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Speaker 2: All right.
Speaker 3: This is something that is dope to see because before
Speaker 3: the pandemic, I believe in twenty nineteen.
Speaker 2: I believe, yeah, yep, I think of like the fall.
Speaker 3: The fall of twenty nineteen, we were on a campaign
Speaker 3: running across the country, going to different places networking event,
Speaker 3: and we were doing free networking events and all of
Speaker 3: the major markets just to kind of you know, check
Speaker 3: the vibe, check the buzz, interact with people. And we
Speaker 3: started in Brooklyn, then we went to Atlanta, we did Houston, Texas,
Speaker 3: we did La and we went to Chicago. And we
Speaker 3: went to Chicago. It was the momentum had already been building.
Speaker 3: So we had like five hundred people in Chicago shout
Speaker 3: out to the Bureau Bar and that was a super
Speaker 3: dope event and we met a lot of good people.
Speaker 2: They actually mobile home investors, virus.
Speaker 4: Yep, yep.
Speaker 2: And then but we also met Ian. So at the time,
Speaker 2: how old were you at that time?
Speaker 5: I was just turned fifteen, So I was a sophomore
Speaker 5: high school.
Speaker 2: Okay, so you eighteen.
Speaker 5: L seventeen, just graduated high school.
Speaker 6: So graduations, thank.
Speaker 5: You, thank you.
Speaker 3: So when we met him, you know, he was fifteen
Speaker 3: years old and we met him with his parents and
Speaker 3: he was telling us about he had a program to
Speaker 3: teach kids stem and technology and he was actually doing
Speaker 3: that and it accelerated during the pandemic when everybody was
Speaker 3: at home and the kids was at home from school
Speaker 3: and they had developed like a whole program curriculum, and
Speaker 3: then we interviewed them again during the pandemic and that
Speaker 3: was obviously in twenty twenty. So now fast forward two years,
Speaker 3: twenty twenty two, and he just said, seventeen years old,
Speaker 3: graduated high school, and it's about to take over the world.
Speaker 3: So this is going to be a dope conversation. It's
Speaker 3: a you know, tracking the journey of a young superstar.
Speaker 3: So first and foremot thank you for joining us.
Speaker 5: Appreciate it, brother, Thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 5: It's crazy because the first time I met you guys,
Speaker 5: I was a sophomore. I didn't really know anything about
Speaker 5: what was going on. I didn't know what direction I
Speaker 5: wanted to go into. And so now I blink two
Speaker 5: years later, I'm an adult now, and so I'm just
Speaker 5: glad to be here. I appreciate shout out Earn your leisure.
Speaker 5: You guys have done so much for our community through
Speaker 5: market Mondays, through the podcast, through everything else. You've taught
Speaker 5: me a lot, right, and so I'm still continuing to learn,
Speaker 5: and I just appreciate you guys for taking the time
Speaker 5: to have me on today.
Speaker 6: Yeah, man, and our first conversation we had, you know,
Speaker 6: we were early in the stages of doing our podcast.
Speaker 6: I think we had maybe forty forty episodes at the time,
Speaker 6: and you had told me the list of people you interviewed,
Speaker 6: and I looked at you like wait what huh? Like
Speaker 6: you said whose name? And we were just like, all right,
Speaker 6: this guy's gonna be special. We may we need to
Speaker 6: keep him around. And you know, everything you've done, we've
Speaker 6: watched and we've supported and given guidance, and you know
Speaker 6: we're going to continue to that. So congratulate to you,
Speaker 6: and congratulation to your parents or who I know who
Speaker 6: have guided you through this process.
Speaker 4: So sleut to you, my man.
Speaker 2: All right, So before we get this started, I gave
Speaker 2: you the backstory. What's it golled again, Future twenty two?
Speaker 3: Yeah, all right, before we get this started, I gave
Speaker 3: you the backstory. But I just want to give you
Speaker 3: some kudos because you're not only doing your thing in
Speaker 3: the tech world with your website, but you also are
Speaker 3: working with McDonald's with their Future twenty two programs.
Speaker 4: He's one of the rare people that selected.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and that's that's super super dope, and I'm sure
Speaker 3: we'll talk about that during the conversation. But you know,
Speaker 3: to work with a fortune five hundred company like McDonald's,
Speaker 3: the golden arches is you know, it's an accomplishment within itself.
