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It's to show that she has the secrets 24 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: of success experience firsthand by marketing and Brandon expert Rashan McDonald. 25 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: I will know he's giving me advice on many occasions. 26 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: In the case you didn't notice, I'm not broke, you know, 27 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: he'll be interviewing celebrity CEOs, entrepreneurs and industry decision makers. 28 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: It's what he likes to do, it's what he likes 29 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: to share. Now it's time to hear from my man, 30 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: Rashan McDonald money Making Conversations. Here we go. Welcome to 31 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: money Making Conversation. I am your host, Rashan McDonald. I 32 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: tell people every week it's time to stop reading other 33 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: people's success stories and start writing your own. And people 34 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: always talk about their gifts and their passion. And if 35 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: you have a gift, lead with your gift. And if 36 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: you don't, if you're gonna do that, then don't let 37 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: your age, friends, family, or coworkers stop you from planning 38 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: or living your dreams. People always talking about the interviews 39 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 1: I have on the shows feel like I'm always reminding 40 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 1: people always what I'm trying to do with money making conversations. Yes, 41 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: I have celebrities, CEO of entrepreneurs and what I like 42 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: to call industry decision makers on money making conversation. My 43 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: goal is to get them to tell you about their 44 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: secrets to their success, their nuggets, drop some gems on you. 45 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,359 Speaker 1: You hit these gems, you use them. But because it's 46 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 1: going to be tied to work, nothing is luck, nothing 47 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: has been at the right place at the right time. 48 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: It's all tied to proper planning, proper effort, and realizing that, hey, 49 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: you can't be selfish in pursuing your own dream. You 50 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 1: have to put forth effort. My next guest is Marcus 51 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: David's been knowing him a long time. Straight out of Houston, Texas. 52 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: He is the host of Fish, Grits and Politics. He's 53 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: an entrepreneur, restaurant owner, and motivational speaker. Like I said earlier, 54 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: he's located in Houston, Texas. Houston, Texas. Marcus the spirit 55 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: and entrepreneur or my mastermind behind the Breakfast Club, which 56 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: is nationally recognized. It first came to fame on Oprah 57 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,359 Speaker 1: way back in I had the blessing of inviting him 58 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 1: on the Steve Harvey Talk Show blew him up even more. 59 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: If you go there right now, there's a line at 60 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 1: the door. The people are nice, the food is great, 61 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: the reggae hood, the Alec cat bar and loud, and 62 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: the culture. He is best known for his charismatic personality, 63 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 1: authentic customer appreciation, and his tireless commitment to the community. 64 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: That's what it is. Marcus. Restaurants are rooted in principles 65 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: of faith, family, community, with a K and empowered. They 66 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: treat every customer like family and believe that family is 67 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: the corner stone of any community. So if they placed 68 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: an emphasis on supporting activities and causes that enriched and 69 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: strengthened family, he has created one of the most phenomenal 70 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: restaurant success stories in the country. If you landed in 71 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: the Intercomdent Airport, is there his footprint is there. When 72 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: I saw that man damn their crime brother man, the 73 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: breakfast the breakfast club at you know, Yeah, that determinal 74 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: my Delta termina. That's when I fly to the Delta 75 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: Terminent over there. He's working to money making conversation Marcus 76 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: Davids how are you doing, Marcus. Man, after after listening 77 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 1: to you and that that that, uh man, I'm feeling great. 78 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 1: You just made me feel really well every time because 79 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 1: because I fly on Delta, I'm based in Atlanta, so 80 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 1: I always fly on Delta. And when I when I 81 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: first landed, Man, and I was telling my wife, I said, 82 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: I think my boy, I think they're putting some up 83 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: with in the Condal airport. As she said, well, I 84 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:38,279 Speaker 1: think I think he's at the count Airport. Now your 85 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 1: restaurant black owned, right and uh, one of the busiest 86 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 1: airports in the country. Welcomes to the steps of how 87 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: that came about Marcus in Houston, Texas and knowing the 88 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 1: journey of the Breakfast Club. Well, you know, it's funny 89 00:04:54,880 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: you said that because I've never been uh gung ho 90 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,039 Speaker 1: about the airport. I know a lot of people in business, 91 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 1: a lot of people in restaurant, Uh, they are airport, airport, airport. 