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Welcome to Money Making Conversations it's the show 21 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: that she has the secrets of success experience firsthand by 22 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:30,759 Speaker 1: marketing and Brandon expert Rashan McDonald. I will know he's 23 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: given me advice on many occasions and ocasion didn't notice. 24 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: I'm not broke. You know. He'll be interview with celebrity CEOs, 25 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: entrepreneurs and industry decision makers. It's what he likes to do. 26 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: It's what he likes to share. Now it's time to 27 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: hear from my man, Rashan McDonald. Money making conversations. Here 28 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: we come, lock it down and when I definitely want 29 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: to get yourself now much. We want to come out there, man, 30 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: we can connect. Okay, yeah, please because I'll be out there. 31 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: Uh because I managed Stephen A. Smith and he's hosting. Uh, 32 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: he's hosting Uh Jimmy Kimmel. You will say, stephen A. Smith. Yeah, 33 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: that's my man. That's that's my that's my that's one 34 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: of my my man, I represent me. I watched First Take. 35 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 1: I watched First Take every day, So okay, so I'm 36 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: gonna fvite you out to the taping he's taping August 37 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 1: and uh our Los Angeles and some of him to 38 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 1: invite you out so you can meet him. Okay, so 39 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: puts from your couch. Jimmy kemps, Jim Carrell. We're gonna talk. Man, 40 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 1: we're gonna connect. All right, let's rock and roll. They 41 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: point damp me said, let's get started. Cool. This meeting 42 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: is being recorded, Yeah, big time. Man. You know he's 43 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: on my show where you know you see to be 44 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 1: on that. You see all the stars. Man, you on 45 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: the show. Now, Ryan, You're on the show. Brother, you 46 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: on my show now? Baby, I appreciate, I'm I'm honored 47 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: and five for three two one. Welcome to Money Making Conversation. 48 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,079 Speaker 1: As you know, I am the host, Rashan McDonald. I 49 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: always tell people every episode it's time to stop reading 50 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 1: other people's success stories and actually start writing your own. 51 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 1: And we are people. People always always talk about gifts 52 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: and passions. And I tell you, if you got a gift, 53 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: leave with your gift and don't let your age, friends, family, 54 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 1: and coworkers stop you from planning or living your dream. 55 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: My interviews are doing money making Conversation over with celebrities, CEOs, 56 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: entrepreneurs and what I like to call industry decision makers. 57 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: My next guest, I would like to believe it's an 58 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: industry decision maker. He makes change. His name is Ryan Morgan. 59 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: While being a rested on that on the bank floor, 60 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: and I've been to those banks in l A. L 61 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: A is one of the biggest bank. They called l 62 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: A bank rob capital, bank robbery Capital, Ryan promised himself 63 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: while he was laying there. This was not the end 64 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: of his story. When he got out of the prison 65 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: and his mid twenties, Ryan had a plane. He attended 66 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: Laney College in Oakland, then went on to play football 67 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: at the prestigious University of San Diego under my man 68 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: who is now the Michigan head coach, Jim Harball, before 69 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: before receiving his NBA from Concordia University. Since then, Ryan 70 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: has spent the last twelve years in the alcohol beverage 71 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: industry while working for two of the largest suppliers on 72 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: the globe, where is mostly recently for net sales. Himself, 73 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: Ryan Morgan thirty four million dollars he invested at least 74 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: temperacy his profits to the Watts community, to his nonprofit 75 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 1: and partners, please work with the money making conversations for 76 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: the first time. We're definitely gonna reconnect when I go 77 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: out in l a Ryan Morgan, how are you doing, Ryan, 78 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: I'm fantastic man. Pleasure to be here, Sean, thank you 79 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 1: for having me. Well. First of all, you know, there's 80 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:50,799 Speaker 1: always a journey. You know, I come from the inner City, 81 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: and I always uh tell people that, you know, mistakes 82 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 1: are left and right decisions. You know, you go left, 83 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 1: this is a decision, you go right. Nobody just can 84 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 1: stand in the middle and just you live your life. 85 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: You gotta make a decision. And sometimes the decision we 86 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 1: make can come with consequences, good and bad, you know, uh, 87 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: And I know that. Uh. I look back in my 88 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: college life and I did some silly things that if 89 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: they're if they're the right people would have caught me out, 90 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: probably would have had a different record. But the right 91 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 1: people didn't catch me, and I was fortunate and blessed 92 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: in your situation. You participated in the bank robbery which 93 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: led to you being arrested. Tell us about that during it. 94 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: Because so many of our African American youth getting these 95 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 1: bad situations and unfortunately can't come out of it. They 96 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: don't have mentors who help them get out of that 97 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: or right them along the way. And that is part 98 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: of your story. But let's go back to the beginning. 