Speaker 3: And you know, you think of McDonald's, you think of
Speaker 3: a household name when it comes to food. But to
Speaker 3: see them in the tech world and to see them
Speaker 3: embrace young entrepreneurs such as yourself, I think it's really dope.
Speaker 3: So yeah, I'm sure we'll have that conversation, but just
Speaker 3: wanted to congratulate you on that because I saw that,
Speaker 3: and that's that's that's big dream Hustle Code.
Speaker 2: That's your program.
Speaker 3: We spoke about that during the pandemic and correct me
Speaker 3: if I'm wrong, but that's the program that you started
Speaker 3: to tease kids how to colde right.
Speaker 5: Yeah, So Dream Hustle Code. The whole focus in the
Speaker 5: beginning was to inspire kids and show them the possibilities
Speaker 5: in technology and show them that they don't just have
Speaker 5: to become an athlete, an actor and entertainer or rapper
Speaker 5: to be successful. But now we're most so focused on
Speaker 5: training kids to pipeline them and the job opportunities in
Speaker 5: the tech space.
Speaker 3: So talk about that. What how is it currently? How's
Speaker 3: it scale? Since the last time that we spoke to you.
Speaker 3: And what is the curriculum that Dream Hustle Code encompasses
Speaker 3: right now.
Speaker 5: So when we first started, when we first talked, we
Speaker 5: had just started our Computer science and Personal development after
Speaker 5: school program. Now, the first class we ever had was
Speaker 5: eleven kids, and it was because of the pandemic, but
Speaker 5: it really gave us the opportunity to see if everything
Speaker 5: that we had done previously in person would work in
Speaker 5: a virtual space. So since then we've been continuing that
Speaker 5: after school program. In the summer of twenty twenty, we
Speaker 5: ended up hosting our summer program for free when partnership
Speaker 5: with McDonald's to on board three hundred students into that program.
Speaker 5: And so on top of that. One of the three
Speaker 5: one of in our curriculum and everything that we do
Speaker 5: is broken down in the three phases. The first one
Speaker 5: is inspired, the second one is the basic training like
Speaker 5: introductory training, and then the third one is a training
Speaker 5: to pipeline into job opportunities. One of the key ways
Speaker 5: that we use to inspire kids is through one of
Speaker 5: our events called teen Tech Live. So teen Tech Live
Speaker 5: think of it is a combination of Coachella cees, a
Speaker 5: massive gaming tournament all in one. There's entrepreneurship, technology, motivational speakers,
Speaker 5: gaming sports. And our first one we hosted it was
Speaker 5: during Black History Month in twenty twenty one February. We
Speaker 5: had over seven five hundred student participants with large corporations
Speaker 5: and guest speakers such as two time Super Bowl champ
Speaker 5: mister Ray Lewis Board. And then our second one we
Speaker 5: did during Black or during Computer Science Education Week in
Speaker 5: December of twenty twenty one. We had over sixteen thousand,
Speaker 5: five hundred students. We had Kyrie Irving come on board
Speaker 5: and that was just an amazing experience because I got
Speaker 5: to meet one of my idols. I grew up watching Kyrie.
Speaker 5: Then we had Phase Clan, We have McDonald's come on
Speaker 5: board as well, and other companies and some tech billionaires,
Speaker 5: tech entrepreneurs come on board and share their experiences. And
Speaker 5: so what we're working on right now is also a
Speaker 5: multi million dollar project which will revolutionize the way technology
Speaker 5: is being taught to kids, especially in my generation generation
Speaker 5: Z to them popeline them into those corporations into the
Speaker 5: tech space. So it's a lot going on right now.
Speaker 5: We've been able to scale up drastically and now we're
Speaker 5: looking to take it to the next step to impact
Speaker 5: thousands and tens of thousands of kids' lives directly.
Speaker 6: You know, one of your courterstones you talk about is
Speaker 6: building wealth through technology, and so I'm wondering, at what
Speaker 6: point in your life did you realize that was possible
Speaker 6: and what has been the reception when you're teaching these students.
