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P and C Bank 12 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 1: National Association Member FDIC. 13 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 2: When I did the podcast with you all, I was 14 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 2: telling you probably the most impactful. 15 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 3: Interview I've done in my career, how he rolls out 16 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 3: as real. 17 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 2: He wrote, try talk about the tags, lest. 18 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: About biance, but we talk in a language that is 19 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: common to the people that's from the communities that we 20 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: grew up on. 21 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 2: You are are the bright spot, thank Dowership for Black Americans. 22 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: This is the knowledge that actually matters. 23 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 4: I'm close to you for the same. 24 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 5: Isn't it a country issue. 25 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:17,680 Speaker 1: It's not an American issue, it's a world issue. 26 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 4: We came to earn Lisa. 27 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 2: All right, guys, welcome back, e y l We are 28 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:36,320 Speaker 2: international episode in Dubai u AE. Our good brother Daniel 29 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 2: King shout out to him. Man, Yes, we did his 30 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 2: conference from Toronto. You know, that's one of our major hubs. 31 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 2: We get a lot of support in Toronto. And he 32 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 2: actually moved out here and has been making his way 33 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:49,639 Speaker 2: meeting great people. 34 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 4: And there was one. 35 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 2: You know, we came out here for vacation and wedding 36 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 2: and not necessarily the work. But when work calls, we're 37 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 2: always up. But when Daniel asked us to do any thing, 38 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 2: we have to say yes. Part of our obligation. Yeah, 39 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 2: he said that we have to. You know, we've interviewed 40 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 2: a variety of very important people in the world, you know, 41 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,679 Speaker 2: head of stage, vice presidents, some of the richest people 42 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 2: of all time. 43 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 4: But he said, we have. 44 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 2: To interview one of his friends in Dubai who owns 45 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 2: the largest water park, the largest water park in the world. 46 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:26,519 Speaker 4: Is that correct for now? 47 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 2: For now doesn't make it bigger, Ahmed Ben. 48 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:40,399 Speaker 3: No, Okay, let's do let's let's do it. Got call 49 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 3: on your hand. 50 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 6: Okay, do it? 51 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 2: I try, I try, so thank you for joining us. 52 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:58,639 Speaker 2: Appreciate it of course from being so good, it's so good. 53 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 2: So all right, so walk us through the beginnings, right 54 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 2: as far as how do you get to own a 55 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 2: water park? 56 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 4: You're a Mariti you're from Yes, you'm from Dubai. You're 57 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 4: from Dubai. All right, well how old are you? 58 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 6: Forty four? 59 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:13,959 Speaker 2: Okay, so the first question even before we get to 60 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 2: the water park thing, right, let's let's talk about you. 61 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 2: For people that our audience is mainly based in America, 62 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 2: A lot of people, a lot of people have not 63 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 2: been to the UA. It's interesting country. I think it's 64 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 2: like ten percent of the people that's actually in the 65 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 2: country are from the country, right, ninety percent come from 66 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 2: outside the country. 67 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 4: Yes, correct, yes, exactly so. 68 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 2: But you've seen transformation happen in your life in real time, right, 69 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 2: you're old enough, you're old enough start there. So when 70 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 2: you when how how quickly has this turned the corner? 71 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 2: And like for you to actually be experienced it, be 72 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 2: experiencing it as a native, Like what is it like 73 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 2: for you to actually see the country change right in 74 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 2: front of your eyes? 75 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 3: And it becomes so hard to understand anythink else but 76 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 3: the speed and the service level and the safety we 77 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 3: have the fact that we are walking on my cars 78 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 3: are unlocked, where jewelry and watches and that where buy anything. 79 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 3: That level of safety is a huge thing. It's interesting 80 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 3: because people think because we bring a lot of experts 81 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 3: in the town that we're just using them. No, think 82 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 3: get paid very well, we just learned from the best. 83 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 3: The city of Dubai is run as a business and 84 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 3: the president Shiphammad is the best CEO. So we dedicate 85 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 3: the job for a lot of very very powerful and 86 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 3: smart people. So and the best about it again speed 87 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 3: like if this will work for people, let's change the 88 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:34,039 Speaker 3: ale and make it happen. 89 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 6: So that's the whole thing. 