1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,840 Speaker 1: What's up? Its way up with Angela Yee. I'm Angela Yee. 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 2: And of course my Wealth Wednesday partner Stacy Tisdale is 3 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 2: here with me. 4 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 3: Happiest Happy Wealth Wednesday because I am so excited about 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 3: our guests today. 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, me too, Damon John Okay, the busiest guy. 7 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 1: So what's up done? 8 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 4: Oh man, thanks so much for having me. Yeah, it's 9 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 4: all good here. I'm excited. What's happening. 10 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 2: Well, listen, Black Entrepreneur's Day is streaming today, so everybody 11 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 2: can have a chance to get that knowledge that. 12 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: By the way, I just want to put it out there, 13 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: thank you, Damon. 14 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 2: Since you've been doing this right in twenty twenty, I've 15 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:43,480 Speaker 2: been helping and supporting as a co host every single year, 16 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 2: So I definitely appreciate you for always making that call 17 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 2: for me to come in and participate. Because entrepreneurship, small businesses, 18 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 2: that is like my heart. So I appreciate that well, 19 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 2: it is an honor, and. 20 00:00:55,880 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 4: I appreciate you giving us and blessing us with your presence, insight. 21 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:04,479 Speaker 4: You're following your professionalism and it is just always it's 22 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 4: always a blessing. So thank you. 23 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 3: Also, congratulations you've given out seven hundred and fifty thousand 24 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 3: dollars and grants through this. 25 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, seven to fifty and we will almost hit a 26 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 4: million dollar mark tonight on when we stream, and it 27 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,559 Speaker 4: is amazing. So yeah, I think the beautiful thing about 28 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 4: it is, first of all, a lot of people don't 29 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 4: understand we've been giving away twenty chunks of twenty five 30 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 4: thousand dollars with the NAACP you know grants, right. 31 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 3: The power Shift NAACP power Shift grant. 32 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, and this comes from all of our great sponsors, right, 33 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 4: Jaco Morgan, shop of five Team Old with Jim Kramer 34 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 4: from Mad Money, well out of his child organ It 35 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 4: just gives it. I go on DI to do an 36 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 4: interview and I'm using, like, yo, Jim, I don't feel 37 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 4: obligated here, like now I wired the money this morning. 38 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 2: Oh that's amazing, thanks, right, But yeah, that's awesome. 39 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 4: But I think the beautiful people don't realize. You know, 40 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 4: we we hear all these number. Look every other day, 41 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 4: I hear somebody's a new billionaire, right, and we throw 42 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 4: around all these numbers. But you would have to do 43 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 4: a half a million dollars, you know, every year your 44 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 4: first three four years of business and with you reinvesting 45 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 4: in the business. To get twenty five thousand dollars clean 46 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 4: and free, you'd have to do a half million all 47 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 4: of them business. So a lot of people look at it, 48 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 4: oh twenty five. No, it's like oh twenty five. 49 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 2: I mean I would love Let me tell you something, 50 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 2: and this is I was just talking about this on 51 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 2: my way to work. I was saying, how we've never 52 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 2: gotten any grants for any of my businesses, never gotten 53 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 2: any investors. But I love grants because it's not like 54 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,799 Speaker 2: somebody's taking a piece of your company. It really is 55 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 2: somebody giving you a give lead a grant, and it 56 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 2: is important when you have people within your organization, when 57 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 2: you have a company, to even pay attention to available grants. 58 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 2: That's something that I feel like I personally haven't done. 59 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know the. 60 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 2: Way that I should, and I encourage business owners to 61 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 2: do that, and I should take my own advice too. 62 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 3: Damon, why did you think it was important to make 63 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 3: these grants no strings attached? So many times people say 64 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 3: we'll give you this grant, but you have to use 65 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:04,519 Speaker 3: it for X. So you have to use it for why? 66 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 4: Well, because well, first of all, I mean, we do 67 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:13,679 Speaker 4: we assume because the businesses are whatever they're struggling or 68 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 4: their need of growth, and nobody gets into a business 69 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:19,119 Speaker 4: you know they want to make money down on the way, 70 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 4: but they usually want to solve a problem. So give 71 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,919 Speaker 4: you an example. We don't ask because we don't want 72 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 4: to say that you're going to do this when you 73 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 4: really need this, and sometimes in over course of business, 74 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 4: you don't know what you need. So one of the 75 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 4: great examples is a Halem chocolate factory. She needed at 76 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 4: first for the grant. She says she needed better machines 77 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 4: or better inventory, but now she won season one or 78 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 4: whatever whatever the first year. Now she's opening up a 79 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 4: store in John F. Kennedy Airport, So she's going to 80 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 4: use that grant money right to start helping her open 81 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 4: a store. So why, you know, why should we be 82 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 4: like you didn't do this right? Because we know that 83 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 4: she knows the best in what is needed for her business. 