99 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: Uh that led to that point where you were arrested 100 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: for robbing the bank, attempting the robber bank. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 101 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: we're sean. I just want to say, like, to your point, 102 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: there's a saying in the neighborhood that if you knew better, 103 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:54,600 Speaker 1: you would do better. Yes, and that speaks to us. 104 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 1: I think a lot of talented black men and women, 105 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:00,840 Speaker 1: black and brown men and women coming from inner cities. Uh, 106 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 1: just a lack of opportunity and lack of nohaw, know how, 107 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:08,840 Speaker 1: a lack of the right channels for success. So you 108 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:10,919 Speaker 1: knew better, you would do better. So I think my 109 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: story reflects that. Yes, this nineteen U two weeks after 110 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: my nineteenth birthday, Uh, in that summer, just one year 111 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:24,359 Speaker 1: out of high school, and kind of this h inner 112 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 1: city Uh started out inner city typical story, kind of 113 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 1: one ft in the neighborhood, UM, one ft in sports. Uh. 114 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: So by the time that I graduated high school, you know, 115 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: I was knee deep and gang banging and selling drugs 116 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 1: and whatever way to hustle to make money. And so 117 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 1: I find myself, you know, two weeks before I turned 118 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: nineteen on the floor of a bank we attempted to 119 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: rob and right then and there, you know, with the 120 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 1: guns to my head and the police, I just kind 121 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: of saw my life kind of flashed before my eyes. 122 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: Um and it's had this kind of sick feeling like 123 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: this can't be it. Like I knew there was more 124 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: in me, and I wanted more for myself, and I knew, 125 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:08,480 Speaker 1: you know, my family wanted more for me. And so 126 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: I promised myself that I was gonna make this story. 127 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: I was gonna make this, you know, limits turned into lemonade, 128 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: and this wasn't gonna be the end of my legacy. 129 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: But but in the part of making that decision, you know, 130 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: your decision that you made on that being on the 131 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: floor came with consequences so that you couldn't control, okay, 132 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 1: and also unknown because you're about to go into environment 133 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: it's pretty intimidating. So two things I gotta ask you, 134 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: Being that you was tied to sports, there was an 135 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: avenue of positivity, but then the gang banking, because I 136 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 1: want to underto a clear understanding, because I've never participating 137 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: in the game, what attracted you to the gang participation 138 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: and what held you in that position? To be in 139 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: a position where you were robbing a bank. Yeah. So um, 140 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: and my story kind of weaves into why I'm in 141 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: the Watch community now. It's it's a story of generational 142 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 1: kind of cycling passing down. So Um, I grew up 143 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 1: in San Bordino, which is uh inner city much like 144 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: Watts or Oakland, a lot of projects, a lot of poverty, 145 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 1: and therefore a lot of the gangs, and so my 146 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 1: uncle's were involved in it, and you know, I'm looking 147 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: up to them, and it's just in that inner city 148 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 1: environment back then. It's getting better now, but we still 149 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: have work to do. A lot of the male role 150 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: models where individuals involved in gangs or drugs or some 151 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: type of criminal activity, and as a young boy, you're 152 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: looking up and seeing that as an example of what 153 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:39,199 Speaker 1: manhood is. There's a mis education and so you're falling 154 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: those steps and you have a work mentality thinking that Okay, 155 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: to be a real man, I gotta do X, Y 156 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 1: and Z following the example of these basically criminals. And 157 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 1: so it's it's it was really easy to to get 158 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:55,680 Speaker 1: pulled into. Um. You you you feel like you're in 159 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: the inner city and it's a it's a misconception, and 160 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: this is what we're trying to suppose that bring truth 161 