90 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 3: And the time to have an idea, to decide and 91 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 3: make it happen is pretty quick. They keep Now you're 92 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,359 Speaker 3: hearing Dubai right now, what we're in November. Now coming 93 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 3: three months, you'll find new bridges that was done. So 94 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 3: the speed of things are done here as much faster. 95 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 3: We don't have like this dictatorship in a way works 96 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 3: And again you're American, how much tax you pay initially 97 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 3: in it in your state tax. 98 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 4: We got federal tax, so much state tax? 99 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 6: Yeah? How much do you pay tax? Sometimes? Isn't that stupid? 100 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 4: Yeah? 101 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 3: Of course, okay, you're paying half a few minutes. You're 102 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 3: working six months of the year for free for what. 103 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 3: No safety, no amazing education, no proper healthcare, and no lifestyle. 104 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 6: Why are you doing that? You have to treat you 105 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 6: can move when that moved, because that that's the topic. 106 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 6: Give was like, why are you staying there? 107 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 3: Why be somewhere you are tolerated when you can be celebrated. 108 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 3: Why are you wasting so much energy being worried about 109 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 3: all this nonsense that you cannot worry about anymore. Raise 110 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 3: issues and you know tax is in safety and so on. 111 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 3: So when you can just have the energy back in 112 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 3: you and then they can just perform because the level 113 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 3: of hustle you have it's phenomenal. Imagine that hustle but 114 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 3: with no instructions. Imagine the level of growth you're gonna 115 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 3: have in a much shorter span of time. 116 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 1: These are these are valid points man, success, love, speed 117 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: and what you're saying makes I means one hundredercent correct. Right. 118 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 1: When you have clarity, it opens up vision to create 119 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 1: and be more creative. We've seen that in our careers 120 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: on a personal level and obviously on a business level. 121 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:13,039 Speaker 1: I'm wondering when you started this wasn't was It's a 122 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: vision like I'm going to. 123 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 5: Build park water parks in flavor parks. 124 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: Like what was the original vision and how did it 125 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: get to this point. 126 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 3: It's a very funny question because like where we started 127 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 3: and where we are at now is so opposite. 128 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 6: Like because I had the slip desk. 129 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 3: I can move and walk and I was just in 130 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 3: bed for forty one days and all it could do 131 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 3: is consume YouTube that time, that's almost forteen years ago, 132 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 3: and the idea of aqua fun. I saw com video 133 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:41,039 Speaker 3: was like, oh that's awesome. And then I was in 134 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 3: the beach and I heard people next to me like 135 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 3: I wish there's something I'm my kiss to do. And 136 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 3: then I was next day, I was in the yacht. 137 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 3: I don't drink on a smoke. I don't like that 138 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 3: things so much. I'm just sitting there being me dyslexic, 139 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 3: very visual, so I imagine what if we have a 140 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:57,160 Speaker 3: slide from top to bottom. And then those three ideas 141 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 3: came together and then okay, let me create this aqua fun. 142 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 3: I started going in researching at the world and there 143 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 3: was two companies who does this kind of thing in 144 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 3: the world. I spoke to both of them, and both 145 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 3: of them gave me so much shit because I was 146 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 3: I was nobody. Basically I done this before. It's like, no, 147 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 3: you gotta pay me this and this and this, and 148 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 3: you're nobody, so what the hell? It's okay, cool. So 149 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 3: I went to China. I spent a month there. I 150 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 3: met forty one factories. I find their factories, I create 151 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 3: my own brand, I go fund and the first thing 152 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 3: that is, okay, I mean to be bigger than you. 153 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 3: Did that, and then I think after six months, I 154 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 3: got bankrupt. That was the first barakruptcy. And for the 155 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 3: next four and a half years, I was in Dallas, 156 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 3: almost two hundred and fIF debt, just debt, every mindy 157 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 3: I'm making, paying staff, paying debts, betting suppliers and sort 158 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 3: of paying that thing to myself. And then I think 159 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 3: almost four and a half years, and that's when I 160 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 3: going back to zero. And that's when I changed my team, 161 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 3: changed my people, systems and so on and so on, 162 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 3: as okay, let's go in now. 163 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:04,559 Speaker 5: And then I think. 164 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 3: So the last thirteen years, I was backrup twice and 165 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 3: twenty four times. My first view in business, six hundred 166 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 3: and seventeen people told me no, this idea is not 167 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 3: gonna work. I was basically every single day getting two 168 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 3: people tell me no. Every single day. I opened the 169 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 3: map of the UAE, I went to every single beach 170 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 3: owner in the whole country as it is, no, no, no, 171 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 3: And then eventually now I'm the biggest operator in the world. 