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Speaker 2: Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of butter Nomics. I'm

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Speaker 2: your host, Brandon Butler, found the CEO of Butter atl

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Speaker 2: and today we got somebody special in the building now, Ken,

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Speaker 2: mister kin al right south side. Ken, I ain't need

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Speaker 2: know you about sl I'm gonna do something a little

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Speaker 3: So I asked, chat Cheapt, do you know who.

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Speaker 1: South Side kN is in Atlanta?

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Speaker 2: So this is how we're gonna do your introduction. I

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Speaker 2: want to read to you what chat cheapt said about you.

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Speaker 2: When I type this in, I'm nervous and you let

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Speaker 2: me know. Is it accurate? Is it missing? Anything?

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Speaker 2: This is how we gonna do intros on nomics from

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Speaker 2: here on. Okay, So I asked who it said. Ken Albright,

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Speaker 2: known as south Side Ken or Rooftop Ken, is an

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Speaker 2: Texas, he studied computer science at Savannah State University and

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Speaker 2: now resides in Atlanta. Ken curates upscale events tailor for

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Speaker 2: Side Ken Thus south Side can showcases his commitment to

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Speaker 1: Wow, that thing is smart. I agree it is smart.

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Speaker 1: That's crazy that it pulled that up.

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Speaker 2: Man, I'm reading it right alow So, mister south Side

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Speaker 2: ken Ken Albright, how you doing?

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Speaker 3: Man? Welcome?

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Speaker 5: Was chat GBC?

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Speaker 3: Was that an accurate description? What did it leave out?

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Speaker 1: I appreciate you for one. I appreciate you and you

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Speaker 1: That's crazy that it's so accurate like that, right like wow,

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Speaker 1: I feel like one of my duties right now is

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Speaker 2: Hey man, hey man, Well look man, I appreciate you.

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Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying again, we were trying something

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Speaker 5: Yeah, man, you know I know how you do.

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Speaker 3: Man, I love it. Man.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, in the beginning, you know, we were coming

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Speaker 1: And that's through sales, events or whatever. It is consistency.

439
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Speaker 2: Man, how do you get inspired for events? Like, again,

440
00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:39,120
Speaker 2: it's one thing to come up, you know, to come

441
00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,119
Speaker 2: up with stuff can be tough sometimes, Like where do

442
00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,080
Speaker 2: you get inspiration for for like the different kind of

443
00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:43,800
Speaker 2: events you want to do?

444
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Speaker 1: So ironically, well maybe it's not ironically. I get visions

445
00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,560
Speaker 1: about stuff, it's kind of how it happens. So I

446
00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:55,560
Speaker 1: read up on I read up on how to focus

447
00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,240
Speaker 1: a long time ago, Like I used to only get creative.

448
00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:00,199
Speaker 1: I don't know if I should say this, man, But

449
00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:02,760
Speaker 1: it was in the shower. But I realized why I

450
00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:04,760
Speaker 1: was in the shower. It's because I wasn't thinking and

451
00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:06,600
Speaker 1: I just kind of let my mind go, right, So

452
00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:08,280
Speaker 1: I read I didn't know that until I read up

453
00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,600
Speaker 1: on how to focus. So now I can put myself

454
00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:13,280
Speaker 1: into like a creative state and I'll just sit back

455
00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:15,440
Speaker 1: and stuff will just start coming to me. Man, I'll

456
00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:19,520
Speaker 1: get visions about things, for instance, space. Man, I had

457
00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:22,080
Speaker 1: a vision. And so let me say, I love Atlanta

458
00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,800
Speaker 1: more than any other city, right. I feel like we're

459
00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:25,720
Speaker 1: the best sitting in the nation.

460
00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:26,399
Speaker 5: I really do.

461
00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,560
Speaker 1: But I had this vision of like this after work

462
00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:32,480
Speaker 1: crowd and it was like on a rooftop and you

463
00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:35,560
Speaker 1: had this sexy backdrop and things like that, and it

464
00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,159
Speaker 1: reminded me of New York the kind of what it

465
00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,280
Speaker 1: reminded me of, But it was people after work, and

466
00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:41,960
Speaker 1: you had a guy in a suit next to a

467
00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,840
Speaker 1: guy in a T shirt. If you go to my

468
00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:48,440
Speaker 1: very first Buckheat social post, it actually says this exact

469
00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:51,800
Speaker 1: thing that I'm saying. But like you had all walks

470
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Speaker 1: of life. But it was a fun time and it

471
00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:56,320
Speaker 1: was you said it earlier, it was a social time.

