WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.800 System security and IT project management. So I 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:08.800 help a lot of people that are looking for work usually, and they don't always 00:00:08.800 --> 00:00:13.745 know how to use AI or even computers at times. So with 00:00:13.745 --> 00:00:18.545 AI, I build a lot of tutorials or how to's that make it really 00:00:18.545 --> 00:00:23.025 easy for them to follow, and that's what I have kinda focused 00:00:23.025 --> 00:00:27.980 on. But I also do, like, resume optimization 00:00:27.980 --> 00:00:32.860 and things of that nature as along with having an IT business 00:00:32.860 --> 00:00:37.660 that I do, like, networking stuff and security 00:00:37.900 --> 00:00:42.695 or operations consulting for small businesses as well 00:00:42.695 --> 00:00:47.175 as just individuals that are trying to fix up their 00:00:47.175 --> 00:00:50.055 home systems. So that's me. 00:00:53.440 --> 00:00:57.360 I'm gonna do something too so that we can all have an equal opportunity to share 00:00:57.360 --> 00:01:02.160 is I will put up a timer. So we'll do two minutes per intro so we can all 00:01:02.160 --> 00:01:06.960 stick to it. And I will... We'll pass it off to John. 00:01:08.855 --> 00:01:13.655 Alright. Just a couple of, comments. You rattled rattled off, 00:01:14.455 --> 00:01:19.015 the launch kit comprised of a thirty day funnel, a wait list, then you said 00:01:19.015 --> 00:01:23.750 something, then a a sales something 00:01:23.910 --> 00:01:27.430 and features and thirty day content. Can you fill in those blanks? 00:01:33.035 --> 00:01:37.995 Yes. I can. Would you mind if I get back 00:01:37.995 --> 00:01:41.035 to that answering that here in a second? Oh, yeah. That's fine. Yeah. 00:01:41.035 --> 00:01:45.995 Okay. So you probably wanna know who I am. Yes. My name is John Desmond. I reside 00:01:45.995 --> 00:01:50.620 in the state of Ohio. I've been doing AI 00:01:50.620 --> 00:01:55.500 for now about three and a half years, and my 00:01:55.500 --> 00:02:00.380 use of AI is just all over the place. I'm not really looking for 00:02:00.380 --> 00:02:04.915 a product. I use it in legal defense. I use it 00:02:04.915 --> 00:02:09.075 in political ravel rousing. 00:02:09.475 --> 00:02:14.410 It's it's not unusual for me to just be looking at something on Facebook and 00:02:14.410 --> 00:02:19.370 go, oh, man. That is, like, a really unfair criticism. I'm... Let me take 00:02:19.370 --> 00:02:23.930 that whole thing, and I capture it, feed it over to my favorite AI as 00:02:23.930 --> 00:02:28.810 Grok. And I say, Grok, this just just doesn't sound fair 00:02:28.875 --> 00:02:33.515 or doesn't sound true. It doesn't ring true. And since Grock is, 00:02:34.155 --> 00:02:39.035 more heavily involved in the here and now, it's looking at all 00:02:39.035 --> 00:02:43.720 the postings on x, it has a greater presence than any other 00:02:43.720 --> 00:02:47.480 AI as far as I know. And then it'll come back with a reasonable 00:02:47.880 --> 00:02:52.760 response. Sometimes it it... I still don't agree with it, but I'll post 00:02:52.760 --> 00:02:57.640 it in that content because I may be blinded to whatever 00:02:57.640 --> 00:03:02.415 the political reality may be. So I spend too much time on 00:03:02.415 --> 00:03:07.055 that. I'm I'm addicted. It's really bad, but 00:03:07.775 --> 00:03:12.495 I I do enjoy it. So there we go. 00:03:13.135 --> 00:03:17.950 Nice. Thank you, John. Alright. How 00:03:17.950 --> 00:03:19.310 about Annette? 00:03:27.150 --> 00:03:29.790 Can't hear you, Annette. We might need to come back to you. 00:03:33.335 --> 00:03:38.215 Sometimes she has issues with her mic. Juan, 00:03:38.215 --> 00:03:40.135 would you mind going while she figures that out? 00:03:42.695 --> 00:03:47.140 Sure. Juan Valdiola, and I'm here in New York City. I 00:03:47.140 --> 00:03:52.020 do have a real estate... I'm a solo real estate broker, and it's, 00:03:52.020 --> 00:03:56.340 you know, it's my company. And I've been in and out of real estate since my 00:03:56.340 --> 00:04:00.820 early twenties, and I love it, but not... I'm not excited by the 00:04:00.820 --> 00:04:05.595 brokerage part of it. As far as online, I'm 00:04:05.595 --> 00:04:10.395 also former military like Ariel. I was in the army, and my job... 00:04:10.395 --> 00:04:15.355 My MOS in the military was actually the Internet. This was way back in 1982. 