother. 531 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: Thank you, guys man, appreciate your. 532 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 2: Third fan base. It is the breakfast Club. Good morning, 533 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,920 Speaker 2: wake that ass up in the morning. 534 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 1: The breakfast Club. M hm.