172 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 3: So the genius thing, it is one thing I just 173 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 3: didn't quit. It's never quit, no matter how crazy it was. 174 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:35,959 Speaker 1: There's a couple of genius things you did in there. 175 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 1: You saw who the competition was, you saw what they 176 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: were using. You said, all right, let me go get 177 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: what they're using and let me go destroy them. 178 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 6: Yeah, I founded me each I dominated it. 179 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 2: So basically, so what's the turning point as far as Okay, 180 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 2: it's a very cost of extensive business as far as 181 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 2: what you're running, so you have to get capped. If 182 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 2: you were bankrupt and you had no money. You have 183 00:08:57,720 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 2: to have at some point in time where you have 184 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 2: to have a lot of money that comes in to 185 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 2: actually get up and up and run it, right, so. 186 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:05,239 Speaker 4: Sales, you raised, you raised money. 187 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 3: I said, I've never since there any single dollar h 188 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 3: by me. So I made the money myself. I lost 189 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 3: my mind myself, and then I focused on sales. Just 190 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 3: keep doing sales, changing things social media and changing the 191 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 3: way pretending present my businesses on social media because I 192 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 3: understood and the end, I am in the business of 193 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 3: creating happy memories. So basically the emotion I was sending 194 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 3: an emotion, the emotion where people having fun. So I 195 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 3: made sure I am involved in that. So I was 196 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 3: ming from the wance stairs getting into the water park 197 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 3: and then I will shoot you with my GoPro and 198 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,079 Speaker 3: my drone, and I will edit the pictures and we 199 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 3: use myself and I will send them everything. So the first 200 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,719 Speaker 3: hand thousand followers because of me. I was in the 201 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 3: beach every single day. Follow me, follow me, follow me, 202 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 3: follow me. So it's very for me, very personally, very. 203 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 6: In hand. 204 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,680 Speaker 2: Exercise, how many employees do you have now, seven hundred 205 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 2: and eighty, seven hundred and eighty at the water. 206 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:02,839 Speaker 6: Park around the world. 207 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:06,079 Speaker 2: Yeah, you said around the world, around the world. 208 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 4: How many water park do you have? 209 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 6: Thirty four? 210 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 2: Okay, So when you're when you're working right, what's the 211 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 2: scalable amount? If you've never taken any outside of investments, 212 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 2: you just literally just okay, do this water park, then 213 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 2: the money then rolling over there, they're rolling over there, 214 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 2: and then just keep it going from there. 215 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 3: Basically, I was like, let's make one very good. And 216 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 3: then because earlier on I went too big, too fast, 217 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,560 Speaker 3: so I think we had two one park, then two 218 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 3: and then went to seventeen. And then when that time 219 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 3: we lost so much quality control, branding was bad. Service 220 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 3: was that everything was just bad. Let's go back to 221 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:43,680 Speaker 3: the beginnings. Do want to make it right? Systems usps 222 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 3: every step of the business have to betritten down and 223 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 3: then hire the right people. Empowering because the issue is 224 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 3: like this whole founder syndrome is like I'm the found 225 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 3: that I can do the best. Yes you are, but 226 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 3: we never scared so given letting away my ego out 227 00:10:57,880 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 3: of the way is okay, I'm gonna give this person 228 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 3: the authority and the power to do this and give them, 229 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 3: you know, part of this, and then see what they do. 230 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 3: They wouldn't do a nd percent job, but they might 231 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,560 Speaker 3: do sixty percent job. But then I can be somewhere else. 232 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: Now you this is It's pretty imacurate because you think 233 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 1: water park, but on the service, this is an engineering 234 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: and this is a design build that you're doing. Did 235 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: you have a background or that or did you build 236 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 1: a tine? You did so, you designed? You have no idea, 237 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 1: no idea. 238 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 3: I learned how to design, how to ancur, how to clean, 239 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 3: how to do even power supply connection, the seceship points. 240 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 3: I learned diving. I learned social everything myself because his thing. 241 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 3: Everyone have a smartphone, you have YouTube, have Google. There's 242 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 3: new excuse. It's a totally for everything in the world. 