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:03,559 Speaker 1: in life. But you feel like you have limited options 162 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: to where either to make money, I gotta play sports, 163 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 1: but where I gotta do some illegal hustle because I 164 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 1: don't have another realistic avenue for me to help get 165 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: out of this poverty uh and its hardship in its 166 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: inner city. And so I bit into that line. And 167 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: so that's why I had one foot in sports, which 168 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:24,719 Speaker 1: is was typical for a lot of males in the 169 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: inner city. And then you got that pool. You're in 170 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:29,679 Speaker 1: your environment, you surrounded and so I'm getting pulled by 171 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: my environment to do that. And so that was that 172 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 1: duality where I found myself, you know, on that on 173 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:37,840 Speaker 1: that bank floor. And it wasn't the first time, you know, 174 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 1: we had done something you legal, So it was a 175 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 1: build up a beak. And I'm saying my life reason 176 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: the reason about Ryan. You know, you know, I'm not 177 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: putting you on the front street. We're just telling the 178 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:52,079 Speaker 1: story about that moment because like I said, we all 179 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 1: have a journey to get to that that compromising moment 180 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: where you understand that this is not the direction I 181 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: can continue to live my life. But I also one 182 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 1: of the people know and you can recover, you can't 183 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: make change, because so many people, when they make mistakes, 184 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: they let their mistake overwhelmed them. They make their mistake 185 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: prevent their dreams from happening because they feel that I 186 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 1: can't recover. And one of the reasons I wanted to 187 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 1: bring Ryan on the show a show that he's one 188 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 1: of the many examples of people who have been roadblocked, 189 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 1: who have been positioned in a high state of negativity, 190 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: but they were they were they were able to come 191 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: out of it by setting a plan in place, because 192 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: you just can't dream your way out of it. You 193 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: have to have a plan. And that plan when you 194 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,079 Speaker 1: got into prison, because you were in prison, how did 195 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,559 Speaker 1: that start leaning into the direction of getting back into 196 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: athletics and how did you stay in shape? Because when 197 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: you came out, you attended Laney College in Oakland. Yeah. Uh, 198 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: for me, education was big and I believe that to 199 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:53,319 Speaker 1: this Death's part of our three pillars um with equity, Community, environment, education. 200 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: And that doesn't mean you have to get education from college. 201 00:10:56,600 --> 00:11:00,040 Speaker 1: Uh that's the route I went. But um, knowledge and 202 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: education is going to help open up a lot of 203 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: opportunities and avenues open up your mind and help you 204 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 1: make better choices and help you understand why you where 205 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: you're at and why. Uh so. Uh Fortunately in the 206 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: federal prison system that I was in, they offered college courses, 207 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 1: UH continuing adult courses, adult education courses, so I took advantage. 208 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: Um I wanted to. I've always been a curious mind, 209 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: and uh it just I'm thankful that it kind of 210 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: clicked early. Um when I was in prison that education 211 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: was gonna help me turn my life around. So I 212 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 1: took every college course, every adult continued education course available. 213 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 1: They had UH courses in finance, the Spanish, heating, denilation, 214 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,200 Speaker 1: air condition. 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Visit adopt us Kids dot org, 257 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: slash podcasts or subscribed to Navigating Adoption presented by adopt 258 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: us Kids, brought to you by the U. S. Department 259 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 1: of Health and Human Service as Administration for Children and 260 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 1: Families and the Council. Wow now, but the note the 261 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 1: next conversation of transitioning because there was God gave you 262 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 1: a natural talent that was sports. And I'd say natural 263 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 1: talent because you was able to build on that which 264 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 1: led to you play at college football at the University 265 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: of San Diego. So I don't want to miss any 266 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: steps of this conversation because we all know in a 267 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 1: journey it's never overnight. I always tell people, you go 268 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: to Hollywood, you see a person on TV or see 269 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: him in the movie, believing they just in walker Hollywood 270 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: and get cast. You know, there's a lot of rejection, 271 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 1: there's a lot of frustration. Talk about that rejection. Talk 272 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 1: about that frustration, and talk about people holding