1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: Well, what's up with Angela Yee? On a Wealth Wednesday. 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: I'm with my partner Stacey Tisdale. 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 2: Happy Wealth Wednesday, everybody. We are taking you way up 4 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:11,799 Speaker 2: with Sam Forty Taylor. 5 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 3: Yes, how's it going? How's it going? 6 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 4: What's up? 7 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 2: Sam? 8 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 4: We want to call you forty? 9 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 3: I like Sam these days forty, it's like forty. What 10 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 3: was forty about forty? I got that in high school? 11 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 3: So growing up, I have an older brother named Wayne, 12 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 3: and everyone called me Wayne Lattle Brother. So okay, the 13 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 3: name forty came from there's a dance in Chicago called 14 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:35,840 Speaker 3: the forties, like back in the day, like Jugie music. 15 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 3: It's called the forty. So just came from Chicago, told 16 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:40,919 Speaker 3: me how to do the forty, and I went back 17 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 3: to DC and I started doing it around my neighborhood 18 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 3: and I was like, Yo, what's that dance called. I'm like, 19 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 3: it's called the forty. So then I went from Wayne 20 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 3: lad Brother to can call you forty? I tell people 21 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 3: sometimes forty millions other things depending on. 22 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:56,319 Speaker 2: We're talking to you today about your business. So I'll 23 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 2: tell you. Do you want to call you Sam? Mister Taylor? 24 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 3: I like Sam? 25 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 2: Okay? 26 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:05,960 Speaker 1: Well, Sam, Taylor is here with us today Box Truck Bros. 27 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 4: You can follow that on Instagram. 28 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:10,960 Speaker 1: You have like seven hundred and fifteen thousand followers. 29 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 3: Yes, it's crazy. It's been the journey. It's been over 30 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:16,759 Speaker 3: the course of three years organically too. 31 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 2: You know you've got all those followers in three years. 32 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's amazing three years consistently organically too. You know 33 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 3: people people followers sometimes never went that route, but just 34 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 3: straight from posting content, being dedicated consistent with it. 35 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: So, yeah, the chucking business is such a huge industry. 36 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: It's something that's never going anywhere. 37 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:41,399 Speaker 3: It's not people talk about like the self driving trucks 38 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 3: taking over stuff like that. I don't think that's going 39 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 3: to surpass you know, actually people driving the. 40 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 2: Truck, especially for shipping. 41 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, robots maybe like more like the y'all work like 42 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 3: you know, like putting pilots or like the the create 43 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 3: on the to a truck, but not actual like driving. Uh. 44 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: I could see it being like how pilots kind of 45 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: like it's autopilot, but someone's there because I feel like 46 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: you always would have to have someone there because anything analogy. 47 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, yes, yes, so we want to break We're going 48 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 2: to break down how it all got started and the 49 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 2: business and everything. But we were talking about this following 50 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 2: that you've built over three years in the content and you, 51 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 2: I know, you just decided to record your journey of 52 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 2: building a business and it caught on. 53 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:31,679 Speaker 3: Yes. Yes, So when I first started out, didn't know 54 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 3: what I was getting myself into. You know, I was 55 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 3: kind of having into starting a business, and I just 56 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 3: wanted to document my process and also educating educate people 57 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 3: on what I was doing and also, you know, kind 58 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,839 Speaker 3: of learn from mistake. So when I first started, get 59 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 3: grab the camera and just start documenting raw content though 60 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 3: you know, the ends and outs of what goes on 61 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 3: on a day to day basis in the trucking industry. 62 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 1: And before you even got into your first truck, you 63 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: actually drove door dash, right for how many years? 64 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 3: I did that for four years? 65 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: And then how much money did you have to save 66 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 1: up to be able to start your own business? 67 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 3: So I wasn't saving to a goal. I didn't have 68 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 3: like a number in mind, but I had about like 69 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 3: twenty twenty five thousand saved before I got into the 70 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 3: truck and doing door dash. 71 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,919 Speaker 2: Okay, how did you decide trucking? 72 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 3: So before getting to trucking. I was doing research on 73 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 3: what businesses start and me and my brother actually and 74 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:30,239 Speaker 3: we do like a little way above different businesses we 75 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 3: could start with about twenty twenty five thousand and we 76 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 3: kind of did. Thought about carpet cleaning, thought about landscaping, 77 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 3: thought about like junker moving, stuff like that, and we 78 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 3: realized we didn't want to client based business where you 79 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 3: deal with clients. 