92 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: And I'm a street side guy and and I was like, man, 93 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: give me a good location on the streetside and I'll 94 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: be good. And you know, years ago we started getting 95 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: approach with questions about being in the airport, but we 96 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: never pursued it, and then I got to working on 97 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 1: the Convention of Business Bureau board. I was on the 98 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:27,919 Speaker 1: board here in Houston, UH to talk about, you know, 99 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 1: visitors who comes here, how do we get more here, 100 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 1: how do we elevate the brand of the city, the 101 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: awareness of what Houston is about, how much better than 102 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 1: Atlanta it really is, and all that good stuff. So yes, 103 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 1: like sleeve that in there right absolutely, But you know, 104 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: I'll make knowing you. I'm make knowing you. But and 105 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 1: and while while doing that, you know, I saw that 106 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 1: that was a need uh to. I believe in my 107 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: definition of entrepreneurship, let's just started off, is filling a 108 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: void in the marketplace that the marketplace is calling for consciously, 109 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: our subconsciously entrepreneurship feeling a void in the marketplaces the 110 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: marketplace is calling for consciously our sulb consciously. And one 111 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 1: of the things we discovered was that people who came 112 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 1: to Houston didn't really get the taste of Houston because 113 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: of the number of flights that came into the airport 114 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 1: where people just transferring uh to another plane to another 115 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: city and never knowing the great food that we the 116 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 1: great culinary city there, that that that we are. So 117 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,039 Speaker 1: there was this effort to one bring about the notoriety, 118 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,840 Speaker 1: but to the need to put concepts in in uh, 119 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 1: into the space. So I felt compelled being an ambassador 120 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: of my city, being uh, you know, one to put 121 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 1: on from my city and red for my city. I 122 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 1: felt compelled to make it a point to be a 123 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: part of that. I keep talking about it if I'm 124 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: not gonna be about it. But to you to your 125 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 1: other point, I have found how great it is to 126 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 1: be a black owned restaurant in the airport, simply because 127 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: it's in the space that African Americans typically say we're 128 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 1: not in and so to have African American representation in 129 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: that space was was was quite gratifying and part of 130 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: the gold part of the motive. Well, you know it's 131 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: really and I say that, and I'm gonna stay on 132 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: this for a minute, being that you know, you do 133 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 1: have a I'm in Atlanta, so you know this is 134 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 1: a persided is recognized for black forward movement. You know, 135 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: you know there are a number of black entrepreneurs who 136 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: do have restaurants at Heartfield Apple, which is classified as 137 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: the biggest businest airport in the world. And so I've 138 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: had people friends of mine setting photos like you're turning 139 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: your restaurant over at the Incoming Apple into a tourist 140 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: spot out of pride and say, you know, taking pictures 141 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: of the food so they ate here. Talk about this 142 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: slower down man, because we know where the original spot is, Okay. 143 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: And then be at the airport. You know, I know you, 144 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: I know you. You've been in the public side've been 145 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: doing the morning show, doing public awareness and that the 146 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: basically being the voice of the people on the radio Houston, 147 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: Texas markets. But to be part of something that you 148 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: know is different and that has been at the airport. 149 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 1: Really talk about how people the pride that people really 150 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: took it to the next level with you, they also 151 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: saw as a possibility it can be them too, right right, 152 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: And and you know, we're getting ready to celebrate uh 153 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,559 Speaker 1: twentieth year in business this fall, and I look forward 154 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: to having me back on to talk about that in 155 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: in the fall. Absolutely, we're getting ready to celebrate our 156 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: twenty year in business and the model that I'm rolling 157 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: with this twenty years of inspiration. We've been on the 158 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 1: corner of Travis and Alabama, inspiring our community for over 159 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: twenty years. Inspiring entrepreneurship for twenty years. So to answer 160 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: you a question about what does that feel like, it 161 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: feels the same way as it does when we unlock 162 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: the doors at thirty seven eleven Travis to see the 163 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:57,320 Speaker 1: number of people that come through the door that are amazed, 164 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: that are fascinated, that are impressed, that are proud of 165 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: this establishment. When they look and they whisper, and they 166 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: lean over the its like on and you're telling me, yes, 167 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: it is for one of these one of these numbers, 168 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 1: and and and and they all excited because they had 169 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:19,080 Speaker 1: a great experience. The professionalism, the quality, product, qualitive service 170 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 1: qual of the people that served them, uh was was 171 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: fascinating to them, So um we where we where they 172 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,560 Speaker 1: were pride. Similarly, when we stepped into a new space 173 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: that we knew was a travel space and space that 174 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 1: brought people from all over the world, we knew that 175 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: we were stepping it up to another level. So uh 176 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 1: it gave us an opportunity to want to be on 177 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: a bigger platform for guests, but more importantly, on a 178 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: bigger platform for entrepreneurs, to see what is possible, what 179 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 1: we're capable of doing, you know, talking about again I'm 180 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 1: a street side guy there, I know it, but you know. 181 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:53,839 Speaker 1: But but you're a smart guy because street side guy. 182 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: But you're a smart guy because of the fact that 183 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,439 Speaker 1: when people give you a shot an opportunity, you deliver. 