84 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 3: I think it's awesome that you do that, really, and 85 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 3: you brought in some amazing sponsors this year, and I 86 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 3: love whenever I hear you talk. I don't know if 87 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 3: you're not preaching the sponsors or anything, but companies do 88 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 3: benefit when they serve black entrepreneurs. When they serve our community, 89 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 3: it benefits their bottom line. 90 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 4: But they need to you know, and that's what and 91 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 4: thank you. I don't my sponsors don't even want me 92 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 4: to be sponsored heavy, but I do mention them for 93 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 4: a reason, like we're quick to tell when somebody doesn't 94 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 4: support us, but when the ones who do support, like 95 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,679 Speaker 4: from day one, right from day one, I've had the General, 96 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 4: Chase and Shopify. Now also who come back is and 97 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 4: I'll tell you why. I'm tell you the whole story, right, 98 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 4: Tea Mobile trying it and Lows and Sales Sporce and 99 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 4: then we have new ones McDonald right, But I want 100 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 4: to tell you about like the General and Chase and Shopify. 101 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 4: I've also collected these sponsors for a very specific reason. 102 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 4: If you didn't win the money, that's fine, but if 103 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 4: you tune in tonight and if you want to know 104 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 4: where should I get the best business insurance? And they 105 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:04,840 Speaker 4: all these companies have had resources at the time or 106 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 4: prior to when I started out of the frustration or 107 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,480 Speaker 4: George Floyd. So when you go in and you go man, 108 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 4: I need telecommunication information on how to set up my 109 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 4: own wine team obill have all this. I need insurance 110 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 4: for my business. Okay, the general I need to know. 111 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 4: I don't want to deal with retail. How do I 112 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 4: open the soup? My god? Shopify? And how do I 113 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:25,719 Speaker 4: get some funding with some you know, with other grants 114 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 4: and other loads? Oh chase? Right? Where do I get materials? Loads? Right? 115 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 4: Where do I get to be put on a site 116 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 4: like a you know, a great big retail I can 117 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 4: get on the lows site or trying it for hr 118 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:40,840 Speaker 4: And the reason why we bring these people into they 119 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 4: don't just give money. They go here's resources that we 120 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 4: have for free. And I'm just trying to fit this 121 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 4: universe because us, as African American and anybody, it's too confusing, 122 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,280 Speaker 4: you know, the good people like us who are trying 123 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 4: to just really give and get stuff out there. We're 124 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 4: not scamming you. We don't have anything else. But what 125 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 4: we're trying to do is the scammers who will say, 126 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 4: take this pill, you can lose weight, oh by this course, 127 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:03,839 Speaker 4: because I promise you you're going to be a good jillionaire. 128 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 4: And I'm trying to tell these people that this is 129 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 4: the people that I know, that I trust, that have 130 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 4: been doing the right thing by us, and here's a 131 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 4: database for them to. 132 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 2: Use right And I think that's important too, just the 133 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 2: mentorship that's available, the free courses, the information. Another thing 134 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 2: I will say about actually physically being there, and now 135 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 2: when you join the stream you can do this too, 136 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 2: is being in a room with other entrepreneurs. And that's 137 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 2: important too, because I feel like that network of people 138 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 2: who support each other. I've met so many people personally 139 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 2: when I come and you know, when I'm hosting Black 140 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,279 Speaker 2: Entrepreneurs Day, behind the scenes, I did meet the women 141 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 2: from the Harlem Chocolate Fact that's going to be in JFK, 142 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 2: and then a lot of times I end up following 143 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 2: up with them later on and just seeing what they 144 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 2: have going on. How can I support what you're doing, 145 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 2: you know, and vice versa, And so I just think 146 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 2: being around like minded people. A lot of times we 147 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,679 Speaker 2: get into this of our circle of people who were around, 148 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 2: and we can be. 149 00:06:57,560 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: Really reluctant to expand that. 150 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:01,720 Speaker 2: And being an entrepreneur, it can be really lonely too 151 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 2: at times where you feel like nobody understands your plight. 152 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 2: But when you can talk to other people and feel like, okay, 153 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 2: you understand what I'm going through Well I went through this, 154 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 2: but how did you handle that? That's a great support 155 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 2: system too, just to be able to see that and 156 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,239 Speaker 2: be in the room and be on watching the stream 157 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 2: live and talking to people because you can also have 158 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 2: conversations there. 159 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 4: Right, hundred percent right, you're going to be in there 160 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 4: with entrepreneurs. And then let's think about it like this. 161 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 4: You know, it's no secret there's a lot of systemic 162 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 4: issues that have happened, and it even happens till today 163 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 4: when COVID money is handed down and we get little 164 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 4: to none of them. Well, you don't have an excuse 165 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 4: now why because you're going up against other African American 166 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 4: businesses pitching. So now it's all about come with your 167 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 4: a game. Then when you are in those rooms and 168 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 4: you're talking to other people, you may be like, well, 169 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 4: how did you get your you know, can you give 170 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 4: me a million dollars? No, you can't put hire you 171 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 4: get your first million dollars? 172 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 3: Right? 173 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 4: What was I missing? And even entpreneurs on my level, 174 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 4: we still have the same thing. We're just in different 175 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 4: rooms where I'm like, are you still having the same 176 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 4: problem with employee retention that you're having are you having 177 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 4: a problem with this? So you where is AI being 178 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 4: situated in your organization? So as you come up, you 179 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 4: move into different rooms with different people, but you only 180 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 4: do that by getting outside of your box. And so 181 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 4: you may be just talking to women, African American women founders, 182 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 4: right because they're going to have a different issue than 183 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 4: were challenge than an African American male founder. So you 184 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 4: start to get really close with the people that you 185 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 4: work with summer in fashion, summer and music, summer in service, 186 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:32,439 Speaker 4: and that's what it is. You got to keep getting 187 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 4: into these rooms and having these conversations. 