WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.439 --> 00:00:06.440 Deborah, with her thirty years of being an entrepreneur and 2 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:09.919 creating over seven companies, knows exactly what it means to 3 00:00:10.039 --> 00:00:13.160 accept the mission. When you make that decision, when you 4 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:16.399 accept the mission to become a solopreneur, to take yourself 5 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:19.079 and your talents to market, then you embrace a life 6 00:00:19.079 --> 00:00:23.120 of not only unlimited possibilities, but also the unknown. It's 7 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:26.280 an elixir of fear and bravery that only someone who's 8 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:30.519 taken the leap really understands. On our show, deb digs 9 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:33.359 deep with her guests to highlight what you the listener 10 00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:36.719 wants to know the stories, the whys, and the hows 11 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:40.000 to navigate the journey to success. Get ready to hear 12 00:00:40.039 --> 00:00:43.039 from some of the most incredible mission takers from Generation 13 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:46.560 Z to boomers. So sit up, perk up, and get 14 00:00:46.600 --> 00:00:49.280 ready to be blown away. Now Here is your host, 15 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:50.960 Deborah Drummond. 16 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:54.320 Hello, Hello, Hello, and welcome fact mission accepted. 17 00:00:55.039 --> 00:00:57.079 I want to hear what kind of missions if you 18 00:00:57.079 --> 00:01:00.520 guys do this last week we have in from with 19 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:03.399 the most incredible people that are stepping up and tell 20 00:01:03.479 --> 00:01:06.799 us telling us some of the insides what got them started, 21 00:01:07.159 --> 00:01:09.280 why they stay on the mission, and if you are 22 00:01:09.319 --> 00:01:12.799 out there and you're one of our incredible, incredible listeners 23 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:14.920 and incredible. 24 00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:17.799 Viewers because you are because you tell me you are, 25 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:19.280 and I love that about you. 26 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:20.799 Is I want to hear. 27 00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:22.640 I want to hear what's going on in your world too, 28 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:25.280 So look at Dov drummond dot com, go into the 29 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:28.159 contacts and go, this is what's happening. Or Hey, I 30 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:30.760 watched this show and this is what you know, this 31 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:33.280 is what it did for me, or it sparked this 32 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:34.159 idea or whatever. 33 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:36.680 I want to hear from you. So I want to 34 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:37.239 hear stories. 35 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:39.079 And if you want to be where these guys are sitting, 36 00:01:39.120 --> 00:01:40.519 then I want to hear from you as well. 37 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:43.840 I'm super excited today. Let me see. 38 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:47.159 You know, I always tell you who you are for today, 39 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:50.359 So for this show, all of my listeners and all 40 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:52.400 of our viewers at mission. Except if you guys are 41 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:55.159 kind of like the collaborative kind of people, you guys 42 00:01:55.159 --> 00:01:57.480 are really collaborative, and you're we're gonna we're going to 43 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:00.840 be meeting a couple of really cool collaboration of people today. 44 00:02:01.079 --> 00:02:03.040 They're actually collabing together. 45 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:05.239 They're actually flabbing together. 46 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:08.719 So we have mister DJ Smooth in the house and 47 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:10.719 this is Doushawn and he's going to be telling us 48 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:12.639 a few things about what he's doing and what he's 49 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:16.240 got going on, and he is coming to us from Utah. 50 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:18.520 And then we have mister Ocean Baker in the house 51 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:22.599 from local Vancouver, Canada. And yes, we were all talking 52 00:02:22.759 --> 00:02:26.039 a little hockey before the pre show because we have 53 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:28.240 the you know, we have Deshaun in the house with 54 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:31.479 his Utah you know, his Utah hockey shirt. But I'm like, 55 00:02:31.479 --> 00:02:34.919 you know, you're talking to some Canadians here. The show's 56 00:02:34.919 --> 00:02:36.759 going to get hot. This the show's going to get hot. 57 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:39.159 So we're going to get right into the show. So 58 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:41.000 thank you guys for coming on to the show. And 59 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:44.520 you know, let's kind of get at it. We have 60 00:02:44.599 --> 00:02:47.000 not seen you on the show before. DJ Smooth from 61 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:49.639 Utah and we're excited to have you here. 62 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:51.680 So why don't you tell us a little bit about 63 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:52.879 what you do? 64 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:55.840 I just kind of said, DJ, but what you do 65 00:02:56.840 --> 00:03:00.000 and how that started for you awesome. 