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Hiring Indeed is 0:00:57.440 --> 0:00:58.040 all you need. 0:00:58.760 --> 0:00:59.200 All right. 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:04.720 This is something that is dope to see because before 0:01:04.760 --> 0:01:08.280 the pandemic, I believe in twenty nineteen. 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:10.959 I believe, yeah, yep, I think of like the fall. 0:01:11.080 --> 0:01:13.800 The fall of twenty nineteen, we were on a campaign 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:16.520 running across the country, going to different places networking event, 0:01:16.920 --> 0:01:19.920 and we were doing free networking events and all of 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:22.320 the major markets just to kind of you know, check 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:26.920 the vibe, check the buzz, interact with people. And we 0:01:27.160 --> 0:01:31.800 started in Brooklyn, then we went to Atlanta, we did Houston, Texas, 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:35.319 we did La and we went to Chicago. And we 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:38.920 went to Chicago. It was the momentum had already been building. 0:01:38.959 --> 0:01:41.640 So we had like five hundred people in Chicago shout 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:44.120 out to the Bureau Bar and that was a super 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:45.720 dope event and we met a lot of good people. 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:50.480 They actually mobile home investors, virus. 0:01:49.960 --> 0:01:50.840 Yep, yep. 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:54.640 And then but we also met Ian. So at the time, 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:56.360 how old were you at that time? 0:01:57.200 --> 0:01:59.880 I was just turned fifteen, So I was a sophomore 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:00.559 high school. 0:02:00.800 --> 0:02:03.120 Okay, so you eighteen. 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:05.800 L seventeen, just graduated high school. 0:02:05.960 --> 0:02:08.560 So graduations, thank. 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:08.840 You, thank you. 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:11.640 So when we met him, you know, he was fifteen 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:13.600 years old and we met him with his parents and 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:16.120 he was telling us about he had a program to 0:02:16.880 --> 0:02:21.280 teach kids stem and technology and he was actually doing 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:26.800 that and it accelerated during the pandemic when everybody was 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:29.720 at home and the kids was at home from school 0:02:30.160 --> 0:02:32.440 and they had developed like a whole program curriculum, and 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:37.320 then we interviewed them again during the pandemic and that 0:02:37.560 --> 0:02:40.880 was obviously in twenty twenty. So now fast forward two years, 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:43.760 twenty twenty two, and he just said, seventeen years old, 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:49.040 graduated high school, and it's about to take over the world. 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:51.920 So this is going to be a dope conversation. It's 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:56.160 a you know, tracking the journey of a young superstar. 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:58.840 So first and foremot thank you for joining us. 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:01.560 Appreciate it, brother, Thank you so much for having me. 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:04.680 It's crazy because the first time I met you guys, 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:07.840 I was a sophomore. I didn't really know anything about 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:09.920 what was going on. I didn't know what direction I 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:12.600 wanted to go into. And so now I blink two 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:15.240 years later, I'm an adult now, and so I'm just 0:03:15.280 --> 0:03:17.919 glad to be here. I appreciate shout out Earn your leisure. 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:20.200 You guys have done so much for our community through 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:23.120 market Mondays, through the podcast, through everything else. You've taught 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:25.520 me a lot, right, and so I'm still continuing to learn, 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:27.880 and I just appreciate you guys for taking the time 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:28.799 to have me on today. 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:31.800 Yeah, man, and our first conversation we had, you know, 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:33.919 we were early in the stages of doing our podcast. 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:36.600 I think we had maybe forty forty episodes at the time, 0:03:37.000 --> 0:03:39.120 and you had told me the list of people you interviewed, 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:42.280 and I looked at you like wait what huh? Like 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:45.600 you said whose name? And we were just like, all right, 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:48.040 this guy's gonna be special. We may we need to 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:50.280 keep him around. And you know, everything you've done, we've 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:52.360 watched and we've supported and given guidance, and you know 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:54.320 we're going to continue to that. So congratulate to you, 0:03:54.360 --> 0:03:57.320 and congratulation to your parents or who I know who 0:03:57.360 --> 0:03:58.640 have guided you through this process. 0:03:58.680 --> 0:03:59.800 So sleut to you, my man. 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:02.880 All right, So before we get this started, I gave 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:07.119 you the backstory. What's it golled again, Future twenty two? 