243 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 3: You're just lazy learn and now we have tragiputy. It's 244 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 3: even much better. The tools are there. We a lot 245 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 3: of people just lazy. 246 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 6: It's content. 247 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 3: They love the dream of saying, oh I want to 248 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 3: be this cool, do the work. 249 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 6: Do the work? 250 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 5: Yeah, So YouTube TV. 251 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 6: Yeah, you and Google. That's it everything. 252 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: So that that means obviously we're big on that. A 253 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,679 Speaker 1: lot of people watch us on that. What are the 254 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: mistakes that you make though, right, because if you're learning 255 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 1: on your own, I'm not sure if there's any mentors 256 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: in the picture at this point you're figuring things out. 257 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:25,439 Speaker 1: What are some of the mistakes that you're making early 258 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: on thousands of mistakes. Talk about those. 259 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 3: Oh, I am the king of comebacks. I love doing mistakes. 260 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 3: It's the most fun thing ever because again you can 261 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:38,559 Speaker 3: read about it, you can go in class for it. 262 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 3: But nothing beats failery. Nothing beats failerity because like I 263 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 3: know what work work for my second because I did 264 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 3: every single mistake possit you can you can do costly, 265 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 3: very costly, like millions of dollars of mistakes. But that's 266 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,199 Speaker 3: the whole thing. Like, you know, the difference, like I 267 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 3: just didn't stop. Otherwise I stop, it become the loss, 268 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 3: So that l could be a loss or could be 269 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:03,560 Speaker 3: a listenpecially for me. 270 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 2: So let's go back to the geopolitical aspect of it. 271 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 2: Explain the difference with people that may not be familiar 272 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 2: between the UAE and America, because yet the system of 273 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 2: governance is different obviously from the You know, you have 274 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 2: a democracy where somebody votes for a president, where you 275 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 2: have a kingdom, right, and a lot of people in 276 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 2: the Western world have been trained to think that that 277 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 2: is not an efficient way to govern. You could have 278 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 2: a counter argument to that and say, you know, how 279 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 2: we look at democracy is not efficient. We just had 280 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 2: a government shut down, So talk about the differences as 281 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,319 Speaker 2: far as government and how it's beneficial for entrepreneurs. 282 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:43,599 Speaker 6: Amazing question. 283 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:52,080 Speaker 3: Each section of the the city that said roads, it's 284 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:56,559 Speaker 3: is the end power supply. They run as enterprises, businesses 285 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 3: and every year they have a competition governmental government and 286 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 3: each year they are basically competing about who gets the 287 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 3: best customer happiness survey competition and the people who lose 288 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 3: they get a month noticed and they get fired. 289 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 6: If you don't fix your stuff gains. 290 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 3: For example, I think last month there was a power 291 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 3: shortage in where my house are. The government said hey, 292 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 3: they might be a shortage, so they got a generator 293 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 3: outside the house to connect the houses in case we 294 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 3: have a shortage. 295 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 6: For example. That's like one more thing. 296 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 3: You heard about the Golden visa, right, the god visa, 297 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 3: you know as an investor visa. Now they've built an 298 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 3: embassy for Golden visa holders. So if you have a 299 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 3: Golden visa in Indubu, if you have any problem anywhere in 300 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 3: the world, let's see you pass with a story and 301 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 3: you got the issue we can give you. They give 302 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 3: you a document you can try back to Dubai so 303 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 3: you've been treated more better than your own country in 304 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 3: a lot of senses. 305 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 6: Again, like the only way. 306 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 3: For you to explain the BIA is to come to 307 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 3: Dubai because you think you're having good life. You think 308 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 3: so much, it's not I look at dubaias like Miami, 309 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 3: but cleaner and with no drugs and just better. That's 310 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 3: a bed insception Like Miami, same style, same cars, same people, 311 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 3: but like just cleaner or not drugs and just better 312 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 3: lifestyle and safer. 313 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 5: Safety is important. 314 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: I think one of the things you leveraged and had 315 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: vision in social media. 316 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 5: Talk about having a vision early on, because. 317 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 1: You're talking about fourteen years ago, so it's really at 318 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: the start of Instagram and kind of shaping the narrative 319 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 1: of yes, Dubai tourism, but more so Dubai family, right 320 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: because that's where your sweet spot is. Talk about watching 321 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: that evolution over the course of your expansion. 