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:20.600 So so I've been online since then. And in the mid 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:25.000 nineties, I had the the opportunity to 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:29.880 actually found a company that's more like what the Internet looks like 00:04:29.880 --> 00:04:34.245 now that I was fortunate enough to sell to a radio network, and it's still around. 00:04:34.245 --> 00:04:39.045 It's called lamusica.com. We, you know, we were like an early 00:04:39.525 --> 00:04:43.365 version of what today you would call a blog. They called it webzines back then, 00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:48.560 And we were early streamers before Spotify and Pandora came on the scene. We 00:04:48.560 --> 00:04:53.280 were actually streaming the radio stations of the company that I had 00:04:53.280 --> 00:04:56.720 sold my company to. So that's all well and good, but 00:04:58.605 --> 00:05:03.485 the the opportunity with AI now is like a quantum leap from 00:05:03.485 --> 00:05:08.365 even what I did twenty six, twenty seven years ago. And and 00:05:08.365 --> 00:05:13.165 so I'm I'm I'm looking to kinda pivot in a major major way. 00:05:13.760 --> 00:05:18.000 And at 63, you know, there's there's, like... You know, the... My time is is, 00:05:18.080 --> 00:05:22.160 you know, not not limited in in that way, but 00:05:22.960 --> 00:05:27.705 but I wanna spend it more effectively, more efficiently, I would say. And with 00:05:27.705 --> 00:05:32.665 the ultimate lever, which is I I see AI as being that ultimate lever to be able 00:05:32.665 --> 00:05:37.465 to find opportunity. What I'm looking specifically to do with AI 00:05:37.465 --> 00:05:42.450 from all the things that... From when I met you, Ian, We've known each other 00:05:42.450 --> 00:05:47.330 a couple years at least. And and from all the things that I... That that 00:05:47.330 --> 00:05:52.290 I've been exposed to, I'm in a number of groups and things of that nature. And, 00:05:52.290 --> 00:05:55.490 again, I have that experience of having owned an Internet company and sold it 00:05:55.490 --> 00:06:00.455 successfully. So I bring all of that stuff. Quickly, I just wanna add that 00:06:00.455 --> 00:06:05.175 what I want to do now is is AI for businesses, small 00:06:05.175 --> 00:06:09.655 businesses in particular, to help help them automate and 00:06:09.655 --> 00:06:13.810 systemize what they're doing. So that's what I'm looking to do. Thank you. Sorry. 00:06:13.810 --> 00:06:14.850 I went off. Oh, 00:06:15.090 --> 00:06:19.970 man. It's okay. It's okay. Thank you. Glad that you're here. And that... Did 00:06:19.970 --> 00:06:23.410 we get it working? Don't hear you. 00:06:26.575 --> 00:06:30.015 I know last time, we were on a call, you got off, and then you came back on, 00:06:30.015 --> 00:06:30.575 and it worked. 00:06:39.500 --> 00:06:44.140 Annette is a tech wizard, so I know she'll get it figured out here in a minute. 00:06:49.675 --> 00:06:54.395 Okay. You might try to leave and come back. There we go. Okay. There we go. 00:06:55.675 --> 00:07:00.555 Let's see if it works. She'll be right back. I'm sure. Yes. 00:07:00.555 --> 00:07:05.490 Long time no see, Juan. I've... I moved to Texas since the last time I saw you. 00:07:05.490 --> 00:07:07.170 So... And John, really. Mean... 00:07:07.170 --> 00:07:10.690 Yeah. Occasionally, I see your your post and and 00:07:10.690 --> 00:07:11.490 the attorney. 