472
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Speaker 5: Right.

473
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Speaker 1: So the music is at a good level, which is

474
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Speaker 1: the same exact thing bluckhead socialis right now. Right, the

475
00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:03,600
Speaker 1: music is high enough for you to hear it and

476
00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:05,520
Speaker 1: you can even dance and bop your head to it,

477
00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:08,240
Speaker 1: but it's not blasting in your ear, and you can

478
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Speaker 1: still have a full on conversation with the person right

479
00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:13,280
Speaker 1: across from you, right. And So I don't know, I

480
00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,600
Speaker 1: just have had a vision that came to my mind

481
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Speaker 1: like that, and then I start out to create it.

482
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Speaker 3: That's dope, man, that's dope.

483
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Speaker 2: Now you've been doing events for a while, now you're

484
00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:25,399
Speaker 2: jumping into, you know, building out your own spaces, like,

485
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Speaker 2: you know, opening up I can I.

486
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Speaker 1: Say it, definitely, definitely, definitely opening up your own restaurant.

487
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Speaker 2: Now. Congratulations, I say that, you know what made you

488
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Speaker 2: decide that now is the time to kind of make

489
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Speaker 2: that jump.

490
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Speaker 1: So I've always kind of been about providing something good

491
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Speaker 1: for the people. I don't know, I feel like that

492
00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:44,720
Speaker 1: sounds a little cliche, but it's kind of the true. Yeah,

493
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Speaker 1: And I felt like if I focused on people, the

494
00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:49,879
Speaker 1: money would come. And so this is like a second

495
00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,840
Speaker 1: leg or avenue of that to be able to provide

496
00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:56,080
Speaker 1: something else to our city, city that I love so much. Right,

497
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Speaker 1: So it's an upscale restaurant, but it's not like upscale

498
00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:01,720
Speaker 1: to where it's too bougie. If you have a good time,

499
00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,399
Speaker 1: I'm staying upscale, and the people and the music and

500
00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:10,080
Speaker 1: the dining is elevated, real cocktails, just a sexy vby

501
00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:11,359
Speaker 1: type atmosphere.

502
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Speaker 4: Right.

503
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Speaker 1: I think at this point most of us would rather

504
00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,760
Speaker 1: do something like that over again, some of us, you know,

505
00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:20,880
Speaker 1: some of us, not all of us, but some people

506
00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:22,960
Speaker 1: would rather kind of go out, be able to eat,

507
00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,280
Speaker 1: sit down, talk to your girls or talk to the fellas,

508
00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,800
Speaker 1: chill chill at the bar, have a real drink, those

509
00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:30,960
Speaker 1: types of things, right, And so that's kind of those

510
00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:32,360
Speaker 1: are some of the aspects.

511
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Speaker 5: That we'll be providing. Man, So really excited about it.

512
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Speaker 3: People. No, No, what's the name of the spot now?

513
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Speaker 1: So the spot is called Midtown Social. It's going to

514
00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:43,040
Speaker 1: be in West Midtown. We'll be open pretty much seven

515
00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:46,359
Speaker 1: days a week, quick serve breakfast and lunch. You can

516
00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:51,240
Speaker 1: get in breakfast to everything. Man, we don't know every day,

517
00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:56,159
Speaker 1: every day, every day, So quick serve breakfast.

518
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Speaker 6: Man.