80 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 4: Stuff like that. 81 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 3: You know, sometimes people be they you know it's time 82 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 3: to get something done, they kind of be. 83 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: I just didn't want to had your gut junk for 84 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: the first time while I was cleaning my basement. Yeah okay, 85 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: I was thinking to myself when they came. I was like, 86 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: this is a great business. 87 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 3: Yeah it is, it is, But we didn't want to 88 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 3: client based business. So started looking on YouTube and came 89 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 3: across the bosh up business. And we've seen that you 90 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 3: can get started in the trucking in the tree with 91 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 3: no CDL. So kind of cdo no no CDL. So 92 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 3: you don't need a commercial driver's license. You just have 93 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 3: a regular license. So kind of doing DoorDash. 94 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 2: I could go drive a truck later today, I. 95 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 3: Mean you could, you could. You might get off the road, 96 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 3: so you know, kind of doing DoorDash of driving all 97 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 3: day throughout the city. It was almost like doing the 98 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 3: same thing but on the bigger scale. So it's kind 99 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 3: of like a no brainer. 100 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 4: But you still have clients. 101 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, so we work with businesses, brokers, companies, people who 102 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:43,479 Speaker 3: got the money. You know, they're going the ready paid. 103 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 3: You know you're getting paid, you know. So that was 104 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 3: kind of like the main goal was just not really 105 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 3: deal with clients. 106 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 1: And so when you said, what can you say for 107 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: twenty to twenty five thousand dollars, what are the costs 108 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: involved in starting this business? 109 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 3: So first you'll do your paperwork. Depending on where you live, 110 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 3: of course, you have to have your LLC in Virginia, 111 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 3: LS is one hundred dollars. After that you got to 112 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 3: get your MC and DOT number, which is your authority 113 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 3: that gives you legal authorization and carry freight across the country, 114 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 3: so that is three hundred dollars standard for everyone. After that, 115 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 3: you need the insurance for your truck because the truck 116 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 3: had to have liability cargo, so depend on your driving record, 117 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 3: the kind of truck you have insurance is going to vary. 118 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 4: So you leased your own truck or I bought my 119 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 4: bought my truck. 120 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: But okay, and then you were making payments and because 121 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: I saw how happy you were when you paid off your. 122 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 3: Truck ectatic, So yeah, I bought my truck. I had 123 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 3: to put down twelve thousand dollars, which is about thirty 124 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 3: percent of the truck, just at the time where trucks 125 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 3: were a lot cheaper. 126 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 4: Okay, I was like, that doesn't sound expensive. 127 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, it's not. You know, and some people they 128 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 3: go and buy cars or they go about other things. 129 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 3: And when I seen now I can go buy a 130 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 3: truck for the same amount, that's kind of I'm gonna 131 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 3: do that. 132 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 2: They're not that expensive. They're not as expensive as cars. 133 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 3: They're not. And not only can you you know finance, 134 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 3: you can also rent a truck from budget pens. I'm enterprise, 135 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 3: and he's going to be a less startup cost because 136 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,559 Speaker 3: you're not putting down twenty to thirty percent of the truck. 137 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 3: You only rented either from a week to week basis 138 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 3: or a month to month basis, which get ranged from 139 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 3: one thousand dollars to three thousand dollars depending on what 140 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 3: terms you get on. 141 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 2: Okay, how long did that process take when you said 142 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 2: you to get your dealty. 143 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 3: So once you do your paperwork as far as your LLC, 144 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 3: your DALT MC number, that takes thirty days to go active. 145 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 3: So let's just say today you said I want to 146 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 3: start a trucking business, and you got your LLC and 147 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 3: you did the authority for your trucking business, then you 148 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 3: have a minimum of thirty days in order to get 149 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 3: your truck ready and your insurance and everything, and then 150 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 3: you'll be able to go and start delivering free. 151 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 2: Wow. And you were I know you're kind of coaching 152 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:45,039 Speaker 2: people to do this too. 153 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 3: Yes, yes, yes, throughout my own als and you know mistakes. 