Speaker 6: I mean, that's a lot of kids that you're talking
Speaker 6: about teaching, So what's the reception that you get from
Speaker 6: this this generation that you're teaching or is it a
Speaker 6: mix of gen z gen y and I guess, well,
Speaker 6: I don't even know what generation we are, but what
Speaker 6: is it like when you when you teach to different populations?
Speaker 5: So I realized, I mean, the only one I knew
Speaker 5: because I'm a numbers guy, right, So I like looking
Speaker 5: at the numbers. And when I looked at what were
Speaker 5: the top ten wealthiest people on the planet, I saw
Speaker 5: that at least seven of them made their wealth through technology.
Speaker 5: Also most of them had investments, but it was all
Speaker 5: through technology for the most part. And so that's what
Speaker 5: really allowed me and gave me the opportunity to have
Speaker 5: a vision of Okay, technology is a pathway that I
Speaker 5: can grow wealth. But you talked about how what was
Speaker 5: some of the impact and how was it received. The
Speaker 5: thing is, technology is self sometimes can't be born to
Speaker 5: people that come from our community because the only thing
Speaker 5: that we care about is sports, music and entertainment and
Speaker 5: video games. That's like one of the key stone that
Speaker 5: get kids on board. And so what we found is
Speaker 5: that finding a way to combine their interest and culminate
Speaker 5: or combining that with technology, that's what grabs their attention. Now,
Speaker 5: I've had stories of kids who came into our program
Speaker 5: where it just changed her life forever. Like, for example,
Speaker 5: I had this student named Xavia. She came in to
Speaker 5: our program in the beginning of the pandemic. I think
Speaker 5: it was our third week, and so during that she
Speaker 5: had a brere a bunch of kids that were already
Speaker 5: further along than her in our program. But she came in,
Speaker 5: was super excited, came in the chat, was talking, was
Speaker 5: doing her work outside of class, and she was doing
Speaker 5: so much work that she ended up surpassing the kids
Speaker 5: that had started three weeks before her. Come to find out,
Speaker 5: because of her excitement, she ended up inspiring her own
Speaker 5: dad to switch careers. Learned computer science and then going
Speaker 5: to the tech space, and then on top of that.
Speaker 5: I was just talking to her yesterday. She's fifteen, turning sixteen.
Speaker 5: She's now working on a self paced certification for coding
Speaker 5: so that she can get an internship at MIKE herself
Speaker 5: by the time she turned sixteen. I have other kids,
Speaker 5: or I had other parents out there, not just Generation
Speaker 5: ZEB or Millennials, but I had there was a family
Speaker 5: friend or a friend of the family. He was heard
Speaker 5: about the work I was doing, heard about all this
Speaker 5: computer science work, and so he decided to take into
Speaker 5: his own hands, him and his wife to learn computer science,
Speaker 5: and now he's getting a job into the tech space himself.
Speaker 5: So I've seen not only impact in kids my age,
Speaker 5: younger than me, but also adults who didn't even go
Speaker 5: through our program but heard about the work that we
Speaker 5: were doing. So it just it is, honestly, it's an
Speaker 5: honor to be able to touch people's lives and the
Speaker 5: way that we do or the way that I do,
Speaker 5: because it shows that the work that I'm doing is important.
Speaker 2: What areas of tech, you say, tech?
Speaker 3: What areas of tech do you think are most beneficial
Speaker 3: for young people to learn or what areas of tech
Speaker 3: are you is your program focusing on, because you know,
Speaker 3: we talked about like cybersecurity is something that's very big
Speaker 3: different things, so what's your thoughts on that.
Speaker 5: So in the beginning, we justocused on web development because
Speaker 5: that's just the easiest learning how to build a website.