188 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:38,199 Speaker 3: What would your tips be an entrepreneur who are there like, well, 189 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 3: my head's to the grindstone twenty four to seven. I 190 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 3: barely have time for this and sometimes things like mentoring 191 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 3: and finding those support groups that we just don't feel 192 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,079 Speaker 3: like we have the time or the bandwidth to do 193 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 3: it and we can't get out of our own way. 194 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 3: So talk about some advice that you would have for 195 00:08:56,080 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 3: people to help them get out of their own way. 196 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 4: First of all, to know that you need to get 197 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 4: out of your ownay, because that's exactly what we try 198 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 4: to do. We try to learn everything and because when 199 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 4: we've come up, we haven't had many people that can 200 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 4: help us, and nobody came from legacy. Well right, so 201 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 4: but the more importantly, first of all, I think you're right, 202 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:15,719 Speaker 4: you got to educate yourself on stuff and whether that's 203 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 4: a book or YouTube or whatever the case is. But secondary, 204 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:21,319 Speaker 4: when you want help from other people, you have to 205 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 4: see how can you be a service to them more 206 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 4: importantly than they can be a service to you. Because 207 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 4: it's borroing, right opm. And not other people's money, it's 208 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 4: other people's mind power, manpower, manufacturing, marketing. So if I 209 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 4: want to really help, and I was starting a coldeline, 210 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:36,839 Speaker 4: well I'm going to go over to both of the 211 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 4: you and say, well, how do I communicate this effectively 212 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 4: on my social media? And you'll tell me, and I'll say, 213 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 4: but what can I make for you that you can 214 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 4: have that you sell for yourself? And now we have 215 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 4: a symbiotic trade. So I'm borrowing your knowledge and your customers, 216 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 4: and you're borrowing my fabric and my skill set. It's 217 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 4: you know, the kids call it collab oh. 218 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 5: Lab. 219 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 2: Now, from your own experience and from your insight, do 220 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 2: you feel like I know there was a period of 221 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 2: time when everybody was trying to invest into black businesses 222 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 2: and it was a huge thing from a lot of 223 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 2: these corporations. It was a major talking point. They were 224 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 2: press releases, they were commitments. Do you feel like and 225 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 2: certainly not the corporations that we can see that you've 226 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 2: been working with from day one, But do you see 227 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 2: that some corporations have pulled back from commitments that they've 228 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 2: made or it's not as popular as it was. 229 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:32,319 Speaker 4: Yeah, many of the corporations have pulled back from the 230 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 4: commitments they made, and it's for various reasons. Number one 231 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 4: is that inflation has went off and they're dealing with 232 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:43,559 Speaker 4: cutting across the board. So when companies cut across the board, 233 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 4: they don't look at this is you know, like let's 234 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 4: say the African American empowerment budget was two percent. They 235 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 4: don't look at two percent. They just say slash forty 236 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 4: percent of whatever we're doing right and goes with what worked. 237 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 4: So it's not that they have a bad event. Then 238 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,080 Speaker 4: some do say it's a big world out there. You 239 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 4: know today is this, Tomorrow is LGBTQ plus tomorrow the 240 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 4: next day's veterans. I want to spread it around and 241 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:11,239 Speaker 4: they don't realize that they need to just keep investing, 242 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 4: even if it's a little amount. But sometimes it's just 243 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 4: the resources. But you know, a company like Nike will 244 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:19,559 Speaker 4: kneel when Kaepernick neils, they'll stand when Kaepernick stand, and 245 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 4: they'll be on the right side of it all the time, 246 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 4: and they'll get a bunch of crap. The stock will 247 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 4: go down and then all of a sudden, you know, 248 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 4: two years later, Oh my god, Nike was a genius. No, 249 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 4: they stood by what they were saying they were going 250 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 4: to do. 251 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 3: Brands fall apart where they don't match their message. They 252 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 3: say that all the time. 253 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:38,559 Speaker 4: Yeah, like you're not being true to who you say 254 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 4: you can. And you know what, a lot of times 255 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 4: why they're not true because they just don't trust the 256 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,840 Speaker 4: most important people, the ones in their organization. They found 257 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 4: out that listen by the way we have like the 258 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 4: shop of fy did this right and bombas might they go. 259 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:55,079 Speaker 4: We have a large African American community in our organization. Guys, 260 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 4: I don't want to go out and put lipstick on 261 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 4: a pig and jump on something that may be the trend. 