154 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 3: I may thought the business trucking industry really is about strategy, 155 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 3: you know. So it's an industry full of opportunity. But 156 00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 3: like if you go get a truck, you kind of 157 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 3: don't really know where to start, right. It's kind of 158 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 3: like you go out there and you could deal with brokers. 159 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 3: We we operate loads off low board. So a lowboard 160 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 3: is essentially where let's just say a broker has I 161 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 3: shouldn't need that needs to be moved. They'll post a 162 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 3: lover on the low board and you call the broker, 163 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 3: negotiate a rate, and you go pick it up, drop 164 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 3: it off. But it's kind of all about how effectively 165 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 3: you do it, you know, with the strategy. So the 166 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 3: strategy that we run is kind of what I teach people. 167 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 4: Okay, you are quite a story. 168 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 2: You really really really turned your life around. I mean, 169 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 2: it's just so nice to talk to you, and you're 170 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 2: so nice and obviously so successful, but you were incarcerated, 171 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 2: you didn't finish school. What how did you turn that around? 172 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 3: I would say it really started with with my childhood, 173 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 3: my growing up. My mom was a single mom, a 174 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 3: by the drug addiction. Uh so we had a very 175 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 3: unstable childhood. Out of my twelve years of schooling, I've 176 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 3: been to twelve different schools, moving house to house, stuff 177 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 3: like that. So living in you know, that kind of environment, 178 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 3: it's almost like you you you bottle adversity a lot, 179 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 3: you know, so just having to see the positive in 180 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 3: a lot of negative situations is kind of what It's 181 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 3: still just like, you know, certain work habits, how to 182 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 3: be disciplined, and that's really kind of where it started at, 183 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 3: you know. And fast forward to eighteen. I called a felony. 184 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 3: We got a robbery charge. So I didn't graduate high 185 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 3: school and that was just another battle to where I 186 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 3: just kind of had to figure things out, you know, 187 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 3: and just kind of roll with the punches. 188 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 1: When did how long were you in jail? And so 189 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: when you came home and you have to put that 190 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: you have a felony? How difficult was that And what 191 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: types of things were people telling you when you were 192 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: trying to. 193 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 3: Work or Man, I was getting turned down from jobs 194 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 3: like Target, Like so you know, you hear people like 195 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 3: it's gonna be hard to get a job with a felony, right, 196 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 3: I'm thinking of like a higher scale maybe business it 197 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:07,319 Speaker 3: something like that. I didn't know I'm getting denied by 198 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 3: Target best by the age of nineteen could. 199 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 4: Be president of the United States. 200 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, Wrongfield Sam for president and that has and if 201 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: you would have just not put that on there, you 202 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: would have gotten a job. 203 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 3: I think so, but found out, Yeah, I think they 204 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 3: do a background check. I've applied to jobs like that, 205 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 3: and I was still getting denied by like I say, Target, 206 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 3: best Buy, and I'm like, I'm not qualified to work here, 207 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 3: you know. So I kind of understood early that finding 208 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 3: a job was going to be hard of course I 209 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 3: was only nineteen years old, so I didn't have no 210 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 3: kind of degree, no kind of working experience to kind 211 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 3: of back that up. So that was kind of tough 212 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 3: for me. 213 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 2: And you tried to go back to school. 214 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, So in high school I played basketball. I 215 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 3: didn't of course, I didn't go to college anything like that. 216 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 3: So after I got out of jail, then I enrolled 217 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 3: in community college and I tried to pursue basketball. But 218 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 3: now I say student athlete student first, athlete second, I 219 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 3: was like an athlete student. Yeah, so school was never 220 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:11,319 Speaker 3: my thing. I tried to let basketball be the motivation 221 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 3: to go get the grades, get the credits, and try 222 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 3: to get a degree. But I did one semester in 223 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 3: community college and then I failed out. So then I 224 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 3: was just kind of back to doing regular hustles. You know. 225 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 3: I always kind of been like a hustler, just kind 226 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 3: of make money on the side, stuff like that. So 227 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 3: that's kind of what I got into. 228 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 4: And so it was you and your brother there started 229 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:33,679 Speaker 4: this business. 230 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 3: Yes, yes, me and my brother. 231 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 1: And what trajectory was he on while all this was 232 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 1: happening with you? What was he doing in life? 233 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 3: So me and my brother growing up we weren't as close, 234 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 3: I said, my brother. He was in group homes. I 235 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 3: was in groups home group homes, So we weren't as close. 