Speaker 5: But a couple week months ago, we actually had a
Speaker 5: chance the cybersecurity director from the White House actually reached
Speaker 5: out to us and asked to meet with us, and
Speaker 5: so we had a chance to discuss with them at
Speaker 5: a round table with some of the kids that were
Speaker 5: part of our program and also some other administrators, talking
Speaker 5: about the need for cybersecurity because they said that during
Speaker 5: the pandemic there were about five hundred thousand jobs that
Speaker 5: went unfilled in that space. And so that's another thing
Speaker 5: that we're adding into our curriculum cybersecurity, because I mean,
Speaker 5: there have been a lot of hacks recently that we've
Speaker 5: seen in major corporations, and so that's a huge need
Speaker 5: that needs to be filled. We've seen that countries like
Speaker 5: China and Russia, they have their own people that are
Speaker 5: hacking into our own systems, but we need to be
Speaker 5: able to defend our own systems as well. And so
Speaker 5: another thing that a lot of people and I love
Speaker 5: talking about this is web three point zero blockchain that
Speaker 5: to me is definitely the future. Now I'm not saying
Speaker 5: that it'll take over everything within the next ten years,
Speaker 5: but you definitely have to be abreast of what's happening
Speaker 5: in the future, because if you don't prepare for the future,
Speaker 5: you'll get left behind.
Speaker 4: Yeah, you talked about your partnerships and corporations.
Speaker 6: I know you're part of the McDonald's Future twenty two
Speaker 6: So tell me how did that come about.
Speaker 4: What's experience has been like for you.
Speaker 5: So I've had a relationship with McDonald's. As I mentioned earlier,
Speaker 5: they partnered with us during the summer of twenty twenty
Speaker 5: to onboard kids into our program for free. And honestly,
Speaker 5: it's an honor because like as kids, we dream about
Speaker 5: the fame and the spotlight and working with stars and
Speaker 5: working with these big companies like McDonald's. But to actually
Speaker 5: sit here and say I got a commercial within with
Speaker 5: them and I'm working on the game Chainer's Future twenty
Speaker 5: two campaign, I mean, that's really just it's shocking to me,
Speaker 5: and it's kind of like an out of body experience, Like, man,
Speaker 5: I'm only seventeen years old, I'm really doing this with McDonald's.
Speaker 5: But at the same time, it's really just a stepping
Speaker 5: stone that tells me the work that I'm doing is important,
Speaker 5: but now it's take time to take it to the
Speaker 5: next level to impact more. So it's an honor. I'm
Speaker 5: glad I'm a part of it, and I want to
Speaker 5: thank McDonald's for just putting me on and giving me
Speaker 5: the opportunity to share my story.
Speaker 3: So what's next for you? Like, are you going to
Speaker 3: go to college or are you just gonna focus on
Speaker 3: your company?
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Speaker 5: I should say it because I've heard a lot from
Speaker 5: your podcast and your ideas and thoughts of going to college,
Speaker 5: so I wouldn't say that played the influence, but I'm
Speaker 5: definitely taking a gap year this year because there are
Speaker 5: a lot of different projects that we're working on, a
Speaker 5: multimillion dollar projects that I'm working on this far. I'm
Speaker 5: taking a HBCU Systems for Success tour where I'm going
Speaker 5: to be going to four to seven different HBCUs and
Speaker 5: sharing with students some of the strategies that were for me.
Speaker 5: Because the crazy thing about this, when I was doing research,
Speaker 5: they say that after freshman year, a large percentage of
Speaker 5: black students drop out of college, and it's even higher
Speaker 5: at HBCUs. Part of that is many of those kids
Speaker 5: are first generation college students, just like my dad was
Speaker 5: when he went to FAM. You, but they don't necessarily
Speaker 5: have the strategies to deal with all the stress not
Speaker 5: only that comes with college, but the stress that's at
Speaker 5: home and outside of school, and so going on that
Speaker 5: HBCU to with as far is important. That's what we're
Speaker 5: working on, and on that multimillion dollar project. Again, we're
Speaker 5: working on board tens of thousands of kids into our program,
Speaker 5: train them not only with computer science, but also personal
Speaker 5: development and financial literacy, because once you make money, you
Speaker 5: have to know how to make sure that it lasts
Speaker 5: long and know how to invest it and to save
Speaker 5: it wisely. And so those are the big things that
Speaker 5: we got that I have going on for the next year.
Speaker 5: But that whole college thing, I'm not going to put
Speaker 5: my ideas out there. I think that, you know, go
Speaker 5: to college if it's for you. If you have something else,
Speaker 5: pursue that dream and idea. But that's what I have
Speaker 5: going on for myself.
Speaker 4: You know.
Speaker 6: You know, being in the space, you know, one of
Speaker 6: the things that comes with it is that you have
Speaker 6: the ability to impact lives. So you kind of talked
Speaker 6: about how earn your leision has you know, played in
Speaker 6: some of the decisions that you're going to make about college.