322 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 3: For the business life business because because we're almost the 323 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 3: same age, so there's a lot of guys like us 324 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 3: who come from nothing. You know, you assess me obviously, 325 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 3: all of us, so we didn't have the life that 326 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 3: we have right now. So now when we have children 327 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 3: right now, you provide you're over campass and overvide because 328 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 3: you want them to have a hardship. 329 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 6: So I realized that that made the. 330 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 3: Kids also leading their shopping and spending powers, and I, okay, 331 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 3: so why am I talking to them? We can just 332 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 3: talk to them and they will post the kids and 333 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 3: families and they get their father and mother, who have 334 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 3: very good spending power now to spend with me. And 335 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 3: that was the whole thing. So I made sure all 336 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 3: the videos are read people having real fun. I think 337 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 3: we got four point nine stars on Google with four 338 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 3: thousand plus reviews. That only happens because you're good the 339 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 3: way you do. That's it and that and what did 340 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 3: with that was something something very very simple I always 341 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:05,400 Speaker 3: have to do when when when so okay, I saw 342 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 3: my staff working with the customers and my life guards, 343 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:11,119 Speaker 3: and I saw them trying to do extragractic tips. It's okay, 344 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:15,360 Speaker 3: how about this, don't get tips? Okay, asked the customer 345 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 3: to give a review for the water park and mentioning 346 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:22,119 Speaker 3: it right okay, And then every person who gets a 347 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 3: review under the name, I'll give you an amount of 348 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 3: dollars almost ten dollars, almost And by the end of 349 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:33,199 Speaker 3: the month first month, we've grew I think three hundred reviews. 350 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 3: But my customers had great service, my staff got tips 351 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:40,360 Speaker 3: and they got more money, and my business look better. 352 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:45,919 Speaker 3: When when when such a simple thing, because again, if 353 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:47,719 Speaker 3: I'm going to buy a review, that costs much more 354 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 3: money and would look like about So this is really. 355 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 2: Talk about taxes. You mentioned that at the beginning, but 356 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 2: really break that down. That's something that's been on social 357 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 2: media lied. As far as there's no taxes in Dubai, 358 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 2: is there no taxes? Is the taxes on a corporation? Like, 359 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 2: explain that the. 360 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 3: Actual So there's no income tax, person, no person tax, 361 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 3: there is no property tax, there's no fret at tax. 362 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 3: We have five percent viity by attacks on goods five percent, 363 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 3: and there's a nine percent corporate tax that's on your 364 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 3: profits of your annually. So us especially whereas you made 365 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 3: a much revenue, how much of that, how much of 366 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:31,400 Speaker 3: that is your profit that is not percent? Listen, now, 367 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 3: if we compare apples and apples, the fees you pay 368 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 3: for certain government entities compared to what you get somewhere 369 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,639 Speaker 3: else is cheaper. How much do you pay for insurance? 370 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 4: Health insurance? Insurance by two thousand a month a month. 371 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,920 Speaker 4: Look God, for one percent, me and my son, two people, 372 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 4: two people. 373 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 3: Okay, that's so in a year, that's how much twenty Okay, 374 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 3: so for me, so three people, I remember as well, 375 00:18:55,920 --> 00:19:00,119 Speaker 3: three people will cost me around seven hund dollars for 376 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 3: the whole. 377 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 4: Year, for a whole year year. 378 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 6: But I would get private hospitals. 379 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 3: I can walk to any place right now, get test, 380 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 3: get a blood tests, get the X ray, get my 381 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 3: medication over free private hostice. I don't have to wait 382 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:16,159 Speaker 3: a month or two months for a dent disappointment in 383 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 3: the nonsense. That's this year, just walking again, same day. 384 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:27,479 Speaker 3: That's one simple thing, okay. So that's that's that's not 385 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 3: the other things like the money you might you make 386 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:30,359 Speaker 3: stays with you. 387 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 2: So okay, if you're not, if you're not getting tax 388 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 2: revenue and you're getting free subsidies, how does that work? 389 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 2: Because like, if you're the government taxes usually pays for services. 390 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,159 Speaker 4: Yes, right, supposed to the government, yes, supposedly. 391 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 6: For sure, allegedly allegedly that's what they say. 392 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:56,639 Speaker 2: Have you seeing your roads and see my roads? No, 393 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 2: That's why I'm asking. So if there's no revenue, roads 394 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 2: there's no revenue coming in from taxes, and school is free. 395 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 3: You said, we have two schools. They have private schools 396 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 3: and government schools. Private schools you pay them, but if 397 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 3: you compare them here in America is way cheaper. 