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It's what he likes to share. 32 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: Now it's time to hear from my man, ra Sean 33 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: McDonald Moneymaking Conversations. Here we come. Welcome to Money Making Conversation. 34 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,239 Speaker 1: I am your host, ra Sean McDonald. Like I said 35 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: every week on my episodes of Money Making Conversations, whether 36 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: it's already or video, I always tell people stop reading 37 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: other people's success stories and start writing your own. People 38 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 1: always talking about gifts and passions. If you have a gift, 39 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 1: lead with your gift and don't let your age friends 40 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: family or friends, especially a co workers, stop you from 41 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 1: planning or living your dreams. On this show, I interview celebrities, CEOs, entrepreneurs, 42 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 1: and people I like to call industry decision makers. My 43 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: next guests all industry decision makers. They are power couple 44 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: Jeff and the Cold Friday, both for HBCU graduates of 45 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: Howard University. Jeff is the founder and CEO of the 46 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: American Black Film Festival and the Coal is the President 47 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: and general manager the American Black Film Festival. The a 48 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 1: BFL is an annual event dedicated to recognizing Black talent 49 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: and showcasing quality film and television content by and about 50 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: people of African American Days sent and the festivals returned 51 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: to Miami Beach. Yeah, come on, so I got it 52 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 1: too excited to sorry about that. The festivals now celebrating 53 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: this twenty fifth year. We'll be discussing the festival objectives, 54 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: their partnership deals with Sony Pictures, Entertainment and Endeavor Content, 55 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: and most importantly, how the two successfully worked together in 56 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: business as partners as a married couple. Please working the 57 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: money making conversations, Jeff and Nicole Friday, how my team doing? 58 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: Come on, y'all, how y'all doing well. I gotta go 59 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: to my man Jeff, because I've been knowing him along, 60 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: because I've been following them since ninety seven, you know 61 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: when I when I was when he was down to 62 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: AKA Polco, the very first one, you know, when I 63 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: just wrapped up writing on the sitcom with Robert Townson's parenthood, 64 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: and that was the very first. That was the very 65 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: first one officially resident in ninety seven. Correct, that's right, 66 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: and and thank you for your support. Yet ninety seven 67 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: was the first year and Robert was right there. Whether 68 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: he's one of the first people, uh that we called 69 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: when we decided to do this festival for black and 70 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: brown folks. So I gotta shout out my brother Robert. Well, 71 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: you know, I always telling him, you know, he's important 72 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: in my life. I was at the time I got 73 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: into sitcom. See Harvard gave me my first writing job 74 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: on ABC, Me and the Boys, and uh it was 75 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: unceremon only lead canceled and I had no nowhere to go, 76 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: and Robert Councord called me and he hired me. And 77 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: I was telling him every time I see him Without 78 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: him about I wouldn't have a career in Hollywood because 79 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: he trusted my voice, he trusted my writing skills. And 80 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: when I talk about things like that, that's why it's 81 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: important to have people empower people who are trying to 82 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 1: deliver the message or the creative support or the platform 83 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: for black and people of color. So that's why this 84 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: film festival is so important. That's why I have to say, 85 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: it's not something that just came around last week. It's 86 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 1: something that's been around it. But it had to start somewhere, 87 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: and it started with you. Why did it start with you? Jeff? Yeah, 88 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: you know, it's funny because people always answered that question. 89 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: I think the most um accurate response I could give 90 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: is because I was I was working in advertising in 91 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: and when I would go to major film festivals, I 92 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: never saw black and brown people. I primarily saw white men. 93 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: And I was, you know, I was impressed with what 94 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: I would see. It was creative, and it was deals 95 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 1: getting made, and you know, there's a whole industry around 96 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 1: film that people that we don't really think about, right, 97 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 1: and festivals are market for buying and selling movies. And 98 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 1: I just didn't see brothers and sisters there, you know, 99 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: and I thought that that needed to be a change 100 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: in my nature. And when I don't, when I see 101 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: something that brings me discomfort, I don't complain about I 102 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: just I just do something about it. So, you know, 103 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 1: we've always been very action oriented, and we decided I 104 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: partnered with Byron Lewis and Warrenton, there were two of 105 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 1: my mentors and friends, and we created the festival. We 106 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 1: did the first one, as you know, in Acapulco, Mexico. UM. 107 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 1: Ninety people showed up the first time, and for all 108 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,040 Speaker 1: the millennials out there, there were no cell phones, there 109 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: was no Instagram, we had no convenient ways of even 110 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 1: promoting it. You know. We just kind of went around 111 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,599 Speaker 1: the different cities and got on radio shows and things 112 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: like this, and it just became a thing. And ninety 113 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 1: people showed up. But the first year we had Robert 114 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: as we said, halle Berry was there. Bill Duke has 115 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 1: been a friend forever and it's a big time supporter 116 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:28,720 Speaker 1: of everything that we've done. UM, Baby Faced Debbie Allen, 117 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 1: Regina King, you know, people like that. So we really 118 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 1: got off to a great start and we and we 119 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: realized after that first week John that it really was 120 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,159 Speaker 1: we really were filling in filling a gap, filling a 121 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:44,840 Speaker 1: need for bringing black people together in film and TV. 122 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: And that's really been our story and our mission for 123 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:50,679 Speaker 1: the past twenty five years. Now we know black, black 124 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 1: and brown people together in film and team, which was 125 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: really a journey. And when we're bringing the cold Nicole, 126 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 1: you have said, I always you have like that third eye, 127 00:06:57,839 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: you know, because you're seeing it. You know he started 128 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: to it. And sometimes when you just start something, you 129 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: grinding and and then some of the things you don't 130 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 1: see because you're so protective sometimes and sometimes you just 131 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: say this is the way I want to do it. 132 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: But when you ruin that third eye in the cold, 133 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: that's what you brought. You the president general manager of 134 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 1: the a b FL, What did you see after when 135 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: I wor when I say the world change, change is good, 136 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 1: but also people can perceive change is bad, something was wrong. 137 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 1: What did you see that they elevated the platform of 138 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 1: a BFM. Yeah, I mean I would say that it 139 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: wasn't something that I saw that needed to be changed. 140 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: It was definitely definitely more growth opportunities um that I 141 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: think we have been able to do together. And I 142 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: always like to tell people I've been like and I 143 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: don't want to take too much credit, but I've been 144 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 1: the Michelle Obama absolutely here for years. I've been I've 145 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: been the pillow talker. I've been behind the scenes, always 146 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: knowing what's going on and letting a helping hand from 147 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: Afar and in recent within the past five years, I 148 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 1: guess I've really been on the front lines with Jeff 149 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: as his as his partner, and what we've been able 150 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: to do together, Um, you know, what he had started 151 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:13,559 Speaker 1: obviously was was a need for this platform to create 152 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: diversity and inclusion, and we continued to build that through 153 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 1: the years and even last year when we had to 154 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: we couldn't be in Miami obviously because of the pandemic. 155 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: We decided that we wanted to still keep a place 156 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: or have a place for the community because it's so 157 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: important for the filmmakers to be able to showcase their talent, 158 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:33,599 Speaker 1: and what better place to do it than than the 159 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 1: American Black Film Festival. So we didn't want to just 160 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 1: go away last year. We didn't want to do anything. 161 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:39,319 Speaker 1: We wanted to have a place, and so we built 162 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: the platform, a virtual platform so that we could have 163 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 1: those filmmakers um showcase their their artistry. UM, so that 164 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: you know, we wouldn't miss a beat, they would miss 165 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 1: a beat. UM. But I think that it's just been 166 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,079 Speaker 1: growth and so that's part of the growth that I've 167 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: been able to help UM lead or help help Jeff. 168 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 1: Do you side by side, I would say that, Well, 169 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 1: you know the thing. The thing about it is that 170 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,079 Speaker 1: when when I when I communicate with both of you guys. 171 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: The Jeff because he brought up Byn Lewis. I remember 172 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,199 Speaker 1: the first time I was sitting in Byn Lewis office 173 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 1: and Byron Lewis and founder just a background, see if 174 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 1: he created UNI World, one of the largest black media 175 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: advertising is based in New York, also have headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. 