1 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: What's up his way up with Angela. I need this 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: in my life right here. It is a Wealth Wednesday. 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 1: Stacy Tisdale is here. 4 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:12,799 Speaker 2: Happy Wealth Wednesday's everybody. We have something that we all 5 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:17,240 Speaker 2: need right now, money, free money and knowing how to 6 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 2: get free money. And that's why we are so excited. 7 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 2: I've been really excited for this interview to bring you 8 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 2: Stormy Banks, who is the founder and CEO of pink 9 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 2: Print Firm, and that is a full service grant writing agency. 10 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 2: Amazing that has raised I've actually raised nineteen million dollars, yes, 11 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 2: and grants for entrepreneurs to date. You've currently worked with 12 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 2: over ten thousand entrepreneurs as grant as. You do everything 13 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 2: grant writing and everything. And personally I know pink Print 14 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 2: you're on track to hit ten million in sales and 15 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,959 Speaker 2: I loved how you you actually factor grant money into 16 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 2: like your revenue projections. Who has that confidence? Who does that? Well? 17 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 3: Everyone needs to be This is literally a revenue strategy 18 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 3: that I tell business owners all the time. If you're 19 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 3: just thinking of grants like a lottery strategy, you're using 20 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:08,400 Speaker 3: them the wrong way. Because the house that I got 21 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 3: approved for, I got to prove for more because of 22 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 3: the revenue in our business, and a big chunk of 23 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 3: that is grant money. So I tell people this is 24 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 3: way bigger than just getting funding to grow a business. 25 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: Now, let's talk about you as an entrepreneur for a second. 26 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 1: Two because what I realized is that at an early age, 27 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: if you can get that in your head and I 28 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: know this was instilled into you at an early age 29 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: to become an entrepreneur, then you can just see the 30 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: benefits of that later on in life. So talk to 31 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 1: me about the early days for a young Stormy and 32 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: how you realize entrepreneurship was in the cards for you. 33 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 4: I think I was so bossy. 34 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 3: I had brothers and I was always putting them to work, 35 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 3: and my mom was like, you're either going to be 36 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 3: the leader of a biker gang or a fortune five 37 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 3: hundred company. 38 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 4: But good, Thankfully I took the right route, And so what. 39 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 3: Happened, I think really was just understanding how to use 40 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 3: leadership in the right ways really early on, being put 41 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 3: in like different camps and being put into different opportunities 42 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 3: where I could actually lead. And it wasn't like, oh, 43 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 3: you're a black girl, you're too bossy. You're doing too much. 44 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 3: You're too loud. My mother let me have that voice. 45 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 3: And so now that I'm an entrepreneur, was just kind 46 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 3: of like, Okay, where's the leaders at in this space? 47 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 3: There's so many business owners who are going into debt 48 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 3: to grow their business. Who's the leader champion that they 49 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 3: don't have to do that? And I was like, why 50 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 3: could be that? 51 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 2: Girl? 52 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 4: I need that help. Let me tell you. That's one 53 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 4: thing I would say. 54 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: As much as we talk about entrepreneurship, I've not ever 55 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 1: gotten that one grant from my business. 56 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 4: I know. That's why I'm like, I'm so glad. 57 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: You're here today, because what people don't realize is a 58 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: grant is so different also than it's not alone, right. 59 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: A grant is money that you don't actually have to 60 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 1: pay back. So talk about the different types of grants people, 61 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: and why you even got into this business and when 62 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: you first got your first grant, well even before that. 63 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 2: Just like she just said, there's so many misconceptions about 64 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 2: it being complicated and people don't understand what are some 65 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,399 Speaker 2: of the common misconceptions about it. A lot of people 66 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 2: don't think, oh, it's for nonprofits or something like that. 67 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 2: What are some of the common miss perceptions we have. 68 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:58,959 Speaker 3: Oh, there's a lot So to your point that it's 69 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 3: not alone, right, So people think they have to have 70 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,079 Speaker 3: good credit to go for grants, that's wrong. People think 71 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 3: they have to have a certain revenue or a certain 72 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 3: amount of history in business to start winning grants. 73 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 4: That's wrong. 