1 00:00:01,880 --> 00:00:04,440 Speaker 1: All right, everybody, as promises, we got our special guests 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: this morning. We've had them on before. We've just been 3 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: a big supporter of this. We got the host of 4 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: Earn Your Leisure podcasts coming on. We got Troy Millings 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: and Rashad Belal and they are the creators of invest 6 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: Fest and this year's atl invest Fast. It kicks off 7 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: August twenty third at the Georgia World Congress Center. You 8 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 1: don't want to miss this when if you've missed these 9 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: invest Fest, I'm telling you it's probably one of the 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: best investments you can make in yourself. 11 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 2: I'm telling you. They have some tremendous speakers. 12 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: We gonna find out who we got coming this year, 13 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: but the information and the networking that happens that this 14 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: event can be life changing for you. I don't care 15 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: if you climbing a corporate letter. I don't care if 16 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: you're just an investor. I don't care if you're into 17 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: just real estate investments. I don't care if you're an entrepreneur. 18 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: Whatever the case is, we have some information for you 19 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: at invest Fest that can be life changing. 20 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 2: So happy to be a part of it. Please welcome 21 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 2: to the show. 22 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: The creators of invest Fest, Troy Millings and Rashad Belaud. 23 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 2: Welcome back, guys. 24 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 3: How you doing? 25 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 4: How you doing? 26 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 2: Mine again, fellas, how y'all doing? Man? 27 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: Good? 28 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 3: How y'all doing? 29 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 2: Man? 30 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 3: Thank you for having us? Always a pleasure. 31 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:24,919 Speaker 2: All fit Well it. 32 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: Is man, Let's get right into it, man, because this 33 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 1: year at invest Fest. You know, over the years we've 34 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: had some serious discussions about investing, entrepreneurship, talking about entertainment, 35 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 1: pop culture. All of this is in a festival setting. Well, 36 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: this year it kicks off on Friday, August twenty third 37 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center. 38 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 2: And I see, right now you've landed. 39 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: Something that's gonna be interesting to everybody. We will see 40 00:01:55,520 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: fifty cent this year at invest Fest, right. 41 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 3: People, I don't think they realize how much of a 42 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 3: mobile he is. When you look at you kind of 43 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 3: like to come in the new version of Colle Curry 44 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 3: as far as what he's been able to create on 45 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 3: his entertainment side with the shows and the television TV 46 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 3: so he's built and even Streetport Louisian, he's kind of 47 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 3: like taking over that whole city and turned it into 48 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 3: an entertainment house. So his business acumen is something that 49 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 3: we've always respected him. We always wanted to have a 50 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 3: conversation with him, and we spoke to him for a 51 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 3: couple of hours. So he is excited to you know, 52 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 3: share his journeys, his business acumen, his plans for the future. 53 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 3: And I think that, of course it's gonna be entertaining. 54 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 3: So I think that that's something that people will really enjoy. 55 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: I like that that that that that deal getting fifty 56 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 1: of these things man, because he is a really really 57 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: smart guy. I mean from all the way back to 58 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: the vitamin water, from in the script to running his 59 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 1: own tools, to everything he's doing in shreport. Now think 60 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 1: that'd be exciting information. Also this year, let's talk about 61 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: the Nipsey Hustle Brius Business Grant. H. We've got this 62 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: Nipsey Hustle bus but this is the first that invests fest. 63 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 1: You got together with Microsoft and the Marathon to award 64 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 1: one hundred K to an outstanding entrepreneur to fuel their 65 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: business ambitions. H. How do you select the winner and 66 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: how did this come about? 67 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 3: You know, we have to hout of. 68 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 4: Working with the Marathon team, who is obviously Nissi Hustle's brother. 69 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 3: And part of some of these business founders, and. 70 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 4: So what's happened in this year, we understand that this 71 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 4: is their impact. 72 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 3: And one of the things that. 73 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 2: We have that's heard in our community is. 74 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 3: In after the capital. And so we were able to 75 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 3: clean up with Microsoft to give out one hundred thousand 76 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 3: to an entrepreneur. 77 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 4: And think of it as almost like American Idol, where 78 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 4: it's gonna be around leading up to a finals that'll 79 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 4: take place on stage, and. 80 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 3: That's on Friday. We'll have over one hundred people come in. 81 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 4: We'll have that because their businesses in front of judges, 82 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 4: and that would be why I'm down with four people. 83 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 4: And then Saturday they possessed front of the main stage 84 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 4: with you know, over ten thousand people in attendance of 85 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 4: award winner one hundred thousand dollars, which is an incredible, 86 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 4: incredible way to start your business and really you know, 87 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 4: spark innovation and saday business with that type of capital. 88 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: It's a lot of big, big, major, that's a lot 89 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: that that that that can get you off to a 90 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: great start. And that's that's a lot of problem for 91 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: some of us. Sometimes it's just startup capital. H but 92 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 1: I always say, just everybody can start business. Uh, everybody, 93 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: you don't need one hundred thousand to get started, and 94 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: stop letting that stop you. 95 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 2: But if you get an opportunity to get. 96 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: A grant four hundred thousand dollars, you're sure is a 97 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 1: big shot in the arm. I'll tell you that that's 98 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: for sure. Hey, look y'all at Investments For tickets, all 99 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 1: you gotta do is go to invest Fest dot com. Now, fellas, 100 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: it's gonna be all panel discussions. We got vendor marketplace, 101 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:12,359 Speaker 1: live musical performances, we got podcast stages for interviews with 102 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: different celebrities. 103 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 2: We got a food truck caravan. It's so much more. 104 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 3: When you look at the lineup, I mean, it's so 105 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:24,359 Speaker 3: impressive yourself. We have fifty tent of course, we have 106 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 3: Steven A. Smith, We have Daman John, so the lineup 107 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 3: is just impressive. We have Van Jones who's bringing in 108 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 3: a tech incubator for five panel discussions on artificial intelligence 109 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 3: and the Vendom marketplace. This is the largest Vendom marketplace, 110 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 3: most in tactful. Troy talked about one hundred thousand will 111 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 3: also be given away twenty five thousand to a woman 112 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 3: my business. And then there's another twenty five thousand. That 113 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 3: devil is given away to somebody in the fend the marketplace. 114 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 3: So one hundreds of thousands of dollars are gonna be 115 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,919 Speaker 3: given away. So I just think the energy and to 116 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 3: give back that the importance of artificial intelligence right now 117 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,919 Speaker 3: the very pivotal time in our society. So I feel 118 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 3: like this is the most important invest Fest ever and 119 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 3: it definitely will be the most impactful whatever. 120 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: I need everybody to show up at invest Fest. If 121 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 1: you haven't ever been, it's worth the investment in yourself. 122 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: All you got to do now is go to invest 123 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 1: fest dot com. Invest Fest dot com for this year 124 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: is our tenerary and ticket information. 125 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 2: We will be waiting on you. Everybody that I know has. 126 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: Gained valuable information from this and this year would be 127 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: no exception. 128 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:32,799 Speaker 2: Got some great speakers. 129 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: Troy Rashad, thank y'all man for joining us this morning 130 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: having invest Fest dot com. Everybody, Steve Harvey, Marty Show, 131 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 1: We'll be right back. 132 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 2: You're listening to Harvey Morning Show.