184 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: When I say that we're gonna go back Oprah, you know, 185 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 1: giving an opportunity to feature your your brand. This is 186 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: open when she was on every day, five days a week, 187 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: when everybody was watching her. And and then because even today, man, 188 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: you have people lining up to come into your restaurant. 189 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,439 Speaker 1: That's twenty years man, I'm talking about if you I 190 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: keep you not ladies and gentlemen you go. You try 191 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: to just think you're just gonna walcome to this restaurant. 192 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 1: That's not going to happen. Well if you tell them, 193 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: if you tell them that, uh, put it on Rashawn's tab, 194 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: you know, don't do it like that. It's finally here 195 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 1: the season of celebration. 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After all, 225 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: wildfires can start anywhere, even in your neck of the woods. 226 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: Go to Smokey Bear dot com to learn more about 227 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,679 Speaker 1: wildfire prevention brought to you by the U. S. Forest Service, 228 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 1: your state forester, and the AD Council. Are you talking 229 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 1: a show in the fall right, because because I'm eating 230 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: there several times, and like I said, I've done my duty. 231 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: I I you know you're gonna do it two ways. Team. 232 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 1: You're gonna get there with the restaurant immediately opens up 233 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:51,959 Speaker 1: and you can slide on end or slide on it, 234 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,319 Speaker 1: but you let an hour or two hours slide in. 235 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: You're gonna be in light at the breakfast club. And 236 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: we we do, and I am grateful that people support 237 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: us in an outrageous fashion. People come in and they 238 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:06,439 Speaker 1: say hey man, I'm proud of you, and I tell them, no, 239 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 1: I'm proud of y'all. Y'all wants that showed up. I 240 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 1: share with my team every morning when you show up 241 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 1: at seven am, everyone on one unlocked the door. The 242 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:17,599 Speaker 1: first guests that walks through the door gets around to 243 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,079 Speaker 1: applause from my staff right for my team. And the 244 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 1: reason is I try and share with my team that 245 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,439 Speaker 1: one we can never take for granted that we unlock 246 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:27,439 Speaker 1: that door, somebody's gonna walk in. We have to be 247 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: grateful for every single person that walks into that door. 248 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 1: We have to show them the gratitude that they deserve 249 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:36,680 Speaker 1: for choosing us as their destination for dying in over 250 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 1: the other nine and ninety nine restaurants that are in 251 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 1: the city of Houston. So um, we we we we, 252 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,719 Speaker 1: We are extremely grateful of the number of people that 253 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 1: come from within the city, within the state, from throughout 254 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:54,679 Speaker 1: the country and beyond the Atlantic and the Pacific to 255 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: visit thirty seven eleven tracks. I'm brag a little bit. Um, 256 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: I tell folks we we did this pre I G right, 257 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 1: you know you date things by B C and A right, right, right, 258 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: right right, I tell I tell I tell, I tell 259 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:13,959 Speaker 1: you these young casts is doing will and congratulations to them, 260 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 1: to all the ones that are you know, having success 261 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:17,839 Speaker 1: to day, I said, but how let you boar when 262 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: you've been doing it for two decades and and and 263 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: and and and take this out. We created that buzz 264 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: with no Instagram as. That's why, that's why I want 265 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: to score down with you, because you know Markus, you know, 266 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: because first he naturally funny, as you can hear this interviews. 