Speaker 6: I wonder what it feels like from your end, knowing
Speaker 6: that you are now impacting lives and you know the
Speaker 6: future aspirations, you know, So tell me what that's felt
Speaker 6: like for you.
Speaker 4: Being at seventeen years old, I.
Speaker 5: Feel like there's always been a part of me because
Speaker 5: when I was like two years old, my dad told
Speaker 5: me this. I was helping my sister raise money to
Speaker 5: build water wells in Africa. So we were standing outside
Speaker 5: in the summer, He's selling brownies. When I was four
Speaker 5: years old, I would take toys that I got for
Speaker 5: Christmas and for my birthday that I didn't use and
Speaker 5: give it to kids at the nearest hospital near me
Speaker 5: I think it was Saint Jue's Hospital in Chicago. And so, like,
Speaker 5: helping others has always been a part of my life.
Speaker 5: I'm a selfless person. I'm not selfish. I love giving
Speaker 5: what I have, and so like giving back to my community.
Speaker 5: I think it's important. Look, I got big ideas, right,
Speaker 5: I'm like Dame Dash I have big ideas that I'm
Speaker 5: trying to bring to impact the community. And so I
Speaker 5: know for a fact that you have through partnerships, through collaborations,
Speaker 5: and through some of the mentals I have, I will
Speaker 5: be able to take that to the next level because
Speaker 5: at the end of the day, it's not about me.
Speaker 5: I interviewed mss Oprah Winfrey one time. She said that
Speaker 5: your life is just a piece of the puzzle of
Speaker 5: the greater universe. So every single decision that you make
Speaker 5: could potentially touch thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands,
Speaker 5: or even millions. So when she said that, that stuck
Speaker 5: with me even to this day. And so knowing that
Speaker 5: every single decision I'm making this moment could touch somebody
Speaker 5: that I'll never meet. That's powerful to me, and so
Speaker 5: I keep that at the back burner and keep that
Speaker 5: in the back of my mind and every decision I'm making.
Speaker 5: So that's why I move with the sense of purpose
Speaker 5: of focus on helping others.
Speaker 3: So let's talk about like the business formation, like how
Speaker 3: is it starting your business? How much help did you
Speaker 3: get and where are.
Speaker 2: You at now?
Speaker 3: As far as like the employees, what's your day to
Speaker 3: day like business. Do you have like a CFO that
Speaker 3: you talk to or what's your official try.
Speaker 5: To get a CEO, CEO and co founder?
Speaker 2: So what's what's the business structure that you have in
Speaker 2: place right now?
Speaker 5: So in the beginning, it's funny because we had a
Speaker 5: three man team. It's me, my mom, and my father,
Speaker 5: my dad. And so what we've been able to do
Speaker 5: is we've been able to actually take some of the
Speaker 5: students that have gone through our program and employ them
Speaker 5: to some of the mentors that we have. And so
Speaker 5: one of the things, like it's challenging as a starter
Speaker 5: because not having necessarily the resources or the funding. It's
Speaker 5: always tough. I mean, obviously you need money to grow
Speaker 5: a business, but from day to day. We're always working
Speaker 5: on different projects. For this summer, we have different one
Speaker 5: weekend person programs that we're working on and travel to
Speaker 5: different states to teach our programs. This fall or no,
Speaker 5: this winner, we're working on Team tech Live three point
Speaker 5: zero to onboard fifty thousand kids virtually for that program.
Speaker 5: Also the personal brand like my personal brand and Dream
Speaker 5: Hustle Code and so having a team around me with
Speaker 5: my parents and also some of the team members that
Speaker 5: have gone through our program at Dream Hustle Code that
Speaker 5: we employed. That's really it. But it's a small team.
Speaker 5: It's not as big as you would think. We have
Speaker 5: like five to seven members on board. But in terms
Speaker 5: of everything that we do, I'm responsible for everything marketing,
Speaker 5: building the program, making sure that I teach the students
Speaker 5: as well, and everything else. That's a part of what
Speaker 5: my job requirement is that Dream with Hustle Code.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 6: So one of the pieces that you have added to it,
Speaker 6: and I don't know if you had this last time,
Speaker 6: was a Dream Hustle colde book. What inspired that and
Speaker 6: how did people how were they receiving it thus far?