262 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 4: You tell me who you've been supporting for the last 263 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 4: twenty years. And we got you. 264 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, no, that's a that's great. I work with Shopify 265 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 2: with my coffee shop. We have our shop inside of 266 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 2: the Shopify pop up and so, and that just came 267 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 2: from me doing a panel with them and then following 268 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:17,079 Speaker 2: up and then building on that relationship. And they've been 269 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 2: amazing to us as partners too. 270 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 4: So and then when you get to see some of 271 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 4: the stuff in the background, that's all I want people 272 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 4: when they do, when they you know, when they they 273 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 4: check out the stream, and I want them to really 274 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 4: click those buttons and check it out. Because when we 275 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 4: see shack on the general commercial, we don't see who 276 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 4: I hire, you know, highlights. I think last year the 277 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 4: five African American top senior executives, right, you don't see that, right, 278 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,719 Speaker 4: And we don't talk about and celebrate that as much 279 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:47,080 Speaker 4: as we should. Or Lows Marvin from Lows is the 280 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 4: CEO who's one of the six only six African Americans 281 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 4: that are all top five hundred companies to the CEO. 282 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 4: And guess what when he was in the CEO and 283 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 4: jac Pennies, he found this little brown boy named Damon 284 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 4: John with a company called Fool who said bring that 285 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 4: in here. We don't talk about that, right. Wow. 286 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,079 Speaker 3: Last year we had your book The Power Broke, which 287 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,439 Speaker 3: I love as one of our Wealth Wednesday's Book of 288 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 3: the Month club. Oh thank you was a pleasure and 289 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 3: you discussed the value of being resourceful and embracing limitations. 290 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: Tell us, for all. 291 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 3: The entrepreneurs out there listening to you right now, what 292 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 3: does that mean in real time? 293 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 4: That means that all you have is exactly what I said, 294 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,559 Speaker 4: opm right, other people's mind, power whatever. You don't have 295 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 4: money necessarily, but a lot of people think you need 296 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 4: mighty to make money. But sixty five percent of athletes 297 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 4: and a lot of winners are three years are bankrupt 298 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 4: three years after leaving illegal winning a lot of and 299 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 4: sixty five percent of the Forbes top welcust one thousand 300 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,679 Speaker 4: people are self made men and women. That means they 301 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 4: were broke and you have to use your research. And 302 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 4: we're talking about bartering and trading, right you know, we 303 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,319 Speaker 4: all know that. Listen, if you're a great Spanish teacher 304 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 4: and you want to say, let me go to the 305 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,680 Speaker 4: local Ford card dealer ship in my neighborhood and tell 306 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 4: them that I will teach. I will teach Spanish for 307 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 4: six hours on Saturday, and you tell all your top 308 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 4: clients to come in and I will teach your kids 309 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 4: Spanish six o'clocks on a Saturday. But you got dealer 310 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 4: cars with dealer place sitting there. Can I just use 311 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 4: one of the cars that's already insured. I don't have 312 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 4: to pay any taxics on it. And what are the 313 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 4: cases and I can use and put you know whatever, 314 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 4: one two days a week. Well, you just bartered and traded, 315 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 4: or maybe it's an sud because you got shirts that 316 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 4: you want to go sell somewhere. All right, it's all 317 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 4: bartering your trading. That's what I always did in my life, 318 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 4: was bartering trades. See bartering trading. It's done only on 319 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 4: two levels. One on the lowest level, hey, I'm gonna 320 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 4: give you a rusty knife for a leg of lamb, 321 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 4: you know those preppers. And on the biggest level, you 322 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 4: i'm gonna give you the government. I'm gonna give you 323 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 4: ten thousand barrels of oil for steel. Right. But that 324 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 4: is the best way hustling and trading and bartering and basically, 325 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 4: as we said, collaborations. 326 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 2: Now, I also feel like it's very important for you 327 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 2: to have the next generation and something you did this 328 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 2: year into be on backstage. You had some young up 329 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 2: and coming personalities, entrepreneurs. You had our little girl Jazzy, 330 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 2: she not even a little girl. I don't know, I 331 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 2: just so little. And then the McClure twins. Why was 332 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 2: that important to you? And by the way, your daughter 333 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 2: is always there. And I always think about the knowledge 334 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 2: that the kids are soaking up, you know, Icy and Coco, 335 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 2: they had their daughter there just to see the young 336 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 2: kids backstage and they're running around to having fun, but 337 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 2: they're also understanding like what's going on and where they're at, 338 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 2: and you don't even know how that's going to affect 339 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 2: them later when they see those examples. And so why 340 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 2: was that important to you? And are there things that 341 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 2: your kids surprise you with it they've learned that you 342 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 2: didn't even realize, Like, oh, she was paying attention. 343 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, so my daughter. So it's funny, right, 344 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 4: my daughter was making the little bracists. I hope she 345 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 4: didn't hustle you for one. I told her, I said, 346 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 4: you know, daddy is the one there, and I don't 347 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 4: want people feeling bad, So you should sit aside and 348 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 4: you should say hi and make them braceist with Chanel 349 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 4: with Coco and I see his daughter, right, So she 350 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 4: was realizing, you know how to sell now. But then 351 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 4: she got out of hand, you know, I know I did. 352 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 4: Little Damon, you know, uh learns to earn. But when 353 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 4: she gets on stage and she gives it to one 354 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 4: of our surprise guests, a huge legendary rapper, she said, 355 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 4: I want to give him bracelet. She gave him one, 356 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 4: and then she said, Daddy, he only fight dollars. I 357 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 4: was like, no, no, no, no, no no. He on me 358 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 4: five dollars. So now my next one is gonna be 359 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 4: little Nigga learns the pause. 