236 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 3: Kind of growing up, you know, we're kind of separate. 237 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 3: So once we started the business and doing trucking, we 238 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 3: kind of got a lot closer. But he was working 239 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:59,839 Speaker 3: at U haul, working at like a pay day long place, 240 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:01,959 Speaker 3: you know, just working in the regular nine to five job, 241 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:03,319 Speaker 3: trying to make his meet. 242 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:05,719 Speaker 4: That's a dope story, it is. 243 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, And what you were saying was if you realize 244 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 2: that school wasn't for you, yes, and then you went 245 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 2: the entrepreneurial route. And I think a lot of people 246 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:18,559 Speaker 2: are starting to rethink college and they're thinking about getting 247 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 2: skills in entrepreneur training instead. What would you have to 248 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 2: said about that? 249 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 3: It's definitely a different ballgame, you know. Yeah, working in 250 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 3: the regular nine to five or a job you kind 251 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 3: of know what you're going to make every two weeks 252 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 3: or every day every week, it's fluctuating, yes, yes, you know. 253 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 3: So going into entrepreneurship is really the unknown. You know, 254 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 3: you're kind of betting on yourself and not knowing what's 255 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 3: going to come. So it's kind of really just preparing 256 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,839 Speaker 3: yourself and also normal kind of person you are. So 257 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 3: many people want to start a business and down into entrepreneurship, 258 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 3: but they don't really kind of have what goes into 259 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 3: running the business. You know, you may work seventy hours 260 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 3: a week and you may not make no money. You know, 261 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 3: you may you may have a family. Especially with trucking, 262 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 3: a lot of people want to get started trucking and 263 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 3: they have family, they got kids, They're going to be 264 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 3: home every night, but it may require you to kind 265 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 3: of be on the road. So I always suggest to 266 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 3: you know, assess your situation and see if whatever trying 267 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 3: to get into is when it feture your schedule and 268 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 3: if you have time to And so. 269 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 1: You've also expanded from that, right, and so you had 270 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: your truck, yes, and then how to tell us what 271 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 1: happened next, like how you've grown the business. 272 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 3: So I had one truck, and one thing about the 273 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 3: trucking industry is it's all revolved run a dispatch, right, 274 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 3: Like the dispatch kind of is in control of booking 275 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:38,079 Speaker 3: the loads for out playing and making sure that the 276 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 3: truck is making money. So that's where I kind of 277 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 3: stepped off the truck. I hired a driver got off 278 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 3: the truck and I learned the disby side, and after 279 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 3: running one truck, then I kind of scaled up and 280 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 3: got another truck. But at this time I went to 281 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 3: rental route. So being new in business, I didn't understand 282 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 3: how to scale. I just thought like, okay, more trucks 283 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 3: with more money. It was more profits, you know. But 284 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:04,079 Speaker 3: I'm doing kind of all the work because me and 285 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 3: my brother, even though we're box of bros, we kind 286 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 3: of branched off and we both have our separate business. 287 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 3: So here's his own business. I have my own business, 288 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:16,560 Speaker 3: but we're in conjunction. So I got more trucks and 289 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 3: more drivers, more problems, more bills, and I'm like, and 290 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 3: I'm making all this I'm making the money, but I'm saying, like, 291 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 3: y'am doing all this work. I'm making money, but it's 292 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 3: like I'm not even seeing it, you know. So that's 293 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 3: why I'm kind of like, all right, well, I have 294 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 3: way too much of my plate. I got to get 295 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 3: rid of some trucks and then I kind of scale 296 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 3: back down to a level that I was comfortable operating it. 297 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 2: Yea, So it can be tricky doing business with family. 298 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,960 Speaker 3: Yes, yes, yes, yes, and this is you know, honest truth, 299 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 3: you know, because it's a lot of people out there 300 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 3: who want to get into this space. Is they say, 301 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 3: don't do business with family, and that's that was our 302 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 3: story with me and my brother. You know, I was 303 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 3: kind of the one who started the business, funded everything, 304 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 3: and then you know, I was kind of, yo, let's 305 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 3: get on the same page, let's start this business. And 306 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 3: sometimes people don't appreciate the work that it takes to 307 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 3: get to a certain level because they don't know what 308 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 3: goes into it, you know. So we had two different 309 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 3: ideas of how we wanted to run the business. My 310 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 3: whole thing was we're gonna get started. We saving every dollar, 311 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 3: We're not spending nothing. And he has a family, he has. 312 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 4: Kids, so he was like a different situation. 