519
00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:58,120
Speaker 1: We actually already have a kias set up to where

520
00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,800
Speaker 1: you can order it yourself. You can walk up, put

521
00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:03,080
Speaker 1: your order in, it'll come straight out. Your in and

522
00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:05,080
Speaker 1: out in a matter of minutes. Man, You're in and

523
00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:08,200
Speaker 1: out is ours our goal, right, So they'll be quick

524
00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:11,280
Speaker 1: serve breakfast and lunch at nighttime we switch to more

525
00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,760
Speaker 1: dinner and top of style things like that. We have

526
00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,320
Speaker 1: different DJs throughout the week and stuff like that. Other

527
00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:20,440
Speaker 1: themes that will be going on as well, seasonal cocktails

528
00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:22,960
Speaker 1: that'll be that'll be added in. I don't want to

529
00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:24,960
Speaker 1: give all the c you know what I'm saying. But

530
00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:26,879
Speaker 1: and it also too man, like a brunch on the

531
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Speaker 1: weekends as well. Oh it's dope, man.

532
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Speaker 2: Now, when this idea came together, did you how did

533
00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,080
Speaker 2: this actually come together to this point? Because, like I said,

534
00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,840
Speaker 2: you're not in the restaurant space. Did you partner with somebody?

535
00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,440
Speaker 2: Like how did this whole thing evolve to this point?

536
00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:43,240
Speaker 1: So and let me say this too, man, I know

537
00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:44,880
Speaker 1: we were talking about like what will we tell people?

538
00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:46,920
Speaker 1: And I know it's their consistency. I would also say,

539
00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,439
Speaker 1: don't give up, like I'm already like, there is no

540
00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:53,480
Speaker 1: successful person that hasn't failed, right, I've already done this

541
00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,399
Speaker 1: before and then it hadn't worked out, right, But this

542
00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,480
Speaker 1: seemed like the uh, the perfect opportunity. It was like

543
00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:01,919
Speaker 1: the perfect team put together. We all we all had

544
00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:04,400
Speaker 1: a similar vision, we had the same as that goal

545
00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,399
Speaker 1: at mine. It just kind of made sense, Like the

546
00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:09,840
Speaker 1: guys are that I'm on the team with all successful

547
00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:13,240
Speaker 1: entrepreneurs in their own right already, so that makes it

548
00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:15,040
Speaker 1: have that makes us have like a like an all

549
00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,000
Speaker 1: star team almost in this situation. So what happened was

550
00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,320
Speaker 1: one of my good friends, Sleepy Green, and sleep is

551
00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,000
Speaker 1: like the owner. He's part owner of Ember. He owns

552
00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,200
Speaker 1: like Milk and Honey. We had like four or five

553
00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,520
Speaker 1: Milk and honeys in the area already. So he's been

554
00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:31,640
Speaker 1: doing this thing. And he and I were talking one

555
00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:36,480
Speaker 1: day in relationship. We're back relationships again, right, We're talking

556
00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:38,480
Speaker 1: one day and I tell him I want to try

557
00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:40,760
Speaker 1: to do my own restaurant, is what I tell him.

558
00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,720
Speaker 1: And literally like two weeks later, he's like, man, I

559
00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:47,120
Speaker 1: actually just met with the realtor. I think we're gonna

560
00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:48,600
Speaker 1: end up doing a restaurant. Would you like to be

561
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Speaker 1: a part of the team. So that's actually kind of

562
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Speaker 1: how it happened.

563
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Speaker 6: Yeah, relationships, What does this team look like?

564
00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:07,520
Speaker 2: Because I think again, I think people that understand and

565
00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:09,280
Speaker 2: one thing I talk about, or I've heard people talk

566
00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,120
Speaker 2: about in this podcast all the time is the importance

567
00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:13,520
Speaker 2: of a team. So, like, how do y'all you know,

568
00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,679
Speaker 2: from a team standpoint kind of structure, Like people focus

569
00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:18,840
Speaker 2: on different things like what's your focus and what are

570
00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:21,120
Speaker 2: some of the other focuses of the rest of your team.

571
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Speaker 1: So we're kind of working some of that out now.

572
00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,440
Speaker 1: Of course we're not open yet, right, so we're writing

573
00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,119
Speaker 1: on like the final inspections and things of that nature.

574
00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,200
Speaker 5: So we're kind of formulating.

