WEBVTT - BA Q&A: How To Travel On A Budget ft. Victory Banwo

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<v Speaker 1>It's time for the b a q a A, the

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<v Speaker 1>b a q a with Tiffany, the b a q

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<v Speaker 1>eight with Mandad, but she ain't here today, the b a.

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<v Speaker 2>Q a with Victory. A le b a qa a.

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<v Speaker 2>We have a.

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<v Speaker 1>Guest in the Steal. Her name is Victory ban Wo

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<v Speaker 1>and so Victory is I don't even know, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>we an't see if she's a DreamCatcher. She had mant

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<v Speaker 1>what was Victory? But she is going to ask two

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<v Speaker 1>questions of me today. And if you would like to

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<v Speaker 1>all those ways you could be like Victory in the Steal.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome Victory. How are you hi, Tiffany.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm good.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm actually a mentee. So that's that's where I'm from.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm from the Patroon community. And it's been such an

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<v Speaker 3>awesome I think it's already almost a year since you know,

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<v Speaker 3>you started mentoring us.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's been awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, So she's part of my mentor Tiffany dot com.

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<v Speaker 2>That's awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>So most of y'all know me as the Budginista obviously

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<v Speaker 1>personal finance.

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<v Speaker 2>But I've been in the business for over fifty years.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean fifty yeah, right, girl, I've been in business

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<v Speaker 1>for fifteen years, and I've made about fifty million dollars

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<v Speaker 1>about give or take in business. I mean, I've got

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<v Speaker 1>a New York Time bestseller award winning podcast. Just like

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<v Speaker 1>there's so many things in business that I've done online, school,

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<v Speaker 1>I've had a marketing company. Just so many things that

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<v Speaker 1>I've done in business. And I get the request of

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<v Speaker 1>mentorship all the time. And I already have like ten

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<v Speaker 1>to fifteen, like in person mentees that I talked to

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<v Speaker 1>on the phone or see in person.

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<v Speaker 2>But the request just can't pouring in.

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<v Speaker 1>So I said, well, let me see what it would

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<v Speaker 1>look like to maybe mentor people digitally. And so I

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<v Speaker 1>started my mentor Tifnany dot com and Victory joined and

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<v Speaker 1>so now she's here. So Victory, now you get to

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<v Speaker 1>ask me a question up close and in personal, and

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm close and personal. If you want to be

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<v Speaker 1>a mentee, it's just my mentor tifnany dot com and

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<v Speaker 1>you can join us all over there. It's twenty bucks

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<v Speaker 1>a month. I mean, at least while I'm recording this.

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<v Speaker 1>Who knows what to be about the time you listen

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<v Speaker 1>to it. But all right, Victory, what's your first question?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, so my question, really, Tiffany, is how do I

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<v Speaker 3>structure my budget? You know, you talk about personal finance

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<v Speaker 3>a lot, and I really a lot of the things

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<v Speaker 3>that you suggested are very helpful, and even from the book,

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<v Speaker 3>structured my budget. But my question now is for somebody

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<v Speaker 3>who's starting a business, how do I make my dollars

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<v Speaker 3>stretched to where I'm able to cover my bills, meet

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<v Speaker 3>my personal financial goals, but then also fund a business.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't necessarily want to get a VC or an investor.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to fund a business myself. But I'm trying

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<v Speaker 3>to figure out how to structure my budget in such

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<v Speaker 3>a way that I make my money stretch.

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<v Speaker 2>If that even go ahead, I'm sorry, or even one?

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<v Speaker 2>Or is it I guess?

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<v Speaker 3>Is it too Is it reaching too for too much

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<v Speaker 3>to say, Hey, I want to reach my personal financial

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<v Speaker 3>goals and also invest in the business. Do I have

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<v Speaker 3>to pick one? Or you know, how what do you suggest.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, victory, I'll say that one you don't. I want

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<v Speaker 2>you to be a business.