66 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:01.960 Well, first of all, thank you dere for having me 67 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:04.599 on your show. Ocean is great to be with you 68 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:08.120 as well too. As always, keep rocking above. I'm proud 69 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:11.759 of you. That's a great question there. I started DJing 70 00:03:11.759 --> 00:03:15.199 when I was four years ago, actually in twenty twenty, 71 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:19.439 that's when I first created that title. Before then, I 72 00:03:19.479 --> 00:03:23.039 was just a music lover like everyone else. Also started 73 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:26.680 commercial flooring at that time too, well, not necessarily commercial flowing, 74 00:03:26.680 --> 00:03:30.960 but residential flooring and transition to commercial flooring. That's currently 75 00:03:30.960 --> 00:03:33.080 what I'm in right now as my full time as 76 00:03:33.080 --> 00:03:34.319 I'm continuingly building. 77 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:34.879 My DJ career. 78 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:39.719 And yeah, it's cool to be simultaneously building both and 79 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:41.759 seeing them both going in the right direction. 80 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:44.159 So yeah, so that's interesting. 81 00:03:44.199 --> 00:03:46.000 People don't know who you are, so you know, you 82 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:50.560 started this kind of entrepreneurial you know, spark. So if 83 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:52.719 you said four years ago, but when you were twenty four, 84 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:56.960 twenty four something like that, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 85 00:03:57.080 --> 00:03:58.080 What made you decide? 86 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:00.240 I mean, you love I love how you said, you know, 87 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:03.120 love music like everyone else because I. 88 00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:04.879 Build the same way. Moly, But what do you mean? 89 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:06.520 What do you mean you don't listen to it all 90 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:10.759 day long? What made you decide to? Like? Were you 91 00:04:10.840 --> 00:04:12.039 inspired by somebody? 92 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:14.199 Like did you just kind of one day go hey 93 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:15.759 I think I am I want to go span? 94 00:04:16.319 --> 00:04:16.399 Like? 95 00:04:16.480 --> 00:04:18.319 What was your inspiration? Where did that come from? 96 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:19.800 That's a great question there. 97 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:22.600 I think the inspiration honestly came from just going to 98 00:04:22.680 --> 00:04:27.399 the house parties out here in Utah. I honestly felt like, 99 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:31.720 you know, coming from from Georgia, you know, the Athens area, 100 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:35.120 and you know, being born in Cleveland, Ohio, I had 101 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:38.560 a definitely strong taste of music, and then coming over 102 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:41.839 to Utah, I just felt like there was an opportunity 103 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:48.319 for years to capture what they haven't heard. And that's 104 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:51.160 that's what led to me. You know, yes, I can 105 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:54.920 get music in these people's ears and plugging my phone 106 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:57.279 into the arks core at parties. I've literally done this 107 00:04:57.399 --> 00:05:00.839 two or three times to literally you know, touching a 108 00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:04.000 DJ controlled it for the first time and changed my life. 109 00:05:04.040 --> 00:05:04.439 Literally. 110 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:06.480 Wow, I love that. 111 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:08.920 I mean what I hear is that you saw something 112 00:05:08.920 --> 00:05:11.720 that was missing somewhere and decided that you're gonna feel that. 113 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:12.560 Right. 114 00:05:13.439 --> 00:05:15.480 That's very cool, Ocean. 115 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:19.199 You know, not everybody's heard your story, even though you've 116 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:20.959 been on the show a number of times and sometimes 117 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:24.759 we interview people together. What about yourself? What was what 118 00:05:24.839 --> 00:05:28.319 was your spark? And uh, maybe tell our audience what 119 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:29.319 sector you're in. 120 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:35.800 Yeah, I'm in clothing and design, and so I mean 121 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:39.000 it's always had a passion for it and growing up 122 00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:44.639 loving sneakers and Jordan's Street where I always intertwined. And 123 00:05:44.680 --> 00:05:48.720 I grew up with parents who are designers and entrepreneurs 124 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:52.120 and creatives, so I just kind of followed them in 125 00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:54.399 their footsteps a little bit, but I had my own 126 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:57.720 way of doing it, so on my own artwork and 127 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:01.199 clothing line, and that's kind of how I got into it. 128 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:03.279 And it's been great ever since. 129 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:06.680 Awesome, awesome, And I gotta I gotta ask, So I'm 130 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:09.680 gonna kind of ask cross question here, so Ocean, what 131 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:10.759 kind of music do you like? 132 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:16.839 I like a lot of things. There's there's not why 133 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:21.160 I don't like, but I definitely more of a fan 134 00:06:22.279 --> 00:06:28.199 like rap, old rock and classic rock. Everything is something 135 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:29.639 I really don't like, but those are the two big 136 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:30.399 ones I listened to. 137 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:32.720 All right, And I'm going to go back over to 138 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:34.800 you and I'm gonna say, day Sean, I'm like, what 139 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:36.639 kind of you know, what kind of clothes do you like? 140 00:06:36.720 --> 00:06:38.079 What kind of like what's your what's. 141 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:42.000 Your Oh, that's a I have heard, that's a good one. 142 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:45.439 Kind of clothes that I like? I like to look stylish. 