176 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 1: And that's the first time I really you know, a 177 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: b FF came our radar because he was talking about 178 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:28,559 Speaker 1: Miami and he was asking me Rashan, you know, we 179 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: was talking about different that and so the thing I 180 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: liked about my relationship with Jeff is that I've always 181 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: been a fan and people have always asked me and like, like, 182 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: I know, I've gotten Jeff on when I was managing 183 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 1: Stephen running the morning show Steve Hart, I've gotten them 184 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: on that because I always felt what he was doing 185 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 1: was necessary, It was important because but there was a 186 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: period where right now, you guys seem like to be 187 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: at the right place at the right time, because there's 188 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: so many black muviees out there's so many great black 189 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: television shows, it's so many black documentaries. I but it 190 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: was a period that, Jeff, when when reality TV and 191 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 1: black people just beating each other up and cousin and 192 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 1: throw a look a glass at each other. That was 193 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: a dark period to me as a writer for black entertainment. 194 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: And it wasn't out there. So how did you ride 195 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 1: that moment? Because right now, this is like, you know, 196 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:22,679 Speaker 1: ever since, especially since a Black Panther, the whole black 197 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: creative has exploded, you know, Netflix in the streaming world. 198 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: So I think you have to be at the point 199 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 1: where you go, Man, this ride is about to get 200 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: even greater. And Nicole you said right there with him, 201 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: you know, with your visionary as well as your husband's 202 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: being a visionary. So talk about that period, Jeff, did 203 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: you know what I'm talking about? Man, when it was 204 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: like really this is what this this this the black 205 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: perspective in the media. Yeah, it was worse than you Well, 206 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 1: you know how bad. It was that you've been on 207 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: the ride. But you know, I remember doing an interview 208 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 1: and I won't say the publication because the publication supports 209 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: us now, right, but let's let's bygones be bygones if 210 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 1: you say right. I remember, I remember doing an interview 211 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 1: in this woman came to Acapulco and she said, in 212 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: a very sarcastic tone, Jeff, why are you guys doing this? 213 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 1: Why are you doing this? In a very sarcastic tone, 214 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,560 Speaker 1: And this is a major, major industry trade publication. And 215 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: I said, excuse me. She said, well, why why a 216 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: black filth But why does the world need a black 217 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: film festival? And she just set herself up and and 218 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 1: I just said, because Hollywood and when and I just came. 219 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 1: I never had that thought before, but those two words 220 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 1: came together. Because Hollywood, that's why we're doing it. And 221 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: in Rushan as you well know that there've been this 222 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: has been an industry where they've been tremendous in equities 223 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,079 Speaker 1: for people of color, and black people probably have it 224 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 1: better than everybody else with fellow right, and you talk 225 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:52,679 Speaker 1: about Latino and Asian and Indian, and so this is 226 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,479 Speaker 1: what the word this is what Hollywood has been. Hollywood's 227 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: a hundred plus years old, and for the whole ride, 228 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:02,080 Speaker 1: until Oscar so white, nobody had a conscious about black coach, 229 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 1: no one was really in supporting So listen, I don't 230 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 1: think that I look at a little differently. We had 231 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 1: a vision for what Hollywood needed to look like in 232 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: Hollywood just caught up to us. I didn't respond because 233 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: when we started, Hollywood wasn't thinking about black and brown. 234 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 1: It was doing exactly what you said. A couple of 235 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: black movies we got, we got to two thousand, everything 236 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:27,319 Speaker 1: became about reality shows and black people in in content. 237 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 1: And as a black writer, you know how many black 238 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:33,359 Speaker 1: writers are working theday and and got deals at studios. 239 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: And first looked that if they were fifteen years older, 240 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 1: they would have been doing nothing like this whole generation 241 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 1: of writers that are doing great, you know, and I 242 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,319 Speaker 1: love it, but it had they been fifteen years older, 243 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: they would have experienced what you're talking about right when 244 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 1: there's nothing to write. And so we feel blessed to 245 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 1: have had the vision and the perseverance. And yes, Nicole 246 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 1: is the right the third eye. That's a perfect analogy 247 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 1: because I felt like you're in my head when you 248 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 1: said that, because as a founder, you get so obsessed 249 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 1: with the details and the hustle and the grind, you 250 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: often can't see things because your mind is not clear sometimes. 251 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: So you do need that that person who you trust 252 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: to be that third and that's been her role, and 253 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 1: you know, and we've been doing this together since since 254 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,439 Speaker 1: since she joined me at the second one, the third, 255 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 1: whatever year was, but you know it's been it's been 256 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 1: a long it's been a live Stop him, he don't know, 257 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: he don't remember. You remember what I'm saying. That's for 258 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: me get in trouble. I didn't listen rich Out. I 259 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 1: didn't say time. I said, don't on the wedding days. 260 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 1: I love my the birth few days. It's why can't 261 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 1: you say over two decades that the brother brother, she's 262 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:57,199 Speaker 1: been with me for more than two decades. That's that's 263 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 1: I love it. But you know, you know the code 264 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: when you talk about press and you talk about general manager, 265 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: you talk about you know, because this this ride is 266 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: always filled with people doubting, people are questioning the need. 267 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:10,679 Speaker 1: You know, because you got the can Film Festival. There 268 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 1: literally white folks over there looking good looking, great cameras 269 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 1: clicking and everything and in body black people to your thing, 270 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: they go, why what's happening? Who they are? And so 271 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 1: turning that lens in your direction? How will you able 272 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: to turn that leans and keep it steady on the 273 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: platform that that you and Jeff have built to this 274 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: brand today that's well respected. By the way, Let me 275 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: just let everybody know because that's important because somehow people go, wow, 276 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: I want to be a part of that because I 277 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 1: know people ask me, they tell me. And so Nicole, 278 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 1: you're the president of general manager, to talk about your role, 279 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: talk about things that annoy you, that have annoyed you 280 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 1: that you you know that you won't let nobody disrespect 281 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: the brand, and you have to check people periodically, let 282 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 1: them know that this content is a is a has 283 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 1: a purpose and will continue to grow. You know, the 284 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: proof is in the pudding. Honestly, it has been. It 285 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 1: has been a slow bill and and many stories are 286 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 1: you look at them and they seem like their overnight successes. 287 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 1: A b FF has not been that. It may seem 288 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: that way to some, but it has been twenty five 289 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 1: years of grinding and I would say probably you said 290 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: something really interesting. Um maybe in the last I don't know, Jeff, 291 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: you could help me out a little bit here, But 292 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 1: maybe the last five years have we really gotten the 293 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: mainstream notoriety that we've deserved UM long ago. I mean 294 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 1: when I say the proof is in the pudding, there 295 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 1: are there are stars that have come through the festival 296 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: that we're not stars when we started, when they started, uh. 297 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 1: And so I think because of that, because those people 298 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 1: have remained connected to us throughout these years, no matter 299 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: what level they have been on, I think that that 300 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 1: has brought some attention to what we've been doing for 301 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 1: really long time. UM. And as the president and general manager, 302 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: I mean Jeff was right, I did. I bring a 303 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 1: different perspective. And when you've been doing it for as 304 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 1: long as Jeff has been doing and I've been alongside 305 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: of him, UM, sometimes you don't see the reason why 306 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 1: you should continue to do this. And there's always a moment. 