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<v Speaker 1>To be a really good business owner founder, you have

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<v Speaker 1>to learn to be super flexible. So one it might

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<v Speaker 1>look like in the beginning, you're not one hundred percent entrepreneur,

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<v Speaker 1>like I wasn't in the beginning. I started the budgetiesta,

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<v Speaker 1>which was making me zero point zero or zero dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>But I was babysitting, I was tutoring, I was doing

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<v Speaker 1>all this other stuff. I had unemployments at the time,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd lost my job, and that's really how I was

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<v Speaker 1>paying bills. The business did not pay me anything for

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<v Speaker 1>the first few years. So don't be afraid to have

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<v Speaker 1>other things fund like whether you have like a job,

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<v Speaker 1>like a regular job, and it's funding your business.

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<v Speaker 2>There's nothing wrong with that.

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<v Speaker 1>Like very few businesses make money straight out the gate

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<v Speaker 1>enough to support you, So it's okay not to be

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred percent entrepreneur. You might even have a business

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<v Speaker 1>before the business. So I know a woman her name

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<v Speaker 1>is Arsha. Arsha has this company called Capital DC wait,

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<v Speaker 1>Capital City Mumbo Sauce. It's like a mixed between like

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<v Speaker 1>barbecue sauce and like ketchup. I don't know, it's very

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<v Speaker 1>popular in the DMV, which is DC, Virginia, Maryland area

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<v Speaker 1>mumbo sauce in general. So Arsha knew she wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>do this sauce, but a physical product is very expensive

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<v Speaker 1>to produce, and so what she did was years before

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<v Speaker 1>she was able to launch that, she started a T

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<v Speaker 1>shirt business, which is very print on demand because a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of these companies print full. Someone can order it

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<v Speaker 1>and they won't print it until it's ordered, so they

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<v Speaker 1>don't have any waste, you know. And so she started

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<v Speaker 1>to teach her business called Tea's in the Trap, and

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<v Speaker 1>so that business required next to no overhead. She just

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<v Speaker 1>had to figure out whatever her designs were and people

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<v Speaker 1>would buy the t shirt, the place would printed and

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<v Speaker 1>mail it for her and she would get money. And

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<v Speaker 1>so she stacked up on that money and that easier business,

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<v Speaker 1>so then she was able to fund the business.

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<v Speaker 2>That really needed money. Does that make sense? So the

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<v Speaker 2>Budgetista has done that too.

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<v Speaker 1>So the Budgetista was the business of Tiffany, right, So

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<v Speaker 1>that's like speaking engagement that doesn't really cost me anything.

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<v Speaker 1>That's like I've done, like a spokesperson work that doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>cost me anything. So when I launched a literature academy,

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<v Speaker 1>it cost me a lot of money because I had

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<v Speaker 1>to get the platform, I had to pay the instructors.

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<v Speaker 1>I could not have launched the academy from the gate.

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<v Speaker 1>I did the Budgetista for the first five or six years,

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<v Speaker 1>and then the Budgetista had enough money to lend this

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<v Speaker 1>new company money. It was like maybe thirty thousand dollars

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<v Speaker 1>of the Budgetista had squirrelled away, gave it to the

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<v Speaker 1>academy to get started, and then the academy over the

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<v Speaker 1>year or two paid it back to Budgetista. So you

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<v Speaker 1>can sell fund through like a business. Before the business,

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<v Speaker 1>you could sell fund through just working uber, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like all these other things. You know, so you want

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<v Speaker 1>to get really creative and flexible about how you fund

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<v Speaker 1>the business if you don't want to take because I

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<v Speaker 1>don't have any outside investments, I don't have any loans,

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<v Speaker 1>any debt. Now I'm not saying you don't you shouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>do those things. I'm just saying since what you're saying

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<v Speaker 1>victory sounds like you don't want to do those things.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's how it's a flower path to do. You

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<v Speaker 1>know that way. But it's to me, it allows us

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<v Speaker 1>to sustain because I don't owe anybody any money and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have any debt and I own all of

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<v Speaker 1>my businesses one hundred percent.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, And that makes a lot of sense because I've

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<v Speaker 3>also done different side hustles if you will, just to

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<v Speaker 3>you know, have some extra income. But it sounds like

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<v Speaker 3>if I'm more what you're saying is if I'm being

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<v Speaker 3>more intentional about saying, hey, I'm going to do this

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<v Speaker 3>side hustle to particularly put gather that capital for the

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<v Speaker 3>business versus having to maybe go for outside funding or

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<v Speaker 3>take out a loan or do something like that exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm not saying you shouldn't take that a loan.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm saying that, you know, you want to be mindful that, like,

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<v Speaker 1>if I take out this loan, there are terms. So

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<v Speaker 1>the terms are you know, you have to pay it

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<v Speaker 1>back with it a certain amount of time, where like

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<v Speaker 1>do I think the business will be up and running?