your past 273 00:14:55,600 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 1: against you and preventing you from living the positive future. Yeah, Uh, 274 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 1: well I had when I was in prison. I went 275 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: there right after high school, and I was a talented 276 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 1: football player in high school. Uh, I could in a 277 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: scholarship if I wouldn't have went the criminal route. But 278 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 1: so I had these dreams about playing football while I 279 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: was in prison all the time, like haunting me. And 280 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: I knew if I didn't go out there and play 281 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 1: after I got out at five, that it was gonna 282 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 1: bother me for the rest of my life and it 283 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 1: was tied into my educational journey. So, um, actually was 284 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 1: going to junior college for about a year, uh doing 285 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: uh fitness training and you know, had the physique. So 286 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 1: I got recruited just walking on campus, you know, to 287 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: my classes, and uh, thank god I did. So. I 288 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: played for for Laney College, uh coach being. They just 289 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: did a Netflix special on Laney College coach being. So 290 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 1: it was the first year there and I caught the 291 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: attention with coach Hardball and it was his second year 292 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: University of San Diego, and it's one of the best 293 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: decisions of my life. Thankfully. I was focused on my 294 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 1: studies at a three point six six prestigious universities, so 295 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 1: you've gotta have great grades to get there. Uh they 296 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: accepted me, and um, I got my degree in marketing 297 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 1: and it really just set my path straight. I mean 298 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 1: the connections I made, um, you know what I learned 299 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 1: there and then um, just the opportunities that it opened 300 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 1: up for me were incredible. You know you was there 301 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: with was the quarterback Josh Johnson. Was you there when 302 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: he was there? Yeah? Absolutely, yeah, my boy. Yeah, we'st open. Absolutely. 303 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: Marshawn Lynch cousin. Oh, you know, my whole thing is 304 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: that when I look at the opportunities that that come 305 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 1: me away, and I'm excited about you, the dreams, and 306 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 1: then the fact that I like you because you're a 307 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: good looking guy and and so you know, and to 308 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: be a good looking guy, I'll take that. Oh yeah, 309 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 1: you know, a good looking come on. You know you 310 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: like you said, you walked through campus. They knew you was, 311 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 1: they knew you were physically fit. I wanna go campful. 312 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: They said, what class, sir? What class as you It's 313 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 1: interesting with how you say that, because you know your 314 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:07,120 Speaker 1: first San Diego you might not notice. I mean it's 315 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:10,680 Speaker 1: it's it's not a diverse campus. Most of the black 316 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:13,679 Speaker 1: and brown people that go there are playing sports. You know, 317 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:17,199 Speaker 1: I'm just being real. So when I got there, you know, 318 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 1: I'm yoked up big. You know. I was eight when 319 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 1: I got to University of San Diego, so I was 320 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 1: always looked at like this. There was a story and uh, 321 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:31,919 Speaker 1: like you know about me and uh mystique. So I 322 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 1: think the world got out like we got this guy 323 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: on campus who did a bid in prison and you know, 324 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:38,400 Speaker 1: from the hood. So I was kind of like they 325 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,159 Speaker 1: called me O G Triple O G around campus of 326 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 1: knew me before, knew then. Just you know, it was 327 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 1: rare for somebody to be on that campus for my 328 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 1: background for sure. That that's what we always talk about background, Ryan, 329 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:51,680 Speaker 1: you know, and we talked about the future. Now you 330 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 1: know our qua equity, equity, you know water, you know, 331 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: we we know California, so you know it's a it's 332 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: a heat wave going on. Let me ask you this 333 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 1: first of them. When you when you see the heat wave, 334 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: does that me revenue in your mind? You know, people 335 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 1: gonna be drinking water? How do you treat weather in 336 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: your in your line of business? How do you cheap 337 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: weather in your life? Need transition because I see heatwave, 338 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 1: I think my air conditioning bill is gonna be I 339 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,920 Speaker 1: need to transition. But you're right, uh with the heat. 340 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 1: So we have a unique route to market and and 341 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: kind of customer base. UM. Being know, we launched our 342 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:30,679 Speaker 1: product in March, right at the height of the pandemic. 