307 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 1: There's always a moment, whether it's something someone said or 308 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: something someone did, or whether it's talent, or whether it's 309 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: a partner of ours, or whether it's just um, you know, 310 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: an an audience member or an attendee that has come 311 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 1: to the festival. There's always a reason why we say, 312 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 1: you know what this is, this is important. But we've 313 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: done here, We've done something here, um, and this is 314 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 1: important and we have to keep doing it. And that's 315 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: what keeps us going. That's what keeps me in this 316 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 1: presidential seat, that's what keeps me as as the general 317 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: manager uh and and certainly that's what keeps Jeff going 318 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 1: as the founder and the CEO of this organization. And 319 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: there have been times, tell you, there have been times 320 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 1: we've said we're done, um, But those moments that come 321 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: and happen really are those that keep us going. And 322 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 1: and even when we get you know, even at moments 323 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,160 Speaker 1: like these, when we talk to people and you give 324 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 1: us an opportunity to share what we've been doing and 325 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 1: why we've been doing it, it's so important to to 326 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: keep going. And we recognize that and it and it 327 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:26,119 Speaker 1: has not been easy for twenty five years. And you 328 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: asked me, what are some of the pet peeves that 329 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:30,719 Speaker 1: people do? UM, I'd say what you just said. You know, 330 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: when when there's a mainstream person that says, well, what 331 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 1: is this again, and what have you done? And I 332 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: feel like I have to repeat myself or I have 333 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: to prove what we've done and talk about all the 334 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 1: people that have come through the festival. That Anthony Anderson 335 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:48,680 Speaker 1: is the halle Berries, but Marie Harvests to Kevin Hards, Theckers, 336 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: AND's so many people. This goes on and on and on. 337 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: This is what we are and this is what we've done. 338 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: This is what we've done, and this is why we 339 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 1: do it. We'll be right back with more money making 340 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,400 Speaker 1: conversations with the Founder and Resident of the American Black 341 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 1: Film Festival, Jeff and the Cole Friday. 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As I continue my conversation 387 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 1: with both the President and the general manager of the 388 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 1: American Black Film Festival, Jeff and Nicole Friday, Well, you know, 389 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: I always see that you guys are to me like 390 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 1: the comic con you know, uh, just black media, black film, 391 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:55,400 Speaker 1: black television, but You can't be great unless you have content. 392 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: And that's what the last five years is delivering to 393 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 1: your brand, quality content, not the same person, new content, 394 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:06,919 Speaker 1: new branding, new stars, new directors, new producers, you know, 395 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 1: independence that are that are rising and breaking through those 396 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 1: those models. That's what gets me excited about the fifth years, 397 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 1: the twenty six years or twenty seven year because you 398 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 1: know what, it's not gonna stop because streaming is not 399 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: going to allow it to stop. Streaming has changed the 400 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 1: game because that content they need has to come from somewhere. 401 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 1: And the reason I love what what Netflix has done, 402 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:30,919 Speaker 1: and a lot of people don't realize is that because 403 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:33,679 Speaker 1: I'm just telling you how people who are listening and 404 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: watching my show, they premier movies on a hundred and 405 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:42,159 Speaker 1: ninety markets countries worldwide, hundred countries worldwide. Usually when you 406 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: have black content, it just premiers domestically. It doesn't even 407 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: see international waters. And so what has happened is they've 408 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 1: they've opened up the doors and exposed our quality level 409 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,679 Speaker 1: of entertainment worldwide now and so when I look at 410 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:00,440 Speaker 1: the A BFF, your brand is now worldwide and you're 411 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:04,679 Speaker 1: starting to reap the benefits of that brand Association. So 412 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 1: tell me, Jeff, what does this feel like for you, 413 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 1: because I'm excited. Man. It is in Miami. You know, 414 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 1: COVID steals there, but we're coming out of it. You know. 415 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 1: I've done just I've just finished doing three live events 416 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 1: in Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina and people showed up. 417 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: They wore masks, but they feel comfortable. So I'm excited, man, 418 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 1: talk to us about the fifth year. Yeah, so this year, 419 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 1: of course, it is a big year for us. But 420 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 1: this year we decided because of COVID that we would 421 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 1: not be in the Miami Live We'll be back in 422 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 1: Miami in June two for our anniversary, but we got 423 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: we But what we've done is we've built a virtual platform. 424 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 1: So the festival goes up November three. On our platform, 425 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 1: we have our own version of Netflix and two degree 426 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: it's called a fifth Play. We have our own streaming 427 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: online streaming platform. So we're excited about a hundred We 428 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: have a hundred and two move meets in about twenty 429 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: five talk events. We're opening with the world premiere of 430 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,919 Speaker 1: King Richard from Warner Brothers starring Will Smith. So we 431 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 1: had this amazing, amazing lineup of robust content across and 432 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,439 Speaker 1: film Chaunt films from thirty five countries around the world. 433 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 1: So we are we're we're creating what we call a 434 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 1: global a worldwide digital experience is going up November third. 435 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:29,160 Speaker 1: The best news is the festival is completely free, So 436 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:32,639 Speaker 1: anyone anywhere around the world and enjoy the movies and 437 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 1: see the talk events and be a part of a 438 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 1: v f F this year, and we're gonna return strong 439 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 1: in two you know, God willing, we'll be back and 440 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 1: we'll be somewhat more recovered from COVID. Hopefully we'll be 441 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: back in Miami of June of next year. I'm turning 442 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 1: they're waiting your brother, because like I said, I I know, 443 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: I just finished the HBCU Tour event. You know, I 444 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 1: was on the campus Alabama State. Then I went to 445 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:58,479 Speaker 1: the campus of Winster Sailor State, and then I wrapped 446 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 1: it up. It was a HBC you college day. And 447 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 1: I want to tell you but I definitely want you 448 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 1: guys involved because I'm falling back out in the spring, 449 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 1: you know, you know, and and a lot of people 450 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,919 Speaker 1: pushed back on me with Sean, you're gonna do this, 451 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 1: and I had to do it. Man I had to. 452 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,680 Speaker 1: First of all, I needed to get these young kids 453 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 1: back seeing the options of education and that had been 454 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: denying them in That was the first and then thirdly 455 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,160 Speaker 1: from my I had to I had to show everybody 456 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,880 Speaker 1: that black people want to move forward. They're not afraid 457 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 1: of this. We can do it safely. You know, had masks, 458 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,199 Speaker 1: you know, hand sanitizer with social distance. Uh, you know. 459 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:40,399 Speaker 1: People was in Alabama State campus. Uh. The event was 460 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,439 Speaker 1: free to attend, um, you know. And then I was 461 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 1: in uh was to sail them. Four thousand people showed 462 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,919 Speaker 1: up on the campus. Was on the parking lot right 463 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 1: next to the stadium, but football stadium. And then we 464 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 1: was writing the Heart of Clark Atlanta on nearly three 465 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 1: thousand people showed up here was on the President's parking lot. 466 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,959 Speaker 1: And so the beauty of what we're trying to do 467 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 1: is is moving forward. And when I look at what 468 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 1: your festival has done, man, Virtual Alive, Man, it's just 469 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: it's just a game changer. And I guess, Nicole, when 470 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 1: I talked to Jail, because you know, I look at 471 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 1: him because I've seen him, I've seen him from a 472 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 1: far and you and and and and the fact that 473 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 1: you've been there two decades, and you and I this 474 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 1: first time we're talking. I'm always kind of annoying him 475 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 1: a little bit, you know, because I didn't know he 476 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 1: had the right hand man that was out there, you know, 477 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 1: pushing them up and making them strong like that. You 478 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, Well, man, you know saying, I 479 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 1: apologize because pushing him up like this. But but you 480 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: you're like me. You know, I'm a background guy. I'm 481 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: a producer. You know, I'm a director. I'm an executive producer, 482 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: and that's my role. But in the end, what do 483 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 1: you what do you see being in virtual and then moving? 484 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: Because I know you' all forward thinkers. You're already playing 485 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: in Miami, you already knowing the twenty two is going 486 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,239 Speaker 1: to exist. You know, the sponsors are to come at 487 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: you from a different perspective. I know back in the day, 488 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 1: I was thinking of y'all to all that stuff down 489 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 1: in Miami and all that stuff. You know what I'm saying, 490 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 1: what what does it look like this year? And what 491 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 1: does it look like in the when a six years 492 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,439 Speaker 1: when Nicole, make sure you tell about the comedy in 493 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:05,399 Speaker 1: London too. I don't think what shall knows about that. 494 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 1: We're in London too. That's why I got we haven't 495 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: been talking about the code you take it, but talking Yeah, 496 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:16,120 Speaker 1: well you know you you mentioned, you mentioned how we're global. 497 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,879 Speaker 1: Now we really are over and we're going over for 498 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: two reasons. One, we launched a b F London Festival 499 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:27,399 Speaker 1: in London, uh in twenty nineteen and so that was 500 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 1: our first with our partners Sony Pictures Entertainment. That was 501 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 1: our first festival. So we did travel abroad um, which great, 502 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 1: we are global. And then last year, as I mentioned, 503 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: because we were not able to be in Miami because 504 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,719 Speaker 1: of the pandemic, we built a platform which Jeff just mentioned, 505 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: a b F play and we still housed our festival. 