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:10.000 Yeah, all right, before we get this started, I gave 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:12.240 you the backstory. But I just want to give you 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:15.160 some kudos because you're not only doing your thing in 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:18.400 the tech world with your website, but you also are 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:21.160 working with McDonald's with their Future twenty two programs. 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:22.720 He's one of the rare people that selected. 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:25.320 Yeah, and that's that's super super dope, and I'm sure 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:27.719 we'll talk about that during the conversation. But you know, 0:04:27.760 --> 0:04:30.240 to work with a fortune five hundred company like McDonald's, 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:35.320 the golden arches is you know, it's an accomplishment within itself. 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:36.840 And you know, you think of McDonald's, you think of 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:39.120 a household name when it comes to food. But to 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:41.240 see them in the tech world and to see them 0:04:41.240 --> 0:04:44.080 embrace young entrepreneurs such as yourself, I think it's really dope. 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:46.520 So yeah, I'm sure we'll have that conversation, but just 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:49.680 wanted to congratulate you on that because I saw that, 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:52.360 and that's that's that's big dream Hustle Code. 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:53.680 That's your program. 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:56.960 We spoke about that during the pandemic and correct me 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:59.080 if I'm wrong, but that's the program that you started 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:02.640 to tease kids how to colde right. 0:05:03.440 --> 0:05:06.680 Yeah, So Dream Hustle Code. The whole focus in the 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:09.960 beginning was to inspire kids and show them the possibilities 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:12.400 in technology and show them that they don't just have 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:15.760 to become an athlete, an actor and entertainer or rapper 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:18.520 to be successful. But now we're most so focused on 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:21.440 training kids to pipeline them and the job opportunities in 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:22.120 the tech space. 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:27.800 So talk about that. What how is it currently? How's 0:05:27.839 --> 0:05:29.680 it scale? Since the last time that we spoke to you. 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:35.919 And what is the curriculum that Dream Hustle Code encompasses 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:36.360 right now. 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:40.640 So when we first started, when we first talked, we 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:44.080 had just started our Computer science and Personal development after 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:47.200 school program. Now, the first class we ever had was 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:50.039 eleven kids, and it was because of the pandemic, but 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:53.279 it really gave us the opportunity to see if everything 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:56.320 that we had done previously in person would work in 0:05:56.320 --> 0:05:59.720 a virtual space. So since then we've been continuing that 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.719 after school program. In the summer of twenty twenty, we 0:06:02.839 --> 0:06:07.080 ended up hosting our summer program for free when partnership 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:10.400 with McDonald's to on board three hundred students into that program. 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:12.560 And so on top of that. One of the three 0:06:12.800 --> 0:06:15.480 one of in our curriculum and everything that we do 0:06:15.600 --> 0:06:18.200 is broken down in the three phases. The first one 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:21.599 is inspired, the second one is the basic training like 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:24.760 introductory training, and then the third one is a training 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:28.600 to pipeline into job opportunities. One of the key ways 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:31.680 that we use to inspire kids is through one of 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:34.760 our events called teen Tech Live. So teen Tech Live 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:39.159 think of it is a combination of Coachella cees, a 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:45.039 massive gaming tournament all in one. There's entrepreneurship, technology, motivational speakers, 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:48.440 gaming sports. And our first one we hosted it was 0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:51.680 during Black History Month in twenty twenty one February. We 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:56.480 had over seven five hundred student participants with large corporations 0:06:56.480 --> 0:06:59.000 and guest speakers such as two time Super Bowl champ 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:01.919 mister Ray Lewis Board. And then our second one we 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:05.200 did during Black or during Computer Science Education Week in 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:08.239 December of twenty twenty one. We had over sixteen thousand, 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:11.240 five hundred students. We had Kyrie Irving come on board 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:13.320 and that was just an amazing experience because I got 0:07:13.320 --> 0:07:16.160 to meet one of my idols. I grew up watching Kyrie. 