00:07:11.490 --> 00:07:15.045 You know, I've gotten busy with my real estate, so I'm not. I'm online every 00:07:15.045 --> 00:07:18.565 day, but it's like I gotta scan really quick and get off. Otherwise, you know, 00:07:18.565 --> 00:07:22.565 it... You know, it's a black hole. Well, it is.... You get honest too. 00:07:23.285 --> 00:07:28.080 Yes. So... Yeah. And that doesn't pay the bills. So that's why, you know, I 00:07:28.080 --> 00:07:31.840 I have to be measured at what I... But congratulations, guys. You know, that's 00:07:31.840 --> 00:07:34.720 great. Yeah. Where where in Texas are you? 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:39.280 We're in Houston. Houston. Yes. Yes. It's cool. 00:07:39.825 --> 00:07:44.065 It's a lot going on out here. It's been about two months, and 00:07:44.065 --> 00:07:48.865 I've gone around town meeting people in the, like, 00:07:48.865 --> 00:07:53.105 start up scene and had the opportunity to speak on stage 00:07:54.110 --> 00:07:56.190 two weeks ago, and that was really cool. 00:07:56.270 --> 00:07:57.630 Oh, wow. Yes. 00:07:58.110 --> 00:08:02.990 I'm excited about what opportunities there are 00:08:02.990 --> 00:08:06.750 out here. I mean, there's just a lot going on. So a lot more than in Pensacola. 00:08:07.705 --> 00:08:12.665 Yeah. Well, let's see. Annette may be struggling there, so 00:08:12.665 --> 00:08:17.625 we'll go ahead with our next question. And some of you did 00:08:17.625 --> 00:08:22.265 talk about it a bit, but I am curious about what it is that you're trying to 00:08:22.265 --> 00:08:27.140 launch. What phase or stage you're at right 00:08:27.140 --> 00:08:31.940 now, and what you've done, if anything, up until this 00:08:31.940 --> 00:08:36.865 point to to get started. And and then I'll 00:08:36.865 --> 00:08:40.705 come back with a follow-up question after that. But for me, I've been working 00:08:40.705 --> 00:08:44.785 on LaunchBox for the last... I've been building it since about 00:08:44.785 --> 00:08:49.665 September 2025. Got the first users, John and 00:08:49.665 --> 00:08:54.170 Juan, are part of that, of joining Myspace on there 00:08:54.490 --> 00:08:59.450 in November. And then January, opened it up for people to start building 00:08:59.450 --> 00:09:04.010 their own communities in LaunchBox. And so far, that is really 00:09:04.010 --> 00:09:08.575 my shift into trying to help people start their own 00:09:08.735 --> 00:09:13.695 spaces, their communities, and helping them to monetize 00:09:14.255 --> 00:09:19.070 and build their subscriptions on there. And Annette, she's on there 00:09:19.070 --> 00:09:23.550 as well as, like, 14 other people who are starting to build their communities. 00:09:23.550 --> 00:09:28.190 And I'm doing this event as well as Saturday call with people. 00:09:28.750 --> 00:09:32.075 Annette, can we hear you? Oh, no. 00:09:33.515 --> 00:09:37.515 What about your headphone things? Those those work last time. 00:09:39.115 --> 00:09:40.475 Let's see if they work. 00:09:41.915 --> 00:09:44.155 And and she's off mute? That's interesting. 00:09:45.740 --> 00:09:46.860 Wait. What? 00:09:47.260 --> 00:09:49.420 And she's off mute? She's she's not mute? 00:09:49.420 --> 00:09:57.340 She'll 00:09:57.340 --> 00:09:57.740 get it. 00:09:59.475 --> 00:10:00.275 Yes. 00:10:01.155 --> 00:10:03.715 Oh, god. Nice. 00:10:03.715 --> 00:10:07.875 I'm gonna find a friend and do practice Google Meet so I can find all the settings 00:10:07.875 --> 00:10:10.755 and know how to whip it around. Sorry, god. Oh, 00:10:11.235 --> 00:10:15.540 no. You're fine. I'll set a timer for you if you'd like to introduce yourself. 00:10:15.540 --> 00:10:18.820 Oh, sure. I'm sorry. I missed people. Darn. 00:10:19.140 --> 00:10:20.100 Oh, that's okay. 00:10:20.180 --> 00:10:25.140 My name's Annette, and I live in Florida in the central area around the space 00:10:25.140 --> 00:10:30.045 center, which is really cool. I've been doing AI for about 00:10:30.045 --> 00:10:34.845 a year. I always ask every year to be shown something new to learn, and, well, 00:10:34.845 --> 00:10:39.085 this is what I got. So what can I tell you? I didn't ask for anything else this 00:10:39.085 --> 00:10:43.730 January. This is plenty. I'm trying to get 00:10:43.730 --> 00:10:48.050 a Facebook community to help seniors with 00:10:48.050 --> 00:10:52.930 AI, get over their fear, not be afraid to try it to understand 00:10:52.930 --> 00:10:55.330 how it can benefit them, that kind of thing. 