506 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:50,119 Speaker 1: So with that we reached ninety different countries. So there's 507 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 1: a lot of people globally who know about a b F. 508 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: Now go down to Nigeria because come on that we 509 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:01,920 Speaker 1: had we we definitely had some Nigeria in PLAM last year. 510 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,679 Speaker 1: So it's exciting and I'll go back to the growth opportunity, 511 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 1: you know, it's exciting to be able to have that 512 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 1: reach and so what we intended on doing this year 513 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,040 Speaker 1: though we are not in Miami We were always going 514 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 1: to be a hybrid festival. We're gonna have a physical 515 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,359 Speaker 1: presence in Miami, We're also going to have our global 516 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 1: presence or virtual presence on the platform. But because Covid 517 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,919 Speaker 1: uh you know, continued, uh, we decided to just go 518 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:30,000 Speaker 1: virtual again this year, and like Jeff said, really really 519 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: really excited about that. This year we also launched UM 520 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:37,719 Speaker 1: a comedy festival. In June, we launched a v F 521 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:41,120 Speaker 1: comedy festival because, as you probably know, at the festival, 522 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 1: we have a comedy on called Comedy Wings. You know, 523 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 1: this is this is a great time and an opportunity 524 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,159 Speaker 1: for us to have a festival that's focused on of 525 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: comedians and comedy writers. UM, there's so much content out there, 526 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 1: There's so many talented people out there who are you know, 527 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 1: are capable of who are capable of comedy and and 528 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 1: on the writing and UM and and that festival. That's 529 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 1: that's that's what actually sort of it's like the what's 530 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 1: the same if I told Jeff that we that you 531 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: attended just for just for last Montreal and then asked 532 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,680 Speaker 1: me coming in festival, I know both for those is 533 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 1: just for laughs in Montreal. You know. The thing about it. 534 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:20,640 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna tell you both of this is a compliment, 535 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:21,879 Speaker 1: you know. And let me just tell you when I 536 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 1: when I when I talk about how the Nigerian and 537 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 1: knowledge wood, that's what they call it knowledge wood down there. 538 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,920 Speaker 1: You know, that's they waiting on y'all. They just waiting 539 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 1: on y'all because y'all are the voice, y'all are the truth. 540 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,400 Speaker 1: And I'm just gonna tell you when I when I 541 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 1: see it, when you have when you have a legacy, 542 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 1: when you have a background, you walk in the open 543 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 1: the doors and you say sometimes you gotta set down 544 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: route someplace else for you to be respecting to go, wow, 545 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 1: we part of this. You guys are doing it. I 546 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:53,560 Speaker 1: want you all to continue to do it. But what 547 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 1: I want you to do for me, do me a favor. 548 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 1: Keep me in the loop. Just keep me, Jeff to go, 549 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: keep me in the loop. Somebody ever, ra Sean, when 550 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 1: you're doing these things, because I could promote it, you 551 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 1: gotta send me a banner, send me a flyer, because 552 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 1: that's how you need to be recognized. Your your your 553 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,400 Speaker 1: flowers need to be promoted, your brand needs to be 554 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:14,960 Speaker 1: That's what I do, man, I do it with I 555 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 1: do with no there's no there's no check here. I 556 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,479 Speaker 1: do money making conversations because I love the fact that 557 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 1: you guys are stars. You guys are the ones that 558 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 1: are enabling people like me, people like that. Steve Harvey's 559 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:30,000 Speaker 1: like Steven A. Smith, Anthony Anderson's. I see what when 560 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 1: I see look at the image awards that the rise 561 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 1: in the image reward to me is tied to the 562 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:39,000 Speaker 1: same rise of the A b FL. I just see it. 563 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 1: I just see it, and I just know that the 564 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 1: gifts that y'all have, just let me know I want 565 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:46,360 Speaker 1: and if you, if you, if you let me know, 566 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:51,480 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm a friend, dude, I am your friend. 567 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 1: And wo man, I gotta make sure you're man. You 568 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 1: know that right here? Man, you checked me hard. Hey, dude, 569 00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:01,680 Speaker 1: that ain't now, Dude, that ain't now. But before I go, 570 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:03,640 Speaker 1: I just want to talk about HBCUs a little bit 571 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:07,880 Speaker 1: because hbc US because they've got a lot of recognition 572 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:10,480 Speaker 1: of and a lot of people made a lot of 573 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 1: corporate donations and and and and people are starting to 574 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 1: recognize the academic achievements and success of the graduates recognized 575 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:21,400 Speaker 1: right here, you're black CEO. H c the CEOs in 576 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 1: the country are black, come from h b c U 577 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 1: S HBC used as you and at eighteen percent, So 578 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,480 Speaker 1: telling the importance of that how I shaped your life 579 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 1: starting with you, Jeff and Nicole, you can wrap it up, 580 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 1: and uh, I want to thank you for your time 581 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:36,800 Speaker 1: and allow me to speak to you and again send 582 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:39,240 Speaker 1: me those banners and just every quarter just let me 583 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 1: know because I'm here to support your brand. Were will 584 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 1: and just quickly you know, I think that historically HBCUs 585 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 1: have have been synonymous with most things black, which is 586 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:56,240 Speaker 1: less thing. And but we all know those of us 587 00:30:56,320 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: who attended hc US. If there's anything it's nothing less 588 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 1: about the black experience for a black person. In fact, 589 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,800 Speaker 1: nothing more empowering to walk around a campus, whether at 590 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 1: Alabama or un D C or or or Maryland anywhere 591 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 1: and to see people like you that are educated, that 592 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:18,560 Speaker 1: are diverse. So HBCUs kind of shape how we view 593 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:21,280 Speaker 1: the world. And I haven't not met a person who 594 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 1: didn't feel the same way to some degree. So I'm 595 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:27,000 Speaker 1: just personally happy to see that. And I don't care 596 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:28,480 Speaker 1: how we got here. I kind of know how we 597 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,120 Speaker 1: got here, but it doesn't that I'm just happy to 598 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:34,520 Speaker 1: see that the world is starting to embrace the importance 599 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: the corporate world in the culture right because with with 600 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:41,720 Speaker 1: embrace comes financial resources that allows us to building me better. 601 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 1: I'm just happy that the world's kind of catching up 602 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:47,040 Speaker 1: to what everybody, all the black alumni and knew already 603 00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:50,000 Speaker 1: that these a magical places for young black people to 604 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 1: figure out and find out who they are. Yeah, I 605 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,440 Speaker 1: would just concur with Jeff. I mean, if I had 606 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 1: to do it all over again, I resolutely when it's 607 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:03,400 Speaker 1: sad Howard University where both Howard graduates, and I'll just 608 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:09,880 Speaker 1: end on this note, really ate you. You know, happy 609 00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:12,520 Speaker 1: people might say something different not Halfton University than that, 610 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:16,280 Speaker 1: the saying that little argument there. But I'm talking to 611 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:20,440 Speaker 1: the fantastic is the aniversary. It's a virtual event. Festival 612 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:24,600 Speaker 1: is free. November three is premiering Will Smith, newvie Keen Richards. 613 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 1: You can check that out. A hundred in two movies, 614 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:30,680 Speaker 1: twenty five talkies. Thirty five countries are participating. It's an 615 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:34,360 Speaker 1: event that it started way back when eighteen and eighty 616 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 1: seven Acapulco. I know because I was on the outside 617 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,280 Speaker 1: looking the end, watching Robert Town's I saw it in 618 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:43,120 Speaker 1: Jet magazine. That's how I knew by That's that's how 619 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 1: only was I read about See Jeff, you know what 620 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:50,560 Speaker 1: I'm telling the truth. You know I'm telling the truth. 621 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 1: But I love I love you and Nicole. Thank you 622 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,440 Speaker 1: for coming into my world. You're fantastic and I'm glad 623 00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,959 Speaker 1: to know that you guys realize who I am as 624 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 1: far as what I what I want to bring to 625 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,360 Speaker 1: the table for your brand, and it is your brand, 626 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:06,080 Speaker 1: and it's a wonderful brand, and it's it's you know, 627 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:09,280 Speaker 1: sometimes you sit around Jeff and Nicole and you think 628 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:13,240 Speaker 1: about something you don't really realize ten years or fifteen years. 629 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,600 Speaker 1: It's perfect. It's we needed you to have that vision 630 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,760 Speaker 1: back in the eighties seven. Otherwise we wouldn't have this today. Brother, 631 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,520 Speaker 1: Think about that. Think about that. Thank you all for 632 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,680 Speaker 1: coming on Money Making Conversation. I appreciate both of you. 633 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,440 Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you. If you want to hear or 634 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,000 Speaker 1: see any of my interviews of Money Making Conversation, please 635 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,960 Speaker 1: go to money Making Conversation dot com. I'm with Sean McDonald, 636 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:39,280 Speaker 1: I am your host. Thank you, Nicole, thank you. We 637 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:42,080 Speaker 1: will be right back with more money Making Conversation with 638 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:47,080 Speaker 1: Rashan McDonald. You are now tuned into the Money Making 639 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:51,760 Speaker 1: Conversations Minute of Inspiration with Rashan McDonald. Hi. 