575
00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:32,920
Speaker 1: Now, like the different roles that we'll all have. Clearly,

576
00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,239
Speaker 1: like myself and Sleep will be like more so than

577
00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,919
Speaker 1: hands on from a marketing perspective, and then some of

578
00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:41,080
Speaker 1: our other guys will handled certain certain things like the

579
00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:42,720
Speaker 1: back end of the fence and the back end of

580
00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:46,320
Speaker 1: the kitchen and things like that, right hiring and just

581
00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:48,560
Speaker 1: making sure supplies and process are in place. So we

582
00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:50,760
Speaker 1: have certain guys to work on that. And again, my

583
00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,360
Speaker 1: main focus for me will definitely be on the marketing side.

584
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Speaker 2: Okay, what's been your favorite part about this process? I mean,

585
00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,160
Speaker 2: even though the restaurant's not open yet, Like, what's been

586
00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:00,439
Speaker 2: your favorite part of this process?

587
00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:01,879
Speaker 5: So it hasn't been paying out the money.

588
00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:05,920
Speaker 1: I'll tell you that it hasn't been that, nah, Man,

589
00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:11,000
Speaker 1: It's been seeing something that.

590
00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:10,760
Speaker 5: That you kind of molded from nothing.

591
00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,800
Speaker 1: Like I made a post like a day or two ago,

592
00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:18,240
Speaker 1: and I wanted people to see, like, yeah, like what

593
00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:23,399
Speaker 1: I thought like was gonna be funny too. No, this

594
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,080
Speaker 1: is a different one, man. It basically showed. So when

595
00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:30,200
Speaker 1: we took over the building that is now Midtown Social

596
00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:33,560
Speaker 1: it was it was previously a different breakfast spot called

597
00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:36,840
Speaker 1: Olympic Flame. And so if you look at I wanted

598
00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,120
Speaker 1: people to see, like the beginning to end, we literally

599
00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,760
Speaker 1: gutted the whole place out. We've changed the outside structure,

600
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Speaker 1: We've added a patio. It's like night and day from

601
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Speaker 1: what it was.

602
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Speaker 5: Man.

603
00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,480
Speaker 1: So seeing this whole transformation from beginning to end, it's

604
00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:51,120
Speaker 1: been amazing.

605
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Speaker 2: How long is that whole process taken even just to

606
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Speaker 2: get to this point? Because this ain't an overnight thing.

607
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,120
Speaker 2: And I don't want I don't want to sit here

608
00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:58,639
Speaker 2: thinking that this is something that you just go and

609
00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,200
Speaker 2: do right, like a renovation, and especially on a restaurant,

610
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,639
Speaker 2: and making sure you have all the necessary stuff and

611
00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:05,680
Speaker 2: dealing with all the permits and everything takes a while.

612
00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:08,000
Speaker 5: Like how long is this process even taking just to

613
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:08,600
Speaker 5: get to this point?

614
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,280
Speaker 1: It takes a really long time, to be honest with you,

615
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,920
Speaker 1: it's been at least nine months. Yeah, and that's going

616
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,080
Speaker 1: kind of fast right in some of the stuff. Any

617
00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:20,359
Speaker 1: other thing too, Like he hasn't only been around the construction,

618
00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,760
Speaker 1: like just from a business perspective, and I don't want

619
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:24,160
Speaker 1: to bore people, but you have to get all these

620
00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:27,439
Speaker 1: permits and certifications and things like that as well. So

621
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:29,639
Speaker 1: that's happening. You may get delayed a little bit. You

622
00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,040
Speaker 1: may have to wait on disapproval things like that. Right,

623
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Speaker 1: So you have an architect that comes in, they start designing,

624
00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,560
Speaker 1: and they work with you to design the space with

625
00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:39,000
Speaker 1: the designer, and then you submit those plans and need

626
00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:39,680
Speaker 1: to be approved.

627
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:41,280
Speaker 5: That could take a while. You have to go back

628
00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:41,760
Speaker 5: and forth.

629
00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:45,200
Speaker 1: So different things like that also kind of go into

630
00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,720
Speaker 1: the timeframe and duration. But it's been about eight or

631
00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:48,360
Speaker 1: nine months.

632
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Now you said that you've kind of done this

633
00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:53,080
Speaker 2: kind of you know, a restaurant kind of project before,

634
00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,640
Speaker 2: but so you've probably kind of experienced some of these things,

635
00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,119
Speaker 2: but like would have been some of the most surprising

636
00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,000
Speaker 2: or challenging moments, you know, through this process.