00:10:57.685 --> 00:11:02.245 And I guess that's about it. I actually did a very simple 00:11:02.245 --> 00:11:06.965 trial, ran my first class try on LaunchBox 00:11:06.965 --> 00:11:11.780 just a couple of days ago. Gotta go back and do the branding, but I was 00:11:11.780 --> 00:11:16.580 amazed how wonderful that... I'm gonna love that core feature. But that's it, 00:11:16.580 --> 00:11:21.220 really. I I have this. I have the community. I do have 00:11:21.665 --> 00:11:26.465 a website started in... That's up and operating called AI Magic, 00:11:26.785 --> 00:11:31.185 and it's a long story why I ended up sort of changing the branding identity, 00:11:31.185 --> 00:11:35.950 and that sort of delight me a little. But that's it. I'm I'm loving 00:11:35.950 --> 00:11:39.710 launch. The more I can get it working and learn how to use it. Thanks. 00:11:40.110 --> 00:11:44.350 Thanks, Annette. Tell us your background of just a bit of working with the IRS. 00:11:44.510 --> 00:11:49.365 Oh, I forgot about all that. Well, I am obviously retired and old, and I guess 00:11:49.365 --> 00:11:54.245 I'm on my third phase. I retired from 00:11:54.485 --> 00:11:58.965 thirty two years with the internal revenue service. I worked in the collection 00:11:58.965 --> 00:12:03.045 division. Please don't let that scare you. I retired in 00:12:03.045 --> 00:12:07.680 management, and they were very good to me. I had amazing experiences 00:12:07.680 --> 00:12:12.560 over the years. I jumped self taught in... When the first personal 00:12:12.560 --> 00:12:16.960 computers came out, so I was way ahead of the game, and it opened a lot of doors. 00:12:17.445 --> 00:12:22.325 My former background in there, besides that, I have very similar techy stuff 00:12:22.325 --> 00:12:27.125 that Ariel was describing. And I probably have as much mini AI projects going 00:12:27.125 --> 00:12:31.690 as she has other stuff going. And and then I worked 00:12:31.690 --> 00:12:36.570 very heavily for about ten years in a nonprofit organization where I sort of 00:12:36.570 --> 00:12:41.130 did what we're doing in terms of teaching and training the folks and doing 00:12:41.130 --> 00:12:45.945 workshop. So a really strong background in that and and in using 00:12:45.945 --> 00:12:50.905 Zoom. That's it. And this is my third phase. We'll see where 00:12:50.905 --> 00:12:55.700 it goes. I also do quilts and embroidery, and I do expect to have some 00:12:55.700 --> 00:12:59.700 time for that in the middle of this chaos once I get things working. 00:12:59.940 --> 00:13:04.740 Oh, boy. Yeah. Thank you. That's cool. That's interesting. Everybody here does 00:13:04.740 --> 00:13:09.565 have a tech background, so that's an interesting thing I noted. 00:13:09.645 --> 00:13:14.525 And, yeah, we're all, like, pretty technical as far as what we've done. It's 00:13:14.525 --> 00:13:19.245 been a lot of different things, but that's really cool. And you 00:13:19.245 --> 00:13:19.645 know 00:13:19.725 --> 00:13:24.360 what I've learned, Ian, it seems like that's a benefit to us. That's a gift. 00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:28.840 Yeah. Because the people you're gonna try to be doing AI stuff sometimes, 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:32.840 they don't know how to turn on a compute... Computer, so you're gonna have to 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:36.520 help them bridge that gap a little bit too. So go for it. 00:13:37.075 --> 00:13:41.955 Exactly. And, yeah, and that's got my brain turning as well as what I'll 00:13:41.955 --> 00:13:46.675 I'll I don't know. I'm just flowing here. I'm kinda seeing how this goes and 00:13:46.675 --> 00:13:50.835 where it goes. But the the prompt I was gonna ask you guys to follow-up with 00:13:50.835 --> 00:13:54.550 and and that you kinda touched on it and... Juan, you kinda touched on it. But 00:13:54.550 --> 00:13:59.190 if you want to get a little bit more detailed about what it is that you're trying 00:13:59.190 --> 00:14:04.150 to launch, you know, whatever that looks like for you, how 00:14:04.150 --> 00:14:08.865 it's looked like, and... Yeah. Just just tell us where you're at with that, 00:14:08.865 --> 00:14:11.825 what you're wanting to do, and we'll go back, kick it to Ariel. 