267 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: He's a natural entertainer and amiss all that. Sometimes you 268 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: can go past the hard work, the commitment and the 269 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 1: planning and the professionalism because I'm telling you you go 270 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 1: into any of his restaurants, he is a professionalism. And 271 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you something what happens with black businesses 272 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: because sometimes people kind of like knock us. You know, 273 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: you know, the service, the food quality and all that stuff, 274 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: and who do you compared to? Now, if you know 275 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 1: anything about Houston Tech, it is the culinary game in Houston, 276 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: Texas is a beast. I mean it is it is. 277 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 1: I mean it's top notch. We we we have I 278 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 1: think at one point we were we were the number 279 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 1: one restaurant presquat uh for the per capita in in 280 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: in the nation. But we by far have uh we 281 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: rank in the top. And the number of restaurants, the 282 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: number of different cuisines, uh that that we have because 283 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: of the diversity of city and yes, flavor, for sure 284 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: we and and look look, I know, I know you 285 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 1: loved A, but I tell you, man that A can't 286 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: touch the age when it comes to food. Don't get 287 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: you on the phone to call all the fellows. Don't 288 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: get me on the phone to call around to all 289 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 1: the cats in the age. We just need to go 290 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 1: ahead and put it down. We just need to put 291 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: it down in restaurants. You're not I'm not gonna ever. 292 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 1: I know I was born to raised in Houston. The 293 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 1: food in Houston, man is a beast, dude. I mean 294 00:15:56,480 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 1: the seafood Mexican the text of ex food did the 295 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 1: barbecue combobu. You can just shut it down the breakfast spots. 296 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 1: And so that leads me to my question is you 297 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: had this hit the breakfast club and you needed to 298 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: expand because you saw all of this diversity, you saw 299 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: all of this opportunity and and Parlia and your reputation 300 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: as as a of having a hit restaurant. Was that 301 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 1: the need to expand into the reggae hud, the ally 302 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: cat bar and loud and the culture. So the that 303 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: need goes back to the original. And that's why I 304 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: gave the definition at the beginning, because I'm always come 305 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: back to a filling the void in the marketplace that 306 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: the marketplace is calling for consciously, subconsciously. And so the 307 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: breakfast club was was a response to Midtown not having 308 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 1: a breakfast spot. UH, this new area of of Houston 309 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: that was third wards last fourth Ward that was created 310 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: and turned into Midtown, UH not having a breakfast either 311 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 1: at the City of Houston having a space open for 312 00:16:56,280 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 1: a Southern big breath breakfast concept and quite naturally, quite honestly, 313 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 1: rather you know, I wanted a you know, I go 314 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 1: from the get go was to be synonymous with the 315 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 1: city of Houston. I wanted people saying, when I go 316 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 1: to Houston, I'm going to the breakfast club. I wanted 317 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 1: that to move into I am going to Houston because 318 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 1: I want to go to the breakfast club. And now today, 319 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: twenty years later, I tell folks, if you have been 320 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:23,400 Speaker 1: to Houston and have not been to the Breakfast clubs. 321 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 1: Then you, my friend, have never been to Houston. Absolutely 322 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 1: absolutely talk talk talk the game because the game is 323 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 1: you my friend. Now now let's talk about it. But 324 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: but I want to make sure. I want to make 325 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: sure I answer I answer your question. Uh. Those those 326 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 1: other concepts the radio hud uh Alec had borne, lounge 327 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 1: and culture were all birth out of the knee listening 328 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: to the marketplace and what it was asking for looking 329 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 1: at the marketplace and seeing what's what's what's what's not there, 330 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: and being the go between, which is the original definition 331 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: of entrepreneur, the undertaker, the person who would take on 332 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 1: uh this this challenge of this opportunity that that that's 333 00:17:58,280 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: in front of us. And so the radio hell was 334 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 1: existing business. The Regga had started five years before t 335 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 1: VK Regga had started and had its success when I 336 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: was still a senior UH at Texas and then I 337 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: and then I went off and came back and opened 338 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,159 Speaker 1: the Breakfast Club and it was still going in and 339 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 1: as an institution in our community. Our community wanted it 340 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 1: to be open to behold. So when it started to 341 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: have it, it's its troubles. I put in to practice 342 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 1: the fourth principle of Quanza, which is co operative economics. 343 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 1: I took the money that the people were putting in 344 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:32,399 Speaker 1: the cash register at thirty seven eleven Travis and went 345 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 1: and saved salvage a concept in Third War that our 346 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 1: community needed to have sustained. And I say needed, and 347 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 1: I closed on this. I say needed because in the 348 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,639 Speaker 1: African American community, we are hurt every time one of 349 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:50,879 Speaker 1: our business is closed, right it It tears at the 350 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 1: moral and the morale fabric of our community. We may 351 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: not express it. We may express it in the wrong way. 352 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: Sometimes we may say stuff like c that I told 353 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 1: you it was going to close, and we're saying that 354 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 1: out of her out of pain. It is painful when 355 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,119 Speaker 1: I when our businesses in our community closed. So we 356 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:10,120 Speaker 1: h fifteen years ago acquired the Reggae Hut to keep 357 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 1: an institution in our community open, to keep an additional 358 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 1: place for us to circulate our doubt but moment, and 359 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 1: to serve Jake Jerk Chicken of cool after jerk pork. 360 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 1: On my end, I know a lot of people, Oh hey, hey, 361 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 1: hand it. I mean, I got it for you. 