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My next guest 682 00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:22,320 Speaker 1: is Bryce Thompson. He is a serial entrepreneur, event planner, 683 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:26,160 Speaker 1: investor in a business, mentor to millennials. At the age 684 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,280 Speaker 1: of twenty five, Bryce is considered an exception. He enjoys 685 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:32,000 Speaker 1: hosting events opened to people of all ages and walks 686 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:35,799 Speaker 1: of life, when he caters primarily to the millennial mindset. 687 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:39,479 Speaker 1: Like every other black man in America, Bryce has felt 688 00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:41,840 Speaker 1: the stings of racism, which which is sad. It's just 689 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:45,040 Speaker 1: twenty five and think at my age and you know which, 690 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:47,000 Speaker 1: I understand the era that I grew up in. It 691 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:49,439 Speaker 1: he wouldn't have to experience that, but he is. He's 692 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:53,120 Speaker 1: been subjected to the scrutiny and limitations of stereotypes and 693 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,120 Speaker 1: social structures designed to box those who looked like him 694 00:36:56,680 --> 00:37:00,560 Speaker 1: in life of mediography and of poverty. Have it in 695 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:02,480 Speaker 1: spite of all this, He's called out a plan for 696 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:05,880 Speaker 1: success that is centered the poem, having an impact bigger 697 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:09,440 Speaker 1: than himself. He's the co founder of trade House Investment 698 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:13,360 Speaker 1: Group and chairman of it It'll All Makes Sense nonprofit. 699 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,320 Speaker 1: He's on the shore to talk about his new book, 700 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:20,120 Speaker 1: Millennials Accepted and Accepted. Please welcome to money making Conversations. 701 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,520 Speaker 1: I'm calling a good friend because from Houston, Texas or 702 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,600 Speaker 1: Missouri City, I knew exactly what that said. Bryce Thompson, 703 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:27,719 Speaker 1: how you doing, Bryce? How are you doing? How are 704 00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:30,799 Speaker 1: you doing? I'm happy to be or great? Bryce? Um, 705 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:33,759 Speaker 1: that's that's you know. At twenty five, man like going 706 00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:38,000 Speaker 1: on in this book, Brother like going on. It's been 707 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:40,600 Speaker 1: a good last five years for sure. Well let's talk 708 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:42,759 Speaker 1: about the early years, because I think that's what lays 709 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:45,239 Speaker 1: the foundation. Um off Air, I was just telling you. 710 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:49,080 Speaker 1: I remember I was making decisions on where I wanted 711 00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:50,960 Speaker 1: to go to college. IMNA tell you the man, I 712 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:52,600 Speaker 1: didn't really want to go to college, you know, but 713 00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:55,520 Speaker 1: I just thought I wanted to be a forklift driver. 714 00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:57,960 Speaker 1: That's what I wanted. I was inspired when I was 715 00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:01,840 Speaker 1: sixteen years old. My first job by these by these guys. 716 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:03,799 Speaker 1: They were black men. They were living a good life, 717 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:07,080 Speaker 1: driving forklift and unloaded trucks and life. I said, that's 718 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:09,400 Speaker 1: what I wanted to do. So I always feel that 719 00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:12,480 Speaker 1: what you see it in early life could drive you 720 00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:15,239 Speaker 1: to be what you could possibly be as you start 721 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:19,320 Speaker 1: to assent what inspired you as a young youth just 722 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:21,680 Speaker 1: to be the man that you are today, and you're 723 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:23,840 Speaker 1: still climbing to be even a bigger man than you 724 00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:28,799 Speaker 1: are today. Talk to us about that, right, um, well, 725 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:33,800 Speaker 1: more more more surface level, I would say, uh, or 726 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:37,200 Speaker 1: or deeper rather, I would say my environment for one 727 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:40,360 Speaker 1: of my my mom especially always made sure I was in, 728 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:42,920 Speaker 1: you know, a really good environment. You know. First I 729 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:45,680 Speaker 1: started with school, uh, you know. Then she was very 730 00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:47,840 Speaker 1: particular about the people that I would hang around. So 731 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:51,120 Speaker 1: I was always surrounded around people that were out doing 732 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:54,440 Speaker 1: great things, like people that were out, you know, striving 733 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:59,480 Speaker 1: for massive success. So in turn that inspired me and 734 00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:02,960 Speaker 1: then more service level, my mom has always been an 735 00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:07,080 Speaker 1: entrepreneurs She raised you know, me and my brother um 736 00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:11,560 Speaker 1: strictly off of entrepreneurial income pretty much our whole lives. 737 00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:14,200 Speaker 1: So that that really inspired me to go out and 738 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:17,960 Speaker 1: make something out of nothing and then even more service level. 739 00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:20,720 Speaker 1: My older brother, Uh. You know, he was the first 740 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:24,000 Speaker 1: person that I saw graduate college, you know, go on 741 00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:26,440 Speaker 1: and get a good job. And at the time for me, 742 00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:28,680 Speaker 1: you know, going out getting a good job, especially a 743 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:33,320 Speaker 1: six figure income paying job, you know, that was you know, 744 00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:35,440 Speaker 1: seeing in that as a kid or you know, a 745 00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:38,520 Speaker 1: college student, that was like my first figure of success. 746 00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:40,440 Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, cool, I gotta go to college. I 747 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:42,879 Speaker 1: gotta graduate, I gotta get a good job. I gotta 748 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:45,040 Speaker 1: be successful. I gotta you know, be able to go 749 00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:48,880 Speaker 1: out and support myself. So you know, early on, I'm like, 750 00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:52,160 Speaker 1: I have to go out there and do something. I 751 00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:55,560 Speaker 1: can't just stay at home and you know, be you know, 752 00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:59,279 Speaker 1: a regular degular Schegler. Well, absolutely, I think that. Uh. 753 00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:03,160 Speaker 1: And when in reading this book, you know, millions accepted 754 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:06,560 Speaker 1: and accepted, uh, because I always felt that when I 755 00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:09,480 Speaker 1: was growing in life, I have been the accepted the 756 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,600 Speaker 1: word or the exceptiontion. I guess basically what that is. 757 00:40:12,719 --> 00:40:16,520 Speaker 1: You know, people say I thought differently. I you know, 758 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:19,000 Speaker 1: I projected my outcome. You know, I came from a 759 00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:21,640 Speaker 1: black community. I grew up I went to high school 760 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:24,120 Speaker 1: in Forest Brook in Houston, Texas. Is not even opening 761 00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:26,480 Speaker 1: the more. In fact, I've torn the school down, and 762 00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:30,680 Speaker 1: as I so, my whole outlook was black. You know, 763 00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:33,520 Speaker 1: I got him the bus to go downtown with another 764 00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:35,080 Speaker 1: black people on the bus. When I got back on 765 00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:36,719 Speaker 1: the bus to go back to my house with another 766 00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:38,600 Speaker 1: more black people on bus. It wasn't ntil I was 767 00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:42,080 Speaker 1: eighteen that I started to see diversity in my life. 768 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,120 Speaker 1: And so when did you start seeing a diversity and 769 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:47,479 Speaker 1: life or was it always there? Because in your book 770 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:50,760 Speaker 1: you talk about how your mother it was very important 771 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:54,120 Speaker 1: that you have a diverse look perspective of life, and 772 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:58,759 Speaker 1: it really kind of opened you up. Correct, right, absolutely, Um, 773 00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:03,640 Speaker 1: I've pretty much lived a diverse life from as as 774 00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:08,800 Speaker 1: long as I can remember, I would say early on, 775 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:12,080 Speaker 1: I you know, I remember being at pretty much predominantly 776 00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:17,640 Speaker 1: black middle school and elementary. More so elementary. I just 777 00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:19,920 Speaker 1: went to the neighborhood school and Misserias so don't went 778 00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:23,000 Speaker 1: to Coil Valley. I don't know if you've ever heard of. Yeah, 779 00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:26,520 Speaker 1: So I went to Coil Valley Elementary School. And from 780 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:28,760 Speaker 1: what my mom tells me, and I can't really remember, 781 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:31,880 Speaker 1: but she remembers way way more than I do, I 782 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:34,920 Speaker 1: stood out from a lot of other students. You know, 783 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:36,480 Speaker 1: I made the best grades. I was at the top 784 00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:41,400 Speaker 1: of my class, and my teachers they recommended right that, 785 00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:44,320 Speaker 1: my teachers recommended that she put me in a you know, 786 00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:46,840 Speaker 1: a higher education like she put me around you know 787 00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:50,120 Speaker 1: people that that that were learning at a more elite level. 788 00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:54,520 Speaker 1: So she started looking into, you know, higher learning schools 789 00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:56,720 Speaker 1: around the area. She started looking in the private schools. 