398 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 6: Here. 399 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:22,239 Speaker 3: Government schools is free obviously, but it's a different kind 400 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 3: of education. How do we make the money because there's fees, 401 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 3: there's service. 402 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 2: Fees, service fees on goods, product services. But again it's 403 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 2: a small country, so it's relatively regardless. 404 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 3: But still it says the money managed properly. When they 405 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 3: give you know, hey, we're doing this new bridge. This 406 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 3: bridge is ready three for months, not two three years. 407 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 3: In the SAMI, when we build the Metro in three years, 408 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:53,719 Speaker 3: Jeremy said, how are you doing three? This is possible 409 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,360 Speaker 3: nine years. It was done in three years. So that's 410 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:00,400 Speaker 3: the whole thing is the money is managed properly. There's 411 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:02,159 Speaker 3: no bullshit, there's none of that. Not since you have 412 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 3: there is there. I mean, there's there's two sides of 413 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 3: that coin. Right, Like we've watched when we talk about 414 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:11,680 Speaker 3: successful and speed, that also leaves the door for error. Right, 415 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 3: We've watched recently other countries that had large scale projects 416 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:16,679 Speaker 3: that are now saying that we're not. 417 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:19,200 Speaker 5: Gonna be able to create, we'll leave those we'll leave 418 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 5: their names out of it. 419 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 1: Right, Is it too ambitious and does it leave you 420 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: susceptible to make mistakes that potentially could be harmful because 421 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 1: this is a place that relies on tourism and people 422 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:34,400 Speaker 1: coming to invest in and now live. Does that come 423 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,679 Speaker 1: into the thought process anytime when you're trying to expand. 424 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:41,639 Speaker 3: Okay, so Dubai don't have oil, no oil, no, not 425 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 3: your guys. Dubai income is from tourism, important, export and trading. 426 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:49,680 Speaker 3: Just feel that there's no oil in this city, whatever 427 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 3: or it comes from. Will that be the capital, but 428 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 3: that mine is the community, that's different city, so they 429 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 3: doesn't have that. Dubai is good in the tourism, the trading, 430 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,359 Speaker 3: important export, the free zones, all the stuff they're revelously stuff. 431 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 3: And again we have the infrastructures. Remember a couple days, yes, okay, 432 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 3: so you guys used to fight for tissues remember. 433 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 5: Remember that time that there was the time. 434 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:16,719 Speaker 3: Yes, we used to have offers on tissues, offers by 435 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:20,199 Speaker 3: I think it fire free okay, hours for markets. It 436 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 3: was not empty, it's nothing empty. It was never a 437 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:28,919 Speaker 3: sefe empty. Logistics were good here when they needed to 438 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:33,159 Speaker 3: build these hospitals for what they call them quarantine and stuff. 439 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 6: They built. 440 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 3: I think one of the hospitals had eight thousand beds, 441 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 3: was done in forty eight hours. 442 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:39,959 Speaker 5: With forty eight hours. 443 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:44,120 Speaker 3: Yes, it was built with beds, all the machines, nurses 444 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 3: and everything in forty hours. It took a big exhibition 445 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:52,160 Speaker 3: hall and sits to a hospital. So that's the whole thing. 446 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,679 Speaker 3: The management is different here. They have backup or backup 447 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,440 Speaker 3: for backup. That's the difference. 448 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 4: You know, real estate, Oh yes, we talk about real estate. 449 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 3: And Dubai powerful stuff, Dubai ui e regardless. 450 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 6: Is just it's not gonna stop. 451 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 3: It's just like you know, whatever is holding you back, 452 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 3: stop it because you need to be part of it 453 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 3: very quickly. Because it's not slow and down. Just just 454 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 3: go just going up. It's just going up. Everything's going up. 455 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 3: What's the percentage of growth now? Thirty every year you're 456 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 3: on year thirty percent, forty percent, five percent. There you 457 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 3: go yearly twenty five percent yearly. It's it's insane. Like 458 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:41,639 Speaker 3: I remember there was a villa. Our family member was 459 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 3: rented it. I think four years ago for one hundred thousand. 460 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:45,359 Speaker 3: Now it's three hundred and fifty. 461 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 2: How is this system here as far as there's no mortgages, right, 462 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,680 Speaker 2: there's mortgages here, mortgages like America. 463 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 6: There's mortgages. 464 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 3: But there's also payment terms because if you're buying the 465 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 3: actually if you're buying an off plant, that's good time 466 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 3: because now you have no interest, you can just pay 467 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 3: directly with the developer. So they just pay payment terms 468 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 3: until you receive that. Otherwise you can pay cash capital. 