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Why don't we have like I know 393 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 1: you're the airport, but why don't we have like four 394 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: or five breakfast clubs with a k running around that's 395 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 1: running around the city of Houston and then expand it 396 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 1: in Texas? Man? You you you bring up an absolute 397 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,119 Speaker 1: perfect point. I've got a meeting to day with a 398 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 1: brother who is who is about to uh do something 399 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: super spectacular with There's a void in the marketplace, right 400 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:39,880 Speaker 1: we as African Americans in the restaurant industry. The void 401 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,640 Speaker 1: that we have is there's not an African American concept 402 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,679 Speaker 1: that stretches across a region. Yes, that's not an African 403 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:49,879 Speaker 1: credit concept that stretches across the nation. We don't have 404 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 1: a national concept we have, don't get me wrong. We 405 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:55,399 Speaker 1: have successful restaurant tours, brothers that can buy a hundred 406 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: uh taco bills or what have you, but we have 407 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 1: no concepts we're selling one hundred franchises. And that's where 408 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: African Americans have to graduate too. If we're gonna do 409 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 1: this business thing seriously, right, if we're gonna be serious 410 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,639 Speaker 1: about uh generational wealth, if we're gonna be serious about 411 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:17,119 Speaker 1: making rebuilding Black Wall Street running it back, if we're 412 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:20,120 Speaker 1: gonna be serious about building Wakanda, then we gotta start 413 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,360 Speaker 1: with our dollar. And the only way we can get 414 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 1: those those things that you describe one to five, five 415 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: to ten, ten to twenty hundred across the country is 416 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:33,359 Speaker 1: if we're deliberate in our dollar. And that's where African 417 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:35,880 Speaker 1: Americans have to step in and step up to the plate. 418 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:38,399 Speaker 1: And yes, we do need to make sure that the 419 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:41,959 Speaker 1: concepts that that are presented are are are desirable, uh, 420 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 1: that they are palatable, that people love them, that they 421 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,479 Speaker 1: adore there, that they embrace them. But the one thing 422 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 1: I do ask for the from the marketplace from the 423 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: African American marketplace is fairness. And when I say fairness, 424 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 1: when we're judging businesses from restaurants on down, keep that 425 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 1: same energy because we will walk into a nail salon 426 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 1: and let them talk dirt to us and we take it. 427 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 1: We will walk into beauty salon and let them follow 428 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: us along the around the thing, and we still buy 429 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 1: from them. Right. We will walk into a restaurant that 430 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:17,159 Speaker 1: has the highest level of discrimination I mean of of 431 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:20,160 Speaker 1: a bad service, which is discrimination, and we will try 432 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 1: and force them to take our dollar. We're still trying 433 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 1: to make somebody to take our dollar. But you know, 434 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 1: so those days have have to be gone. We have 435 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:31,879 Speaker 1: to have the same amount of patients and tolerance and 436 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: persistence with building our business as we do with the 437 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,440 Speaker 1: tolerance that we have with others. Last one on this, no, 438 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:42,160 Speaker 1: last one. I just finished watching this another night. When 439 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 1: when when people ask you on how much tolerance, how 440 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 1: much patiens are we supposed to have if you're talking 441 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,159 Speaker 1: about building your community for real, I encourage everybody to 442 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: go back and look at the Montgomery Boycott West Boycott 443 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 1: three hundred and eighty one days. That community was very 444 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 1: intentional about accomplished in their goal. They had to do 445 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,360 Speaker 1: the big s which we are not comfortable doing, which 446 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 1: is to sacrifice. And if we want to rebuild Black 447 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 1: Wall Street, but we want to build Wakanda. If we 448 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: want a Fortune five restaurant company, we want to restaurant 449 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 1: food service company traded on the NASDAC. And we've got 450 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,880 Speaker 1: to be deliberate and where we circulate our doubts. I'm 451 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:22,680 Speaker 1: gonna slow you down on that one because I love everything, 452 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,360 Speaker 1: because because you know, you know, you know, I'm the son, grandson, 453 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 1: and great grandson of black Baptist preachers. And thats what 454 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 1: they ever gonna stop here, They ever gonna stop now, 455 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 1: but as a microphone around here somewhere. But as a 456 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: black entrepreneur, you know, there's always been that fear if 457 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: I tell people who I am, when I get the 458 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:45,200 Speaker 1: same reaction, you know, especially from the white community. And 459 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:48,680 Speaker 1: then we all we had a great ground sweler that 460 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 1: was laying behind the tragic death of you know, uh, 461 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,160 Speaker 1: George George Floyd. I apologize for the freaking this name 462 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:58,639 Speaker 1: and uh and so then of a sudden, the injured 463 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 1: that the corporation said, hey were want to know if 464 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 1: you are black owned business. Google actually went. I said, 465 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 1: we have a little marker that you can actually say 466 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 1: if you might on the business check this. And so 467 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 1: now you have black businesses saying, you know, we could 468 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: actually come out of the dark and and and be appreciated. 