343 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,360 Speaker 1: We had to pivot on how we were gonna get 344 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 1: a route to market and our points distribution. Uh, So 345 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 1: we changed from going to traditional retail route to focus 346 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: on corporate customers. UM just by you know, being in 347 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 1: Watson and UH contributing to the community outreach programs. We 348 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: UH caught the attentions in the word of mouth, got 349 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:59,640 Speaker 1: out to several producers UM directors UM in the Hollywood industry, 350 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:03,360 Speaker 1: Malie of Matsukus being one of the first, and she's awesome. 351 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,880 Speaker 1: She got us into Warner Media Studios. UM. So we're 352 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:10,640 Speaker 1: official vendor and they're a great customer. But we're picking 353 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:16,120 Speaker 1: up corporate customers like Kaiser, Permanente, GM, Cadillac, and we're 354 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:20,920 Speaker 1: able to sell them larger quantities UM and have them 355 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:24,960 Speaker 1: as a longer, long term customer as opposed to a 356 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 1: retail customer. They support our mission and TV outreach we do, 357 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:33,399 Speaker 1: so you won't see us in a traditional retail store 358 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 1: as much. UM. We sell mostly UH online to too. 359 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 1: To our our customers UM are residential customers, but our 360 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 1: main focuses are corporate customers because they got the money 361 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:48,359 Speaker 1: to help support these these projects in the mission that 362 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:51,640 Speaker 1: we have our core equity. You know, it's water, that's 363 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: what you know. It always amazes me that you know 364 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 1: you have all you can go in the store. You 365 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: see all these different bottle brands of water. We're just 366 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 1: talking about water in general. One, what the French rates 367 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 1: water from just tap water? Well, educate us on their 368 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: own water process for us, right right, not a great question. 369 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 1: So it all depends on what your water source. Obviously, 370 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,680 Speaker 1: certain parts of the country you're gonna have better uh 371 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: natural water sources, whether that's a spring on the ground 372 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 1: water table. Um. So what we have is too offerings. 373 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 1: We have a pure mount of spring water out of Tiger, Georgia. UM. 374 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 1: They have some of the best smooth, the taste of 375 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: spring water California. A lot of people are apprehensive about 376 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 1: spring water, so we were very careful and picking the 377 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:42,880 Speaker 1: right one. And then we have an electrolyte and enhanced water. 378 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 1: What that means is the water is purified through reverse 379 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:51,359 Speaker 1: osmosis and then we add calcium, magnesium and potassium for 380 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:55,399 Speaker 1: the electrolytes to keep you hydrated um or rehydrated faster. 381 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: So those are two main offerings UM. And I mean 382 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 1: it's very simple. You know, RAI up a great point. 383 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: You know, you can get water from a tap. But 384 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 1: so what we say is that we're not really selling water, 385 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,239 Speaker 1: we're selling the good works in the mission uh that 386 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 1: we do and bringing people, bringing our customers in that 387 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 1: can't physically be there to be a part of it. Well, 388 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:18,199 Speaker 1: that's important. I'm talking to Ryan Morrigan. You know. Our 389 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 1: equity is his line of business, you know, but his 390 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,680 Speaker 1: company operates on three pillars, and we want to talk 391 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,400 Speaker 1: about those three pillars. Want his community, one his environment, 392 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,439 Speaker 1: and want his education. Now, it's always important to have 393 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,439 Speaker 1: a direction, and you're motivated by your past to have 394 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 1: a brighter future. And I want to go immediately down 395 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 1: to one we and to continue that conversation because I 396 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: think education has changed my life. You know, I didn't 397 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: have an education, then I wouldn't have direction in life. 398 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:45,439 Speaker 1: So I always tell people if you just go to college, 399 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 1: just go to college for the experience, because I like 400 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:50,159 Speaker 1: high school. You have options in college. You know, you 401 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: don't have to take a course. It's just because that's 402 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: part of the curriculum for you being a junior, senior, 403 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,680 Speaker 1: a freshman in college in high school. So college have 404 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 1: impacted you. Educate ocasionally talk about that and then talk 405 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,160 Speaker 1: about why it is one of the pillars with you'll 406 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:09,679 Speaker 1: watch Community Core. Yeah, absolutely, thank you. So you know, 407 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: college is one of the best experiences of my life, 408 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 1: not only because of the knowledge and education, but the 409 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 1: connections and two of my co founders um I met 410 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 