WEBVTT - How a 19-Year-Old From the Bronx Built a Luxury Empire From One Handshake

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, we we we all. You spoke at

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<v Speaker 1>a school.

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<v Speaker 2>That we was add in the Bronx a few months ago,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was it was such an impressive story from

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<v Speaker 2>an entrepreneurial standpoint and just going to invest FST and

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<v Speaker 2>how that's actually altered the trajectory of your life that

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<v Speaker 2>we was like, man a, we want to, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>highlight young entrepreneurs, some people that are doing well in

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<v Speaker 2>the community our form of gift back, but I also

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<v Speaker 2>just want you to just kind of tell your story

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<v Speaker 2>if you can, as far as how you got to market.

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<v Speaker 1>Mondays.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so this is completely crazy because I envisioned this

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<v Speaker 3>literally the first time I went to invest Fest because

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<v Speaker 3>I was watching Guys before even going to invest Fest.

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<v Speaker 4>But first you had invests.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to thank Kevin Riley for, you know, sponsoring

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<v Speaker 3>our Atlanta Trip Council member from the Bronx. He invited

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<v Speaker 3>us in about like I think it was seventy other students,

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<v Speaker 3>three five star hotel, and I was able to actually go.

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<v Speaker 3>I was invited, and that first year I had nothing

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<v Speaker 3>to show for. I had no business. I was seventeen

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<v Speaker 3>years old, fresh out of high school. A class at

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<v Speaker 3>twenty twenty four, and I just wanted to go and

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<v Speaker 3>just be around the environment of entrepreneurs, high level individuals

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<v Speaker 3>and actually learn. So being there, I was just shaking

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<v Speaker 3>hands with everybody like I was. You know, I was

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<v Speaker 3>telling you guys earlier, I was trying to schedule calls

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<v Speaker 3>with people.

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<v Speaker 4>I was trying to get on.

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<v Speaker 3>Zoom calls, schedule this, try to see how could I

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<v Speaker 3>learn from somebody or get a mentor etc. And that

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<v Speaker 3>alone just led me to create connections and actually interact

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<v Speaker 3>with certain people. But at Investments, like I said, I

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<v Speaker 3>wanted to give a thanks to Shirman Brown because he

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<v Speaker 3>has a larger network as well. And being there, I

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<v Speaker 3>actually met somebody who was involved in the business I

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<v Speaker 3>was interested in, which I now run, jacksided Grentu's and

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<v Speaker 3>ever since then we just stood well connected. His name

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<v Speaker 3>is pj as a mentor of mine, and ever since

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<v Speaker 3>then it's just been on.

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<v Speaker 4>Since there.

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<v Speaker 3>Came into invest Fest the next year, this is invest

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<v Speaker 3>Fest twenty twenty five, and I was actually able to

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<v Speaker 3>pitch my business to you guys.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, I was able to pitch the Troy.

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<v Speaker 3>MG and I was actually a winner of the Youth

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<v Speaker 3>Scholarship pitching Jacksodic g Rent Two's showing my vision with it,

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<v Speaker 3>what does it actually want to do?

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<v Speaker 4>What's my plan? How I actually want to scale?

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<v Speaker 3>And ever since then, I've just been well connected with

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<v Speaker 3>the people around me. Like I said, I want to

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<v Speaker 3>give thanks to Kevin Riley, thanks to Sherman Brown and

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<v Speaker 3>as well as my high school principal Ms Bray from

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<v Speaker 3>Bronxville Preparatory Academy for bringing on Sherman Brown to lead

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<v Speaker 3>me to me to Kevin Riley. So it was those

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<v Speaker 3>all a bunch of steps and just time, time and

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<v Speaker 3>a way. And now we're here going into invest Fest

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<v Speaker 3>twenty twenty six and I'm on market Mondays with you guys.