360 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 3: She's like a mother. 361 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 4: She's like, I'm she either this way or that way. 362 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 4: There's no middle, there's no you like it? 363 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 3: You do? 364 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: Oh five dollars? I mean she does? 365 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 4: And then Chanelle, you know, coboy, I see daughter, you know, 366 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 4: Then Nigga's excuse her, like you don't need to buite out. 367 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 4: I know, but how I'm gonna pay her. That's my 368 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 4: podect right, So you know, but if you start thinking 369 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 4: like that at a young age, if you saw anything 370 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 4: like that at a young age, like were our habits have 371 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 4: made it six seven, eight, nine years old. You know, 372 00:16:56,680 --> 00:17:00,120 Speaker 4: there's not they're not made. At fourteen and eighteen, we 373 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 4: start thinking about who we want to be, you know, 374 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:04,479 Speaker 4: four by sixty seven, you know, right. Wow. 375 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 3: So, as you mentioned the backstage teaching the little kids 376 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 3: how to make a buck and raising awareness around them, 377 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 3: and I know when you recorded this, you have those 378 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 3: amazing conversations each year when our viewers are in our 379 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 3: audience tunes and tonight at seven pm at Black Entrepreneurs 380 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 3: Day dot Com, tell us about some of your favorite 381 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:28,200 Speaker 3: moments from the conversation. 382 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 4: Well, my favorite moment I'm going to tell I'm going 383 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,119 Speaker 4: to give you this surprise, really a surprise. You know. 384 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 4: The mayor in New York City showed up and he 385 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 4: gave me two practice proclamations, one from the state and 386 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:40,879 Speaker 4: one from the city for Black entpreneurs the week. So 387 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 4: it's officially networking. Four years we have become now the 388 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:50,400 Speaker 4: largest streamed entrepreneur program, you know, on the internet, and 389 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 4: I've gotten a proclamation. Now think about that. A little 390 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 4: brown boy from Queens who watched the Apollo in the 391 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 4: seventies got a ticket to sit there at the follow 392 00:17:57,720 --> 00:17:59,639 Speaker 4: in the nineties, and I booked up the whole Apollo 393 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 4: have given away almost a million dollars and got a 394 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 4: proclamation by another African American mayor on the Apollo state 395 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 4: in front of my people in New York City. I mean, 396 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 4: it doesn't get bigger than that, and then it's crazy, right, 397 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 4: And I want people to know that I am a 398 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 4: very small time entreneural comparison to what can happen today, 399 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 4: because you know, I used to be able to sell 400 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 4: your shirt. I had to find you. Now you open 401 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,160 Speaker 4: a pool, Blu, you can hit everybody on the planet. 402 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,120 Speaker 4: So people are going to be bigger and better than 403 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:33,920 Speaker 4: me that have taken that stage. But then I was 404 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 4: fortunate enough I brought out a very special guest. You know, 405 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:40,199 Speaker 4: everybody's done this amazing, especially Yankee Stadiums dedication to hip 406 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 4: hop fifty years. But I wanted to bring two people 407 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 4: on stage that have served hip hop for forty years, 408 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 4: groundbreaking people that have done it in their way, very 409 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 4: rebellious people. My man iced team, who one of the 410 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 4: illest comments he ever said is, Yo, you should never 411 00:18:56,040 --> 00:19:01,440 Speaker 4: test an og in an industry. Then most people die young, 412 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 4: you know. But then I brought on there's someone who 413 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:12,119 Speaker 4: everybody you know, you know they're entertained. Bobby, He's synonymous 414 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 4: with being a hype man. He had the first radio 415 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 4: station to play hip hop even before mister Magic. He 416 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 4: is savant. He plays fifteen instruments. First multi platinum, uh 417 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 4: uh rap uh you know rap group, awarded for you 418 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 4: know sorry, nominated for six Grammars, and basically started and 419 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 4: sparked off reality shows. His name is Flavor Flake. 420 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:35,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, that was exciting. 421 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 3: Yeah. 422 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,119 Speaker 2: And when I tell you he is I was watching 423 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,440 Speaker 2: him saying the national anthem. 424 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, I know, right right for the Milwaukee Bucks. 425 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:46,880 Speaker 2: And I was thinking about him at Black Entrepreneur's Day 426 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 2: and his surprise appearance. But how he was doing a 427 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,119 Speaker 2: lot of things that weren't even scripted, and he just 428 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 2: really was having a good time and wanted to help. 429 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:57,880 Speaker 1: You know, we were waiting for things to happen. Yes, 430 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 1: some things were lated. 431 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 4: No, but and you know what, when he's three years 432 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 4: sober and he's done things on in the way that 433 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 4: he wanted to do things. And when I got to 434 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:08,400 Speaker 4: see the old and the young, I got to see 435 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 4: Rick Roy Rick Rick Ross can not say Yo, what's up? 436 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 4: You want Flavor play? He was like that would be 437 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 4: historical me on the stage, Ricky Rose labor play really 438 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 4: is the ultimate name when it comes to hip hop 439 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 4: and height Man on the Apollo states, let's go, so 440 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 4: you know we had we just had a really good time. 441 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 4: We'll be Goldwork talked about an African American woman and 442 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 4: she's she's one of the only eighteen. If you don't 443 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:33,479 Speaker 4: know what the egot is to be an ethod right, 444 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 4: that's a what is that Emmy? A Grammy and Oscar 445 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 4: and a Tony. Think about how hard it was for 446 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:43,159 Speaker 4: her coming up