1: in college. We played football together in for San Diego, 411 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 1: UM and part of that was that bonding experience creative 412 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 1: in college. So yeah, I do recommend individuals to seek 413 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 1: out of college UM that that's accessible and and you 414 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 1: know that you don't have to go into debt for 415 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: get that education. You have a great experience. UM. So. 416 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 1: You know our three pillars community, UM, environment, education. The 417 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:50,160 Speaker 1: education pieces huge because UM, I realize how it can 418 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 1: change your life and a lot of people in the 419 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: inner city that we deal with, they still don't know UM. 420 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,120 Speaker 1: And so we want to open up opportunities which education 421 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 1: can do UM and sparked the next generation of innovators 422 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 1: and entrepreneurs coming out of the wast community. And you know, 423 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 1: we have an entrepreneur training program to do that that 424 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 1: we work with our nonprofit partner uh SO. It's actually 425 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:19,159 Speaker 1: great foundation. UM. They are connected to the l A 426 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 1: City Mayor's office uh SO grid Foundation that operate in 427 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 1: thirty two locations and then they have a a STEM 428 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 1: lab in the Nickerson Garden Housing development, which is the 429 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 1: largest housing development west of the Mississippi largest in the state, 430 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,400 Speaker 1: and so at that STEM Lab we have an entrepreneur 431 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:43,479 Speaker 1: training program that is essentially a college course where you're 432 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 1: gonna get the fundamentals of entrepreneurship. Um, you're gonna build 433 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: out a pitch deck for your business idea. You're gonna 434 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 1: get that practice of elevator pitching, pitching in front of 435 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: a panel, and then we we have basically a grant 436 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 1: award for the top three students to help them get 437 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: started on their entrepreneur journey. Three thousand for first place, 438 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 1: two thousand for second, and a thousand for for third place. 439 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: We bring in guests entrepreneurs every class to to share 440 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: their experience and their best practices so that our students 441 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: can get different perspectives and they can take from each 442 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:22,360 Speaker 1: entrepreneur and weave that into their own business plan. 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Hi, everyone, 460 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 1: I'll roker here as a guy with his own catchphrase. 461 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 1: I appreciate that Smokey's only said only you can prevent wildfires, 462 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: but I'm filling in because there's a lot more to report, 463 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: like when they're parched or windy conditions out there. You've 464 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 1: gotta be extra careful with things like burning yard wage. 465 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:45,119 Speaker 1: After all, wildfires can start anywhere, even in your neck 466 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,639 Speaker 1: of the woods. Go to Smokey Bear dot com to 467 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: learn more about wildfire prevention. Brought to you by the U. S. 468 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:54,119 Speaker 1: Forest Service, your state Forester, and the AD Council. M. 469 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: I actually just like I've seen that the the Entrepreneur 470 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 1: Training program, shodn't watch. It's at the Nickerson Art and 471 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 1: Stem Lab Saturdays only on Saturdays. I know you have 472 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 1: Zoom and you have Saturdays because I love the I 473 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:08,359 Speaker 1: love the you know, talk for you or be one 474 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 1: of your mentors, or be one of the people you 475 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 1: like to invite in and talk because that's part of 476 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 1: my my mantra as part of my gearback. You know, 477 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 1: it's time. You know, God He's given me the ability 478 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 1: to live a long life. I have to give back 479 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 1: these gifts and share it with somebody. So you can. 480 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 1: You can council me in or ink me in as 481 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 1: a reshout on a holding your to it. And I'm saying, 482 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 1: hold you to that for sure, okay, because I definitely 483 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 1: want to do that. You know, because like I said, uh, 484 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: I know that l A was important in my life. 485 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 1: I lived there from nineteen ninety to two thousand five. 486 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 1: I know the impact is Steve Harvey and I had 487 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 1: on radio in the community. You know, when I hear 488 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 1: when I see Nickers and Gardens Man brings back so 489 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 1: many memories because those are legendary UH locations, housing locations 490 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,400 Speaker 1: in this country. You know I'm talking about you garden. 