313 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 3: I can't do that. I gotta you know, this is. 314 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 2: Why I'm doing this. Yeah. 315 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, It's always been my understanding. 316 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: When you are an entrepreneur and you have a business, 317 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: right you really get paid last, like everything kind of 318 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 1: gets invested back into the business. There's people who want to, 319 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: you know, if they need that money, they want to 320 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: get a salary, but that is definitely like employees always 321 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 1: get salaries they get paid first. 322 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 4: As a business owner, you get paid last. 323 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 2: I'm glad you said that because we hear such advice 324 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 2: pay yourself first, pay yourself first. You can't really no 325 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 2: becaus an entrepreneur, you not just some people have to 326 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 2: know everything. Remember when we have we had the budget 327 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 2: Nista on and she said, everything goes in the pot. Yeah, 328 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 2: everything goes in. 329 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 3: So that that was our story, and you know, we 330 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 3: weren't saying out of eye, and we just kind of 331 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 3: figured that it wasn't working, you know, And I was like, yo, look, 332 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 3: I think it's best that you start you on the 333 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 3: LLC you want the way you want to run it, 334 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 3: and we'll still be you know, in line. But I 335 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 3: can't afford to pay you what you want to be 336 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 3: paid to take it because he left his job, you know, 337 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 3: So you leave your job, you used to making certain money, 338 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 3: you have rent stuff like that. 339 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 4: So okay, that's good. 340 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: Sometimes you also have to be like, I love you 341 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 1: as my brother, let's do that. 342 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 3: Yeah still yeah, you know, yeah, so we we didn't 343 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 3: want to mess up by our brotherhood in a relationship. 344 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 3: And what about with your mom as far as. 345 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 4: Like you know, I know that you guys had a 346 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 4: tough upbringing. 347 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 3: Yes, my mom, we're we're close, you know, not as 348 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 3: close as I would like us to be. You know, 349 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 3: you're kind of growing up, you see. Just like traditional 350 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 3: families to spend a lot of time together, we spend 351 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 3: a lot of time away, you know, from my mom. 352 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 3: So now she's doing a lot better. She's married. Now, 353 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 3: she's moved down to the country, so she's settled. She's 354 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 3: not living a fast paced life. So and I think 355 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 3: what the drug addiction, of course comes some sort of 356 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 3: mental health problems, you know. So she's in her space. 357 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 3: He's doing well. But we're not as close as I 358 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 3: would like us to be. But we're still good. You know, 359 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 3: we talk every day. I'm therefore, she's supported. 360 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 4: Yes, I feel good to see her son become So. 361 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 2: I know she's proud of you. To say that, I 362 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 2: know she's very proud of you. 363 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, And I always let her know, you know, because 364 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 3: sometimes it's parents you feel like you don't give your 365 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 3: child the best opportunities to put them, set them up 366 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 3: to be successful, you know. And I always tell my mom, like, 367 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 3: I don't know how it would have went any other 368 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 3: way if you weren't where you were you know, saying 369 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 3: even though you didn't meet the criteria or this stender, 370 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 3: that you like to live up to a lot of 371 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 3: what we went through, you know, has built me to 372 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 3: be the main I am today, you know, and that's 373 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 3: just overcoming a lot of adversity and working very well 374 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:10,160 Speaker 3: under pressure. That's where I feel like I worked the best. 375 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 2: You were in an amazing mental space with that, because 376 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:15,680 Speaker 2: I remember we were talking and you said how critical 377 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 2: it is for people not to let people project limitations. 378 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 3: Yes, yes, yes, Earliers. Back, even when I started doing DoorDash, 379 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,399 Speaker 3: had I was working at a preschool and I was 380 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 3: making ten dollars an hour, you know, and now I said, 381 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:34,360 Speaker 3: I was a hustler. So I went from making money 382 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 3: outside of a nine to five but it's pretty decent, 383 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 3: but I had to give that up to you know, 384 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 3: work at a nine to five getting paid ten bucks 385 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 3: an hour. So that just wasn't cinning for me, you know, 386 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 3: twenty six and I'm like, yo, ten thouars an hours 387 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 3: not working. So I said, i'm'a quit this job and 388 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 3: I'm gonna do DoorDash but deliver food, and I'm gonna 389 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 3: do this for about four years to start a business. 