637
00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:05,080
Speaker 1: I didn't realize how many approvals in like we're actually

638
00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:08,879
Speaker 1: kind of needed, right, There's been like certificates and certifications

639
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,399
Speaker 1: and approvals for almost everything. Any the smallest of change

640
00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,199
Speaker 1: in architecture got to be reapproved, right, So that and

641
00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:18,440
Speaker 1: it's so many of the other little things that we've

642
00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:22,280
Speaker 1: had to kind of get, like getting the outside repaved.

643
00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:23,639
Speaker 1: I didn't even think of that at first. One of

644
00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:25,320
Speaker 1: our other partners thought about that. He's like, no, we

645
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,359
Speaker 1: need to get this repaid. Things like that, or even

646
00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,800
Speaker 1: down to all the dish rags that you have to

647
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:35,720
Speaker 1: have in trades to carry glass where shelving in the back.

648
00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,800
Speaker 1: Like there's all these other things that I don't know.

649
00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:41,640
Speaker 1: I didn't technically fathom at the time, but because I've

650
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:44,399
Speaker 1: always kind of focused on the marketing side, right, So no,

651
00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 1: seeing all of that has been a huge surprise.

652
00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,359
Speaker 5: Man. So learning experience, I've been learning the entire time.

653
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,879
Speaker 2: Yeah, again, I think a lot of people don't really understand.

654
00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:53,400
Speaker 2: I mean, and you know, it's really funny too when

655
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:54,639
Speaker 2: you think about because I mean, I've been in the

656
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Speaker 2: restaurant project before and I've seen a lot of that stuff.

657
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Speaker 2: But you know what's crazy is like these folks do

658
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Speaker 2: these goes kitchens. They don't need nothing. You literally get

659
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Speaker 2: somebody on DoorDash or burats and they can fire up

660
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Speaker 2: a ghost titching. I saw a TikTok where a guy

661
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Speaker 2: just decided one day that he was going to start

662
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Speaker 2: a ghost kitchen and his girl like was recording. He

663
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:14,840
Speaker 2: was like at home just like that, and he just

664
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Speaker 2: caught up door to ash and was like, yeah, I'm

665
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Speaker 2: selling sandwiches, and like they literally delivered a tablet.

666
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Speaker 3: He like started going like buying.

667
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Speaker 2: You know, like a food, you know, like junk food

668
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,239
Speaker 2: and stuff like that, like basically reselling it.

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Speaker 5: No inspections, inspections.

670
00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,600
Speaker 3: Nobody came to look at the kitchen. Meanwhile, they out

671
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Speaker 3: here stressing y'all out about permits and all this kind

672
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Speaker 3: of stuff.

673
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Speaker 2: And it's just so interesting when you think about just

674
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Speaker 2: all the nuances of this game and kind of building things.

675
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Speaker 1: And I would say, and and I was funny with

676
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Speaker 1: with the guy, but we also wanted to make sure

677
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Speaker 1: that we were doing everything the right way right, so

678
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,280
Speaker 1: we all like we've all gotten like we've done the

679
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Speaker 1: safety certifications as well, like we've been going through every

680
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,720
Speaker 1: nook and cranny of what's needed from a safety perspective.

681
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Speaker 5: We've been doing that this entire time.

682
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Speaker 2: So do you see an opportunity to do something different

683
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Speaker 2: or you know, more unique with your events once the

684
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Speaker 2: space is built.

685
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Speaker 5: I'll always continue to be unique.

686
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Speaker 1: I kind of like creating and I like giving the

687
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Speaker 1: city different things, you know, So I.

688
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Speaker 5: Mean, will things stay exactly the same with me? Never?

689
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Speaker 1: I always like to kind of give some sort of nuance, right,

690
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:22,880
Speaker 1: so like you know, having a spaceman on Wednesdays and

691
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Speaker 1: then I started this whole series, or bring it back

692
00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:27,560
Speaker 1: the dance party at District, So you go from a

693
00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:32,440
Speaker 1: rooftop vibe after work type atmosphere to a full on

694
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Speaker 1: back in the day dance party right to where everybody's

695
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,080
Speaker 1: in there dancing too. It's kind of it's kind of

696
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:40,160
Speaker 1: cool to see. So I'll always continue to kind of

697
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 1: innovate and do new things. Like that's kind of a

698
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Speaker 1: I can't help but do that.