143 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:49.279 I like to look, you know, Taylor at certain times, 144 00:06:49.319 --> 00:06:52.480 not necessarily Taylor may, but you know, I like to look, 145 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:53.480 you know, put together. 146 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:55.920 And then there's other times I like to look. I 147 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:59.920 love being comfortable as well too. I'll go to the sweatpants, 148 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:01.480 the slots, you know. 149 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:03.920 I love that. 150 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:05.639 Yeah. 151 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:08.959 Yeah, hashtag put together, hashtag put I like to I 152 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:09.839 think that's a great answer. 153 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:13.000 It's like, what kind of clothing to like? Hashtag put together? 154 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:14.000 You know what I mean. 155 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:18.839 That's very cool, that's very cool. So look, I'd love 156 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:21.879 to dig a little deeper. And you know, it's one 157 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:23.800 thing that you have an idea. You're like, oh, these 158 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:26.720 people need to hear some music. And Ocean, you know, 159 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:29.360 you you're following through on something that you love and 160 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:31.079 you came to love it. It's part of who you are, 161 00:07:32.399 --> 00:07:35.319 having something that you love, having an idea, and then 162 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:39.199 like stepping in, like stepping in, and I know that 163 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:43.759 both of you you're still working at other places. Right, 164 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:45.279 You've got a full time gig and this is a 165 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:48.160 part time gig that you're moving and Ocean's kind of 166 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:50.519 somewhere in between there, right, you know, you're still getting 167 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:52.879 your money from other places while you're building your dreams. 168 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:57.800 Maybe talk a little bit Sean and on what's that like? 169 00:07:57.800 --> 00:08:01.319 Like does it is it kind of sacrifice because you 170 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:02.600 got you you know, that means you don't have as 171 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:05.040 much time to play. It means that all your money 172 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:07.639 that you're making is going into your business. Like there's 173 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:10.000 some sacrifice in that, right that means that you know 174 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:11.879 you're not coming home and netflixing every night? 175 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:12.839 What's that like like? 176 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:16.120 Truly, like it's one hundred percent of sacrifice. I think 177 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:19.879 anybody chasing their dreams, that's a sacrifice. And you know, 178 00:08:19.959 --> 00:08:22.639 like you just said, there, there's there's many nights I 179 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:25.360 have to give up TV and most nights I don't 180 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:28.120 watch TV because I'm in a basement or I'm in 181 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:28.800 a lab. 182 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:33.240 Or I'm out there building with others. You know, Yeah, 183 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:33.639 you're right. 184 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:37.000 It's truly a balance trying to have your full time 185 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:40.120 but building a side gig. Because in your mind, it's 186 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:42.679 like I really want to have my full time, my 187 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:45.080 part time be my full time, but it's not. It's 188 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:47.200 not there yet. So I would say, just don't rush 189 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:50.240 the process, be patient, which is the hardest part for me. 190 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:52.919 But you know, having a business coach has definitely taught 191 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:56.480 me to be patient, and yeah, we're navigating through it together. 192 00:08:56.559 --> 00:08:57.279 So it's awesome. 193 00:08:58.080 --> 00:08:59.960 Right on. Thanks and Oshan about. 194 00:08:59.720 --> 00:09:07.240 Yourself, Yeah, I mean there's a lot of non down time. 195 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:10.440 I guess it's the way to stay it. But it's 196 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:12.840 super cool because you get to do what you like. 197 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:17.559 Even when I know I have some other time I 198 00:09:17.639 --> 00:09:20.720 have to do work, but I still do my own 199 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:25.399 work at that time. So it's never ending, but it's 200 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:28.440 like a good never ending because you're chasing your dreams 201 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:34.159 and you're getting each step closer to where you want 202 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:37.240 to be. So yeah, it's good. I mean TV is 203 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:44.399 always there, right, Sonia eventually watch it, but it's all right. 204 00:09:44.639 --> 00:09:45.840 It ain't going anywhere, right. 