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<v Speaker 1>I liked for me, I called the bank of Budgetista.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm like, because she's a lot more lenient and

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<v Speaker 1>because in case I don't have the money to pay

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<v Speaker 1>back just yet, She's like, all right, girl, you got

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<v Speaker 1>one more year, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I.

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<v Speaker 1>Built a business where the overhead was low, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the cost to start it was low, so I can

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<v Speaker 1>make money so I can do other things. So if

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<v Speaker 1>I ever wanted to launch another business, I probably would

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<v Speaker 1>do it again. I would just go to the budginista

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<v Speaker 1>and say, hey, girl, can you lend me money to

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<v Speaker 1>start this other thing? And I'll pay you back.

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<v Speaker 3>That is smart, That is smart. You have me thinking now,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm thinking what about ideas or what I can do

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<v Speaker 3>to the business before the business, just you know, brainstorming.

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<v Speaker 1>We're actually going to take a quick break and then

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to take your second question.

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<v Speaker 2>Because you got me.

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<v Speaker 1>Girl over, we're here, so take a quick break. When

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<v Speaker 1>to pay some bills and we be back with Victory.

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<v Speaker 1>She's in the stew Victory is one of my mentees

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<v Speaker 1>from my mentor Tiffany dot Com. She's in the studio

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<v Speaker 1>and we back in one quick second and we're back

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<v Speaker 1>in black and brown ambition with Victory in the still.

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<v Speaker 2>She is here to ask us a I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>whatever question. I have not preheard these questions.

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<v Speaker 1>I like to I like to have my questions on

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<v Speaker 1>the fly, so I'm curious as to Victory's question.

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<v Speaker 2>Go ahead, Victory, the floor is yours. What's your second question?

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<v Speaker 3>So my second question is about traveling. Really, I know

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<v Speaker 3>you've you've talked to some about, you know, some of

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<v Speaker 3>the travels that you've done. And because my business involves

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<v Speaker 3>going to Nigeria and I have to do a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of traveling, So what are some I guess advice or

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<v Speaker 3>tips that you have about how to make the best

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<v Speaker 3>of traveling since I do have to travel internationally a lot,

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<v Speaker 3>and you know those aren't like cheap flights or you know,

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<v Speaker 3>take kids on hotels and things.

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<v Speaker 1>No, this is great, So this is more like a

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<v Speaker 1>budget us to question. So, yes, I do travel a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>So one of the things Victory like for travel, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a new tip I just learned, So I'm gonna put

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<v Speaker 1>a pin in that one. But one is I try

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<v Speaker 1>my best, you know, when it makes sense to be

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<v Speaker 1>loyal to a specific airline because I can't earn points

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<v Speaker 1>in order to then to earn points for free travel,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. And then I also try my best if

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<v Speaker 1>I was gonna buy when I buy my tickets, to

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<v Speaker 1>specifically get a credit card specifically geared toward earning points

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<v Speaker 1>for travel. So Chase makes a good Chase. Venture card

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<v Speaker 1>Capital one has a good one. AMX is pretty good

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<v Speaker 1>for travel, you know, so to earn points. So like

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<v Speaker 1>right now, like for example, I've earned enough point. I

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<v Speaker 1>have an MX Platinum card and I had that for

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<v Speaker 1>my business, you know, and so we put all of

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<v Speaker 1>our business expenses on it. And as a result, I

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<v Speaker 1>have enough points for like a ton of travel, and

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<v Speaker 1>so you want to maximize that, you know, Like if

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to use a credit card, use it for