699
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:45,120
Speaker 5: To be honest with you.

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00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, well, look on one thing that you've

701
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,600
Speaker 2: innovated on that I always see and I just I

702
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:51,800
Speaker 2: just love seeing it. Just these line dance classes too.

703
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,360
Speaker 2: But you know what I mean again, you're doing the events.

704
00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:56,440
Speaker 2: You are here teaching people how to do the to

705
00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:58,640
Speaker 2: me dance and all these different unique things. And I

706
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,240
Speaker 2: think again that also just makes people have more fun

707
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:02,920
Speaker 2: at you at your events than they kind of come in.

708
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Speaker 3: You know what made you start doing that?

709
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:09,880
Speaker 1: So when winter hits, people either go out less or

710
00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:12,080
Speaker 1: they may go out later. And I thought it was

711
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Speaker 1: there was an opportunity for me to do something early

712
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,920
Speaker 1: on for people that for one, that would get people

713
00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:21,760
Speaker 1: out earlier, right, But for two, it gave you something extra,

714
00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,440
Speaker 1: like a little bit of extra fun and a reason

715
00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:26,440
Speaker 1: to get out a little bit earlier. And so we

716
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:29,080
Speaker 1: know our whole community like, you got to know how

717
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:30,800
Speaker 1: to do it to me at this point, right, or

718
00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:32,960
Speaker 1: you have to sit down every time it's played. And

719
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:34,360
Speaker 1: so I thought it was kind of like a fun

720
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Speaker 1: thing to do. And there's actually a video that a

721
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Speaker 1: friend of mine, Shari, she's an amazing attorney. She came

722
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,200
Speaker 1: out last week and she just did a reel about it.

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Speaker 5: Doesn't want to.

724
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Speaker 1: Repost, but it kind of shows behind the scenes a

725
00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:48,840
Speaker 1: little bit because like we go when everybody comes in,

726
00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:51,320
Speaker 1: everyone kind of grabs a drink up at Spaceman. Spaceman

727
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,440
Speaker 1: is on the fifteenth level of the central hotel. We

728
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:59,120
Speaker 1: go down to another level that has actually this huge ballroom,

729
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,680
Speaker 1: and so we learned in private with just like whoever's

730
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 1: trying to learn it right, and it almost becomes like

731
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,000
Speaker 1: a family community type thing. Man, It's it's just a

732
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,760
Speaker 1: super fun time. People are tripping everywhere, but we're doing

733
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:13,080
Speaker 1: it together. Everybody's doing it together, and we're kind of

734
00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 1: just laughing. And then around thirty forty five minutes later

735
00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:18,640
Speaker 1: we all go back up and then we hit that

736
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Speaker 1: to me, you know, so I know people.

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Speaker 3: Have a good time.

738
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:24,440
Speaker 2: Again, if it feels like you said, you give people

739
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:26,480
Speaker 2: like you know, when people work on something together, they

740
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,600
Speaker 2: learn something together, they start off as not experts in it,

741
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 2: and they get better. There's just a natural kind of

742
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,640
Speaker 2: bond that happens, right, And I think again that probably

743
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,120
Speaker 2: even just carries into the event, like it just brings

744
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,360
Speaker 2: a whole new vibe and energy up and plus a

745
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,560
Speaker 2: set on the same time. Now you got folks dancing, yeah,

746
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,320
Speaker 2: you know, we got you know, in Atlanta, we love

747
00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:46,080
Speaker 2: a good section. We love a good section in Atlanta,

748
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:47,280
Speaker 2: you know what I'm saying. But to be able to

749
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,400
Speaker 2: actually have a space people moving around on the dance

750
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Speaker 2: for and everything, man, it dopely just brings like a

751
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 2: whole different vibe to it.

752
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:53,080
Speaker 5: Man, it does.