00:14:15.105 --> 00:14:19.120 Yes. Okay. So, 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:26.880 I mean, I am kind of lucky that I get to test everything that Ian does 00:14:26.880 --> 00:14:30.800 first before you guys see it usually. So 00:14:32.555 --> 00:14:37.035 aside from that and kind of brainstorming with him and 00:14:37.515 --> 00:14:41.835 kind of bouncing ideas off of each other, I have started to 00:14:42.315 --> 00:14:47.115 come up with an idea of teaching people. Like you mentioned, Annette, I 00:14:47.510 --> 00:14:51.990 I found that a lot of times those people, they just need a little bit of 00:14:51.990 --> 00:14:56.390 guidance. And so if I can provide something that is easy to follow 00:14:56.390 --> 00:15:00.630 and that they will use and maybe even share down the line, 00:15:01.195 --> 00:15:06.155 That's kind of where I've started because I also have taught my grandma how 00:15:06.155 --> 00:15:10.875 to use technology, not only, like, the computer, but her iPhone, and she's 00:15:10.875 --> 00:15:15.195 77. So if she can do it, then I know a lot of people can do it. 00:15:16.690 --> 00:15:21.170 Yeah. And my IT consulting, though, 00:15:21.170 --> 00:15:25.650 I've tried to learn more of the automation side as well. 00:15:25.970 --> 00:15:30.930 And Ian's been super helpful with that. I'm like, hey. Have you tried 00:15:30.930 --> 00:15:35.555 this? And I can just get in and maybe look at an AI thing and say, oh, yeah. 00:15:35.555 --> 00:15:39.555 I can identify all these things. I can plug it in where I need. 00:15:40.595 --> 00:15:41.955 Yeah. But that's where I'm at. 00:15:41.955 --> 00:15:43.155 What about your websites? 00:15:43.155 --> 00:15:47.930 Oh, and website development. So I was not familiar 00:15:47.930 --> 00:15:52.890 with cursor or replet or any of that. I was, you know, 00:15:52.890 --> 00:15:57.610 just using Visual Studio and going in and trying to 00:15:57.690 --> 00:16:02.305 make websites from scratch. And now with all of these other 00:16:02.305 --> 00:16:06.945 tools, I found it a lot easier to get 00:16:06.945 --> 00:16:11.025 small businesses set up with their website because that is a foundational piece 00:16:11.025 --> 00:16:15.970 or a crucial piece of, you know, seeing what kind of business they are 00:16:15.970 --> 00:16:20.930 and representing themselves. So I've kinda worked with 00:16:20.930 --> 00:16:25.250 also nonprofits, but other veteran businesses 00:16:25.250 --> 00:16:30.175 that are starting nonprofit. So I have 00:16:30.175 --> 00:16:34.975 a friend that is building a gym. He doesn't have a location yet, 00:16:35.295 --> 00:16:39.775 but it's gonna be a veteran and youth focused 00:16:39.775 --> 00:16:44.610 gym in a rural area. So I've been spending a lot of 00:16:44.610 --> 00:16:47.410 time on that. Yeah. 00:16:49.570 --> 00:16:54.290 Thank you, Ariel. Alright. John, what is it that 00:16:54.290 --> 00:16:58.095 you're working on trying to launch or have launched? 00:16:59.375 --> 00:17:04.255 Well, as you know, from time to time, I I I just think of an 00:17:04.255 --> 00:17:08.335 idea. Oh, I see. I'm getting a little echo going on. Alright. 