205 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:48.840 You could just catch the catch the third the third 206 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:50.480 sequel of the series, you know. 207 00:09:50.440 --> 00:09:50.759 What I mean. 208 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:53.120 Everyone's like have you heard? You're like, I don't know, 209 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:54.200 Like I. 210 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:56.759 Mean I experienced that myself, right, having a media company 211 00:09:56.759 --> 00:09:59.120 and everything that people like, hey have you seen this movie? 212 00:09:59.159 --> 00:10:04.480 And I'm like, no, no I haven't, Or hey did 213 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:05.240 you go to that event? 214 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:08.000 And I'm like, didn't you know what was happening? 215 00:10:08.600 --> 00:10:10.759 You know what's happening right, because I'm a tunnel visioned 216 00:10:11.559 --> 00:10:12.399 what is you know? 217 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:12.679 For me? 218 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:14.960 I know, for myself as an entrepreneur, there's been like 219 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:18.200 growing pains. You know, there's been times where I didn't 220 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:20.399 really want to learn that, Like I didn't really want 221 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:22.360 to learn that, Like I didn't really want. 222 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:24.639 To build you know, uh what you know? Okay, So 223 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:25.639 what's LinkedIn? 224 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:28.039 I remember like LinkedIn and so you know, and now 225 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:30.519 I have two million on LinkedIn? Right, Like it's just 226 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:34.840 there's learning curves of things from technology to sourcing, to 227 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:39.559 branding to marketing, maybe share ocean. Let's start with you, like, 228 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:42.360 what was one of the things that you were maybe 229 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:44.960 the least excited about learning about, or one of the 230 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:47.279 things that you had to can get your head around, 231 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:50.000 or maybe that you still are that because it just 232 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:53.600 looks like it's one easy package, right, But what's something 233 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:55.720 that you kind of have had to get your head around. 234 00:10:58.200 --> 00:11:02.440 There's a lot of things to think about, maybe more 235 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:07.120 like the money side and everything that comes behind it. 236 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:12.759 I'd say it's hard than you think, especially because I'm 237 00:11:12.759 --> 00:11:17.720 not the best with Matt, so that's one thing, and 238 00:11:17.919 --> 00:11:23.159 Toms and figuring out stuff to be done in time, 239 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:28.679 and there's always new things going on. But yeah, there's 240 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:31.240 always but it's worth it, I guess. 241 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:33.600 So yeah, okay, well let's kind of tip that up 242 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:35.960 a little bit and what was the thing that what's 243 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:36.799 the thing that you just love? 244 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:39.240 It's just like about your business. That was easy that 245 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:41.080 came to That is. 246 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:45.240 Like one of the highlights, uh, the designing and the 247 00:11:45.399 --> 00:11:47.840 finished product. I think that's why I really like this. 248 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:52.759 When it's like actually in hand, that's the best feeling. 249 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:55.240 I think, Yeah, for sure, that's the best feeling. 250 00:11:55.879 --> 00:11:57.360 All right, Well, I'm gonna tip it over to here 251 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:57.840 a dishaun. 252 00:11:58.039 --> 00:12:01.919 So something that you just you know, you're either getting 253 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:02.960 your head around or you how to. 254 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:03.559 Get your head around. 255 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:08.360 I would say, understanding what networking is mm hmm. 256 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:11.759 That was something that I was taught a certain way, 257 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:16.200 but I didn't I didn't process it or let's say, 258 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:20.240 exercise it correctly. So I'm learning that and learning truly 259 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:25.200 what networking is is changing my life. Computing and social media. 260 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:27.519 Of course, social media I was like, oh, yeah, you 261 00:12:27.600 --> 00:12:30.519 just need one platform and everybody's going to see my 262 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:32.559 story and then we're going to get buds. 263 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:34.639 And it's like, no, that's not how it works at all. 264 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:37.759 So you know, understanding, you know, how social media is 265 00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:40.039 playing in our favors is awesome. 266 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:43.039 Yeah, yeah, okay, what was something that was super fun? 267 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:45.000 Super easy? You're like, man, this is what I love 268 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:45.639 to do every day. 269 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:46.600 What's that part? 270 00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:49.480 I like to send the music. I love mixing. 271 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:52.679 I love mixing, Like that's that's my getaway, you know, 272 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:55.399 if I if I need somewhere to go and you know, 273 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:58.879 just build my mind that's coming down here playing some 274 00:12:58.960 --> 00:13:02.159 music and blending chocks together. I love doing that. 275 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:04.360 That's cool. That's cool. 276 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:08.240 Kind of before I ask the question, that's more around 277 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:10.480 you know, how you guys met and whatever. 