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<v Speaker 1>it to earn you travel points also too, Like I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I know you're traveling internationally, but in general, Like right now,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm in a hotel and I try to stay within

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<v Speaker 1>the Bonvoy family that's like Marriotts and things, because you

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<v Speaker 1>earn points there too, so I can earn free nights,

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<v Speaker 1>I can earn free upgrades. So one of the best

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<v Speaker 1>ways to navigate with travel is to to try your

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<v Speaker 1>best to stick to loyalty when it makes sense. If

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<v Speaker 1>the difference is like hundreds and hundreds of dollars in

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<v Speaker 1>tickets or whatever, it might not, but I try to

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<v Speaker 1>be loyal so that way I can get additional points

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<v Speaker 1>toward additional free travel. Something else that I've heard is,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if you've ever heard of a have

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<v Speaker 1>you heard of a VPN? So VPNs are these ways

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<v Speaker 1>to log in. So I use it for the first

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<v Speaker 1>time when I went to Bali a year or so back.

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<v Speaker 1>It allows me to look like I'm not in Bali online.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a whole bunch of VPNs, are not too terribly expensive.

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<v Speaker 1>It allows you to log in from whatever country you

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<v Speaker 1>want when you're on your computer. And so I was

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<v Speaker 1>having a hard time logging into my social media in

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<v Speaker 1>Bali because Facebook, Instagram, they all thought that I was

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<v Speaker 1>trying to hack into my own account. So I had

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<v Speaker 1>to get a VPN, which basically is I can't remember

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<v Speaker 1>what it stands for, but it allows me to say,

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<v Speaker 1>even though I'm in Bali, my computer looks like it's

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<v Speaker 1>still in DNA States. And with VPNs, where people used

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<v Speaker 1>oftentimes to like like, for example, the Netflix that you

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<v Speaker 1>see in Nigeria is not the Netflix that you'll see

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<v Speaker 1>in the US. So with them, if you're logged in

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<v Speaker 1>under your VPN, you can watch whatever people in Nigeria

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<v Speaker 1>are watching via Netflix. But what's really great about it

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<v Speaker 1>is that there are certain times when you can buy flights.

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<v Speaker 1>You can say if I bought my flight looking like

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<v Speaker 1>I was in Nigeria on the United website, you actually

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<v Speaker 1>might save money. So you can get this VPN and

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<v Speaker 1>say if I bought my flight as if I was

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<v Speaker 1>in France buying my flight from the US to Nigeria.

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<v Speaker 1>So I just saw that hack the other day. I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, Wow, my sister who is actually in Nigeria

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<v Speaker 1>right now. My sister Lisa and my sister Tracy, they're

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<v Speaker 1>in Nigeria right now. That Lisa said she used that

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<v Speaker 1>to save three hundred dollars on her flight. She used

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<v Speaker 1>it to look like I'm going to buy my flight.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm not going to look like I'm buying my

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<v Speaker 1>flight in America. I'm even though I'm sitting in Jersey City,

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<v Speaker 1>in New Jersey. I'm going to have my VPN and

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<v Speaker 1>say I'm in Nigeria because for whatever reason, the algorithm

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<v Speaker 1>is making the flight less money, you know, by buying

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<v Speaker 1>it like from like as if I'm located in a

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<v Speaker 1>different country. So that's another way to save as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, and then.

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<v Speaker 1>Also too truthfully, there are some really great travel especially

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<v Speaker 1>if you're traveling a lot. Like I like to follow

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<v Speaker 1>travel hackers on social media because sometimes they'll come up

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<v Speaker 1>with it thinking like well, I didn't know that something

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<v Speaker 1>new will have come out, you know, Like whenever I'm

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<v Speaker 1>looking for flights, I always put on my incognito window

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<v Speaker 1>like in Google, because I don't want them.

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<v Speaker 2>To track me. Because every time I go to look

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<v Speaker 2>for a flight, all of a sudden, the price.

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<v Speaker 1>Goes up because they know I'm looking and I'm interested

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<v Speaker 1>and so but these I mean all of these like

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<v Speaker 1>kind of like travel hackers. You know, they'll let you

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<v Speaker 1>know like probably what's the best credit card to use that?