469 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 1: You know all the time you even say he was 470 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 1: a black business, you could you sign up so doing 471 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:20,920 Speaker 1: a right nobody would tear down your building. That's when 472 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,399 Speaker 1: you say you were black home. Prior to that, you 473 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 1: didn't want to recognize it it be recognized at all. 474 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: But were now at a point differently, like I said, 475 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: post I G And that's the life we live in 476 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: now where you could be proud, you can brag, you 477 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 1: could promote that you're black owned business. Is that important? Marcus? 478 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 1: Look and and I wish those people you're talking about, 479 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 1: I wish you had had pointing them out to me before, 480 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:48,760 Speaker 1: because I you know, I don't know, and I've seen it. 481 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 1: I'm aware. I've seen what people will make an effort 482 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:55,719 Speaker 1: to conceal or two and I just see I'll say this, uh, 483 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 1: post traumatic slave this all that is real? Right, anytime 484 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,400 Speaker 1: you decide that you gotta hide or have a fear 485 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,399 Speaker 1: of letting people know who you are or what you're about. 486 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 1: You know, I deliberately, from day one, September October two 487 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,119 Speaker 1: thousand and one, deliberately wanted folks to know that this 488 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 1: was an African American owned establishment. Right now, that didn't 489 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 1: mean that all of our all one hundred seats were 490 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 1: for African Americas. It just meant that the person who 491 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 1: had their name on the door, on on the martgage, 492 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,920 Speaker 1: on the least on the permit was African American. But 493 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: we're gonna deliver a product that is good for the 494 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 1: general market. And that was a goal right some reason, 495 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 1: For some reason, African Americans, well, for the obvious reason 496 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 1: that that that phrase I just gave post traumatic slave disorder. 497 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: African Americans have been denied the knowledge that we have 498 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 1: the ability to create a product for the general marketplace. 499 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 1: We've been convinced that the only market, the only product 500 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 1: that we can create for the general marketplace, not just 501 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 1: for black folks. Because the whole pie was whether we 502 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,639 Speaker 1: can run fast, we can jump high, or whether we 503 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 1: can saying of whether we can dance. Those were the 504 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:04,399 Speaker 1: only places where we felt our gifts, our talents, our 505 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 1: skills were worthy of the general marketplace. And I'm here 506 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: to say not so right. I am here to build 507 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 1: black business. I am here to build black business that 508 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 1: will flourish in the general marketplace. Awesome. Now that that 509 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:22,119 Speaker 1: leads me to your stupid or your show host of 510 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:27,000 Speaker 1: fish grids. You know, because we've been actually having fish 511 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 1: gripts and politics talk this entire interview, and that's how 512 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: you know he's an entrepreneur, he's a game changer. And 513 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 1: tell us about the show, tell us about the need 514 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 1: for the show, and what's the goal of the show. 515 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: So you know you mentioned in in the in the opening, 516 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,920 Speaker 1: I spent some time uh doing uh commentary and this 517 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 1: community voice, community activists, whatever title it is, and my 518 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 1: big mouth got landed me a seat on the radio, uh, 519 00:27:56,640 --> 00:28:00,440 Speaker 1: sitting next to my mentor. Uh sister died at k 520 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 1: a to at wards she was. She was a radio 521 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:06,159 Speaker 1: host in Houston for a number of years on the 522 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,479 Speaker 1: community program. And so I sat at her at her 523 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: foot and learned from her and then went on to 524 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 1: become the host of Magic one of two Sunday Morning 525 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:18,680 Speaker 1: Live for for ten years I don't know if ten years. 526 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 1: Thank you for falling Okay, all right, see you's seen me. 527 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 1: Marcus has saw me all the way back to Hip 528 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 1: Hop Comedy Stopped. Nobody stopped. So, man, look, you know 529 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 1: I had saved that. I had saved that to last, 530 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 1: But since you brought it up, I'm gonna go ahead 531 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 1: and talk about it now. Entrepreneurship is contagious. It is 532 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 1: absolutely contagious. The day that I walked into the Hip 533 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 1: Hop Comedy Stop and I did the same thing that 534 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 1: people walk into the Bunch Club. It's black home, it's 535 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 1: us spoils up. You know, you're staying a little taller. 