491 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 1: You go wow, you know. But I have to ask 492 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:58,680 Speaker 1: this question here because of the fact that this is 493 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 1: what happens when you stand in eborhood so too long. 494 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,400 Speaker 1: Now it's a core group of people that you gang 495 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 1: bang with. You know, someone probably got arrested with you 496 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 1: use on the floor that bank way back in the 497 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 1: day when he was an eighteen years old any relationship 498 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: now do you know where they at or as like 499 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 1: all lives that live that life, it's been cut short, 500 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 1: you know. I mean, well what you know one of 501 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 1: was my family members. So he did time too. He 502 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 1: got caught up later on in the state and did 503 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: some time, and you know he's out and successful in 504 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,920 Speaker 1: his own right, so he's got his own story to tell. 505 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,640 Speaker 1: But um, so yeah, we keep tabs. And then another one, 506 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 1: uh went off later on into prison and stay prisoned 507 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,360 Speaker 1: for something else and got out and you know he's 508 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:44,679 Speaker 1: got a family and kids, so you know he's got 509 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 1: a great life too. So there's some some kind of 510 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 1: beauty um for those ashes right there. Because I want 511 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 1: to bring out I don't, I don't what's that I said? 512 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 1: I do want to bring that up because that's a journey, 513 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: and you share those journeys with individuals and just you 514 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:02,680 Speaker 1: know that what I'm just trying to get out of 515 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,919 Speaker 1: your story, Ryan, of course, you know the aqua equity 516 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 1: is that your your story has told so many different 517 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: ways by so many different people who don't look like 518 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,959 Speaker 1: you but share the same path. You know, I can 519 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,920 Speaker 1: tell my innergty path. But again, when you when you 520 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 1: hit negativity, there's some positivity to come out of it. Now. 521 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,720 Speaker 1: I wanted to explain to people that, you know, we 522 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 1: just was just we didn't have the mentors, we didn't 523 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 1: have the tools, we didn't have the environment. But wow, 524 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:32,040 Speaker 1: if we'd have had that same opportunity that other people 525 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 1: are being blessed with, guess who we could have been. 526 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:37,159 Speaker 1: You know, we could have been We could have been 527 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: Barack Obama. You know, we could have been the Reginald 528 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 1: lewis Is of the world. You know, we could have 529 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 1: been all these great people. And you are still great people, absolutely, 530 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 1: And so that that's why it's important this interview. When 531 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 1: I do interviews with an individual like that, it's your 532 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 1: inspiration to me because I know I know who I am, 533 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 1: I know what I am capable of doing. I know 534 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 1: I'm capable of doing because people stop me Ryan, they 535 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: optmus to reach out, don't do that. They were mad 536 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 1: at me when I when I when I didn't follow 537 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 1: the path of greatness that they saw in me, which 538 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,840 Speaker 1: is off the frustration frustrating because that path that they 539 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 1: want you to travel, it's kind of hard. It's kind 540 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 1: of hard, and it takes a little discipline. They were 541 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 1: involved in that. And that's why I want to go 542 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 1: back into the environment conversation, because the environment really is 543 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 1: how you package your water, because that's a path you 544 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,760 Speaker 1: gotta follow rules, and a lot of times when you 545 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 1: follow rules, it can lead to frustration, especially when you're 546 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,360 Speaker 1: trying to build your business model. And one of the 547 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 1: second pillows in there we talked about education is environment, 548 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 1: and then we're gonna roll it up and talk about 549 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,040 Speaker 1: the community, how you're giving back. But I thought it 550 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 1: was really important to tell your story, man, not only 551 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:46,400 Speaker 1: the journey, but what you're doing now and how to 552 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:50,600 Speaker 1: just structure thought process you turn around, not on your life, 553 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 1: but the community of watch. Let's talk about it. Yeah, 554 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 1: I mean, so the environment piece, I talked about it 555 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:02,120 Speaker 1: two ways. First, with our packaging. UH, so you kind 556 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 1: of see the bottle behind me, aluminum bottle UM. We 557 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:10,160 Speaker 1: especially in California, the single use plastic is a big issue, 558 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: and so we didn't want to contribute to a problem. 559 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 1: We we wanted to help alleviate the problem. And there's 560 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 1: not a lot of bottle waters UH packaged in reusable aluminum, 561 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:25,920 Speaker 1: recyclable aluminum. So we went that way to kind of 562 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 1: start a trend and and be first movers in this category. 