00:17:08.910 --> 00:17:13.550 So I'll just, see, need, and see if I can make 00:17:13.550 --> 00:17:18.510 something, like, a work order program for our local people, a, 00:17:18.830 --> 00:17:23.145 an exercise program, which actually, Ariel, I... When you start talking about, 00:17:23.385 --> 00:17:28.105 this, veteran doing his thing, I went through our 00:17:28.105 --> 00:17:33.065 local YMCA, got a tour of this machine and that machine, 00:17:33.065 --> 00:17:37.550 what it does, how do you how do you use it, and so on and so forth. And I sat 00:17:37.550 --> 00:17:42.190 down about forty five minutes. I was really amazed that I came back with 00:17:42.190 --> 00:17:47.070 a a reasonable tracking program on daily basis for 00:17:47.070 --> 00:17:51.775 not only your body, but also your your body, soul, and spirit and a bunch of 00:17:51.775 --> 00:17:56.495 other, like, weird things. But I gave Lovable 00:17:56.495 --> 00:18:01.215 a lot of freedom to look at other programs and try to steal the best from the 00:18:01.215 --> 00:18:06.100 rest. All that being said, I just dabble with that kind of thing. But 00:18:06.100 --> 00:18:10.340 in terms of using it actively, we're 00:18:10.340 --> 00:18:14.820 under some political attacks. My son's 36 unit apartment building. 00:18:16.105 --> 00:18:20.985 Juan... I'm in real estate, have been for a a long time. And he 00:18:20.985 --> 00:18:25.705 has a 36 unit apartment building. I've gotten a number of rentals 00:18:25.705 --> 00:18:30.360 in a place called Dark County. I'm under attack there. So, essentially, one 00:18:30.360 --> 00:18:35.240 of the things I'm doing, not successfully very well so far, is 00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:40.120 to create various funnels for the purposes of 00:18:40.120 --> 00:18:44.965 attack mode. In other words, if the city goes forward on 00:18:44.965 --> 00:18:49.925 its planned shutdown, we're gonna put 36 people of low 00:18:49.925 --> 00:18:54.805 income... People on the streets. And so I'm collecting 00:18:54.805 --> 00:18:59.470 their testimonials. I'm essentially using AI to create a strategy, 00:18:59.630 --> 00:19:04.270 business plan, and and so forth. In addition to that, from 00:19:04.270 --> 00:19:09.150 a, maybe a long term revenue... Do you wish me to 00:19:09.150 --> 00:19:13.685 continue? Or... I can't hear you. 00:19:16.165 --> 00:19:20.325 You need to unmute.... Can wrap it up a little bit, and then we'll we'll come 00:19:20.325 --> 00:19:20.965 back later. So 00:19:22.245 --> 00:19:26.805 funnels for real estate investors, I belong to the Greater Dayton Real Estate 00:19:26.805 --> 00:19:31.180 Investors Association. I used to be on the board of the National Real Estate 00:19:31.180 --> 00:19:36.140 Investors Association. And we have a number of other local associations. 00:19:36.220 --> 00:19:39.900 And what I'm... Oh, and then the other thing I'm trying to do is I'm messing 00:19:39.900 --> 00:19:44.735 with a, like, really complicated network with about 30 to 70 00:19:44.815 --> 00:19:49.215 IP cameras on there, plus you name it in terms of 00:19:49.215 --> 00:19:53.455 devices. I mean, it's complicated switches and routers and, 00:19:53.855 --> 00:19:55.855 managed stuff. Literally 00:20:01.280 --> 00:20:03.280 pretty wild at the moment. 00:20:05.840 --> 00:20:10.325 That does sound wild. Thank you, John. That's amazing. Alright. 00:20:10.325 --> 00:20:12.645 Juan, we'll kick it back to you now. 00:20:15.765 --> 00:20:20.725 So the opportunity that I want to work on is 00:20:20.725 --> 00:20:25.530 a one man empire and and, basically, an 00:20:25.530 --> 00:20:30.330 agentic workforce that works for me. And and and 00:20:30.330 --> 00:20:35.050 I license it out, if you will, to others and also build it 00:20:35.050 --> 00:20:39.955 within companies. So a lot of people know about the silver tsunami, which 00:20:39.955 --> 00:20:44.755 is people, like, closer to my age and Annette and Johns that 00:20:45.475 --> 00:20:50.190 have been in the workforce for thirty, forty, fifty years. And 00:20:50.190 --> 00:20:53.710 there's been a lot of transformation... Technological transformation during 00:20:53.710 --> 00:20:57.870 that time. And... But some of those businesses are still stuck there. And 00:20:58.430 --> 00:21:02.110 they... There's families that can't... You know, their children