536 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 1: You know you're here. You get a little higher because 537 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 1: you know this, this, this is us doing something. So 538 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: when I heard those commercials running, you and brother David 539 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 1: uh and I win. I saw and I win. And 540 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 1: then it happened to go one night when Steve was 541 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 1: there and I just you know, my ribly steel cracked 542 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 1: from one of those late night shows. Man, where I 543 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 1: just you know, the thing that Boundard Marcus is that, 544 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 1: you know, entrepreneurship is contagious. So I have to tell 545 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 1: you that, uh that that that was a source of fertilization, 546 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 1: uh for the entrepreneur uh seed that was inside of me. 547 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:31,520 Speaker 1: So I appreciate you and your brother's stepping out on 548 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 1: faith and doing that. Well, you know sometimes you know, 549 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,640 Speaker 1: I've looked at my life and I just like I said, 550 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,000 Speaker 1: doing it on faith. I do it on belief. I 551 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 1: believe that somebody can't tell me no. If you're gonna 552 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,720 Speaker 1: tell me no, you're gonna tell me why. And speaking 553 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:45,360 Speaker 1: of no, stop to a lot of people. When you 554 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 1: tell me no, you have to tell me explain, explain. 555 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 1: Don't just tell me no. You have to explain to 556 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 1: me to why, because that way I can If you 557 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 1: tell me why and explain to me, I'm gonna figure 558 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:57,520 Speaker 1: out that I can do it because well, and you know, 559 00:29:57,640 --> 00:29:59,840 Speaker 1: part of why that what it is we sewan I, 560 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:02,720 Speaker 1: I've discovered part of why that is. And this goes 561 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 1: back to your question about why not one team stores. 562 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: Part of why there you hear the know is because 563 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:12,480 Speaker 1: what people are doing is they're attempting to project their 564 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:17,200 Speaker 1: fear and their faithlessness onto you. Right. What they're telling you, 565 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,320 Speaker 1: what they're saying when they say no, you can't do it, 566 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:21,960 Speaker 1: is they're saying I've seen that I can't do it. 567 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:23,840 Speaker 1: I don't have the faith to do it. So I'm 568 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,280 Speaker 1: telling you how I feel, and I'm gonna project it 569 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 1: onto you. I'm not saying that they're doing a deliverer. 570 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: I think it's being done unconsciously right right, But but 571 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:34,720 Speaker 1: people have to understand that you cannot allow others to 572 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:38,520 Speaker 1: project their fearfulness onto you. You've got to stay in, 573 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:42,480 Speaker 1: flat footed and faithfully on the dream, the golden vision 574 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:45,000 Speaker 1: that was placed inside of you if you wanted to 575 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:49,000 Speaker 1: come into fruition. So going when when? The reason I 576 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,440 Speaker 1: mentioned the one that tends a hundred is because every 577 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,360 Speaker 1: time you have a restaurant concept and people talk about expanding, 578 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: if you listen, the marketplace will tell you, oh, I've 579 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,680 Speaker 1: literally heard this. I took surveys and I've literally heard 580 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 1: people say, don't do this. Every time we do this, 581 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:08,760 Speaker 1: we lose. And I point out to one year lady, 582 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,880 Speaker 1: I said, I can guarantee you I can in your day, 583 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,200 Speaker 1: I can point out three or four concepts that you 584 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:20,840 Speaker 1: support that wants one store operations. Right when you go 585 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 1: get your coffer in the morning at that buck place, 586 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: they started out as a single store. When you go 587 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:27,840 Speaker 1: get your nuggets at that file at place, they started 588 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 1: out as a single store. And to be told, we 589 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,320 Speaker 1: are the ones that are financing the whole arm and 590 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:38,760 Speaker 1: leg of this growth, of this expansion. And so we 591 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 1: just have to turn that faith around and believe that 592 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:43,120 Speaker 1: we have the ability. We already have the bill. You know, 593 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 1: McDonald's don't run McDonald's three six five for no reason. 594 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 1: They run three six five because we're in there three 595 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 1: six us. I knew I was talking to your our conversation. 