74 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 3: Not in all cases do you need that stuff to 75 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 3: get started. And so they think they need to be 76 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 3: a nonprofit And again they're just utilizing it in the 77 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 3: wrong manner instead of using as a strategy. They think 78 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 3: it's this one lottery ticket opportunity where they just can 79 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 3: get a short, quick, little boost in their business to 80 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 3: do one thing. Maybe it's an event, or maybe it's 81 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 3: a financial literacy program that they want to offer. But 82 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 3: they're not thinking of it in terms of how can 83 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 3: I actually build and expand my business in a capacity 84 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 3: building way to really be able to build this multimillion dollar, 85 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 3: billion dollar company that I can sell or pass down. 86 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: I know this woman who just applies for every single grant. Hello, 87 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: and she's like, I get all the grants if it's 88 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: five thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars. She just applies for 89 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: grants all the time. But let's talk about There are 90 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: restrictions sometimes though, when you get a grant. It depends, right, 91 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: because there's times you can get a grant, but it 92 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: does have to be like allocated and you have to 93 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: show what you're using it for. 94 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 3: Yep, there definitely are some grants that you have to 95 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 3: report for it. And when I teach people in my camp, 96 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 3: I tell them treat every grant the same rights if 97 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 3: you're having to report for this super large grant, because 98 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 3: what you'll do is you'll build relationships with funders. And 99 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 3: right now, especially because Trump is you know, getting rid 100 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 3: of a lot of the grant funding that's available, thunders 101 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 3: are kind of transitioning to this long term fiscal sponsorship 102 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 3: opportunity that they're want to give off. Right So, if 103 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 3: you get a five thousand dollars grant from one funder 104 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 3: and you show them, hey, this is what we use 105 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 3: the grant song, these are the measurable outcomes that happen, 106 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 3: we would love to partner with you on another opportunity 107 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 3: similar to this. They're already showing that they want to 108 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 3: be a partner with you, but you just got to 109 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 3: kind of take that initiative to really build that relationship. 110 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 2: This all came to you during COVID when you had 111 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 2: I know you had two salons before m hm, two 112 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 2: mobile salons. Tell us about that story. 113 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it was really simple. I was a hairstylist, 114 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 3: got trained from Paul Mitchell, went to you know, Lower 115 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 3: East Side, and worked in a salon down there. I 116 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 3: was their top performer. When I went to them and said, hey, 117 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 3: can I change my commission from forty sixty split into 118 00:04:59,520 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 3: fifty fifth? 119 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 4: They said you got to take a hiatus. 120 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 3: And so I had a full book of clients and 121 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 3: a hiatus wasn't something that was going to be an 122 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 3: option for me. And so I was like, well, I'm 123 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 3: taking my clients so what I could at the time, 124 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 3: and I'm going on on my own. And I did that, 125 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 3: and quickly did I realized, oh, it's a lot of overhead. 126 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 3: I see why they needed that sixty percent. And so 127 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 3: then from there I started realizing how can I get 128 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:20,920 Speaker 3: this funding. I had a five ninety six credit score. 129 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 3: I didn't have enough fund you know, money in the 130 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 3: bank to get traditional funding because banko America told me 131 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 3: I needed two fifty a year, two hundred and fifty 132 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 3: thousand dollars a year, to get a loan. I didn't 133 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 3: have any of that, So then I started seeing what 134 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 3: are some other options that are available in New York 135 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 3: State was giving out grants to small business owners at 136 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 3: the time, and I applied for some grants through some 137 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 3: different programs and got funded from a grant there. But 138 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 3: I didn't even use that to start teaching yet. I 139 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 3: was just like running that help for that long business. 140 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, but then when. 141 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 3: COVID hit and New York shut down all non essential workers, 142 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 3: I didn't have any money to pay my bills. I'm like, 143 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 3: let me just start teaching people how they can access 144 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 3: this grant funding that's out here right now. And then 145 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:56,720 Speaker 3: that's how pink print was worth. 