563 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 1: But we felt it was really important to us that 564 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:36,560 Speaker 1: our packaging being aligned with UH, you know, where our 565 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:38,960 Speaker 1: heart is is to take care of the community, the environment. 566 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 1: So and then the other piece of the environment is 567 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 1: UM me showing up to the watch environment, to other 568 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 1: communities in that environment, UM and telling my story so 569 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: that other kids or even adults that made mistake realize 570 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: that it's not over. It doesn't matter what happened yesterday. 571 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 1: Pick yourself up be the term ment to to to 572 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 1: keep grinding, to keep working towards your goals UM and 573 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:07,719 Speaker 1: you'll get there. People will help will help you. UM. 574 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:09,840 Speaker 1: But a lot of it is a mindset shift, and 575 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:14,480 Speaker 1: that's what we're trying to spark, is UH that mindset 576 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:19,680 Speaker 1: shift and open up there kind of thought process. Uh, 577 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:24,880 Speaker 1: two different opportunities instead of the traditional current environmental opportunities 578 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 1: that are a cycled to prison or death. Right now, 579 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:29,960 Speaker 1: the last one this community, you know, because we know 580 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 1: it's really how you've overcome a lot of things in life, 581 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:35,520 Speaker 1: dream dreams sometimes because the pandemic could have been a 582 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:39,080 Speaker 1: dream killer because you started this whole concept and march 583 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:44,520 Speaker 1: of a and then in cried several corporate customers such 584 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 1: as Wanta Media, kinds of permanented General Motors Corporation, and 585 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 1: these are like, these are what we'd like to call 586 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:54,640 Speaker 1: fortune five hundred companies. Okay, every time that logo appears 587 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 1: on the website that you have, it brings more credibility. 588 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 1: But it's the bottom line is the community made you, 589 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 1: It raised you. Now you give it back to it. 590 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:09,840 Speaker 1: Talk to us. Yeah, I mean, I mean absolutely. And 591 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 1: you know, I love Sabordino, I love Watson and Oakland 592 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:18,800 Speaker 1: and Flint and these other black and brown cities industries. 593 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:20,240 Speaker 1: I ain't even been there. And I can say that 594 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 1: because there's so many parallels. When I was in federal prison, 595 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 1: I got to be locked up around brothers, and you know, 596 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,640 Speaker 1: black and Brown Brothers were all over the country, and 597 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:33,280 Speaker 1: I realized that, you know, we pretty much going through 598 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 1: the same struggle. Um, and ghettos were designed right, So 599 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 1: it's not a surprise now to learn that there's some 600 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,400 Speaker 1: of the same struggles going on in Watts that are 601 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:45,240 Speaker 1: in Oakland, that are in Cleveland, that are in Detroit, 602 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:49,520 Speaker 1: that are in Atlanta. So anyways, um, community. I love 603 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:54,200 Speaker 1: the resilience of the people in those communities. Um uh, 604 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 1: their mindset, you know, how they find joy and happiness 605 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 1: with you know, very very little resources compared to you know, 606 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,760 Speaker 1: what they're aware of around them. So I love that resisentencing, 607 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,200 Speaker 1: that that fighting at people. So I'm there with them 608 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:13,520 Speaker 1: to encourage them, to to help them and to to 609 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,160 Speaker 1: show them away. Um, there's other leaders in there I 610 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:17,719 Speaker 1: need to give a shout out to. You know, I'm 611 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,120 Speaker 1: the one here on this interview, but people in the community. 612 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:23,520 Speaker 1: I've been there for ten twenty thirty years, Individuals like 613 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 1: Donnie joe Bert Brandon, Silen Bailey sticks. Um, he just 614 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 1: got the key to the city in l A. But 615 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:33,240 Speaker 1: they've been doing you know, major positive good works in 616 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:36,680 Speaker 1: the Watch community long before I got there. And me 617 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:39,560 Speaker 1: connecting in the Opequity my co founders I got branded 618 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 1: that speech, J T. Rogan, Crystal Jackson. I couldn't do 619 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:47,280 Speaker 1: it without a team. So us connecting with individuals like 620 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:51,000 Speaker 1: Donnie joe Bert and Brandon len Bailey sticks that are 621 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 1: already um in the community doing good works, it made 622 00:33:55,160 --> 00:34:00,320 Speaker 1: it possible for us to basically be the fuel you know, 623 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:05,280 Speaker 1: or the turbo to to to their engine. So that's 624 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:07,720 Speaker 1: a big part of the community is finding a team 625 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,080 Speaker 1: and people are like minded with the synergy to work 626 00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:15,279 Speaker 1: together to solve problems. Well, Akwa Equity sayce April twenty 627 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:19,879 Speaker 1: have donated with twenty dollars and cases of water, two 628 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:23,520 Speaker 1: food drives, and various nonprofits. 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