278 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:14.639 We hear all the time, I hear it. It's kind 279 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:15.559 of standard. 280 00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:17.720 In the world of entrepreneurship or building business or building 281 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:21.840 company that the people that you hang out with, the 282 00:13:21.919 --> 00:13:24.960 people that you're listening to, the books that you're reading, 283 00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:27.399 the shows that you're watching all kind of make an 284 00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:31.559 impression on you. And sometimes, you know, sometimes people don't 285 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:34.840 go yay that you thought we're gonna go yay, or 286 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:37.440 maybe you've got like maybe even someone said something to 287 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:39.720 you like wow, I don't know where that came from, 288 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:42.960 you know, I know that sometimes as you start to grow, 289 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:45.240 people are like that can make people. 290 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:48.679 Nervous or they don't understand. I'll start with you, Dishan. 291 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:51.720 Have you have you had any of those experiences or 292 00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:54.879 how have you navigated this new business and this new 293 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:56.080 entrepreneurship in your life. 294 00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:59.000 Has everyone been in supportive or have you had to 295 00:13:59.120 --> 00:13:59.720 navigate that? 296 00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:02.840 Yeah, I would say at the beginning it was definitely 297 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:05.440 I have the strongest vision for it as it should be. 298 00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:08.759 And then as you go along you quickly understand not 299 00:14:08.840 --> 00:14:12.559 everybody has that same vision as you. Therefore, you know 300 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:15.080 the pace of speed that you want to move at 301 00:14:15.279 --> 00:14:18.559 is nowhere matched to where you think somebody else should be. 302 00:14:19.039 --> 00:14:23.039 And that part was, you know, it was new. Even 303 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:24.000 coming from my parents. 304 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:26.240 It was like, yeah, I'm going to be doing this thing, 305 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:29.039 and you know, it took them about a year for 306 00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:30.840 them to actually come out and see me performed for 307 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:33.600 the first time. And it was cool and actually say like, yeah, 308 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:36.120 not only did I start that thing, I'm still doing 309 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:40.159 that thing and you came to that thing, so it's incredible. 310 00:14:40.559 --> 00:14:43.799 Very cool, very cool. What about you, Ocean, what about you? 311 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:50.679 Mm hmm. Could you repeat the question again? 312 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:53.440 Yeah, Yeah. Absolutely. We're talking a little bit about how 313 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:54.000 when you. 314 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:57.559 Make the decision to become an entrepreneur, or you think 315 00:14:57.600 --> 00:15:03.840 that this product's really great, or sometimes you have to 316 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:06.879 you know, you made like like the example that he 317 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:08.559 just was giving both his parents. 318 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:11.519 Sometimes you come across people that. 319 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:14.240 Don't really get it right away or they don't really 320 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:17.840 understand what you're doing, or have you ever had. 321 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:19.039 To navigate. 322 00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:24.279 Navigate that, like someone's had to adjust or do you 323 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:25.519 know what I mean, like they don't get it or 324 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:27.759 they do get it or anything like that. 325 00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:35.039 Yeah, I'd say relatively, everybody kind of understands and assume 326 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:39.320 that I would go something down this line, especially like 327 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:42.919 my grandparents really like that. And my grandmother is very 328 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:47.559 like artistic and love the sign and she's just some 329 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:51.759 space similar to what I do today. But yeah, I 330 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:55.200 say everyone I find kind of almost a little bit 331 00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:58.399 assumed they would go down something like this. So it's 332 00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:03.039 kind of like always there and they understood it pretty well. 333 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:07.159 And yeah, like my family like where is it? And 334 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:10.399 my friends and it's really cool, like going to the 335 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:12.960 house and seeing that they have it there or they 336 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:15.799 have the stickers on the wall, I say, stuff in 337 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:16.879 their room is pretty cool. 338 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:18.720 Okay, cool, Well that's great. 