146 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 2: And then you started with just a couple people. 147 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 3: Oh, we were on line with ten people, eleven people. 148 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 3: Sometimes I'll be on there by myself, but I. 149 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 4: Was still talking like I'm. 150 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 3: I'm telling you nobody. But I knew that the information, 151 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 3: if one person got it, that would literally trigger a 152 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 3: fire to so many other people in their community that 153 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 3: would get the access to that knowledge and could take 154 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 3: it to the next level. 155 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,280 Speaker 1: Now, can you tell us some stories about times but 156 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 1: you've seen a grant change that tiactor, you're somebody's business. 157 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 3: Well me, I'm definitely my own story. But then also 158 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 3: there's been so many people who come into our seminars 159 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 3: and they just really think that grants are not for 160 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 3: their business for whatever reason. And when they finally get 161 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 3: that first grant, the validation that it brings to their 162 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:42,720 Speaker 3: business of what it can create, and they're like, oh, 163 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 3: this is money that somebody just believed in me and 164 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 3: gave me that I can utilize without the extra stress 165 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:48,599 Speaker 3: that comes with Okay, now I got to get this 166 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 3: money by tomorrow because I owe these people this money 167 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 3: back and you can actually build with true freedom and peace. 168 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,359 Speaker 3: That's There was one lady, Bonita Clemens who came to 169 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 3: one of our classes who didn't think that she could 170 00:06:58,080 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 3: get a grant for her for profit. She won twenty 171 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 3: fives and Doledge with quick Books and literally changed her 172 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 3: whole life. And she's got so many grants after that. 173 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 1: Man, let me tell you something. This is something and 174 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 1: I talk to my partner about this all the time. 175 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: I'm like, we need to apply for some grants. And 176 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: it's hard because you do feel like you need to 177 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: get somebody because there are people who really make a 178 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: living off of being a grant writer. But the other 179 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 1: thing I've heard is people who have used grant writers 180 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: and have not gotten grants, And I know that. I 181 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: think it's also important for people to be cautious about 182 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: who they're tapping in with. 183 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 4: Absolutely. I think that. 184 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 3: First of all, my whole team is certified grant writers, 185 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 3: so we've actually gone through the process to. 186 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 4: Learn the skill and build the relationships. 187 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 3: So there's a lot of people who can teach about grants, 188 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 3: maybe they've won one personally and they're kind of just 189 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 3: going out and given the education. But when you're hiring 190 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 3: an actual grant writer, first you need to see some results, right. 191 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 3: Everyone should know how much of success rate do we have? 192 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 3: What are our data measurable things that we can bring 193 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 3: to you outside of just writing the actual grant Like, 194 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 3: for instance, relationships is a big one. I could go 195 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 3: to a funder and say, hey, what's the rubric on 196 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 3: the back end? So now I know how to put 197 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 3: the front in application better than someone who's just coming 198 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 3: in on their own right. And so you also want 199 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 3: to see like efficacy, do they actually have morals and 200 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 3: values within the company that they're holding your ideas Some 201 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 3: people have some really unique ideas that haven't been shared yet. 202 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 3: I have to have a certain code of ethics when 203 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 3: I'm handling certain information. So those are some things that 204 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 3: you need to look for. But a grant writer can't 205 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 3: guarantee you to win a grant, so working with. 206 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: You, but I want to know that too, because sometimes 207 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 1: they think I paid this person money, I hired them, 208 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: I didn't get my results. But it's also not a 209 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: guarantee necessarily. But it's important to know what you're looking 210 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: for when you're trying to find the right person. 211 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 2: What are your success rates? 