790 00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:58,480 Speaker 1: And then that's when you know, that was my first 791 00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:02,359 Speaker 1: time going to private school back in the second half 792 00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:05,600 Speaker 1: of like sixth grade. So I ended up getting into 793 00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:08,919 Speaker 1: a private school um in the in the Houston area 794 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,600 Speaker 1: of Forben Foreben Academy. I don't know if you've heard 795 00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:16,040 Speaker 1: of Foreben Academy. I'll let'm just slow your died by Houston, man. 796 00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:19,919 Speaker 1: I was raised and when I died, they're gonna bury 797 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:22,920 Speaker 1: me in Houston. So that way, you just talking normal 798 00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:26,200 Speaker 1: about Houston. I know where the techet Lug hood is, 799 00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:28,360 Speaker 1: I know where West are Mills. I know we're a 800 00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:31,279 Speaker 1: few queers. I know Salt May runs right smack down 801 00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:34,160 Speaker 1: the middle of Missouri City. I know all that. So 802 00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:36,239 Speaker 1: you just talk normal me man. We have a good 803 00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:38,239 Speaker 1: time on this interview. Price oh yeah, you know more 804 00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:44,000 Speaker 1: than well. Yeah, so I went I went to Foreben Academy, 805 00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:45,799 Speaker 1: and that was like, that was the first time where 806 00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:50,520 Speaker 1: I wasn't in a very diverse um environment like I was. 807 00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:53,920 Speaker 1: I was one of the very few African Americans. Um. 808 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:56,840 Speaker 1: You know, most of the students that I that I 809 00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,600 Speaker 1: was going to school at the time, they were they 810 00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:04,239 Speaker 1: came m pretty rich, wealthy, well off family household. So 811 00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:06,840 Speaker 1: that wasn't me. It was a little more. I was 812 00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:10,000 Speaker 1: more of an outlier for the first time. And but 813 00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:12,359 Speaker 1: I still did really well in school. I still did 814 00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:15,120 Speaker 1: I still did really well in sports. And then I 815 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:16,960 Speaker 1: went off to high school. I ended up going back 816 00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:19,759 Speaker 1: to public school. I went to Lamar. My first year, 817 00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:23,799 Speaker 1: I got back into a diverse environment, um, but still 818 00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:25,719 Speaker 1: at the top of my class I was into. I 819 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:30,400 Speaker 1: was in the IB program, still doing really well in school. Uh. 820 00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:32,480 Speaker 1: And I also was playing sports at the time. So 821 00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:36,000 Speaker 1: sports is what put me back into the private school 822 00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:39,920 Speaker 1: environment because Lamar didn't have the best basketball program at 823 00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:42,960 Speaker 1: the time, um, at least my freshman year. I don't 824 00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:44,359 Speaker 1: know how, I don't know what it is right now, 825 00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:49,360 Speaker 1: but I ended up looking into Westbury Christian Westbury Christian 826 00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:54,120 Speaker 1: had like top, top notch basketball program my freshman year 827 00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:59,040 Speaker 1: and I transferred back over the Westbury Christian. That was 828 00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:04,759 Speaker 1: the first time was in a environment where the education 829 00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:08,560 Speaker 1: was a lot higher, but it was also still diverse, 830 00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:11,239 Speaker 1: So it wasn't like a situation where you know, I 831 00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:14,280 Speaker 1: was the only black kid or I was the only 832 00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:17,320 Speaker 1: you know kid that didn't come from a wealthy or 833 00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:20,280 Speaker 1: rich family. It was it was a little bit of everything. 834 00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:23,239 Speaker 1: And then when I went to Moor House, I went 835 00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:27,000 Speaker 1: back into you know, this environment of like, okay, this 836 00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:31,440 Speaker 1: everybody's African, amrry, everybody's black. But the one thing that 837 00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:34,479 Speaker 1: you know, really changed everything for me was the fact 838 00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:36,800 Speaker 1: that I was at more House around a bunch of 839 00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:39,960 Speaker 1: people that looked like me, came from similar backgrounds, but 840 00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:42,719 Speaker 1: the common denominator of all of us was we really 841 00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:45,840 Speaker 1: like everybody wanted to be successful at more House like 842 00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:49,040 Speaker 1: that was like that that was a need. It was 843 00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:51,560 Speaker 1: an assessment, like you needed You're going to more House, 844 00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:56,160 Speaker 1: that are just just having that title attached to your name, 845 00:44:56,239 --> 00:44:58,160 Speaker 1: like you had to become you had to become something, 846 00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:00,640 Speaker 1: which was really interesting because you know, you wanted to 847 00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:04,240 Speaker 1: go to Harvard, but really you technically went to Harvard, 848 00:45:04,719 --> 00:45:06,640 Speaker 1: you know. And that's more hard when you look at 849 00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:09,799 Speaker 1: the legacies that's tied to that post from a from 850 00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:13,240 Speaker 1: a from an academic standpoint, because I'm always a proponent 851 00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:17,600 Speaker 1: of advocate, I should say of what HBCUs. You know, 852 00:45:17,719 --> 00:45:21,200 Speaker 1: any percent of the black doctors and Dennis come from HBCUs. 853 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:23,360 Speaker 1: For the percent of the members of Congress who are 854 00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:26,320 Speaker 1: black con from HBCUs, fifth percent of the public Woods 855 00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:31,080 Speaker 1: teachers who are black con from HBCUs of the twenty percent, 856 00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:33,000 Speaker 1: and just went up, I just study came out of 857 00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:35,880 Speaker 1: this stem graduate to a black con from HBCU. So 858 00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:39,160 Speaker 1: you went to Harvard, you know. And so and that 859 00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:42,799 Speaker 1: that getting in an environment that was equally academic competitive, 860 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:46,160 Speaker 1: because even when you went to West Christian Academy, that 861 00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:49,840 Speaker 1: was a competitive environment. Because that was just explaining everybody 862 00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:52,719 Speaker 1: when he was talking about Lamar University in Houston right 863 00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:55,680 Speaker 1: off a West Tim is a football powerhouse. I mean 864 00:45:55,760 --> 00:45:59,240 Speaker 1: that's a bad school. Now what's in the Christian Academy? 865 00:45:59,239 --> 00:46:02,680 Speaker 1: They recruit people like he might be Bryce might be good, 866 00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:04,600 Speaker 1: but they won't let him know that they're bringing in 867 00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:07,920 Speaker 1: full more goods. And so that puts you in another 868 00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:12,719 Speaker 1: competitive environment. So you've always been in a competitive environment. 869 00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:17,560 Speaker 1: You've always been challenged physically to be better than the 870 00:46:17,719 --> 00:46:20,360 Speaker 1: person sitting right next to you. So that probably played 871 00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:23,520 Speaker 1: very well for you in the lanes that you're successful 872 00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:28,240 Speaker 1: in now, correct, absolutely for sure. Now with that being said, 873 00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:30,880 Speaker 1: when you when you when you had the option to 874 00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:34,640 Speaker 1: go to preview full Ride, full Ride, the book talks 875 00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:38,360 Speaker 1: about it, you know, and uh previous an excellent institution 876 00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:41,760 Speaker 1: right down the street by forty five fifty minutes from Houston, Texas. 877 00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:45,640 Speaker 1: Dad took you down there, but that gud didn't sit 878 00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:49,920 Speaker 1: right from you. Why didn't he sit right for you? Um? 879 00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:55,920 Speaker 1: You know, for it didn't give me that like even 880 00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:59,440 Speaker 1: though I got a full ride and you know, it 881 00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:03,680 Speaker 1: wasn't too far from home, I didn't for the first time, 882 00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:07,120 Speaker 1: I just didn't feel like I would be competing at 883 00:47:07,120 --> 00:47:10,120 Speaker 1: an elite level. I felt like I wouldn't be, you know, 884 00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:16,000 Speaker 1: surrounded around, you know, a bunch of people that necessarily 885 00:47:16,760 --> 00:47:19,560 Speaker 1: I don't know like that. It was just that it 886 00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:21,960 Speaker 1: factor that I was looking for, And that's why I 887 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,080 Speaker 1: wanted to go to Harvard. Harvard, you know, it's Harvard, 888 00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:27,760 Speaker 1: Like you hear Harvard. It's like, yo, you go to Harvard, 889 00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:29,640 Speaker 1: and then I'll tell them, like yo, I'm going to 890 00:47:29,840 --> 00:47:31,760 Speaker 1: prayer of you. And it was it was more common 891 00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:35,600 Speaker 1: coming from where I'm from, like you from Houston, Texas, 892 00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:38,960 Speaker 1: even from a Zeri City, Texas. Mostly everybody is gonna 893 00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:43,320 Speaker 1: go to you of h or tissue or prayer of you. 894 00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:46,960 Speaker 1: So for me, I wanted to step outside the box 895 00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:49,080 Speaker 1: as far as a you know, a school and the 896 00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:52,960 Speaker 1: institution is concerned. And you know, I graduated at the 897 00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:55,520 Speaker 1: top of my class, like like I was the number 898 00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:58,600 Speaker 1: ten students, not not ten percent, but ten like ten 899 00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:02,719 Speaker 1: people in my in my high school class. So I'm thinking, like, I, 900 00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:05,560 Speaker 1: you know, let me, let me apply to Harvard. Harvard 901 00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:09,760 Speaker 1: never got back with me and my mom. Last minute 902 00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:12,200 Speaker 1: I came back from preview, my mom my dad dropped 903 00:48:12,239 --> 00:48:14,719 Speaker 1: me back off at my mom's house and I, you know, 904 00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:17,040 Speaker 1: I told her, you know, they offered me a full 905 00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:19,920 Speaker 1: ride and I wouldn't have to pay for school, and 906 00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:22,680 Speaker 1: you know, she still could see it on my face 907 00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:26,200 Speaker 1: that it just wasn't really doing it for me, and 908 00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:28,759 Speaker 1: then she encouraged me to apply to More House. Got 909 00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:31,520 Speaker 1: in the more House. They gave me a um, you know, 910 00:48:32,080 --> 00:48:35,719 Speaker 1: a scholarship to a pre program that they were having 911 00:48:35,760 --> 00:48:37,200 Speaker 1: over the summer. I went to the I went to 912 00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:39,000 Speaker 1: the campus over summer. I fell in love with it 913 00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:41,520 Speaker 1: and at that point I'm like, okay, I have to 914 00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:43,239 Speaker 1: come back in the fall. This is the school that 915 00:48:43,280 --> 00:48:45,759 Speaker 1: I'm going to. And I just I ended up there. 916 00:48:46,160 --> 00:48:49,200 Speaker 1: We congratulations because it changed your life. You know, I 917 00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:52,000 Speaker 1: say it changed your life from a perspective. My degree 918 00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:54,960 Speaker 1: is in mathematics, okay, and my minors in sociology. I 919 00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:57,480 Speaker 1: graduated from University of Houston, like I went to college 920 00:48:57,520 --> 00:48:59,919 Speaker 1: because like in your book and tell you talk about 921 00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:02,279 Speaker 1: you know, that's the way of the world. You know, 922 00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:05,080 Speaker 1: you go to high school, you graduated high school, then 923 00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:06,840 Speaker 1: you go to college and you get this, you know, 924 00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:09,160 Speaker 1: five or fixed six figure degree. Next time, you know, 925 00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:12,320 Speaker 1: you're married and you're happy. That didn't set well for 926 00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:15,680 Speaker 1: you again, that good. I always love you. Follow your gut, 927 00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:18,560 Speaker 1: you know, like saying. And so when you were during 928 00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:23,440 Speaker 1: an internship program in Cleveland, great job, great opportunity, you know, 929 00:49:23,719 --> 00:49:26,759 Speaker 1: eight to five. But every time you started every day, 930 00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:30,920 Speaker 1: the excitement of going, according to your book, started diminishing. 