390 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 3: When I quit my job, even at the preschool, my brother, 391 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 3: my family, they legit told me of verbatim, you know, 392 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 3: you're dumb for quitting a stable job to go out 393 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 3: there and deliver food, like why do you want to 394 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:12,200 Speaker 3: deliver food? And that that that doubt that they tried 395 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 3: to plan in my head that I couldn't make it, 396 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 3: you know, uh go on this avenue or what they 397 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 3: thought would be the best route for me. That would 398 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:21,439 Speaker 3: have stopped me. 399 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,120 Speaker 2: You know, that's what stopped you. 400 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:27,639 Speaker 1: Know, it would have stopped to listen to your own instincts. 401 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 1: And really it's important, I think to have people around 402 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:34,120 Speaker 1: that can also support your dreams and that yes, yes. 403 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 2: And you'll start. And my mother used to always say, 404 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:38,239 Speaker 2: if you hear something enough times, you'll start believing it. 405 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 2: So you have to, even sometimes it's family, you have to. 406 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 3: And if I if I like, if I believe something 407 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 3: I could do, I'm going to do it. No matter 408 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 3: what you tell me. I may fail. Why am I 409 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:51,359 Speaker 3: going to do it? You know? So that's why I 410 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 3: deal with the door dash. I did that for about 411 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 3: three four. 412 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: Years, saved up I look at it was that was 413 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 1: that pain more than oh yeah, okay, So so I 414 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:04,879 Speaker 1: did door thatas's like crazy, you know truck Yeah, yeah, 415 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: they make you leave a tip after because I'm better 416 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 1: at leaving it sometimes you like forget. 417 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, I like to. 418 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:12,920 Speaker 1: Do it, and I'm always like, got to remember to 419 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: leave that tip because you forget. 420 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 3: Yeah you can. 421 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 4: Yeah. 422 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,920 Speaker 3: So I did DoorDash, Like I always think a ways 423 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 3: to make more money, right, So when I was out 424 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 3: there doing DoorDash, I had one phone and I'm just 425 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 3: doing door Dash, and I was like, I need more 426 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:27,119 Speaker 3: platforms because not every restaurant use the door Dash. Some 427 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,399 Speaker 3: of us postmate, some of use grub Hubs. So now 428 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 3: I downloaded every food service on one phone. Then I'm like, 429 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 3: if I had two phones, I can maximize more money. 430 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 3: So I have my brother signed up, my mom signed up, 431 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 3: and now I got two phones on door Dash, Grubhub, 432 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 3: and I'm just pinging all day, you know. 433 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 4: So I'm like, oh, that's why i'd be waiting an hour. 434 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:46,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, because I'm trying to I'm trying to I'm 435 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:51,120 Speaker 3: trying to pick up mule loads, you know. So I 436 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 3: was doing that, you know, literally from sun up to sundown. 437 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 3: I was doing breakfast, run lunch run weekends. 438 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 1: That's the hustle because you were saving for something. And 439 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 1: when you have a goal in yes, it can help 440 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 1: you work really hard till you achieve. 441 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 3: Yes, that goal. Yes, so I knew what I had 442 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 3: to do with door desh. I did that. And then 443 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 3: when I got into trucking, people tell me the same thing. 444 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 3: Because we do this is a truck or transportation. It's 445 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:15,400 Speaker 3: a semi dominant industry. A lot of people are doing 446 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 3: try to trailer semis. You don't really see a lot 447 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,400 Speaker 3: of box trucks going cross country. So when I bought 448 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:22,639 Speaker 3: the box truck and trying to do the same thing, 449 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 3: the semis people told me, then get a CDL. You 450 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 3: can't make money with a box truck. You can't do this. 451 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:31,680 Speaker 3: And I'm like, okay, you know y'all gonna see and yeah, that's. 452 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,479 Speaker 2: Where and you can do Like when people think I'm 453 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,639 Speaker 2: getting a truck, they're like, I'll be driving across the country. No, 454 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 2: you can do little runs. 455 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 3: Yes, yes, you could do local, you could do cross country. 456 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 3: You could do regional where you just kind of running 457 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 3: between like Jersey to pa Jersey to Virginia. The trucking 458 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:55,360 Speaker 3: industry is full of opportunities, contracts, brokers, low boards, uber, free, 459 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 3: It's so many. It's full of opportunities, but getting getting 460 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 3: into it is up to you to figure out what 461 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 3: works best for you. Everyone don't want to drive cross country. 