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:18.960 Then we had Phase Clan, We have McDonald's come on 0:07:19.000 --> 0:07:22.240 board as well, and other companies and some tech billionaires, 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:25.600 tech entrepreneurs come on board and share their experiences. And 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:28.480 so what we're working on right now is also a 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:32.600 multi million dollar project which will revolutionize the way technology 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:36.080 is being taught to kids, especially in my generation generation 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:39.640 Z to them popeline them into those corporations into the 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:42.080 tech space. So it's a lot going on right now. 0:07:42.120 --> 0:07:44.520 We've been able to scale up drastically and now we're 0:07:44.520 --> 0:07:46.920 looking to take it to the next step to impact 0:07:46.960 --> 0:07:49.960 thousands and tens of thousands of kids' lives directly. 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:53.320 You know, one of your courterstones you talk about is 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:56.360 building wealth through technology, and so I'm wondering, at what 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:59.240 point in your life did you realize that was possible 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:01.600 and what has been the reception when you're teaching these students. 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:03.360 I mean, that's a lot of kids that you're talking 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:05.960 about teaching, So what's the reception that you get from 0:08:06.000 --> 0:08:08.040 this this generation that you're teaching or is it a 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:10.840 mix of gen z gen y and I guess, well, 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:12.520 I don't even know what generation we are, but what 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:16.160 is it like when you when you teach to different populations? 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:20.160 So I realized, I mean, the only one I knew 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:22.640 because I'm a numbers guy, right, So I like looking 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:24.880 at the numbers. And when I looked at what were 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:27.800 the top ten wealthiest people on the planet, I saw 0:08:27.880 --> 0:08:31.000 that at least seven of them made their wealth through technology. 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:33.560 Also most of them had investments, but it was all 0:08:33.600 --> 0:08:36.200 through technology for the most part. And so that's what 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:39.480 really allowed me and gave me the opportunity to have 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:42.320 a vision of Okay, technology is a pathway that I 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:45.080 can grow wealth. But you talked about how what was 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:48.320 some of the impact and how was it received. The 0:08:48.400 --> 0:08:52.600 thing is, technology is self sometimes can't be born to 0:08:52.600 --> 0:08:54.560 people that come from our community because the only thing 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:57.800 that we care about is sports, music and entertainment and 0:08:57.880 --> 0:09:00.320 video games. That's like one of the key stone that 0:09:00.360 --> 0:09:03.200 get kids on board. And so what we found is 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:07.240 that finding a way to combine their interest and culminate 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:10.880 or combining that with technology, that's what grabs their attention. Now, 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:13.440 I've had stories of kids who came into our program 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:16.200 where it just changed her life forever. Like, for example, 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:19.520 I had this student named Xavia. She came in to 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:21.839 our program in the beginning of the pandemic. I think 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:24.600 it was our third week, and so during that she 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:26.640 had a brere a bunch of kids that were already 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:29.480 further along than her in our program. But she came in, 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:32.880 was super excited, came in the chat, was talking, was 0:09:32.880 --> 0:09:35.880 doing her work outside of class, and she was doing 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:38.200 so much work that she ended up surpassing the kids 0:09:38.200 --> 0:09:41.400 that had started three weeks before her. Come to find out, 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:44.840 because of her excitement, she ended up inspiring her own 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:48.560 dad to switch careers. Learned computer science and then going 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:50.840 to the tech space, and then on top of that. 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:54.040 I was just talking to her yesterday. She's fifteen, turning sixteen. 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:57.520 She's now working on a self paced certification for coding 0:09:57.559 --> 0:10:00.319 so that she can get an internship at MIKE herself 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:03.040 by the time she turned sixteen. I have other kids, 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:05.960 or I had other parents out there, not just Generation 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:09.240 ZEB or Millennials, but I had there was a family 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:12.800 friend or a friend of the family. He was heard 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:14.840 about the work I was doing, heard about all this 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:17.160 computer science work, and so he decided to take into 0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:20.160 his own hands, him and his wife to learn computer science, 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:22.800 and now he's getting a job into the tech space himself. 