doesn't want 00:21:02.110 --> 00:21:07.055 to take over the family business. And so there's things of value out 00:21:07.055 --> 00:21:11.935 there that that that are worthwhile saving or repurposing 00:21:11.935 --> 00:21:16.415 for, you know, the times. And so, you know, there's a sweet spot 00:21:17.110 --> 00:21:20.310 that's called the silver tsunami of all these people that are looking to retire, 00:21:20.310 --> 00:21:24.630 leave a legacy, no one to buy the business from them or take it over or something 00:21:24.630 --> 00:21:29.190 of that nature. So there's enough opportunity out there to 00:21:29.350 --> 00:21:33.985 to help those businesses streamline, automate, 00:21:33.985 --> 00:21:38.385 systemize, and either sell or run them yourself, but more 00:21:38.385 --> 00:21:42.945 efficiently. So that's a sweet spot that I keep without even asking 00:21:42.945 --> 00:21:47.740 and intentionally looking for keeps kind of coming into 00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:52.460 my, you know, kind of consciousness. And so so 00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:56.380 that's what I'd like to do. And and where I don't have to rely on employees 00:21:56.380 --> 00:22:00.380 and babysitting other people and things of that nature, which is what bothers 00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:05.235 me about the brokerage model. If... You know, I can always scale the real 00:22:05.235 --> 00:22:08.915 estate brokerage, but but I don't want to if I have to just add more people 00:22:08.915 --> 00:22:13.715 to it because then, you know, that's a... It it it 00:22:13.715 --> 00:22:18.350 becomes a a management issue. So that's basically it. AI workforce where 00:22:18.350 --> 00:22:23.150 where I can build my own teams. I'm behind on building 00:22:23.390 --> 00:22:28.110 things like Lovable and caught... Claude Code and Cowork and things like 00:22:28.110 --> 00:22:32.595 that, and that raises a hand. Yeah. I'm behind on all of that, which which I 00:22:32.595 --> 00:22:36.995 should know better because I've been in it since about the time as you... That... 00:22:36.995 --> 00:22:41.715 When I when I met you, Ian. So... And and so 00:22:41.715 --> 00:22:46.310 that's what I need to do is balance my time more on building, not this other 00:22:46.310 --> 00:22:46.950 stuff. 00:22:47.270 --> 00:22:52.230 That's awesome. Thank you, Juan. Thank 00:22:52.230 --> 00:22:56.790 you. Alright. Annette, let's hear what you're working on a little bit 00:22:56.790 --> 00:22:58.870 more. Oh, you're unmuted. 00:23:02.335 --> 00:23:07.295 Well, Juan just described my dream. I really... During some 00:23:07.295 --> 00:23:11.455 of the development processes that have made me look at myself more and what 00:23:11.455 --> 00:23:14.095 my skills are than what my faults are, 00:23:16.990 --> 00:23:21.870 I've realized I got ideas. I got things I wanna make happen, 00:23:21.870 --> 00:23:26.110 but I hate the tediousness of filling out little boxes on 00:23:26.110 --> 00:23:30.885 Facebook and doing an image 20 times to get it to be 00:23:30.885 --> 00:23:35.765 just like I want it to. I want somebody I can say, here's my vision. Go 00:23:35.765 --> 00:23:39.525 do the technical work and make it happen for me. But I don't think that's coming 00:23:39.525 --> 00:23:44.340 my way anytime soon unless one shows me a great way to do it once you 00:23:44.340 --> 00:23:49.300 got it happening. But my primary thing right now is I have I have 00:23:49.300 --> 00:23:54.100 a Facebook page, SimpleAI for seniors. And I just 00:23:54.100 --> 00:23:58.345 got... I had someone help me with some of the graphics, and I've got them. I'm 00:23:58.345 --> 00:24:03.305 fixing to start a wait list for people to start signing up, and I wanna 00:24:03.305 --> 00:24:08.290 write a little here's what you can expect. And I'll post it on my personal page, 00:24:08.290 --> 00:24:13.250 that page, and my AI magic page. I wanna get a waiting list 00:24:13.250 --> 00:24:17.810 started while I'm