in the industry and dominating all four 447 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 4: areas of the arts. So you're gonna learn a lot 448 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 4: of stuff. But more importantly, these people in Shaquille, and 449 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 4: these people are talking about their lowest point of their 450 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:53,679 Speaker 4: life when they had nothing and what did they do 451 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:56,400 Speaker 4: to get out of it? Not about the gloss, They're 452 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,360 Speaker 4: talking about the lowest part of their life, so more 453 00:20:58,400 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 4: of us can relate to it. 454 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 2: And the entertainer was there, Anthony Andison. Yeah, I mean 455 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 2: it was honestly such an amazing vibe. It was a 456 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 2: great time, but so much information being learned at the 457 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 2: same time that it was entertaining, and when the Mayor 458 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 2: came out to give you October twenty first, I believe 459 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 2: it is Black Entrepreneur's Day. 460 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 1: You had no idea what was happening. 461 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 4: We were like, I almost teared up, and I was like, 462 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 4: I ain't trying to, but he cast it up, Pollo, 463 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:24,679 Speaker 4: because I had half my boys out there. You know 464 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 4: it your son? Your son? 465 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, you really didn't know. 466 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:34,120 Speaker 2: We were like, what happened to the script, like what 467 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:37,439 Speaker 2: is going on? And they were like, no, something is 468 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:38,400 Speaker 2: going on right now. 469 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 1: So so happy. 470 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,160 Speaker 2: I definitely commend you for that, like very well deserved. 471 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 2: It was an amazing experience. And Carrie Champion was there too, 472 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:49,120 Speaker 2: so I loved her conversation and her mentorship and what 473 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:51,920 Speaker 2: she does with her organization. Just sitting here and hearing 474 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 2: these conversations from me, somebody who normally has to work 475 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,920 Speaker 2: and do those conversations. It's great to hear Damon talk 476 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:02,120 Speaker 2: entrepreneur to entrepreneur, a mentor to mentor, and also giving 477 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 2: away some money, because there's nothing more exciting. I feel like, 478 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 2: there's nothing greater than when you're able to tell somebody 479 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 2: here's some money for you. 480 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 1: I mean, what an amazing feeling. 481 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,159 Speaker 2: To be able to have the ability to do that 482 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 2: congratulation and you know. 483 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 4: And thank you, because I want to keep this really 484 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:19,360 Speaker 4: about the business. You know, listen. Can I throw these 485 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:21,680 Speaker 4: big parties around and everybody come to the party lose 486 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 4: the message? Yeah, But I wanted it to be about this. 487 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 4: I wanted it to be about real people who step up. 488 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 4: And I wouldn't be honestly without Angela, thank you so 489 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 4: much and JP Morgan Chase, as I said in the 490 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 4: general and everybody else. And by the way, but as 491 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 4: much as we talk about the people or the organization 492 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,880 Speaker 4: who may have cut back and made they didn't totally 493 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 4: abandon us. But McDonald stepped in and said, we want 494 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,120 Speaker 4: more franchise owners. And there was a woman there who 495 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 4: had twenty McDonald franchise, an African American woman with her husband. 496 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 4: And then and then Hilton stepped in and said, when 497 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 4: COVID happened, the only group of segment of market that 498 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 4: didn't slow down was entrepreneurs. And we want to be 499 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 4: the entrepreneurial for people to feel comfortable. So I also 500 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 4: want to give love to those who have stepped up 501 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 4: in our community. 502 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 1: I met the people who made the Mambo sauce oh yeah, yeah, yeah, McDonald's. 503 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:14,439 Speaker 4: Yeah, they're highlighting African American chefs who made the mambo 504 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,159 Speaker 4: sauce out in a mambo mambo. Soa excuse me. In Washington, 505 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:20,639 Speaker 4: d C. They're putting African Americans right there on the 506 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 4: front line and showing them who they are. 507 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 3: When you see all of this, how would you characterize 508 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:28,879 Speaker 3: Black entrepreneurship in America today? We have, you know, a 509 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 3: lot of the same challenges access to capital and all 510 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 3: of that, but some of these companies are getting that. 511 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 3: Oh in a couple of years, guess what, We're going 512 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 3: to be a majority minority country and I have to 513 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 3: invest in these communities. How would you really characterize a 514 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:44,439 Speaker 3: state of black entrepreneurship in America today? 515 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 4: The mentality, So, first of all, I think the mentality 516 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 4: of black entrepreneurship is great. We have always been very 517 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 4: resilient people and it is at its peak the access 518 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 4: to information and for us to let down our guards 519 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 4: because we've been let down so much. We're always the 520 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,119 Speaker 4: last to hire in the first the fire. We don't 521 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 4: have time to fill out grants that we never get 522 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:12,159 Speaker 4: because we got to do all this work around here. 523 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:13,720 Speaker 4: So why the hell am I filling on a grant 524 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,159 Speaker 4: that I will never get, and I think that the 525 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 4: walls are being broken down. I think technology is breaking 526 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 4: those walls down because you know, if you look at 527 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 4: purely venture venture capital, only four percent are given to 528 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:29,360 Speaker 4: African Americans and women. But if you look at capital 529 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 4: raises on all of these platforms, it's about thirty percent 530 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:37,120 Speaker 4: right now when they don't write because of technology. So 531 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 4: I think that. I think I think the spirit of 532 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 4: that entrepreneurship on with African Americans. I think that'll never 533 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,880 Speaker 4: go away. We will always barter and trade as African Americans. 