753
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:55,120
Speaker 1: Man, It's funny you say that because I actually went

754
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:57,240
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago. I don't know why I

755
00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:58,960
Speaker 1: had to. I just had the mindset to go opposite

756
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,400
Speaker 1: of the section culture. And that was another reason why

757
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 1: I started as spaceman, Like I wanted to go away

758
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 1: from sections and just have everybody socializing. Everyone is VIP.

759
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 1: Let's just all have a good time. Don't get me wrong.

760
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:12,600
Speaker 1: Like like, for instance, that district, I can do a

761
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 1: reserve section if needed.

762
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Speaker 5: It's just not the focus of the product, you know

763
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:16,520
Speaker 5: what I mean?

764
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Speaker 3: Yeah?

765
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:19,800
Speaker 2: Man, you know what again, You've always focused on just

766
00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:22,880
Speaker 2: like creating spaces for people and professionals to feel welcome. Like,

767
00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:25,480
Speaker 2: what do you want people to take away from that

768
00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:28,400
Speaker 2: whole perspective on how you put together events and curate

769
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:29,480
Speaker 2: experiences of people.

770
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,760
Speaker 1: That's a good question, man, I would say that I

771
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:39,160
Speaker 1: actually try to provide an experience for them, you know,

772
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:44,600
Speaker 1: like I'm not just rolling out music here or rolling

773
00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:47,120
Speaker 1: it out there. I do care about the people that

774
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:49,160
Speaker 1: are coming. I care about who's coming. I want to

775
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 1: make sure you have the consistency of the right crowd

776
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:53,480
Speaker 1: that you want to be around.

777
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:55,120
Speaker 5: I try to plan out.

778
00:32:55,600 --> 00:33:00,560
Speaker 1: I plan like an event planner, which can be a

779
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:02,120
Speaker 1: lot for some people, to be honest with you, that's

780
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,040
Speaker 1: just what it is, though, right. But I like to

781
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 1: make sure like everything's in order. I'm typically booking DJs

782
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:10,240
Speaker 1: a month in advance, like I don't really kind of

783
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:12,360
Speaker 1: go week to week. I have like a schedule of

784
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:15,320
Speaker 1: at least a month out of everybody that's already booked

785
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,240
Speaker 1: with the venue. If I'm doing anything different, we're meeting

786
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 1: two to three times way before that date even comes.

787
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:22,560
Speaker 5: Right.

788
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,160
Speaker 1: So now does it always work out? Of course, not

789
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:27,600
Speaker 1: know right things are You're going to always have pitfalls

790
00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 1: and stuff like that. But I want people to know

791
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,880
Speaker 1: like I do try to do my best to plan accordingly.

792
00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:36,200
Speaker 5: Just to provide the best experience. Fore that's two.

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Speaker 3: That's dope.

794
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:37,160
Speaker 5: Man.

795
00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:40,000
Speaker 2: Well, look man, before we get out of here, you know,

796
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Speaker 2: we start off this interview with the definition of chat

797
00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:46,000
Speaker 2: GPT about you and that's cool. Now I'm gonna give

798
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:47,720
Speaker 2: you a chance to put something out there so I

799
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,680
Speaker 2: can always tell people, or always ask people, if there

800
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Speaker 2: was a south Side Ken billboard somewhere in the city

801
00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:55,960
Speaker 2: of Atlanta and you could put a message on it

802
00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 2: something you believe, something you just want to tell people

803
00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:01,240
Speaker 2: besides go to MIT on social and support that. You

804
00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:04,080
Speaker 2: know what I'm saying. But like, what would the south

805
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,360
Speaker 2: side Kim billboard? Like, you know, we'll get the old.

806
00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:10,719
Speaker 1: So soft social at the bottom. Yeah, Like, what would

807
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:13,200
Speaker 1: the south side Kim billboard? What message would you put

808
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,560
Speaker 1: on it for the people you know to see when

809
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:19,040
Speaker 1: they when they drive by. So two things I think

810
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:22,040
Speaker 1: for one is and I think we've all seen the

811
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,520
Speaker 1: whole Let me again. I don't want to ask like

812
00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:27,080
Speaker 1: I'm some better than now type person. I feel like

813
00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 1: upscale and non upscale both are needed for entertainment. I

814
00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:33,120
Speaker 1: feel like they're all needed. I want to be very

815
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 1: clear with that, right, I feel like they're both needed.