Speaker 5: So okay, this project started in twenty seven, twenty sixteen,
Speaker 5: and the idea for that came when we were doing
Speaker 5: in person program. See one of the things that we
Speaker 5: noticed was that whenever a kid came across a challenge,
Speaker 5: or they came across a problem that just looked too
Speaker 5: hard and difficult, they wanted to give up and quick.
Speaker 5: And so I've been learning personal development since i was
Speaker 5: four years old. Like yesterday or yeah, yesterday, I had
Speaker 5: the chance to interview or to be on a podcast
Speaker 5: with doctor Eric Thomas, my favorite motivational speaker, and so
Speaker 5: I've been listening to motivational speak speakers motivational videos since
Speaker 5: I was four. And so we came up with the idea,
Speaker 5: what if I interviewed different highly successful people, took the
Speaker 5: lessons that they learned from their stories, and then write
Speaker 5: it in the book through the voice of a kid.
Speaker 5: So in the beginning, we came up with a list
Speaker 5: of three hundred highly successful individuals. We just put everybody down. Billionaires, millionaires,
Speaker 5: famous people, businessmen and women, entrepreneurs, you name it. And
Speaker 5: so to this day, I've interviewed fifty plus a highly
Speaker 5: successful people, from Miss Oprah Winfrey to missus Steve Harvey
Speaker 5: to even the founder of BT mister Bob Johnson, a
Speaker 5: real estate mogul, mister r Donna Hue Peebles, and a
Speaker 5: bunch of other amazing individuals that have allowed me to
Speaker 5: interview them and take their lessons. But from those experiences,
Speaker 5: I mean, it's still a journey that I'm working on now.
Speaker 5: There's still other interviews I'm working on from mister Magic Johnson,
Speaker 5: so mister Robert F. Smith and others. But that book,
Speaker 5: I mean, it all stemmed from really just again, it
Speaker 5: comes back with trying to help others with the mindset
Speaker 5: development because as you know this, if you don't believe
Speaker 5: that you can do something, it's never going to happen.
Speaker 5: So it started with just trying to reshape the mindset
Speaker 5: from kids in my generation and to believing that technology
Speaker 5: is for them and to believing in themselves as well.
Speaker 2: So after somebody is finished with your how long is
Speaker 2: your program?
Speaker 5: So we have actually different programs. So we have our
Speaker 5: after school program which runs from the fall all the
Speaker 5: way to the spring. That we have our summer program
Speaker 5: which is six to eight weeks. That is all virtually
Speaker 5: now we do. Because of the pandemic, I mean, we're
Speaker 5: now opening it up and we're now going back in person,
Speaker 5: but we actually have one week intensive programs of eight
Speaker 5: hours a day, and so that operates in one week
Speaker 5: programs in different cities. So we got one in Florida
Speaker 5: coming up, we might have one in Chicago this summer,
Speaker 5: and then the final program that we're working on is
Speaker 5: a one to two year program that will take kids
Speaker 5: literally from the beginning to educating with them with all
Speaker 5: the skill sets needed to be popelined in the cybersecurity
Speaker 5: jobs or jobs generally and just the tech space. So
Speaker 5: it's not just one program, it's like four different programs
Speaker 5: individually depending on how old you are in and how
Speaker 5: deep you actually want to go.
Speaker 3: So what would you say in an ideal world after
Speaker 3: somebody is finished with your program, what kind of skills
Speaker 3: will they have or what what will they be able
Speaker 3: to do?
Speaker 5: So, going through our six to eight week virtual program,
Speaker 5: they will be able to build their own websites and
Speaker 5: web development, and they will also be able to have
Speaker 5: an introductory into creating their own video games because a
Speaker 5: lot of kids they like video games. I love Minecraft Fortnite,
Speaker 5: I love two K myself, I handle anybody on the
Speaker 5: sticks if you want to play men get to but
Speaker 5: you know, having those introductories into building a website as
Speaker 5: well as video games and so far a two year program,
Speaker 5: that program is based off of connecting with those companies
Speaker 5: who need that employment, right who need that employment in cybersecurity.