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:26.079 So I've seen not only impact in kids my age, 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:28.640 younger than me, but also adults who didn't even go 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:30.679 through our program but heard about the work that we 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:33.520 were doing. So it just it is, honestly, it's an 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:35.480 honor to be able to touch people's lives and the 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:37.079 way that we do or the way that I do, 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:39.760 because it shows that the work that I'm doing is important. 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:42.800 What areas of tech, you say, tech? 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:46.800 What areas of tech do you think are most beneficial 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:49.440 for young people to learn or what areas of tech 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:53.160 are you is your program focusing on, because you know, 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:55.480 we talked about like cybersecurity is something that's very big 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:57.719 different things, so what's your thoughts on that. 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:01.600 So in the beginning, we justocused on web development because 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:04.120 that's just the easiest learning how to build a website. 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:06.599 But a couple week months ago, we actually had a 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:11.280 chance the cybersecurity director from the White House actually reached 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:13.720 out to us and asked to meet with us, and 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:15.679 so we had a chance to discuss with them at 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:17.559 a round table with some of the kids that were 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:20.839 part of our program and also some other administrators, talking 0:11:20.880 --> 0:11:24.040 about the need for cybersecurity because they said that during 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:27.200 the pandemic there were about five hundred thousand jobs that 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:30.520 went unfilled in that space. And so that's another thing 0:11:30.559 --> 0:11:33.760 that we're adding into our curriculum cybersecurity, because I mean, 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:36.160 there have been a lot of hacks recently that we've 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:39.400 seen in major corporations, and so that's a huge need 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:41.880 that needs to be filled. We've seen that countries like 0:11:41.960 --> 0:11:44.679 China and Russia, they have their own people that are 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:47.080 hacking into our own systems, but we need to be 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:49.240 able to defend our own systems as well. And so 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:51.439 another thing that a lot of people and I love 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:54.360 talking about this is web three point zero blockchain that 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:57.040 to me is definitely the future. Now I'm not saying 0:11:57.080 --> 0:12:00.000 that it'll take over everything within the next ten years, 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:02.840 but you definitely have to be abreast of what's happening 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:04.920 in the future, because if you don't prepare for the future, 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:05.960 you'll get left behind. 0:12:07.080 --> 0:12:09.680 Yeah, you talked about your partnerships and corporations. 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:12.280 I know you're part of the McDonald's Future twenty two 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:14.400 So tell me how did that come about. 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:15.640 What's experience has been like for you. 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:20.079 So I've had a relationship with McDonald's. As I mentioned earlier, 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:23.320 they partnered with us during the summer of twenty twenty 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:26.960 to onboard kids into our program for free. And honestly, 0:12:27.040 --> 0:12:30.520 it's an honor because like as kids, we dream about 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:33.160 the fame and the spotlight and working with stars and 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:36.320 working with these big companies like McDonald's. But to actually 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:38.680 sit here and say I got a commercial within with 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:42.240 them and I'm working on the game Chainer's Future twenty 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:46.280 two campaign, I mean, that's really just it's shocking to me, 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:48.360 and it's kind of like an out of body experience, Like, man, 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:51.079 I'm only seventeen years old, I'm really doing this with McDonald's. 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:53.760 But at the same time, it's really just a stepping 0:12:53.800 --> 0:12:56.640 stone that tells me the work that I'm doing is important, 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:58.360 but now it's take time to take it to the 0:12:58.400 --> 0:13:01.640 next level to impact more. 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Hiring Indeed is 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:05.680 all you need. 