534 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 4: I think the formalizing it and creating large businesses that 535 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 4: are scalable. I think that's what we need to get more, 536 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 4: have more information and access because we've been jerked too much. 537 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,880 Speaker 4: We've gotten the loan and twenty percent when everybody else 538 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,360 Speaker 4: got it at three. And I think these companies they're 539 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:05,359 Speaker 4: still to understand that this is a really this is 540 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 4: a really good segment of a market. Powerful. We have 541 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 4: a great voice, and we're passionate and there on understand 542 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 4: the ones who get. 543 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,439 Speaker 1: It get it all right. Well, listen, I'm really excited 544 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:16,679 Speaker 1: for this. 545 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 2: I'm so glad I was like, I don't care like 546 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 2: we got to get damon On here, because Black Entrepreneur's 547 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:24,439 Speaker 2: Day is your vision has always been really important to me. 548 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 1: I'm always excited to be there. Every year. I'm always like, 549 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 1: I got a level up. 550 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:30,640 Speaker 2: So next year when Black Entrepreneurs Day happens, I got 551 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 2: something else new to announce or something else going on. 552 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: So I appreciate that. 553 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:36,639 Speaker 2: And for the last thing, I wanted to ask you 554 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,399 Speaker 2: for people who are you know, maybe they want to 555 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 2: invest in something and they're thinking about it, but sometimes. 556 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 1: It is nerve wracking. 557 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 2: We hear all these horror stories about investing gone wrong, 558 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,880 Speaker 2: and you know, this person went broke and they invested 559 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:51,720 Speaker 2: their money and then it turned out, like you said, 560 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 2: to be a scam. Sometimes it's really hard to know 561 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 2: what to do. What are some things that you can 562 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 2: tell a person to look for when they're thinking about, 563 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,120 Speaker 2: all right, it's time for me to invest. What is safety, precaution, 564 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 2: things that people should be doing well. 565 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:06,360 Speaker 4: The first six months if you're investing, is purely investing 566 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 4: in the information, educating yourself. That's just what it is, right, 567 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,679 Speaker 4: and then you're supposed to, you know, take affordable steps, 568 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:15,920 Speaker 4: you know, don't you got to go for something you're 569 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 4: really excited about, right, Because I told somebody the other day, 570 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,760 Speaker 4: I said, you know what, and I told them literally 571 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 4: three months if I said, everybody stopped talking about bitcoin, 572 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 4: by it now it's up thirty percent since I said 573 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,480 Speaker 4: because everybody stopped talking about it. But you had to 574 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 4: be somebody who is excited about bitcoin now. Investing. Don't 575 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 4: get the wrong idea. Investing is not this trading every 576 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:38,720 Speaker 4: single day. It's pretty simple to me. I invest in 577 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:42,360 Speaker 4: things that if they went away, they would disrupt my life. 578 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 4: If my wife could not get Amazon anymore, and least 579 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 4: I could walk out the door because there will be 580 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 4: no boxes like a wall. But think about my wife 581 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 4: having to get in a car and going to If 582 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 4: Amazon went away, then that guess what else woulding to 583 00:26:55,480 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 4: go away? Ring doorbell, securing our communities a whole foods right, 584 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 4: and getting boxes right? Amazon not going away. I'm going 585 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 4: to invest in Amazon. If Uber went away, Well, the 586 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:09,480 Speaker 4: last time I caught a cab as a black man 587 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:12,879 Speaker 4: in New York City, Elvis was alive. I'm investing in 588 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 4: Uber right. And if Facebook, you've been make it in 589 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 4: many jokes and you want about him. That boy can 590 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 4: turn off two billion dollars two billion accounts, and you 591 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 4: keep talking crap about him. Let him erase all your 592 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 4: pictures for the last ten years on Instagram. Definitely misunderstanding. 593 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 4: I'm investing in Facebook, you know, so I invested very 594 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 4: simple things and when I put money in it, I 595 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 4: don't look at it. Investing is not all this trading. 596 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:40,120 Speaker 4: If you take me automatic deduction of one hundred dollars 597 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 4: to your account every single month from eighteen years old 598 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,439 Speaker 4: to sixty five, that's one point six million dollars. If 599 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,639 Speaker 4: it goes directly into the stop market, and the stop 600 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 4: market is average out fifteen percent. There's nothing sexy about that. 601 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,440 Speaker 4: So educate yourself on what you want to invest in, 602 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 4: whether it's real estate or stocks or whatever the case is. 603 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:58,879 Speaker 2: Oh, since you're brought up like Facebook and all that, 604 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 2: let's talk about experts. Second, Elon Musk, because he said 605 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 2: that he believes that his platform will make you not 606 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 2: have to have a bank anymore. Everything financial can be 607 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 2: done on that platform. And I remember a long time ago, 608 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 2: somebody tell me anything Elon Musk is doing, you know, 609 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 2: just invest in it. And sometimes it's hard though, because 610 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 2: you look at the person behind it, and you're like, 611 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:20,159 Speaker 2: you know, I don't what are you are? 612 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: Personal? 613 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,119 Speaker 2: Not as an you know whatever, But what do you 614 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 2: think when you see all of that about Elon Musk? 615 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 2: And then of course we're thinking about the future, you're 616 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,959 Speaker 2: thinking about Tesla. But there's a lot of you know, 617 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:31,920 Speaker 2: ups and downs with that, a lot of chaos. 