469 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,880 Speaker 3: There's multiple ways, but that's the best thing about So. 470 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:14,719 Speaker 2: We're from New York, right, So I don't know if 471 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:19,400 Speaker 2: you follow local geopolitical politics, but they got a new 472 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 2: mayor who's been elected. You know that, you know about that. 473 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,879 Speaker 2: He's a socialist. The reason why he got elected is 474 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 2: because the city has become so unaffordable because the top 475 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 2: one percent but is doing extremely well, but the population 476 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 2: barely surviving. So do you do you worry that a 477 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 2: city like Dubai can reach that level of it's not 478 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,160 Speaker 2: sustainable after a certain point when every all the billionaires 479 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 2: from all over the world come in, but people still 480 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 2: need to work, right, so the workers are at the 481 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,679 Speaker 2: bottom level and then you have people that's worth one 482 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 2: hundred billion dollars at the top level. That gap is 483 00:24:56,080 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 2: so wide that it leads to, like you know, a 484 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 2: not sustainable living situation. 485 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 3: Dubai is like an onion, and there's so many layers 486 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:11,399 Speaker 3: and sometimes the layers on touch either. So yes, we 487 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 3: have I think this year we had almost ninety thousand 488 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 3: millionaires moved ready to buy, and I think twenty or 489 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 3: seventeen billiers moved to Dubai. 490 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:25,679 Speaker 6: Already, so that space is already packed. Good, amazing. Now 491 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 6: nobody in the middle and law. 492 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:31,480 Speaker 3: Now I can go right now and have dinner for 493 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 3: four of us and we can spend less than fifty dollars, 494 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:37,160 Speaker 3: or we can have dinner together and spend at least 495 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 3: five hund dollars. So both levels are there. There is 496 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 3: affordable housing here. Differently we need more of that, but 497 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:47,639 Speaker 3: it's there, it exists. There is ecosystem that basically alwaysists 498 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 3: together in that space. 499 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 6: So there's levels and again it keeps it. Here's the 500 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:52,960 Speaker 6: thing about Dubai. 501 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 3: Dubai will show what you are or I burned out 502 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 3: to buy? Does the burning out you your true cars 503 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 3: came out? If you're good, you're good. If you're bad, 504 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:06,399 Speaker 3: now know how bad you are. So again, this city 505 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 3: keeps you compareditive, keeps you very strong, be strong. 506 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 1: Thirty four water parks for now, For now, I'm gonna 507 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 1: have I mean, already has the largest water park in 508 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:19,439 Speaker 1: the world. We'll have it again, and we got to 509 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:21,440 Speaker 1: get bigger. Ninety one businesses. 510 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 6: No, now I have nine businesses. 511 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 1: Nine not to want investments, investments, I'm sorry, ninety one investments, 512 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 1: nine businesses. In my head, I'm thinking, how are we 513 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 1: running operations on the day to day? How involved are 514 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: you in or do you have CFO cmos? 515 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:39,640 Speaker 5: Is the structure the same. 516 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:44,880 Speaker 3: Different stashes some I'm very involved in daily things because 517 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 3: again most of my Zoom calls are under. 518 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 6: Twenty minutes with my teams. 519 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 3: Intentionally, Yes, why it doesn't take that long to understand 520 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 3: what you want? I know what I want. Spend to 521 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 3: many points on three four, give me point points. What's happening, 522 00:26:59,320 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 3: what's going on? 523 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 6: What stutions? Do you have these problems? And then I 524 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 6: pick from them quickly. 525 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 3: I wake up early in the morning, I go to 526 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:08,439 Speaker 3: my gym, do my workhouse done, and I go to 527 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 3: my beach and just go see everything and the begin 528 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 3: make sure everything's done the way we do, then let's 529 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:17,120 Speaker 3: go first office, second office, or zoom calls. I try 530 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:19,439 Speaker 3: to keep things all in the same geographic space so 531 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 3: I don't have to drivel too much. That's what today 532 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 3: was a bit technic. But like usually, I do all 533 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:27,360 Speaker 3: the things in the same space. So my businesses, offices 534 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 3: in my penthouse all in the same space. So I 535 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 3: have to move too much because again time is a 536 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,440 Speaker 3: very big factor here. So my day is always structured, 537 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 3: like in the tea, so there's no bullshit in a 538 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 3: few ten minutes fifteen minutes late in one meeting, I 539 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 3: can't see meeting because I can't see over somebody else. 540 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,640 Speaker 3: Today I had like a seven hour shooting, so it 541 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:52,920 Speaker 3: was just hectic. It was was before hours became seven hours. 