596 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,040 Speaker 1: Now you know you're coming back for your twenty in 597 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,160 Speaker 1: adverse ry. That's gonna be really about that. But but 598 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,200 Speaker 1: I just want to get to these season these these 599 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 1: flavors behind you, because you know, I got a TV 600 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:10,200 Speaker 1: show called Rashard's Kitchen. Now a little a little birden 601 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,840 Speaker 1: to me, absolutely, and so I gotta get that stuff 602 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 1: so I can start making stuff and start posting on 603 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,400 Speaker 1: my social media and support you this way. So tell 604 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:21,520 Speaker 1: us about the seasoning, talk about the extension of going 605 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:24,960 Speaker 1: in the online packaging and grocery stores and stuff like that, 606 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,640 Speaker 1: because I gotta feature this stuff on Roshage Kitchen. I gotta, 607 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:31,600 Speaker 1: I gotta, I gotta cook. I got of course, you 608 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,080 Speaker 1: know I can cook and bake and so and then 609 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,840 Speaker 1: I just do it just anywhere from beans the steaks, 610 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 1: the fish, now everything, talk about your whole line of 611 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:45,360 Speaker 1: seasoning and packaging. So yeah, so man, we um we 612 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:49,000 Speaker 1: have a line of products that give you the ability 613 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,719 Speaker 1: to uh take us home with you. Right, you can? 614 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:53,920 Speaker 1: You can. You want that same great flavor of the chicken, 615 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,040 Speaker 1: You want that same great flavor of the fish. You 616 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,800 Speaker 1: want the same great favor flavor of the waffle. Uh. 617 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:00,600 Speaker 1: Then we have a lot of products. So we have 618 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 1: where our chicken fry, fish fry, We have our pancake 619 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,280 Speaker 1: and waffle mix. Where our coffee beans because we are 620 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,320 Speaker 1: a full service coffee shop. Uh, you can get the 621 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 1: whole being or you can get them ground up. And 622 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 1: then most importantly less and most importantly, sorry're gonna do 623 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 1: the selfish plutup we have we have our all purpose 624 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 1: season Right, that's what I want for my grad Look here, man, 625 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:28,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you. Look. Look I tell folks, so 626 00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:31,960 Speaker 1: my father who was the biggest influence in my career 627 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:35,600 Speaker 1: because he was a great educator, he was a great musician, 628 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,120 Speaker 1: but he was also a great chef. He was I mean, 629 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:41,080 Speaker 1: this food was just absolutely dynamic, and he taught me 630 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:45,880 Speaker 1: what great great flavor uh actually was and so fortunately 631 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:48,560 Speaker 1: is my first year in business. He was here with 632 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:52,560 Speaker 1: me to help formulate the recipes and and and the 633 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:55,240 Speaker 1: menu and all that good stuff. And this is a 634 00:33:55,360 --> 00:34:00,960 Speaker 1: result of what he taught me base for everything that 635 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:03,360 Speaker 1: we do at the Breakfast Club. And I tell people 636 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,720 Speaker 1: because I've had people ordering and they and they're like, man, 637 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:07,960 Speaker 1: I can't believe how good that was. I was like, 638 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:12,520 Speaker 1: you've eating at the restaurant thirty seven thousand times. I'm not. 639 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:15,359 Speaker 1: I just I just didn't know. So for those who 640 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,960 Speaker 1: cook anywhere that you and I'm not gonna give nobody 641 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:23,040 Speaker 1: else no props anywhere that you use those other people season, right, stop, 642 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:25,320 Speaker 1: put it down and pick this up. So if you 643 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:29,560 Speaker 1: use that T word, substitute right here. If you use 644 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 1: that slap yo, whatever, whatever, whatever, substitute right here. Anywhere 645 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,040 Speaker 1: you use an all purpose season, I invite you to 646 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:39,200 Speaker 1: get the Breakfast Club season and take us home with you. Guaranteed. 647 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:43,560 Speaker 1: I'll just tell you. Don't don't send me nothing. I'll 648 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,040 Speaker 1: be ordering that today, okay, Because you know me, I 649 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,840 Speaker 1: always support black businesses, and in that way, I know 650 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,600 Speaker 1: I use all purpose seasoning. I have another young black 651 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:54,120 Speaker 1: lady who's really talented I use her and she's African 652 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:57,040 Speaker 1: American season and stuff. But I gotta invite you into 653 00:34:57,120 --> 00:35:00,080 Speaker 1: my kitchen, man Rashad's kitchen, talking about the probably and 654 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:03,120 Speaker 1: all that good stuff. But again, man, the greatest talker 655 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,560 Speaker 1: and motivator in the game, in the restaurant game. His 656 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:09,800 Speaker 1: name is Marcus straight out of Houston, Texas. He'd be 657 00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:12,520 Speaker 1: back on in the fall celebrating the twentieth year at 658 00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:15,319 Speaker 1: the Breakfast Club in Houston, Texas, because we're gonna talk 659 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:17,120 Speaker 1: about a lot of great things. Thank you for coming 660 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,560 Speaker 1: back on the show. Man. You're a beautiful brother. Man, 661 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:21,759 Speaker 1: Thank you. I appreciate, I appreciate the invite. Man. You 662 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:24,560 Speaker 1: look great, you look fantastic. You look healthy. I'm glad. 663 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:26,920 Speaker 1: I'm glad you're taking care of yourself. We want you 664 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:30,120 Speaker 1: and need you here for a couple of more years, 665 00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:31,920 Speaker 1: a few more you, a lot of more years. Thank you, 666 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:36,480 Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you all right, and and a man, 667 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:38,480 Speaker 1: thank you. I gotta say you know, we we we 668 00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:42,040 Speaker 1: we we got some national recognition, uh in our first 669 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,360 Speaker 1: couple of years of business. But man, we hit it big. 670 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,719 Speaker 1: We hit it big with Sean call and said, hey man, 671 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:53,200 Speaker 1: y'all gonna be on the Steve Harkers down man. I 672 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:58,040 Speaker 1: love you. Thank you Marcus for coming on Money Making Conversations. Brother, 673 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:00,760 Speaker 1: I appreciate you. Brother. 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