339 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:22.159 So, you know, not not always, but sometimes, and we 340 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:25.600 know that as we change and as we shift in 341 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:28.159 as we go to different levels, there's always that conversation 342 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:32.320 about who's who's making an impression upon you and who 343 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:35.480 are you hanging with and making sure that everyone's on 344 00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:37.559 the same page, you know, on the same page. 345 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:37.879 Right. 346 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:40.720 So let's talk a little bit about because we talked 347 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:43.159 a little bit about the pre show, Deshaun, and you 348 00:16:43.200 --> 00:16:46.480 consider yourself a collaborative, and I'd love for you to 349 00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:50.960 explain what that means for you, right, and just just 350 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:51.679 how that works in. 351 00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:56.679 Your business and how that works as a as a person. Oh, 352 00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:57.440 we can't hear you. 353 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:02.440 I don't know if something can here there. Yeah, absolutely, so, yes, 354 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:05.279 that's a great question. I definitely consider myself a collaborative 355 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:10.279 and basically what that means to me is that we're 356 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:13.920 working together to help serve the client. Right, It's how 357 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:17.599 can we both get this project done together doing what 358 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:20.440 you do best and doing what I do best, And. 359 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:23.799 That has been effectively working. 360 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:26.640 And I think had I not known, again, going back 361 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:30.319 to networking, how to properly network these opportunities and these 362 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:34.039 collaborative opportunities would never be where they are today. 363 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:39.200 So yeah, yeah, well, and Ocean, let's talk about collaboration 364 00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:42.680 a little bit, because that's it's interesting. In my work, 365 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:44.880 it's very I mean, I think in different sectors, it's 366 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:47.480 very different, and it's something that's kind of come in 367 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:51.839 quite strong, right. I think that your generation is coming 368 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:55.240 and really strong, because you know, the generated said generation 369 00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:57.559 I came from, we didn't really have social media, so 370 00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:59.880 we weren't tagging each other. We weren't like, you know, 371 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:01.519 had to be in each other's circle and you were 372 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:04.240 there in each other circle or you weren't right, and 373 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:06.240 it was a little bit more solo, like this is 374 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:09.039 what you do. You wouldn't necessarily collaborate with someone that 375 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:11.799 did the exact same thing. Where there's a new merged 376 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:15.599 idea around collaboration now and how two can make three right, 377 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:19.440 and so we just didn't have that, like hey, that 378 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:22.400 whole vibe. I actually think for me, I learned a 379 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:26.079 lot about it from Ocean. So, Ocean, what's your kind 380 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:30.039 of ideas around collaboration, How has it benefited your business? 381 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:33.759 I think collaboration is great because you get to help 382 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:37.000 each other out. Especially if you're in a similar field. 383 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:42.720 It's a good way to meet new people and network especially, 384 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:46.319 and they also build like a new friendship, which is 385 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:50.720 very cool. You got to think of ideas together and 386 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:54.519 oh I should do this, and you figure out ways 387 00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:58.839 to help each other out and it's just a cool 388 00:18:58.839 --> 00:19:03.720 way to make something unique that you and whoever you 389 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:08.200 collaborate with something special. So I think a lot it's 390 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:12.359 always about collaboration now a day, especially when you're in 391 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:18.240 a field like clothing, it's a lot of collaborations. Like 392 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:22.759 sneakers always have collaborations. There's always there's always something new 393 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:26.240 going on. So I think collaboration is a great way 394 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:31.640 to help you and somebody out and get your name 395 00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:32.160 out there. 396 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:33.880 Yeah. 397 00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:35.960 No, absolutely, I mean, look at that's what we're doing 398 00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:38.000 here today, and I think it's a great example. I 399 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:41.359 mean I met the super cool woman named Connie through 400 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:45.799 a networking organization, right and you know, she was in 401 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:48.960