462 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 3: Everyone doesn't want to stay local. Some people want to 463 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 3: make more money. The more you drive, the more you make. 464 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 3: So it's really kind of an industry where you kind 465 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 3: of get in, figure out what works best for you, 466 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:15,880 Speaker 3: and just learn from the mistakes. 467 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 1: Okay, so to date, what has been your best week 468 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 1: and what was your worst week? 469 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 3: Numbers My best week so on average because I specialize 470 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:26,680 Speaker 3: in dispatch, So I say that's why a lot of 471 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 3: people and I honestly I got the dispatch from doing 472 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 3: door dash. If anyone who does DoorDash Uber, everyone has 473 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 3: a strategy that they run. If you're doing Uber, you're 474 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:38,359 Speaker 3: probably at the airport at five in the morning. If 475 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 3: you're doing door dash, you're probably at the restaurants during 476 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 3: lunch time, during dinner time. You know you're not running 477 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 3: too far. So I specialize in dispatch, and my best 478 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 3: week I probably did about eight thousand, But that's like 479 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 3: my best week. My worst week I've probably been like 480 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 3: two thousand, Okay, yeah, but it's so many factors that 481 00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 3: go into while you make that amount of money, you 482 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 3: have a break down. Do you have days off? Are 483 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 3: you taking off? So if the trunck is running consistent, 484 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 3: my job's out there running. We average about between a 485 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 3: thousand to twelve hundred dollars a day, so about five 486 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 3: to six thousand dollars a week. We try to you're 487 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 3: not mad at. 488 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:17,199 Speaker 1: That decent decent So now you said you love to, like, 489 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 1: you know, work as much as you possibly can. 490 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,119 Speaker 4: It feels like that has been your motto. 491 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:27,160 Speaker 1: But when do you take time to take a break, relax, 492 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: go on vacation, enjoy some of the money. 493 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 3: I've been trying to do that more now that I'm 494 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,440 Speaker 3: in a better financial position. And I think I said 495 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 3: my childhood money doesn't come around my neighborhood often, you know. 496 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 3: So I'm still kind of like in my mindset where 497 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:46,640 Speaker 3: like I got a business, you know, so if anything 498 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 3: happens today or tomorrow, I don't have a guaranteed income, 499 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 3: you know, So trying to build that foundation of making 500 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 3: sure that I have enough money to scale to invest 501 00:22:56,280 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 3: in different avenues or ventures. It's kind of them on 502 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 3: you know, so I try to treat myself and take 503 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:08,200 Speaker 3: a vacation every now and then I went to toulon year. 504 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,119 Speaker 3: You know, so I did. I did to loan this 505 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 3: for here's a I did. I went just to day. 506 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 3: That was cool. I was scared. I was scared of 507 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 3: that under the cave and that was. 508 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 4: I did that. You know, I can't swim. 509 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 3: See I could swim, but. 510 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:28,399 Speaker 1: And they have the bats inside of this and so 511 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: you see like all the fruit bats and stuff. 512 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, that was that was a little too adventuret for me. 513 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 3: But it was a good experience. 514 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 4: That's great. 515 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 3: So I'm trying to enjoy life a little bit more now. 516 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 3: But my main goal is to continue to scale, continue 517 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,159 Speaker 3: to get to where I want to be, and then 518 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 3: enjoy the fruits of my labor. 519 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 4: And you also coach other people, Yes. 520 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 3: Yes, so we do offer coaching. I have courses that 521 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,919 Speaker 3: teach people how to of course get started with cheaper, 522 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 3: down down payments, strategies that we run to make the 523 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 3: kind of money that we that we make, and kind 524 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 3: of also offering dispatch classes and mentorship and things like that. 525 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 3: So for people who need the step by step you know, 526 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:14,199 Speaker 3: hold my hand through this process. We do offer that. 527 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 2: And if you go to on Instagram to add Box 528 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,120 Speaker 2: truck Bros b r O s. 529 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:23,360 Speaker 3: B b O X oh yeah yeah, yeah. 530 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 2: At Box Trucks and your profile, I see there's your 531 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 2: link tree so people can see how I mean, he 532 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:31,479 Speaker 2: has lots of services that that provides. 533 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 3: Yes, we do consultations. I said, we do courses, eight 534 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 3: books for people who just kind of want to buy 535 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 3: it on a whim. And I say, we also do 536 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:42,159 Speaker 3: offer mentorship and uh, dispatch training. 