212 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:37,079 Speaker 3: We've had an eighty percent success rate since twenty twenty 213 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 3: one that we've maintained, and I tell people, I think 214 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:41,559 Speaker 3: what it is is we look at it as a 215 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 3: data driven process other than just okay, we're just writing 216 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 3: a grant. It's really calculating the right messaging. We utilize 217 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 3: the same proposal we do basically an ab split test 218 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 3: when we're writing proposals to send some grant proposals to 219 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 3: one funder and some to another funder. So now we're 220 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 3: creating and being able to see what exact language works 221 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 3: for what specific funders, And it's just really created like 222 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:06,559 Speaker 3: this super formula that it just hits. 223 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 2: Eighty percent is great. Tell people exactly what pink print 224 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 2: does if they sign up with your company, what you 225 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:12,079 Speaker 2: do for them. 226 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, so we're full service grant writing agency. 227 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 3: We do the whole process from you know, speaking with 228 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 3: you understanding your business, to helping you write the actual 229 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 3: grant proposal itself that you're going to utilize to go 230 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 3: for the funding, finding grants to actually align with your business, 231 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 3: which is a huge part of it. And then also 232 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 3: helping you understand afterwards what are your requirements, how do 233 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 3: you set up measurable results, how do you set up 234 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 3: reporting property? And then also we can link you to 235 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 3: different tax accountants that are used to grant funding as well, 236 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 3: because I've seen a lot of CFOs and other people's 237 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 3: companies get it wrong and they might lose the grant 238 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,080 Speaker 3: funding just because they don't understand how to report properly. 239 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 2: I'm starting to realize that now, even with my financial 240 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 2: planner and everything, being an entrepreneur, you need someone who 241 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 2: really understands entrepreneurs and understands their different situations. It's a 242 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 2: whole different type of financial planning. It's like you were saying, 243 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 2: you really need even your tax people to understand this 244 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 2: is part of my revenue strategy. 245 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 4: One hundred percent. 246 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: How have you seen you bought up DII earlier? How 247 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: have you seen that affect the whole grants that are 248 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: available for people? 249 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 3: Actually, Surprisingly, what has happened is we've seen a lot 250 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 3: of grants for people to actually build like manufacturing companies, 251 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 3: and they're really thinking a little bit bigger. Even a 252 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 3: lot of companies who potentially weren't doing DEI focused funding before, 253 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 3: they've kind of championed up and created a few different 254 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 3: opportunities available. Trump is canceled probably two billion in grants 255 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 3: so far, you know, and that's not going to stop 256 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 3: where we're looking at a lot of shifts that are happening. 257 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 3: But what I'm telling a lot of our entrepreneurs is 258 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 3: we don't need to keep starting the small hair company, Okay, 259 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,440 Speaker 3: we need to start creating the manufacturing company that can 260 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,679 Speaker 3: actually ship the hair to everybody. Like we need to 261 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 3: start thinking a little bit bigger because with tarifts and play, 262 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 3: a lot of US based businesses have been building on 263 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 3: a really big level and they're sending out trillions of dollars, 264 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:55,839 Speaker 3: especially in grants towards. 265 00:10:55,480 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 2: This and grant are part of that scaling strategy under AI. 266 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: Have you seen that being really beneficial as far as 267 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 1: grant writing and have you guys been utilizing that? 268 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 4: Oh? I love AI. 269 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 3: I love it not in terms of the actual writing process, 270 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,959 Speaker 3: but in terms of the research. This is where we're 271 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 3: using an AI called Perplexity, and it's like a deep 272 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 3: research tool where we're learning more about grant tours in 273 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:19,680 Speaker 3: shorter amounts of times. When we used to have to 274 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 3: go and do all this research on a grant tour 275 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 3: to see what are they interested in, who are they funding, 276 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 3: what have they funded in the past, we can go 277 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 3: on Perplexity and be like, tell me what the last 278 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 3: three years look like for this funder and I can 279 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 3: know it in an instant right. But when it comes 280 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 3: to writing, they're actually using tools called zero GPT on 281 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 3: the back end of like when they're going through your 282 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,319 Speaker 3: grant process, because they don't want people to utilize AI. 283 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 3: They're actually looking for people to know their numbers who 284 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:46,559 Speaker 3: actually have real messages and are impacting in a real way. 285 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 3: Because CHATGBT can make anything sound good, but when it 286 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 3: comes to grants, you have to use the funding in 287 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:53,319 Speaker 3: the way it was intended to on your budget. So 288 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 3: if you're using CHATBT and it's putting these ghost numbers 289 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 3: and you got to stick to that, and then you 290 00:11:57,920 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 3: get into the muddy, you're like, oh, this wasn't realistic. 