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:08.960 I should say it because I've heard a lot from 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:13.080 your podcast and your ideas and thoughts of going to college, 0:16:13.600 --> 0:16:16.600 so I wouldn't say that played the influence, but I'm 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:19.440 definitely taking a gap year this year because there are 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:22.080 a lot of different projects that we're working on, a 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:24.880 multimillion dollar projects that I'm working on this far. I'm 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:28.280 taking a HBCU Systems for Success tour where I'm going 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:31.440 to be going to four to seven different HBCUs and 0:16:31.760 --> 0:16:34.240 sharing with students some of the strategies that were for me. 0:16:34.320 --> 0:16:37.480 Because the crazy thing about this, when I was doing research, 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:41.320 they say that after freshman year, a large percentage of 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:43.960 black students drop out of college, and it's even higher 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:47.040 at HBCUs. Part of that is many of those kids 0:16:47.120 --> 0:16:50.080 are first generation college students, just like my dad was 0:16:50.120 --> 0:16:52.560 when he went to FAM. You, but they don't necessarily 0:16:52.560 --> 0:16:54.640 have the strategies to deal with all the stress not 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:56.680 only that comes with college, but the stress that's at 0:16:56.680 --> 0:16:59.320 home and outside of school, and so going on that 0:16:59.480 --> 0:17:01.880 HBCU to with as far is important. That's what we're 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:05.240 working on, and on that multimillion dollar project. Again, we're 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:08.680 working on board tens of thousands of kids into our program, 0:17:08.760 --> 0:17:12.000 train them not only with computer science, but also personal 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:15.199 development and financial literacy, because once you make money, you 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:17.000 have to know how to make sure that it lasts 0:17:17.000 --> 0:17:18.560 long and know how to invest it and to save 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:20.919 it wisely. And so those are the big things that 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:23.760 we got that I have going on for the next year. 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:26.120 But that whole college thing, I'm not going to put 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:28.600 my ideas out there. I think that, you know, go 0:17:28.640 --> 0:17:31.480 to college if it's for you. If you have something else, 0:17:31.840 --> 0:17:34.439 pursue that dream and idea. But that's what I have 0:17:34.520 --> 0:17:35.920 going on for myself. 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:35.960 You know. 0:17:36.080 --> 0:17:37.639 You know, being in the space, you know, one of 0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:39.000 the things that comes with it is that you have 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:41.560 the ability to impact lives. So you kind of talked 0:17:41.560 --> 0:17:44.159 about how earn your leision has you know, played in 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:46.200 some of the decisions that you're going to make about college. 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:48.920 I wonder what it feels like from your end, knowing 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:51.480 that you are now impacting lives and you know the 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:54.520 future aspirations, you know, So tell me what that's felt 0:17:54.520 --> 0:17:54.960 like for you. 0:17:55.040 --> 0:17:58.040 Being at seventeen years old, I. 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:00.640 Feel like there's always been a part of me because 0:18:01.080 --> 0:18:03.800 when I was like two years old, my dad told 0:18:03.800 --> 0:18:07.119 me this. I was helping my sister raise money to 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:10.440 build water wells in Africa. So we were standing outside 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:13.080 in the summer, He's selling brownies. When I was four 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:15.359 years old, I would take toys that I got for 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:18.399 Christmas and for my birthday that I didn't use and 0:18:18.440 --> 0:18:20.919 give it to kids at the nearest hospital near me 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:23.919 I think it was Saint Jue's Hospital in Chicago. And so, like, 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:26.240 helping others has always been a part of my life. 0:18:26.280 --> 0:18:28.840 I'm a selfless person. I'm not selfish. I love giving 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:32.080 what I have, and so like giving back to my community. 0:18:32.160 --> 0:18:34.719 I think it's important. Look, I got big ideas, right, 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:36.800 I'm like Dame Dash I have big ideas that I'm 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:39.399 trying to bring to impact the community. And so I 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:42.879 know for a fact that you have through partnerships, through collaborations, 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:45.120 and through some of the mentals I have, I will 0:18:45.160 --> 0:18:47.439 be able to take that to the next level because 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:48.879 at the end of the day, it's not about me. 0:18:49.320 --> 0:18:51.679 I interviewed mss Oprah Winfrey one time. She said that 0:18:51.760 --> 0:18:54.399 your life is just a piece of the puzzle of 0:18:54.440 --> 0:18:57.920 the greater universe. So every single decision that you make 0:18:58.280 --> 0:19:03.280 could potentially touch thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, 0:19:03.400 --> 0:19:06.879 or even millions. So when she said that, that stuck 0:19:06.920 --> 0:19:08.800 with me even to this day. And so knowing that 0:19:08.880 --> 0:19:12.080 every single decision I'm making this moment could touch somebody 0:19:12.119 --> 0:19:14.680 that I'll never meet. That's powerful to me, and so 0:19:15.040 --> 0:19:16.560 I keep that at the back burner and keep that 0:19:16.600 --> 0:19:18.560 in the back of my mind and every decision I'm making. 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:21.040 So that's why I move with the sense of purpose 0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:22.800 of focus on helping others. 0:19:23.440 --> 0:19:26.359 So let's talk about like the business formation, like how 0:19:26.480 --> 0:19:29.520 is it starting your business? How much help did you 0:19:29.600 --> 0:19:32.200 get and where are. 0:19:32.119 --> 0:19:32.639 You at now? 0:19:32.680 --> 0:19:35.840 As far as like the employees, what's your day to 0:19:35.920 --> 0:19:38.280 day like business. Do you have like a CFO that 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:41.120