931 00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:34,920 Speaker 1: And that's when you start understanding and admitting to yourself 932 00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:37,320 Speaker 1: at such a young age. This is not for me 933 00:49:37,960 --> 00:49:43,160 Speaker 1: talk about that for sure. So first and foremo let 934 00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:45,880 Speaker 1: me just you know, just add on to that. I 935 00:49:46,080 --> 00:49:51,000 Speaker 1: drove an hour to work every single morning, and that was, like, 936 00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:53,920 Speaker 1: you know, that was a little different for me, the 937 00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:56,239 Speaker 1: first time I ever experienced anything like that. So I'm 938 00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:59,320 Speaker 1: driving an hour, so it's more so like a seven 939 00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:01,960 Speaker 1: to five or six to five. I had to wake 940 00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:06,920 Speaker 1: up at six, leave by seven, get to work by eight, 941 00:50:07,239 --> 00:50:10,640 Speaker 1: so it was more like a six to five. And 942 00:50:11,480 --> 00:50:15,319 Speaker 1: as I'm driving, you know, you're driving and you're waking up. Really, 943 00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:17,800 Speaker 1: you know, it has to be something to motivate you 944 00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:19,759 Speaker 1: to do that every morning, And for me, the only 945 00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:23,160 Speaker 1: thing that was motivating me was, you know, if I 946 00:50:23,280 --> 00:50:25,439 Speaker 1: didn't make it to work on time, they wouldn't offer 947 00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:28,680 Speaker 1: me a job back, or you know, I wouldn't get paid. 948 00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:33,600 Speaker 1: But you know, it got to the point where I 949 00:50:33,719 --> 00:50:35,960 Speaker 1: felt like I didn't even want a job back, Like 950 00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:38,760 Speaker 1: I didn't even I didn't even care if they offered 951 00:50:38,760 --> 00:50:41,600 Speaker 1: me a full time, full time job, because this isn't 952 00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:44,280 Speaker 1: you know, I felt like this is a part time job. 953 00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:47,640 Speaker 1: And for me, it was like a part time sacrifice, 954 00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:52,000 Speaker 1: Like sacrifices are temporary for you to live, you know, 955 00:50:52,080 --> 00:50:55,040 Speaker 1: the way that you really want to. So I understood 956 00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:57,160 Speaker 1: for me that you know, that job was something that 957 00:50:57,280 --> 00:51:00,399 Speaker 1: I I necessarily had to do to get to where 958 00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:02,360 Speaker 1: I wanted to go at the at the at that 959 00:51:02,520 --> 00:51:06,160 Speaker 1: specific time. But for me, it was just part of 960 00:51:06,239 --> 00:51:10,040 Speaker 1: the really building the foundation. Like I still you know, 961 00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:13,520 Speaker 1: I owe that job, uh, you know, as as far 962 00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:16,400 Speaker 1: as being a reason to my success now, like I 963 00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:18,320 Speaker 1: you know, some of the people that I met and 964 00:51:18,480 --> 00:51:20,520 Speaker 1: some of the things that I learned, and you know, 965 00:51:20,719 --> 00:51:22,759 Speaker 1: just it was just a humbling experience for me. And 966 00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:24,800 Speaker 1: and now I can I can speak to it a 967 00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:27,359 Speaker 1: little bit different when I'm when I'm talking to people 968 00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:29,520 Speaker 1: that are interested in what I do, or you know, 969 00:51:29,600 --> 00:51:31,360 Speaker 1: they want to be an entrepreneur and they don't know 970 00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:35,000 Speaker 1: exactly how to go about it. But yeah, no, that 971 00:51:35,239 --> 00:51:37,200 Speaker 1: that was the first time and I was making a 972 00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:39,120 Speaker 1: little bit of money, like I was making good money 973 00:51:39,239 --> 00:51:42,439 Speaker 1: for college students. We'll be right back with more money 974 00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:45,360 Speaker 1: making conversations with the co owner of trade House Investment 975 00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:49,960 Speaker 1: Group and they're author of millions Accepted and Accepted. Bryce Thompson. 976 00:51:51,360 --> 00:51:54,800 Speaker 1: What grows in the forest trees? Sure you know what 977 00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:58,600 Speaker 1: else grows in the forest. Our imagination, our sense of wonder, 978 00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:01,560 Speaker 1: and our family bond uns grow too, because when we 979 00:52:01,719 --> 00:52:08,400 Speaker 1: disconnect from this and connect with this, we reconnect with 980 00:52:08,520 --> 00:52:11,959 Speaker 1: each other. The forest is closer than you think. Find 981 00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:15,200 Speaker 1: a forest near you and start exploring. I Discover the 982 00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:17,920 Speaker 1: Forest dot org brought to you by the United States 983 00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:22,040 Speaker 1: Forest Service and the AD Council. Look for your children's 984 00:52:22,080 --> 00:52:25,359 Speaker 1: eyes to see the true magic of a forest. It's 985 00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:28,680 Speaker 1: a storybook world for them. You look and see a tree. 986 00:52:29,160 --> 00:52:31,959 Speaker 1: They see the wrinkled face of a wizard with arms 987 00:52:32,080 --> 00:52:35,839 Speaker 1: outstretched to the sky. They see treasure in pebbles, They 988 00:52:35,880 --> 00:52:38,840 Speaker 1: see a windy path that could lead to adventure, and 989 00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:43,200 Speaker 1: they see you. They're fearless guide through this fascinating world. 990 00:52:43,640 --> 00:52:46,440 Speaker 1: Find a forest near you and start exploring and discover 991 00:52:46,520 --> 00:52:48,760 Speaker 1: the forest dot org brought to you by the United 992 00:52:48,800 --> 00:52:51,879 Speaker 1: States Forest Service and the AD Council. If I could 993 00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:54,759 Speaker 1: be you and you could be me for just one hour, 994 00:52:55,120 --> 00:52:57,879 Speaker 1: if you could find a way to get inside each 995 00:52:57,960 --> 00:53:01,719 Speaker 1: other's mind, walk a mile my shoes, Welcome out in 996 00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:06,719 Speaker 1: my shoes. Shoes We've all felt left out and for 997 00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:10,239 Speaker 1: some that feeling lasts more than a moment. We can 998 00:53:10,360 --> 00:53:13,600 Speaker 1: change that. Learn how it belonging begins with us dot org. 999 00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:17,480 Speaker 1: Brought to you by the AD Council. Welcome out and 1000 00:53:17,680 --> 00:53:23,759 Speaker 1: the shoes. This is what Sean McDonald. Welcome back to 1001 00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:26,640 Speaker 1: money making conversations. As I continue our conversation with the 1002 00:53:26,719 --> 00:53:29,800 Speaker 1: co owner of Trade House Investment Group and the author 1003 00:53:29,840 --> 00:53:33,400 Speaker 1: of Millions Accepted and accepted, Bryce Thompson, I always remember, 1004 00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:36,400 Speaker 1: like I tell people my experience that IBM has always 1005 00:53:36,440 --> 00:53:38,839 Speaker 1: been a blessing because they taught me structure. And that's 1006 00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:41,920 Speaker 1: what you're talking about right now, alright, Working that and 1007 00:53:42,200 --> 00:53:44,080 Speaker 1: in it stays with you. You know, at the time, 1008 00:53:44,239 --> 00:53:46,320 Speaker 1: I didn't really understand what it was bringing. It just 1009 00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:48,560 Speaker 1: worked to me. They sent me off the courses and 1010 00:53:49,040 --> 00:53:51,000 Speaker 1: I would it always based in Houston. It would send 1011 00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:55,080 Speaker 1: me to Atlanta to train and and those same disciplines 1012 00:53:55,200 --> 00:53:59,239 Speaker 1: that I that I experienced, I still apply today. And 1013 00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:02,600 Speaker 1: so from an entrepreneur standpoint, entrepreneur standpard, when you're talking 1014 00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:05,239 Speaker 1: to people, you all you're doing is about discipline. Like 1015 00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:07,880 Speaker 1: you said, you got up at six to start driving, 1016 00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:10,840 Speaker 1: in seventh, to arrive at eight that's the same principle 1017 00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:12,880 Speaker 1: you have to do if you're an entrepreneur. You just 1018 00:54:13,040 --> 00:54:15,160 Speaker 1: can't be just because you run your company. I mean, 1019 00:54:15,200 --> 00:54:17,120 Speaker 1: you can't get up at seven one day, eight o'clock 1020 00:54:17,200 --> 00:54:19,600 Speaker 1: the next day, or nine o'clock next day or six 1021 00:54:19,640 --> 00:54:22,399 Speaker 1: o'clock next day. There has to be consistency. And that's 1022 00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:25,560 Speaker 1: what your book talked about, talks about it's consistency as 1023 00:54:25,600 --> 00:54:29,279 Speaker 1: an entrepreneur, consistency to achieve your goals. Why was that 1024 00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:32,560 Speaker 1: so important to you to reveal that side of secrecy 1025 00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:34,360 Speaker 1: of secrets, you know, because we always want to know 1026 00:54:34,719 --> 00:54:38,080 Speaker 1: the secrets to success. But that that that that that's 1027 00:54:38,120 --> 00:54:42,920 Speaker 1: becomes a profound dialogue in your book, right um, Now, Yeah, 1028 00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:47,040 Speaker 1: consistency is a big deal, and you know that's that's 1029 00:54:47,080 --> 00:54:50,360 Speaker 1: really the difference. It's I find it to be easy 1030 00:54:50,640 --> 00:54:54,920 Speaker 1: to be consistent when you know you're heading in a 1031 00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:57,560 Speaker 1: direction of where you want to go. Like you know, 1032 00:54:57,640 --> 00:55:00,279 Speaker 1: when I was working that job, he it was a 1033 00:55:00,360 --> 00:55:04,279 Speaker 1: lot harder to consistently wake up every morning knowing that 1034 00:55:04,440 --> 00:55:06,800 Speaker 1: this isn't something that I want to do. And no 1035 00:55:06,960 --> 00:55:09,920 Speaker 1: matter how early I wake up, no matter how many 1036 00:55:10,040 --> 00:55:12,359 Speaker 1: donuts I bring to the office, no matter how many 1037 00:55:13,239 --> 00:55:16,080 Speaker 1: how much coffee I buy everybody at the office. I'm 1038 00:55:16,120 --> 00:55:18,359 Speaker 1: still gonna get paid the same amount. I'm still gonna, 1039 00:55:18,760 --> 00:55:21,560 Speaker 1: you know, do the same thing that I did yesterday. 1040 00:55:21,800 --> 00:55:26,719 Speaker 1: Like the project's never really changed. And you know, I 1041 00:55:27,600 --> 00:55:29,919 Speaker 1: wasn't really living I felt I felt like I wasn't 1042 00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:31,840 Speaker 1: really living in my purpose. I felt like I was 1043 00:55:31,960 --> 00:55:38,080 Speaker 1: just another number. And once I became an entrepreneur, yeah, 1044 00:55:38,080 --> 00:55:40,560 Speaker 1: I could still wake up early, if not earlier. I 1045 00:55:40,640 --> 00:55:45,560 Speaker 1: could stay up later, if not later, because every every 1046 00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:48,680 Speaker 1: morning that I wake up, this is another opportunity for 1047 00:55:48,840 --> 00:55:51,120 Speaker 1: me to do something that's gonna get me closer to 1048 00:55:51,239 --> 00:55:53,320 Speaker 1: the lifestyle that I really only get to see in 1049 00:55:53,440 --> 00:55:56,120 Speaker 1: my sleep. But you know, when you when you work 1050 00:55:56,160 --> 00:55:58,719 Speaker 1: in a job, you can wake up earlier, wake up 1051 00:55:58,800 --> 00:56:00,839 Speaker 1: the same time, wake up a little later, You're still 1052 00:56:00,880 --> 00:56:07,319 Speaker 1: gonna get the same results. You know, Entrepreneurship it as 1053 00:56:07,400 --> 00:56:10,279 Speaker 1: far as the consistency goes, It should be a whole 1054 00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:14,320 Speaker 1: lot easier for anybody because one, you can't put a 1055 00:56:14,400 --> 00:56:16,720 Speaker 1: cap on your income. As an entrepreneur, you can always 1056 00:56:16,760 --> 00:56:20,120 Speaker 1: do something to increase it, and you can really focus 1057 00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:22,480 Speaker 1: on the things that you love to do and make 1058 00:56:22,520 --> 00:56:24,800 Speaker 1: an income out of that find a way to support 1059 00:56:24,840 --> 00:56:27,360 Speaker 1: yourself out of that. Absolutely, I'm talking to Bryce Thompson, 1060 00:56:27,560 --> 00:56:31,560 Speaker 1: the author of Millions Accepted, Accepted, and accepted. One of 1061 00:56:31,600 --> 00:56:34,600 Speaker 1: the things that really now we we we we we. 1062 00:56:35,080 --> 00:56:37,480 Speaker 1: We talked about a journey up to this point. We 1063 00:56:37,600 --> 00:56:41,640 Speaker 1: talked about the early stage, from grade school, middle school, 1064 00:56:41,719 --> 00:56:44,960 Speaker 1: high school, earliers of college. You were focused to be 1065 00:56:45,040 --> 00:56:48,480 Speaker 1: an entrepreneur. You opportunely focused to be a nine to 1066 00:56:48,600 --> 00:56:50,759 Speaker 1: five or for the hour week got he's working on 1067 00:56:50,840 --> 00:56:55,239 Speaker 1: this engineering degree. And then suddenly your older brother said 1068 00:56:55,320 --> 00:57:00,400 Speaker 1: the magic word to you, bit corn, bit corn, change 1069 00:57:00,440 --> 00:57:04,680 Speaker 1: your life. Come on now and then. And then when 1070 00:57:04,719 --> 00:57:07,800 Speaker 1: you try to help out this young lady, she stepped 1071 00:57:07,800 --> 00:57:15,279 Speaker 1: back on you. But you think good that you didn't 1072 00:57:15,320 --> 00:57:17,480 Speaker 1: say her name, because she probably track you down and 1073 00:57:17,560 --> 00:57:22,760 Speaker 1: beat you up. But she know you're trying to tell her, 1074 00:57:22,880 --> 00:57:25,480 Speaker 1: but she has so much doubt. And that's what you can't. 1075 00:57:25,520 --> 00:57:28,800 Speaker 1: Like you said, you can't take everybody to success. You 1076 00:57:28,840 --> 00:57:30,880 Speaker 1: can talk to him about it, but they have to 1077 00:57:30,960 --> 00:57:33,479 Speaker 1: have the dream locked in and understand what you're trying 1078 00:57:33,560 --> 00:57:36,840 Speaker 1: to communicate with them. But that that your older brother 1079 00:57:37,560 --> 00:57:40,520 Speaker 1: who would graduated from college, who showed you the way 1080 00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:44,280 Speaker 1: here you are at more House, you have not completed college, 1081 00:57:44,840 --> 00:57:48,320 Speaker 1: but he showed you an opportunity that it was too 1082 00:57:48,640 --> 00:57:52,160 Speaker 1: much to pass up. Talked about that journey into into 1083 00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:57,080 Speaker 1: the world, a big calm and also investments. Right. Um, well, you, 1084 00:57:57,240 --> 00:57:59,400 Speaker 1: like I said in the beginning, my my older brother, 1085 00:58:00,480 --> 00:58:03,840 Speaker 1: you know, it was one of my motivations to becoming 1086 00:58:03,880 --> 00:58:07,360 Speaker 1: successful and you know, doing something and making something out 1087 00:58:07,400 --> 00:58:09,440 Speaker 1: of my out of myself. So you know, when he 1088 00:58:09,520 --> 00:58:12,320 Speaker 1: gave me an opportunity, it's not I'm not gonna question. 