291 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 4: I gotta changeup everything. You can lose funding so easily. 292 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:04,719 Speaker 1: Now, what happens if you get a grant that is 293 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 1: specifically for something, but then let's just say your business 294 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 1: doesn't work out right, Let's just say you're like, I 295 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:12,839 Speaker 1: want to use this for my business. I want to 296 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: grow and scale my business, but then financially it just 297 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:18,079 Speaker 1: wasn't viable. You end up having to shut down. What 298 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 1: happens with that grant money, Well, you need to use 299 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: all that grant money before you shut down. 300 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 4: Okay, you better go ahead and use it on something. 301 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:27,439 Speaker 3: Yeah, use it on something to try to make it work, 302 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:30,439 Speaker 3: because otherwise, yes, typically they can rescind the funding. But 303 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 3: if you use it on the business and then the 304 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 3: business goes like a ray, there's typically no strings attached 305 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 3: in that kind of regard. 306 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 2: So if someone want to grant to hire somebody and 307 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 2: they ended up shooting my business in debt, ten thousand 308 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 2: dollars in my business and they applied to some of 309 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:48,319 Speaker 2: that money to that is that's they can't do that. No, 310 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 2: you have to use it very specifically for correct Yeah. 311 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 3: You and you want to be super ethical again because 312 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:56,599 Speaker 3: you want to build those relationships, right, you want to 313 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 3: build that trust because if one funder had ten thousand, 314 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 3: they got one hundred thousand. So you want to start 315 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,599 Speaker 3: showcasing the trust and you know, the reliability with the 316 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:06,439 Speaker 3: funding because they also have to report back to whoever 317 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 3: they get the funding from too as well to showcase 318 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 3: this is what we did and this is what wasn't 319 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:11,839 Speaker 3: done with it, you know. So you just want to 320 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 3: make sure everybody's on the. 321 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 1: Up and up. 322 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 2: Are there grants out there that help entrepreneurs who are 323 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 2: looking for you know, they need to create financial stability 324 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 2: because that's the number one reason small businesses fail because 325 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:26,199 Speaker 2: the entrepreneur's personal financing and bootstrapping, and particularly when you 326 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 2: look at black women where the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs. 327 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 2: We have over over two million of US owned businesses, 328 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 2: but they're only earning twenty four thousand dollars and average 329 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 2: a year. So you know, what would you tell them 330 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 2: in terms of is there money out there that can 331 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 2: just help them with their finances overall. Yeah. 332 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:48,959 Speaker 3: I mean, there's a website called helloskip dot com which 333 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 3: is one of the best websites for like corporate grants, 334 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 3: And what I tell people is corporate grants are probably 335 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 3: the most unrestricted funding that you're gonna get, especially in 336 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 3: the beginning stages. So go for those like five thousand, 337 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 3: twenty thousand dollars grants getting started, because there's no limit 338 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 3: to how many you can win, right if you can 339 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 3: apply for one grant a day and keep the dead away. 340 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 3: That's what we tell our clients to do because you're 341 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 3: gonna win about ten percent of the ones you apply to. 342 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 3: So if you're going for grants and every month you 343 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,079 Speaker 3: have three grants that are coming through, then yes, you 344 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 3: can use those unrestricted funds towards hiring staff, marketing, inventory, equipment, 345 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 3: higher education, whatever that may look like in your business. 346 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 3: But then we come with the question of do we 347 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 3: know how to use the funding? Do we know what 348 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 3: to actually invest it into to grow our businesses the 349 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 3: right way? Are we doing the things in the right 350 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 3: manner and the right steps and processes, Because you can 351 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 3: get grant funding, but if you don't know what to 352 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 3: do with it. You're gonna be back at ground zero anyway. 