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<v Speaker 3>Somehow you know it kind of mind bogles me, Like

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<v Speaker 3>I don't even understand it, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>So just to just perspective before, So, how are you nineteen?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so you're nineteen years old coming out the bronx

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<v Speaker 2>You come to invest fast, you meet a mentor. Essentially

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<v Speaker 2>you start an exotic car rental business and then you

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<v Speaker 2>get how much money did you get?

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<v Speaker 1>Five thousand dollars? One thousand? Okay, yeah, you got the

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<v Speaker 1>one thousand. Then you part like that.

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<v Speaker 2>But now you actually have a successful exotic car rental business,

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<v Speaker 2>and we actually used you because somebody, I'm sure Troy

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<v Speaker 2>will tell the story, but somebody needed a car. So

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<v Speaker 2>you pretty much share out of high school and you're

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<v Speaker 2>up and running and you're you're like a real entrepreneur

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<v Speaker 2>that's out here moving.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I want thank you so much. I appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, it's like we're actually serving real clienteles. We're

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<v Speaker 3>actually providing these vehicles. So for services, daily rents, weekly

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<v Speaker 3>rentals on exotic cars, Lamborghini's Ferraris, Rose Races, any vehicle

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<v Speaker 3>you can name, we have access to and we could

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<v Speaker 3>put you in, whether it's a daily rental or chauffeur.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, you got a date night, you on vacation,

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<v Speaker 3>airport drop off, if you want to live that luxury lifestyle.

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<v Speaker 3>Sometimes people just wanted for the moment, you know, So

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<v Speaker 3>we're here to provide that service. And it happened like this.

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<v Speaker 5>Man, It's an incredible story. And again this isn't just

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<v Speaker 5>like some theoretical like story we're telling. This year, we

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<v Speaker 5>have some kids that were in our neighborhood going to

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<v Speaker 5>the prom. They called us day of No Joke, Day

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<v Speaker 5>of Hey, guys, can you help I need a car.

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<v Speaker 5>I was like, I know the person to call. We called,

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<v Speaker 5>he gets the car. This is probably how many hours?

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<v Speaker 5>Maybe three hours, four hours.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, probably five hours max. Four hours.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, you get the job done. This is the idea

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<v Speaker 5>of networking across Prom season is a big season for you.

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<v Speaker 5>You just came out of Prom season. First question is

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<v Speaker 5>most people thinking like, wait, this is an eighteen year

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<v Speaker 5>old kid. Nineteen year old kid, how was he able

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<v Speaker 5>to get these cars? So talk about the process of

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<v Speaker 5>having your mentors plaining to you the game and how

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<v Speaker 5>this was on your vision board. This wasn't something that

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<v Speaker 5>came out of nowhere. You were on your vision board

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<v Speaker 5>and saying I'm going to get there when I'm thirty.

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<v Speaker 5>You didn't know you'd be here seventeen oh.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, like I said, when I actually met my

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<v Speaker 3>mentor once again, his name's pjat Investmentest, me and him

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<v Speaker 3>connected and I was telling yo, look at my notes.

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<v Speaker 3>I literally having my notes from about maybe twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 3>three or twenty twenty two saying I will own an

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<v Speaker 3>exotic rental business or it was under it was labeled

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<v Speaker 3>as future businesses, and under it was exotic rentals, and

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<v Speaker 3>this is something I thought I would have to scale

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<v Speaker 3>into like later on in the future. And he was

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<v Speaker 3>just like, wow, there's no way, et cetera. And then

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<v Speaker 3>as me and him continue to talking, I was like, wait,

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<v Speaker 3>I think I know your your your business, and me

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<v Speaker 3>and him actually had a convo because what's crazy is

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<v Speaker 3>it's such a full circle moment. I try to book

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<v Speaker 3>with him for my prom. So I actually try to

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<v Speaker 3>get a rental vehicle for my prom. I was trying

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<v Speaker 3>to get a Lamborghini Hurricane, but I was seventeen years old,

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<v Speaker 3>so you know, I didn't meet the requirements. I had

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<v Speaker 3>no full coverage insurance, no twenty one plus license.