537 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:46,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're very transparent on your page about every aspect 538 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 1: of the business, good or bad. 539 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 2: Seven hundred thousand followers. 540 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,879 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, because you know, get into especially like social 541 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 3: media and whenever you're offering. Because the whole ghost on 542 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,239 Speaker 3: trucking was not just sell it to no one. You know, 543 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 3: like a lot of people come from the same environment 544 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 3: and background as I do, and I wanted to be 545 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 3: fully transparent of what you're getting yourself into. You know, 546 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,440 Speaker 3: what goes on in the day to day, from sleeping 547 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 3: in the truck, picking up loads, talking to brokers, negotiating rates, 548 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,639 Speaker 3: like just everything that you could possibly show. I wanted 549 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 3: to show. 550 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 2: You know, that's really cool for branding. There's so many 551 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 2: people now use social media to build their brand and 552 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 2: their business. And you say authenticity, authenticity. 553 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:32,119 Speaker 3: Authenticity, yes, yes, Uh, A lot of things in social 554 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 3: media are selly, selly, and if if if you're someone 555 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,640 Speaker 3: like me who's just kind of like real, I don't 556 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 3: like Sally Sally, you know, I like the author authenticity 557 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 3: of things. And and I do my research, you know, 558 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 3: I look at your profile. Uh, you know what you 559 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 3: got going on? How much information are you putting out? 560 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 3: Are you trying to sell me on something? And that's 561 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,720 Speaker 3: that's kind of what we do, you know. And the 562 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 3: box up brows of platform has become a platform that 563 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 3: peop who's getting into trucking can kind of come into. 564 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,639 Speaker 3: And you know, we help people from let's say, if 565 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:07,439 Speaker 3: you have a business, you need a dispatcher, you know, 566 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 3: so we help people find dispatchers, We help people find drivers, 567 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:14,160 Speaker 3: you know. So it's just been a very a very 568 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:15,920 Speaker 3: transparent process. 569 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,120 Speaker 2: The last thing, there's some people out there listening who 570 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 2: are being incarcerated and they think it's over, it's a 571 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 2: game over. 572 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 3: What do you have to say to them? For one, 573 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:29,879 Speaker 3: of course, don't let people project their limitations on you. 574 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 3: And at the same time, you know, run your race, 575 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 3: you know, be present with where you are, a lot 576 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 3: of people compare theirselves to others, especially you know, their 577 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 3: peers social media. They look online or you know, see 578 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 3: how much time they may have wasted or how much 579 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 3: time they may have lost out on. And it's never 580 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 3: too late. You know. I did the same thing when 581 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 3: I was twenty six. Is I felt behind my friends 582 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:55,360 Speaker 3: going to college, they graduated from college, they coming home 583 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 3: and I'm like, yo, I'm doing doordashing. Yeah, I got 584 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 3: big boy jobs. And you know, you're not going to 585 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 3: get anywhere without having a plan, without having a goal, 586 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 3: you know, So surround yourself around the right people, the 587 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:11,359 Speaker 3: right environment, educate yourself on what you want to do. 588 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:14,360 Speaker 4: And don't compare your journey to anybody else is. 589 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 3: Either yeah at all, you know, because that would definitely 590 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 3: me have you have you flown you behind, you know, and. 591 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,720 Speaker 4: And some people be lying to oh yeah yeah, yeah yeah, 592 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,160 Speaker 4: you know how good somebody is for real doing and. 593 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 3: You never know your timing, you know, Like I did 594 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 3: not never think for once when I first started, the 595 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:34,360 Speaker 3: growth would be this this far, you know, So even 596 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 3: though I started behind, I've surpassed, you know, a lot 597 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 3: of people who I once thought were above me, you know, 598 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:41,920 Speaker 3: just because of what they had going on and where 599 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 3: I was in life and the amount of time and 600 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:47,439 Speaker 3: work I put into what I'm doing. I have, you know, 601 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:50,119 Speaker 3: seen the uh, I've seen the growth in it. 602 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 4: All right, Well that's great. I love that. 603 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:56,400 Speaker 1: Make sure you guys follow Box Chuck Bros. Sam Taylor 604 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 1: aka forty thank you for joining us. 605 00:27:58,320 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 3: Thank you so much. 606 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:01,920 Speaker 2: Wealth Wednesday everybody and Sam will be in our Wealth 607 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 2: Wednesdays for Entrepreneurs group on Facebook. Please be sure to join. 608 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:06,400 Speaker 2: It's awesome. 609 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 3: Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you well.