353 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 4: That's so too. 354 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: I've been on so many different in so many different 355 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: situations where I help people get grants, where I'm on 356 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: the committee the twos who's getting the grants, but I 357 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: personally have not gotten any. And sometimes it's hired for 358 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: me to like put myself in that position because sometimes 359 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: people don't even want to say that they need help, 360 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 1: you know, financially, because to be honest about like saying, okay, 361 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 1: this is really tough. And I think times have been 362 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: really hard for small businesses right now, especially you know, 363 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 1: for me having. 364 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 2: A small business. Yeah, several Yeah, I see it. 365 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: I see how people aren't spending money, you know, in 366 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 1: that way. I see a lot of restaurants, you know, 367 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 1: my coffee shop. It's just not the same because people 368 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: are really hesitant, like to go out and spend money now. 369 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 1: So we're having to like shift and figure out different 370 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 1: ways that we can also I think be sensitive to 371 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 1: the fact that people are not comfortable with spending money 372 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: right now. Everybody's trying to kind of save but also 373 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: want to make sure that we're serving our community too. 374 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 1: At the same time, so I feel like this is 375 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: the perfect time to start working on that. 376 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 3: Absolutely for sure, And I think for anybody who's scared, 377 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 3: I always say this to the people that. 378 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 4: Are around me. 379 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 3: I'm like, when it comes to wanting security and having 380 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 3: a business, we'll put in fifty job applications until we 381 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 3: get a job because we think that that job brings 382 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 3: us the security. But when it comes to our business, 383 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 3: we won't do fifty grand applications to keep it aflow. 384 00:15:57,960 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 3: We'll be like, oh, well, this is going to work out. 385 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 3: I'm gonna get this up and go back to work. 386 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 3: But it's like which one is really giving you the 387 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 3: stability that you can count on? 388 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 2: Right? 389 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 3: Both are in the air sometimes, but you have to 390 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 3: really decide which legacy you want to create for yourself 391 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 3: and just keep going. So if you ain't, if you're 392 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 3: scared to ask for help, you're doing yourself a huge disservice. 393 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 2: No. 394 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 4: Absolutely, do you. 395 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 2: Help people with business strategy as well. 396 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 4: We don't. 397 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 3: We stick to making sure that we do the grant 398 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 3: process because that's what we're really good at. We have 399 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 3: a lot of like partners that we could refer to, 400 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 3: but I'm focused on getting you the funding that's my job, 401 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 3: and this. 402 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: Is a franchise. 403 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 4: Also, we are we literally just franchised our company with Kika. 404 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 2: A few weeks ago. 405 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's all working out yet. We just franchised the 406 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 3: business model, so we're excited to get that going to 407 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 3: scale and have some other people be able to get access. 408 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 4: To funding as well. 409 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 1: Congratulations. And I know that you're based in Atlanta. Where 410 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: are you from though, I just wanted New York. Yeah, yeah, 411 00:16:59,080 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: just had to make sure. 412 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 2: She's been waiting to do that. We have, Well, two 413 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 2: other points I want to make you are really a 414 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 2: champion for women of color. But I know that you 415 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 2: always put out there You're not just a champion for 416 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 2: women of color. You were big on all communities and 417 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 2: communities really important to you. 418 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:22,920 Speaker 4: Yeah. 419 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,440 Speaker 3: I of course I'm on a champion for women of 420 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 3: color because that was the basis of who I build 421 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 3: relationships with, you know, growing up. But I do think 422 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 3: that this is something that all people should be able 423 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,160 Speaker 3: to access, you know, not having to go on a debt, 424 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 3: being able to grow a business, and just having the 425 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 3: education to do so. Is what we're really focused on 426 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 3: is making sure people know it's possible. 427 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 2: So you have your five day Get Grant Ready Seminar 428 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 2: coming up August fourth through eighth. Tell us about that. 429 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 4: Oh, the seminar is incredible. 