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<v Speaker 4>And then you know, he ain't let it have it.

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<v Speaker 3>You know what I'm saying. He give you the Lamb,

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<v Speaker 3>but I was a little tight, but I had to

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<v Speaker 3>go on my mom's card. But that was cool for me.

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<v Speaker 3>But so, yeah, meeting the mentor, like I said, he

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<v Speaker 3>was actually able to show me the game and tell

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<v Speaker 3>me you don't even really need to own these vehicles.

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<v Speaker 3>There's people out here that have Lamborghinni rses that they

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<v Speaker 3>don't even drive them and they're just paying that monthly

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<v Speaker 3>car note and it's just sitting there to depreciating asset.

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<v Speaker 3>But a lot of people do say vehicles are depreciate assets,

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<v Speaker 3>but when it comes into the rental game, we could

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<v Speaker 3>actually make them appreciating assets as in dealing with the

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<v Speaker 3>expenses and then everything profit from there. So just to

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<v Speaker 3>sum it up, investors having a broad network, and you

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<v Speaker 3>can also you know, in the vehicles yourself as well,

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<v Speaker 3>But there's a lot of like you know us an investors, etc.

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<v Speaker 3>Where it's like there's no risk on the table source

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<v Speaker 3>the client, you manage the vehicle, be able to get

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<v Speaker 3>the job done.

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<v Speaker 6>Cool question for you can't for the parents who may

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<v Speaker 6>be watching with their kids tonight, can you talk to

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<v Speaker 6>us about the power of youth mapping out a vision

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<v Speaker 6>plan and telling parents not to limit the beliefs on

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<v Speaker 6>their children because you started incredibly young and most people

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<v Speaker 6>think you have to wait to your thirty, but talk

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<v Speaker 6>to the importance is about getting started early as an

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<v Speaker 6>entrepreneur and what advantages the youth have over people that

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<v Speaker 6>the older.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, most definitely. So I always said I always felt

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<v Speaker 3>like I was behind. Even now I'd be like I

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<v Speaker 3>wish I started when I was thirteen fourteen instead of

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<v Speaker 3>playing Fortnite like I wish I was. It's a crypto

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<v Speaker 3>I could have been on these crypto kids, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>But I mean it's all good's time, you know. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>you really have to do emphasize youth financial literacy in general,

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<v Speaker 3>because simply just plant them the seed and a young

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<v Speaker 3>individual could just blossom the whole entire generation. So like

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<v Speaker 3>my whole mojo and I get this from Sherman Brown

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<v Speaker 3>is I want to break generational curses and create generational wealth.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, because I'm from the Bronx. I was born

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<v Speaker 3>and raised in the projects. But the ambition and the

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<v Speaker 3>vision that I have for myself being that people that

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<v Speaker 3>had more or people that learned more or was experienced

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<v Speaker 3>poured into me at a young age, I'm not opened

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<v Speaker 3>my mind to something completely different from let's say the

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<v Speaker 3>average nineteen year old, Whereas I could vision my life

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<v Speaker 3>being completely different from let's say the average the average joe,

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<v Speaker 3>like you know, let's say a nine to five or corporate.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I actually see life from a different, different

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<v Speaker 3>perspective now that I zoomed out when people were able

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<v Speaker 3>to pour into me from a young individual, I mean

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<v Speaker 3>from a young age, and that just goes to show

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<v Speaker 3>how much literally just a conversation, a conversation where a

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<v Speaker 3>person could completely change their life. And that's pretty much

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<v Speaker 3>all it took for me going to these events, being

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<v Speaker 3>partnered with Aim High and just shaking hands. Meeting all

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<v Speaker 3>these high level of individuals show you there's so much

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<v Speaker 3>more to life if you just put your head down

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<v Speaker 3>and work for something greater than what is normal to

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<v Speaker 3>everybody