Speaker 5: They'll be able to be workforced ready when they come
Speaker 5: out of that two year program to come into a job.
Speaker 5: Because again, not every kid is not going to college.
Speaker 5: I'm taking a gap year. Not every kid sees college
Speaker 5: is of value or seese college is an opportunity for them,
Speaker 5: but they still want to go get a well paying job.
Speaker 5: And so that's what I want. A two year program
Speaker 5: or program and project that I'm working on will give
Speaker 5: them into that opportunity to be able to be placed
Speaker 5: into the workforce.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I want to go back for two seconds, because
Speaker 6: now I think about it, Yeah, you did have a
Speaker 6: partnership with McDonald's early then you had the commercial for
Speaker 6: the Future twenty two program, and so I wonder, is
Speaker 6: there a long term relationship here with McDonald's where they're
Speaker 6: aligned with your mission for the future, And if so,
Speaker 6: how do we learn more about Future twenty two Because
Speaker 6: I'm sure that somebody out there right now is like, hey,
Speaker 6: I want to be part.
Speaker 5: Of this absolutely. So McDonald's they're definitely in live. They're
Speaker 5: like family over here. I've been working with them for
Speaker 5: the last two years. So we always want to build
Speaker 5: those long term relationships, and so McDonald's is one of
Speaker 5: our own long term relationships. And so for those of
Speaker 5: you who are interested in Future twenty two. For more
Speaker 5: information on McDonald's Future twenty two, you can follow We
Speaker 5: are Golden on Instagram as well as check out the
Speaker 5: remaining Future twenty two specialists are on the Reason on
Speaker 5: McDonald's YouTube channel as well well.
Speaker 3: I appreciate it, brother. Before we leave, what would be
Speaker 3: your words of encouragement to young people? A lot of people,
Speaker 3: you know, might not be able to figure it out.
Speaker 3: We headed towards economic you know, uncertainty. A lot of
Speaker 3: people are unemployed, Like you said, they might not be
Speaker 3: in school and a lot of times that leads to crime,
Speaker 3: that leads to you know, making bad decisions. So you,
Speaker 3: as a young man that's on the right path, what's
Speaker 3: your message to the youth?
Speaker 5: Let me say this you all you guys always say
Speaker 5: this every week, but I am not a financial advisor.
Speaker 5: Make sure that you do your own research. Okay, but
Speaker 5: I will say this, make sure that you get your
Speaker 5: mindset right, because if your mind isn't right, then it
Speaker 5: doesn't matter how skill, how many skills you have, it
Speaker 5: doesn't matter how many opportunities you have, you won't be
Speaker 5: able to succeed. So during these times of uncertainty, obviously
Speaker 5: watch earn your leisure, learn how to invest, learn how
Speaker 5: to save your money. But find a skill set, whether
Speaker 5: it's computer science, whether it's building something, whatever it is,
Speaker 5: find your own skill set or even marketing on social media.
Speaker 5: Find the skill set you're really good at it, and
Speaker 5: then find a way to bring value to those around you.
Speaker 5: And so also try and keep a positive mindset because
Speaker 5: again we are going through tough times right now around
Speaker 5: the world, around the country. Stick take time to spend
Speaker 5: time with your loved ones because you never know when
Speaker 5: they'll be gone. But again, find a way to create
Speaker 5: a skill set and bring value to others. Invest your money,
Speaker 5: watch earn your leisure, make sure you do your own
Speaker 5: research on the financial advice has given to you. Of course,
Speaker 5: but yeah, I will say that, and keep your head
Speaker 5: up because look, if you keep going even in the
Speaker 5: midst of adversity, if you keep going on the end.
Speaker 5: At the end of the tunnel, you will see some
Speaker 5: success that you're looking for. You will look for the
Speaker 5: light and you will see the light that you were
Speaker 5: looking for in the beginning. So just keep on going,
Speaker 5: keep your head up, and just know you can always
Speaker 5: reach out to me on Instagram, on YouTube, discord wherever
Speaker 5: if you need help as well, and shout out to
Speaker 5: the earn your leisure folks, shout out to McDonald's. It's
Speaker 5: always a pleasure being here. I appreciate you guys for
Speaker 5: having me on board.
Speaker 4: Special young man love his love man, appreciate you.
Speaker 2: Thank you.
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