542 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 3: It's okay, everything else had had to be canceled. But 543 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 3: it's very structured. 544 00:27:58,720 --> 00:27:59,160 Speaker 5: It makes sense. 545 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, but I don't have this off. I don't understand 546 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:06,239 Speaker 3: this off like I still now. I do eighty two 547 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 3: hundred hours a week. 548 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 2: That still, So talk about your branding because you're you're 549 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 2: obviously branding yourself because you aquaman on your sleeve. Yeah, 550 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:18,479 Speaker 2: you have a necklace like a rapper. You have a 551 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 2: necklace on like you know, so it's all mine. 552 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:21,720 Speaker 6: It's about. 553 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 5: Slight difference slight. 554 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,360 Speaker 2: So so talking you're obviously intentional about how you want 555 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 2: the world to see you, the image that you're putting 556 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 2: out there, that they you're doing the show with Netflix. 557 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,439 Speaker 4: So you're not like a behind the scenes guy. It 558 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:35,520 Speaker 4: doesn't seem like that, right. 559 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 2: Talk about talk about that, Talk about your intentionality with 560 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 2: your branding. 561 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 3: You need to be very purposeful and very intentional with 562 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 3: every single thing you do, everything you say or do anything, 563 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 3: because there's three different when people can when you meet people, 564 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 3: they will see you, they will smell you, or they 565 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:51,600 Speaker 3: will hear you. 566 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 6: You need to look good. 567 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 3: You just smell good and you know where you're talking about. 568 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 3: It's a very important things. I assume the power of 569 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 3: personal budge very very well because again there's it gets 570 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 3: it creates report people know I've seen you video somewhere, 571 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 3: I relate to what you said about this topic of 572 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 3: that topic. So it takes away that whole fluff of 573 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,720 Speaker 3: when you meet somebody, people know I've seen you. I 574 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 3: like you, especially if you if you're authentic and if 575 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:20,920 Speaker 3: you really and you say there are things people relate 576 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:21,200 Speaker 3: to it. 577 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:22,800 Speaker 6: You know, when you're really when. 578 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,440 Speaker 3: Other people understand you and to you very fast, So 579 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 3: that's very important. It brings a lot of brands together 580 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 3: collaborations very quickly. And again like you know, why not 581 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 3: look good? 582 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 6: Why not? 583 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 3: It's like, you know, God blesses me with like you know, 584 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:42,640 Speaker 3: I work so hard, I got the my name, enjoy 585 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 3: it and I keep it in a grave with me. 586 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 6: Enjoy it. 587 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:46,360 Speaker 5: Now. 588 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:49,360 Speaker 1: One of the things I've been educated on since being 589 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 1: here is this license plate situation. 590 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 6: It's humbling, isn't it. 591 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: Can you explain to the to the version here the 592 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 1: person that has I heard about this? 593 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:02,880 Speaker 5: I saw there. There's digits. 594 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 1: Now we come from a place where your license plates 595 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 1: your license plate, and you might transfer that from. 596 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 6: Because there's a cap there. 597 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 5: There's a totally different meaning here. 598 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:11,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, because you know when we say out of money, 599 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:16,400 Speaker 3: there's a purpose behind it because okay, having energy class, okay, 600 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 3: citing FIA cool, having okay cool, But then okay, how 601 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 3: do you show. 602 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:22,320 Speaker 6: More than I'm wing? 603 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 3: And now comes with this new it's only this part 604 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 3: of the word thing is like you know, plate numbers, 605 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 3: so if it's one digital digits, it's more expensive. So 606 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:36,680 Speaker 3: sometimes a one digit plate number, let's say a A 607 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:40,760 Speaker 3: five for example, that one went out for fifteen million dollars. 608 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,960 Speaker 3: Fifteen million for one digit. You know, so that's the 609 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:48,240 Speaker 3: whole thing, you know it. It becomes an asset. It's 610 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:52,000 Speaker 3: a new category of assets to show who you are exactly. 611 00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:55,040 Speaker 1: So when I moved to Dubai, I need to have 612 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 1: at least let's move first. 613 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,959 Speaker 3: We talking about baby steps. 614 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:02,080 Speaker 6: First thing, we're talking about that other. 615 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,200 Speaker 5: All right, no five digits. 616 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 2: Well, thank you for your time, thank you for having 617 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:09,880 Speaker 2: the voice. Thank you for your time. 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