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Speaker 1: What's up everybody.

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Speaker 2: This is the people shark Head, Damon and John with

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Speaker 2: another motivation moment for you.

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Speaker 1: Courtesy of that moment with Damon John.

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Speaker 2: Now we are, of course a production of the Black

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Speaker 2: Effect Podcast Network and iHeartRadio.

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Speaker 1: Here's an interesting fact.

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Speaker 2: According to CNBC, forty four percent of all Americans have

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Speaker 2: some sort of side hustle business. You heard me, forty

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Speaker 2: four percent. You see, when I worked a red lobster,

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Speaker 2: Fubu was my side hustle for five years. I would

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Speaker 2: put in one hour week, then it grew to two

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Speaker 2: and then five to ten. Then all of a sudden,

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Speaker 2: after five years, Fooboo was my business. But I couldn't

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Speaker 2: have done that. From the beginning. I had to pay

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Speaker 2: the bills, keep the lights on, so simultaneously I would

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Speaker 2: work at the same time as on my passion.

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Speaker 1: Aka my side hustle. It doesn't stop there. Black Entrepreneurs Day.

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Speaker 2: I decided to interview an amazing, amazing teacher named Marlon Parker,

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Speaker 2: and he decided to come up with get lace laces.

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Speaker 2: These are laces for athletics sneakers. And of course he's

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Speaker 2: a school teacher. He sees all these kids, he sees

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Speaker 2: a whole bunch of sneakers, a whole bunch of laces,

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Speaker 2: and he balanced his love for public education with his

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Speaker 2: newfound passion for shoelaces. It wasn't easy, but he learned

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Speaker 2: how to balance it. And then, all of a sudden,

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Speaker 2: he learned how to partner with schools and educational leaders

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Speaker 2: and youth to help build his brand, all while maintaining

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Speaker 2: his commitment to his community.

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Speaker 1: That's called the double bottom Line.

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Speaker 2: Tune in every Monday and Tuesday for new episodes of

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