430 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 3: This is our third annual Get Grant Ready Seminar and 431 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 3: it's the biggest virtual grant seminar on Internet period and 432 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 3: I love it because we really break down from a 433 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:04,640 Speaker 3: certified grant writer perspective. Day one is all about money mindset, 434 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 3: how to understand how grants really works because we have 435 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:10,920 Speaker 3: to shift from traditional funding. Then we're talking about how 436 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,119 Speaker 3: you can actually access grants, finding them on actual databases 437 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 3: and not through Google. Then we're going into how to 438 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,479 Speaker 3: write your grant proposal in full. We're going into how 439 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 3: to use that funding through tax strategy to really grow 440 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 3: and build your business and how it's a revenue strategy. 441 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 3: And we're also going to tap into the nonprofit side 442 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 3: a lot too, how you can utilize the nonprofit as 443 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 3: a huge way to leverage other grant opportunities. And it's 444 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 3: just going to be super packed. Huge educators are going 445 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:37,159 Speaker 3: to be there and it's going to be amazing, So 446 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,239 Speaker 3: everyone who joins is going to learn quite a bit. 447 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:41,119 Speaker 1: When it comes to me, but sign me up because 448 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 1: this is something that has been like I keep on 449 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:45,920 Speaker 1: putting it off, but it's definitely something that I know 450 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:48,120 Speaker 1: can help make my business thrive. 451 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 2: So yeah, how do people sign up for that? 452 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, everybody can sign up at pinkprint Firm dot com, 453 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 3: pinkprint Firm. 454 00:18:55,560 --> 00:19:01,160 Speaker 2: Dot com, Pinkprint Firm dot com. And're gonna help Angela 455 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 2: and I get grants and we're gonna tell everybody else. 456 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 2: You're going to tell everybody. You're awesome. 457 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 1: As soon as I feel like when I have people 458 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:12,920 Speaker 1: come come across with like different grants, I can also 459 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: give them like so they at least I can funnel 460 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: it through so at least you know it's available opportunities 461 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 1: to because we do a lot of things like that 462 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:22,639 Speaker 1: in the community. Also, like I said, I'm always on 463 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: the committee yeah for it and helping like choose people. 464 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 1: But you know, I can't apply for those, so but 465 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:30,119 Speaker 1: if I can help other people, because sometimes there's grants 466 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 1: that no one or not people applied for because people 467 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 1: don't know about it. 468 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, and so in our community, we got thousands of 469 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 3: people in there who are always applying for stuff. 470 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think that is amazing when there's a 471 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 1: grant that's available and they can see like the faction 472 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 1: that they get from it being closed to people even 473 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 1: knowing about it and having like a great pool of 474 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:48,240 Speaker 1: people to choose from. 475 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, what's the process someone should expect. Okay, I see 476 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 2: this grant. How long is it gonna I'm working with 477 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 2: pink print. How long is it going to take me 478 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 2: to get the information? How long is it going to 479 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 2: take me to apply and get the grant? 480 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 3: Yes, Typically grant cycles have like a three to forty 481 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 3: five day cycle, So like if you apply on the 482 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:06,160 Speaker 3: first day it open, you're gonna be waiting about three 483 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,360 Speaker 3: to forty five days until they actually can have time 484 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,879 Speaker 3: to review the grants and then actually choose a recipient 485 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 3: start to finish. On an average corporate or state local 486 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 3: grand you're looking at like three to six months for 487 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 3: a grant to be like funded in your account from 488 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 3: start to finish. 489 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 4: He pays you in everyone. Yeah, I mean, but you 490 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 4: got it. Yeah, you got to get into it. 491 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 2: You do. 492 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 3: And again, if you go on a cycle of like 493 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 3: applying to a granted day, you're gonna collapse those time 494 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:32,719 Speaker 3: frames because you're gonna be having a grant reaching out 495 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 3: to you every week. 496 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:35,160 Speaker 4: You know about funding that you've won. 497 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, you missed one hundred percent of the shot. You 498 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: don't take Hello, exact myself. 499 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 2: Okay, Well, we are so excited that you came and 500 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 2: shared this great information, and everybody be sure to go 501 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 2: to the five day Get Grant Ready seminar sign. 502 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 4: Up at pinkprint Firm dot com. 503 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 2: You see the pink that's gonna be August fourth through eighth, 504 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 2: Happy Wealth Wednesdays. Everybody w