618 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 4: You know. I think that if you, if we all 619 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 4: could think like a genius would be a genius. What 620 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 4: if I think that his history is coming from the 621 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 4: PayPal mafia who changed the way that processing was done. 622 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 4: I never heard about what you just said, and thank you, 623 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 4: and this is why, you know, I love learning from people. 624 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,920 Speaker 4: But I think that if he has a direct course 625 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 4: of action and a way to connect with you directly, 626 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 4: as well as being able, has a history of finance, 627 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 4: and he's the one that can give it internet to 628 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 4: countries at war when we can and be able to 629 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,560 Speaker 4: put people in the in the in the damn sky, 630 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 4: and and doesn't have any patents on any teslas because 631 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 4: he says, you know what, if you so, if I'm 632 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 4: so good, I'm going to outperform you no matter what. 633 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 4: So take it and use the technology anyway he a 634 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 4: bad boy and I'm gonna buy whatever he's selling. 635 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,720 Speaker 3: He's tough to bet against, right, he is definitely tough 636 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 3: to bet against. 637 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 1: Agreed. 638 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 4: I mean, you know I have already on him. I'll 639 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 4: be like, yo, yo, man, what do you do? I 640 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 4: mean a couple of T shirts? Yeah, I put some 641 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 4: dudes on the moon. Cool. You know I'm in that, dude, 642 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:32,479 Speaker 4: You know what I mean? 643 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 2: You know what I want to ask you too about Bumbas. 644 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:37,960 Speaker 2: That investment has been incredible for you. Also on the 645 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 2: sack company, some people might have been like sacks. I mean, 646 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:43,680 Speaker 2: you know there's a billion sack companies. What do you 647 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:47,440 Speaker 2: think for people listening? Differentiated that? Because what is that worth? 648 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:49,960 Speaker 2: Like one point too, like, what what is that company? 649 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:51,080 Speaker 2: When you first got it? 650 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:52,440 Speaker 4: It's worth over a billion dollars? 651 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, they have, it's worth that and there's not a 652 00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,760 Speaker 5: lot of margin. They don't make a master profit because 653 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:02,160 Speaker 5: they also given away one hundred million units of socks. 654 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 5: And what they are is a modern day crew to 655 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 5: the Loom, right, because they are that socks to me 656 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:11,000 Speaker 5: garments too. I like to say this to everybody, you know, 657 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:13,480 Speaker 5: people all want to come up with this newest idea 658 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:17,040 Speaker 5: maybe you know air brakes on a space shuttle or the. 659 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:18,880 Speaker 4: You know, a new valve for a heart. The largest 660 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 4: companies in the world are you know a company that 661 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 4: makes bags, Yeah, Trump Maker that used to you know, 662 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:30,440 Speaker 4: make stuff for a Napoleon Bonaparte. Right. Another one is 663 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 4: a brown sugary drink with bubbles in it that everybody 664 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,720 Speaker 4: can drink, you know. And there's two of those large 665 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:39,480 Speaker 4: companies right on on shark Tank. The top two products 666 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 4: in history are bomba socks and a stupid ass funge 667 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 4: with a smile on his face. So you know, I 668 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:48,440 Speaker 4: made money up over selling T shirts. I didn't have 669 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 4: three sleeves on a T shirt. Right. You have to 670 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:53,920 Speaker 4: be very passionate about it and find ways to get 671 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,720 Speaker 4: directly to your customer for whatever you have. It doesn't 672 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 4: have to be the biggest invest and greatest thing ever. 673 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 4: I mean, I mean, you know what is Kim Kardashian doing. 674 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 4: She's just you know, she's selling another form of spence. 675 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,840 Speaker 2: Right, I'm underwear for men and now it's the NBA, 676 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:10,120 Speaker 2: it's official underwear and a WNBA in. 677 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:12,360 Speaker 3: He's got connections. 678 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,120 Speaker 2: She saw that millions of dollars in like the first 679 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 2: few minutes, I'm putting out the games for men. 680 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:20,560 Speaker 4: There you go. So it's all about really alone, what 681 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 4: you're doing, understanding how you just tweak it a little 682 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,920 Speaker 4: bit different. Remember I always say, there's nothing new in 683 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 4: this world again. I mean, you know, uh, the voice, 684 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,920 Speaker 4: it's just American Idol. They just turned the chairs, you know. 685 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:36,240 Speaker 4: And yeah, American Idol is the Gong show. They just 686 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:38,600 Speaker 4: took away the gong and the don show showtime at Apollo. 687 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:39,640 Speaker 4: There's nothing new with. 688 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:41,960 Speaker 1: It originally as they say. 689 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:45,640 Speaker 3: Absolutely you can get all of these gems and more 690 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:49,720 Speaker 3: tonight at seven pm Eastern Time on Black entrepreneurs Day 691 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,040 Speaker 3: dot Com. It's really going to be special. And I 692 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:53,720 Speaker 3: want to really say that part where you're trying to 693 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:54,959 Speaker 3: hold back tears. 694 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:58,840 Speaker 1: Oh man, listen. I'll be watching too, just because I 695 00:31:58,920 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 1: don't know, maybe. 696 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,440 Speaker 4: The camera are really close. But then you'll see this, 697 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:01,720 Speaker 4: you know. 698 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,400 Speaker 2: And David, when you're back in New York, please make 699 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:07,960 Speaker 2: sure you come and sit down with me, because I 700 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 2: feel like there's so many things that we, you know, 701 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 2: we can get into. 702 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 1: But I appreciate you always. 703 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:15,120 Speaker 4: Yes, absolutely, thank you, and thank you for being the smiling, 704 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 4: beautiful face of the show where you make my You 705 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:19,960 Speaker 4: know you make me look good, so I appreciate you 706 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 4: all way.