1089 00:58:12,360 --> 00:58:14,600 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna question it too much, no matter what 1090 00:58:14,760 --> 00:58:17,360 Speaker 1: it is, as long as it's legal, Like I'm not 1091 00:58:17,480 --> 00:58:20,600 Speaker 1: really gonna question it. Of course, you know, of course 1092 00:58:20,640 --> 00:58:23,520 Speaker 1: against my morals. But you know, like we come from 1093 00:58:23,560 --> 00:58:27,200 Speaker 1: the same place as my older brother. When he introduced 1094 00:58:27,280 --> 00:58:33,520 Speaker 1: me to you know, cryptocurrencies and investing, um, it was 1095 00:58:33,600 --> 00:58:35,280 Speaker 1: it was like Chinese to me. It was like a 1096 00:58:35,360 --> 00:58:39,560 Speaker 1: foreign language. But at the same time, you know, I'm 1097 00:58:39,640 --> 00:58:43,280 Speaker 1: I wasn't scared to learn something new, especially being at 1098 00:58:43,360 --> 00:58:45,720 Speaker 1: my job, and that you know that that's why that 1099 00:58:45,880 --> 00:58:48,720 Speaker 1: job plays a significant part of my story because I 1100 00:58:48,840 --> 00:58:51,560 Speaker 1: think I was more motivated because of what I was 1101 00:58:51,640 --> 00:58:55,280 Speaker 1: going through. You know, as an employee over the summer, 1102 00:58:55,720 --> 00:58:58,160 Speaker 1: so when he is the time and the time and 1103 00:58:58,320 --> 00:59:00,200 Speaker 1: was just perfect. So when he gave it to me, 1104 00:59:00,360 --> 00:59:02,240 Speaker 1: not only was I making I was making a little 1105 00:59:02,240 --> 00:59:04,280 Speaker 1: bit of money. So it's hard to invest when you 1106 00:59:04,320 --> 00:59:06,800 Speaker 1: don't have anything doing best, so I was. It was 1107 00:59:06,960 --> 00:59:08,720 Speaker 1: for the first time I was making. You know, I 1108 00:59:08,800 --> 00:59:10,520 Speaker 1: had I had some poet, I had some money in 1109 00:59:10,560 --> 00:59:13,640 Speaker 1: my pocket. So I leveraged that money, that little bit 1110 00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:15,440 Speaker 1: of money that I had in my pocket, and I 1111 00:59:15,560 --> 00:59:18,040 Speaker 1: started making a little bit of money on top of 1112 00:59:18,120 --> 00:59:21,840 Speaker 1: my money. And you know, it wasn't a whole lot, 1113 00:59:22,080 --> 00:59:26,000 Speaker 1: but at the time I realized, like, you know, this 1114 00:59:26,160 --> 00:59:27,880 Speaker 1: isn't a lot of money, but this is for me, 1115 00:59:28,080 --> 00:59:30,280 Speaker 1: for a college student, for the average person, you know, 1116 00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:32,480 Speaker 1: this this could help him out a whole lot. And 1117 00:59:32,840 --> 00:59:35,240 Speaker 1: that was the first time that I started talking about 1118 00:59:35,280 --> 00:59:37,520 Speaker 1: I started telling my friends, I started you know, telling 1119 00:59:37,560 --> 00:59:40,280 Speaker 1: my family members, start really showing them and like you 1120 00:59:40,360 --> 00:59:42,200 Speaker 1: said that, you know the girl that you just mentioned, 1121 00:59:43,280 --> 00:59:45,880 Speaker 1: that's why that's when I that's when I really ran 1122 00:59:45,960 --> 00:59:50,120 Speaker 1: into you know, that that feeling of rejection that every 1123 00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:53,880 Speaker 1: entrepreneur is going to experience, right that that rejection feeling 1124 00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:56,440 Speaker 1: like she she rejected me. I tried to show her, 1125 00:59:56,560 --> 00:59:58,600 Speaker 1: tried to I feel like it could help her, and 1126 00:59:58,720 --> 01:00:01,440 Speaker 1: she shot me down. She made me feel like what 1127 01:00:01,520 --> 01:00:03,960 Speaker 1: I was doing wasn't a big deal. And that was 1128 01:00:04,040 --> 01:00:07,479 Speaker 1: my first time experiencing that. Not I I even old, 1129 01:00:07,960 --> 01:00:09,440 Speaker 1: you know a lot of my seat work at least 1130 01:00:09,480 --> 01:00:12,080 Speaker 1: a significant part of my success in early on to her, 1131 01:00:12,280 --> 01:00:15,120 Speaker 1: like I really I appreciate that. She that she you 1132 01:00:15,200 --> 01:00:18,360 Speaker 1: know because you know something. Man, you have a lot 1133 01:00:18,400 --> 01:00:20,800 Speaker 1: of vagues like me. Bright. It's just that I would 1134 01:00:20,840 --> 01:00:23,120 Speaker 1: tell people when they tell me no or they reject me, 1135 01:00:23,320 --> 01:00:24,840 Speaker 1: my goal is to get in front of you. I 1136 01:00:24,840 --> 01:00:27,440 Speaker 1: always tell people, I put my car in front of 1137 01:00:27,480 --> 01:00:30,040 Speaker 1: your bumper. That's my goal. If you if I'm in 1138 01:00:30,080 --> 01:00:31,880 Speaker 1: front of your bumper, that means you can't go around me. 1139 01:00:31,960 --> 01:00:33,640 Speaker 1: And plus you have to get my license and find 1140 01:00:33,680 --> 01:00:35,480 Speaker 1: out who in front of me. So that's all too. 1141 01:00:35,600 --> 01:00:38,440 Speaker 1: You had that mentality, so you put your car. Your 1142 01:00:38,480 --> 01:00:40,080 Speaker 1: goal is to put your car in front of hers. 1143 01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:46,480 Speaker 1: Fortunately it didn't take much, okay, because you just during 1144 01:00:46,560 --> 01:00:48,720 Speaker 1: it ran off the road. That's how quickly you got 1145 01:00:48,800 --> 01:00:50,520 Speaker 1: in front of her. And she said, on the side 1146 01:00:50,560 --> 01:00:52,640 Speaker 1: of the road, call triple A. But it was too 1147 01:00:52,760 --> 01:00:55,480 Speaker 1: late because you're going about your business. But the beauty 1148 01:00:55,520 --> 01:00:57,480 Speaker 1: of this is the and the and the sad part 1149 01:00:57,560 --> 01:01:01,200 Speaker 1: of this is that you know, spite success, ask despite 1150 01:01:01,240 --> 01:01:04,600 Speaker 1: doing the right way, you were stereotyped. You know, you 1151 01:01:04,760 --> 01:01:06,600 Speaker 1: put in jail, told you're gonna be in jail for 1152 01:01:06,640 --> 01:01:09,280 Speaker 1: ten days. It wasn't for your frapp brother who was 1153 01:01:09,400 --> 01:01:12,520 Speaker 1: there and able to get you out of jail, you know, 1154 01:01:12,720 --> 01:01:14,840 Speaker 1: telling what direction that would put you and to tell 1155 01:01:14,880 --> 01:01:18,040 Speaker 1: her what stereotype situation that would have led to even 1156 01:01:18,120 --> 01:01:21,960 Speaker 1: more incarceration or more frustration. That's just you know that 1157 01:01:22,120 --> 01:01:24,160 Speaker 1: even though you can do it right, because of the 1158 01:01:24,360 --> 01:01:27,440 Speaker 1: nature of racism, it's still con stereotype you. But the 1159 01:01:27,520 --> 01:01:29,720 Speaker 1: focused point of what I really like about you, you 1160 01:01:29,760 --> 01:01:33,080 Speaker 1: know you you started the Trade House Investment Group with 1161 01:01:33,160 --> 01:01:35,440 Speaker 1: three of your boys. You know you also did that. 1162 01:01:35,480 --> 01:01:38,960 Speaker 1: You also have the HBCU scholarship campaign. Did you do 1163 01:01:39,080 --> 01:01:41,240 Speaker 1: with the scholar app? And if anybody knows the scholar 1164 01:01:41,320 --> 01:01:44,320 Speaker 1: app is, it's an online search platform that helps high 1165 01:01:44,360 --> 01:01:47,920 Speaker 1: school seniors you know UH and current undergraduates and graduate 1166 01:01:47,920 --> 01:01:51,640 Speaker 1: students match and win scholarships. In that he has a 1167 01:01:51,960 --> 01:01:55,640 Speaker 1: HBCU scholarship and by the way Privy n M is 1168 01:01:55,720 --> 01:01:59,800 Speaker 1: one of the school on this platform along with Hampton Howard, 1169 01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:03,120 Speaker 1: you know living Stone all in more House of course. 1170 01:02:03,520 --> 01:02:05,360 Speaker 1: So my whole thing is that when when I sit 1171 01:02:05,400 --> 01:02:07,600 Speaker 1: down and talk to you, Bryce man, this this book 1172 01:02:07,600 --> 01:02:09,760 Speaker 1: which I'm definitely gonna recommend to a lot of people. 1173 01:02:09,760 --> 01:02:12,760 Speaker 1: In fact, I'm gonna feature you on my Motivational Monday. 1174 01:02:12,880 --> 01:02:15,400 Speaker 1: So in a couple of weeks on Mondays, I feature 1175 01:02:15,480 --> 01:02:17,200 Speaker 1: people I think who are making a difference in this 1176 01:02:17,360 --> 01:02:20,640 Speaker 1: world and I highlight their success story. And your story 1177 01:02:20,760 --> 01:02:22,360 Speaker 1: needs to be a highlights. In a couple of weeks, 1178 01:02:22,680 --> 01:02:25,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna recommend people to get your book, highlight you 1179 01:02:25,120 --> 01:02:28,680 Speaker 1: on my Motivational Mondays. I've done everybody from Shack uh 1180 01:02:29,240 --> 01:02:31,680 Speaker 1: Rick Ross was a couple of weeks ago, so uh 1181 01:02:31,920 --> 01:02:34,240 Speaker 1: to this week. I think I got Will Packer was 1182 01:02:34,720 --> 01:02:37,320 Speaker 1: today as Will Packer. He's been highlighted this week. So 1183 01:02:37,480 --> 01:02:40,280 Speaker 1: next week I gonna be my man, Bryce Thompson. This 1184 01:02:40,440 --> 01:02:43,120 Speaker 1: book is worth it. I'm recommending. I know people have 1185 01:02:43,240 --> 01:02:46,439 Speaker 1: told you interview by Russian McDonald get ready, But brother, 1186 01:02:46,520 --> 01:02:49,600 Speaker 1: I was ready for you because you're an inspiration. You 1187 01:02:49,720 --> 01:02:53,240 Speaker 1: are my you are what I worked hard to to 1188 01:02:53,480 --> 01:02:56,200 Speaker 1: make happen. You know, I feel that anything that I 1189 01:02:56,360 --> 01:02:59,360 Speaker 1: do when I welcome you into my studio, realized that 1190 01:02:59,360 --> 01:03:01,800 Speaker 1: it's a blessing for me because it's an honor to 1191 01:03:01,920 --> 01:03:04,440 Speaker 1: understand your values that you were able to understand at 1192 01:03:04,480 --> 01:03:05,960 Speaker 1: such an early age. I didn't figured it out to 1193 01:03:05,960 --> 01:03:09,000 Speaker 1: a loud forty Okay, you figured it out, you know, 1194 01:03:09,040 --> 01:03:12,040 Speaker 1: when you was twenty two, all right, and you're willing 1195 01:03:12,080 --> 01:03:14,680 Speaker 1: to share it to your scholarships through your I M 1196 01:03:14,800 --> 01:03:17,480 Speaker 1: Millennial events. The last one was at the hard Rock Stadium, 1197 01:03:17,520 --> 01:03:19,600 Speaker 1: you know, with your brother came over here brag and 1198 01:03:19,680 --> 01:03:23,240 Speaker 1: telling me all the thousands of thousands of people showing up. 1199 01:03:23,480 --> 01:03:25,960 Speaker 1: But I love both of y'all. Man. But uh, And 1200 01:03:26,080 --> 01:03:28,920 Speaker 1: just wrapping up this interview, rights anything you want to 1201 01:03:28,960 --> 01:03:31,800 Speaker 1: say to your to your potential new fans and why 1202 01:03:31,880 --> 01:03:35,680 Speaker 1: they should really invest in reading your book. Millennials accepted 1203 01:03:35,800 --> 01:03:41,640 Speaker 1: and accepted. Um. One thing you know, I do wanna 1204 01:03:41,840 --> 01:03:44,400 Speaker 1: you know, share some light on not really just anybody 1205 01:03:44,480 --> 01:03:48,560 Speaker 1: that's a just supports me, but any upcoming entrepreneur. UM, 1206 01:03:48,600 --> 01:03:51,720 Speaker 1: anybody that you know wants to to to make something greater, 1207 01:03:51,760 --> 01:03:53,920 Speaker 1: to do something greater, to get some something greater, to 1208 01:03:53,920 --> 01:03:57,800 Speaker 1: acquire something great. Uh. The one thing worse than not 1209 01:03:58,120 --> 01:04:01,520 Speaker 1: having something or acquiring what you want to acquire is 1210 01:04:01,600 --> 01:04:05,280 Speaker 1: actually getting it and then losing it. So, you know, 1211 01:04:05,520 --> 01:04:08,080 Speaker 1: what's big for me and just my whole journey and 1212 01:04:08,160 --> 01:04:10,840 Speaker 1: how I came into the entrepreneurial space and what I'm 1213 01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:13,360 Speaker 1: gonna I'm gonna continue to share light on not just 1214 01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:16,960 Speaker 1: in my book, but even specifically within my events, um, 1215 01:04:17,160 --> 01:04:20,200 Speaker 1: just as financial literacy. I think, you know, especially a 1216 01:04:20,280 --> 01:04:23,200 Speaker 1: lot of people specifically of color, we you know, we 1217 01:04:23,320 --> 01:04:25,840 Speaker 1: come into money or we work so hard to gain something, 1218 01:04:26,240 --> 01:04:29,400 Speaker 1: but we never really understand the power of what it's 1219 01:04:29,400 --> 01:04:31,080 Speaker 1: gonna be like once we have it, and we never 1220 01:04:31,160 --> 01:04:34,480 Speaker 1: really educate ourselves on, you know, what what to do 1221 01:04:34,600 --> 01:04:36,680 Speaker 1: when we actually get it. People know how to make money, 1222 01:04:36,720 --> 01:04:39,400 Speaker 1: people know how to spend money, save money. Not a 1223 01:04:39,480 --> 01:04:42,320 Speaker 1: lot of people know how to multiply money. So, you know, 1224 01:04:42,480 --> 01:04:44,600 Speaker 1: just the power of investing and knowing what to do 1225 01:04:44,680 --> 01:04:46,880 Speaker 1: with your money and knowing how to move when you 1226 01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:49,920 Speaker 1: acquire a certain level of success is gonna, uh you know, 1227 01:04:50,080 --> 01:04:52,360 Speaker 1: in turn allow you to keep it once you gain it. 1228 01:04:53,000 --> 01:04:55,120 Speaker 1: And I think that's that's that's one of the most 1229 01:04:55,360 --> 01:04:58,800 Speaker 1: powerful things that I want to share light on especially 1230 01:04:58,880 --> 01:05:01,480 Speaker 1: for young entrepreneurs that look look like me. Once you 1231 01:05:01,600 --> 01:05:03,920 Speaker 1: once you actually get it, you know, our job is 1232 01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:06,200 Speaker 1: to keep it like our job is to have it 1233 01:05:06,320 --> 01:05:08,439 Speaker 1: ten twenty thirty years down the line so we could 1234 01:05:08,440 --> 01:05:11,840 Speaker 1: pass it down to the next generation. But um for 1235 01:05:11,960 --> 01:05:15,480 Speaker 1: Sean again, I appreciate the opportunity. Like you know, people 1236 01:05:15,560 --> 01:05:18,440 Speaker 1: tell me about this, but I've been on fifteen twenty 1237 01:05:18,480 --> 01:05:21,160 Speaker 1: minutes early to make shows on and I'm looking forward to, 1238 01:05:21,840 --> 01:05:24,040 Speaker 1: you know, hopefully talking to meet you in the future. 1239 01:05:24,160 --> 01:05:26,320 Speaker 1: Over will Man again, thank you for coming on the show, 1240 01:05:26,400 --> 01:05:29,280 Speaker 1: Bryce Thompson. He'll be featured on my Motivational on Monday, 1241 01:05:29,320 --> 01:05:31,680 Speaker 1: on my Facebook or almost and mellion followers on this 1242 01:05:31,760 --> 01:05:34,880 Speaker 1: so a lot of people gonna see you. Millions accepted 1243 01:05:35,120 --> 01:05:39,120 Speaker 1: and accepted man. Thanks for coming on Money Making Conversation. Okay, cool. 1244 01:05:39,240 --> 01:05:41,240 Speaker 1: I appreciate If you want to hear or see my 1245 01:05:41,480 --> 01:05:44,080 Speaker 1: interview with Bryce Thompson on't money Making Conversation, please go 1246 01:05:44,120 --> 01:05:47,200 Speaker 1: to money Making Conversation dot com. I am Rashean McDonald. 1247 01:05:47,440 --> 01:05:50,080 Speaker 1: I am your host. You've been listening to Money Making 1248 01:05:50,160 --> 01:05:53,600 Speaker 1: Conversations with Rashaan McDonald. Please join us next week and 1249 01:05:53,720 --> 01:05:57,240 Speaker 1: always remember leading with your gifts. 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