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<v Speaker 1>Like I said that VPN hack was one that was

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<v Speaker 1>really good. You know, there's all of these like travel hacks.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you're traveling a lot, you know, I would

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<v Speaker 1>I would be following some of these people on like

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<v Speaker 1>I know, like the points guy Onika the Traveler, she's

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<v Speaker 1>a black woman who does it. I love to follow

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<v Speaker 1>them because it really helps me figure out like, oh okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't even know that. Heck, I'm gonna try that,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. So that's those are some hacks for you.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, those are definitely very helpful. I'm going to try

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<v Speaker 3>the VPN one and see if it makes a difference.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, let me know.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I said, my sister Lisa is in n Yer

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<v Speaker 1>right now. She was like, it work, I say, three

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<v Speaker 1>hundred dollars. I was like, whoah, that's great. Well, thank

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<v Speaker 1>you so much for coming on victory. I hope this

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<v Speaker 1>was helpful. Are you enjoying your mentee experience?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my goodness, yes, yes I am. And I was

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<v Speaker 3>one of the lucky ones. I got in after ten

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<v Speaker 3>bucks a month, and I'm never leaving your stuff with it.

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<v Speaker 2>So I told people they thought I was playing.

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<v Speaker 1>Now it's twenty, which is still a really amazing deal obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, but one day it might be thirty or

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<v Speaker 1>forty or fifty. I mean I have friends who have

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<v Speaker 1>mentorship programs and it's ten thousand dollars for the year,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, twenty thousand and sixty thousand for the end.

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<v Speaker 1>People pay, you know, and I'm not looking to do

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<v Speaker 1>all that, but certainly I'm like, I really enjoy teaching,

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't just enjoy teaching about money. I really

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<v Speaker 1>like to teach about business too, So it's like another

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<v Speaker 1>part of myself that I get to express.

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<v Speaker 2>You never shared where do you live victory.

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<v Speaker 3>I used to live in Dallas, Texas, but I recently

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<v Speaker 3>just moved to Atlanta.

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<v Speaker 2>For a new job.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so hopefully i'll be in Atlanta this year sometime,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and we'll do a mentee meet that will

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we'll all have dinner because that'll be lots

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<v Speaker 1>of fun. But yeah, I really love pouring into you guys.

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<v Speaker 1>I love hearing like all of the you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>success stories, and like, I just feel like the thing

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<v Speaker 1>about business is that you start off at like level one,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and then over time you That's why I

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<v Speaker 1>said that flexibility is so important.

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<v Speaker 2>That your business will tell.

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<v Speaker 1>You what it needs to grow and to flourish, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's up to you to be flexible to twist and

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<v Speaker 1>turn and add and subtract based upon the feedback you're

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<v Speaker 1>getting from the people you're serving, but also your business too,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and over time, you know, if you do

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<v Speaker 1>that consistently and you stay consistent and flexible, then you know,

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<v Speaker 1>success is something that is definitely on the horizon. And

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<v Speaker 1>so I hope and wish and know success for you, victory,

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<v Speaker 1>because you're already asking these questions, you're taking steps forward.

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<v Speaker 1>So now I can't wait to hear more about how

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<v Speaker 1>your business flourishes forward.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you so much. I love ving aments and like

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<v Speaker 3>I said, I'm never leaving. So it is what it is.

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<v Speaker 1>Podcast on Twitter. Okay, until next time, Thank you Victory

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<v Speaker 1>for coming to the stew with us today and I

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<v Speaker 1>will see you Broann and Bishon family another day. Another Dalla, Bye, Victory,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you bye.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for having me hey, ba Fam.

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<v Speaker 1>We could not do this show without your support or

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<v Speaker 1>the support of our team behind the scenes.

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<v Speaker 2>The Brown and Vision podcast is produced by Imani Crosby

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<v Speaker 2>and Dennis Stanplinsky is our in house tech guru. I

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<v Speaker 2>am your co host Mandy Woodrif Santos, and we will

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<v Speaker 2>see y'all next week, ba Fam.