816
00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:37,800
Speaker 1: It's even like this little funny thing I have with DJs.

817
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:40,719
Speaker 1: They know I don't really like sex you red, We'll

818
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:42,239
Speaker 1: throw it on still though here and there.

819
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:43,680
Speaker 5: You know, it can be a.

820
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:45,680
Speaker 1: Little bit, it's kind of ivy. It gets people going,

821
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,319
Speaker 1: But I do feel like both sides are needed. I

822
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:53,440
Speaker 1: just choose to do upscale, professional stuff. But there was

823
00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:55,360
Speaker 1: so you know you've all heard, we've all heard the

824
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:59,080
Speaker 1: saying of classy is the new black. I would put

825
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:00,520
Speaker 1: classy as always has been black.

826
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,799
Speaker 3: Okay, I like that, Yeah, I like that.

827
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:06,600
Speaker 2: Well, look, man, before we get out of here, ken,

828
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 2: how can how can people find you? How can they

829
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 2: support you? How can they learn about the events, like,

830
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:12,560
Speaker 2: you know, let them know where to go?

831
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:15,160
Speaker 1: Can I say one other thing too? Absolutely, I just

832
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,080
Speaker 1: want to make sure I hit on a few people

833
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,640
Speaker 1: who really really helped me to even get to this point.

834
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:21,840
Speaker 1: So again I said Terry and Tory R. I p

835
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:27,000
Speaker 1: to Terry, Kevin Edwards, Jimmy. I didn't mention ab earlier,

836
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:28,719
Speaker 1: but shout out to AB too. I learned a lot

837
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:30,880
Speaker 1: from Aid, like I used to do Fridays at a

838
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:32,880
Speaker 1: rose bar, and I learned.

839
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:34,520
Speaker 5: A lot, a lot, a lot a lot from eight.

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Speaker 1: So shout out to all of them, Shout to them, man,

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00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:37,960
Speaker 1: give them the flowers man.

842
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 5: Definitely, definitely all helped me. They all helped me.

843
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 1: Man, So I g is the south Side can. TikTok

844
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:48,880
Speaker 1: is south Side can. Although I haven't used that a

845
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 1: lot lately, I need to get with you on that, man.

846
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 1: I feel I feel like you'd be pretty good at

847
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:52,480
Speaker 1: the TikTok.

848
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 2: Let me know, I don't do a lot on TikTok.

849
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:55,920
Speaker 2: I know how to use it. You need I need

850
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:56,120
Speaker 2: to do.

851
00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:58,120
Speaker 3: I need to do more on myself.

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00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 1: I definitely do more on it, but that's the main

853
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 1: thing for me. It's just the South Side Can. All

854
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 1: of my information is on that ig page, including the

855
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:09,680
Speaker 1: link to Midtown Social, but the exact page for Midtown

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00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:14,000
Speaker 1: Social is Midtown Social atl Okay, So well, yo, Man,

857
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:17,839
Speaker 1: the south Side can my man as defined by chat,

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Speaker 1: GPT and everything else.

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Speaker 3: Brother.

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00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:23,520
Speaker 2: We appreciate you pulling up, Congratulations on everything, love the events,

861
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,600
Speaker 2: keep growing. Can't wait to see Midtown Social launch, and

862
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:27,960
Speaker 2: can't wait to see where you go from there.

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00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:28,160
Speaker 1: Man.

864
00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:30,720
Speaker 5: I appreciate you, man, and thanks for having me too. Man. Truly,

865
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:33,520
Speaker 5: this is truly an honor. Seriously, I appreciate your brother.

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00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 3: Like I said, Man, I always love to see people.

867
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:35,640
Speaker 5: Doing good things.

868
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:36,359
Speaker 3: You do good work.

869
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 2: You've always been good every time we've interacted with each other. Man,

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00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,160
Speaker 2: so I appreciate you pulling up. Thank you, brother, and yo,

871
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:41,839
Speaker 2: y'all we out.

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Speaker 3: That's the pod. Later.

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Speaker 2: You've been listening to button Nomics and I'm your host,

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