finishing branding out 00:24:17.810 --> 00:24:22.555 PowerSuite and developing the courses. And I'd like to get that 00:24:22.555 --> 00:24:27.035 going, get the courses ready, at least the first basic courses, and 00:24:27.035 --> 00:24:31.915 people at least coming and looking at it. And I do have two affiliates that 00:24:31.915 --> 00:24:36.840 I'm trying to really take time to polish up and get a rhythm to putting 00:24:36.840 --> 00:24:41.160 them out there. So that's plenty to keep me busy. 00:24:44.360 --> 00:24:47.480 Thank you, Annette. Alright. I will 00:24:48.995 --> 00:24:53.715 I will follow-up with another prompt I'll share on it here. 00:24:54.515 --> 00:24:59.475 Anywhere that you're feeling stuck or you have questions that you 00:24:59.475 --> 00:25:04.330 maybe could ask this broader audience here or, yeah, some challenges in your 00:25:04.330 --> 00:25:09.130 launch. For me, with LaunchBox, some of the challenges are 00:25:09.130 --> 00:25:13.850 that I am currently a one man show, and LaunchBox is starting to 00:25:13.850 --> 00:25:18.715 really take on a life of its own where people are 00:25:18.715 --> 00:25:23.515 joining. Like I mentioned, I'm going out here in Houston 00:25:23.515 --> 00:25:28.315 and meeting people, and there's a lot of opportunities and 00:25:28.315 --> 00:25:33.170 people who are saying, hey. You know, maybe you could 00:25:33.810 --> 00:25:38.050 partner with me on this or you could do that or... And there's a lot of awesome 00:25:38.050 --> 00:25:42.210 opportunities. However, one, I'm cautious about 00:25:43.865 --> 00:25:48.665 that stuff. One, because of just the time commitment that 00:25:48.665 --> 00:25:53.465 I'm already dedicating to everything I'm doing here and knowing that I can't 00:25:53.465 --> 00:25:58.185 do all of those opportunities as a a solo founder. So 00:25:58.740 --> 00:26:03.460 I am just doing the best that I can. I like showing 00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:08.260 up, continuing to put the work in in LaunchBox and knowing that the 00:26:08.260 --> 00:26:13.140 right situations, the the next right moves... Like, the 00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:17.955 next right growth move will tend to happen naturally. That's how it's happened 00:26:17.955 --> 00:26:22.435 so far. But, yeah, it's just the overwhelm of, like, there's a lot of good stuff 00:26:22.435 --> 00:26:26.910 and a lot of good opportunities, and I don't know which one to 00:26:26.910 --> 00:26:31.870 take because... Yeah. 00:26:31.870 --> 00:26:36.830 I don't know which is the most important next right step. 00:26:36.830 --> 00:26:41.775 And so I'm just kind of pausing instead of jumping onto the next 00:26:41.775 --> 00:26:46.335 thing. So that's me, and we'll just loop back around. 00:26:46.335 --> 00:26:50.495 Challenges with your launch, Ariel. 00:26:58.120 --> 00:27:03.080 I think time is my challenge right now because... 00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:09.965 Yeah. And being one person, like, time, one person 00:27:09.965 --> 00:27:14.445 show, prioritizing things, 00:27:15.245 --> 00:27:19.805 and not really knowing what... Right? Because 00:27:19.805 --> 00:27:24.040 talking to people is well and great, but I also wanna continue 00:27:24.040 --> 00:27:28.520 building on the... On what I already have. 00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:32.440 So I go back and forth between those two. 00:27:39.455 --> 00:27:44.335 Okay. Alright. You forgot. Alright. John. 00:27:46.495 --> 00:27:50.015 Oh, I was just gonna make a joke. Can I can I use up Ariel's time? 00:27:52.170 --> 00:27:55.050 Well, we'll we'll we'll do two minutes. 00:27:55.450 --> 00:27:59.290 No. No. No. I was kidding. What is my greatest challenge right now? Is that 00:27:59.290 --> 00:28:04.170 the question? Around your launch. Around my launch. Well, 00:28:04.170 --> 00:28:08.525 I I I don't necessarily have 00:28:08.525 --> 00:28:12.925 any singular target right now because I'm divided across 00:28:12.925 --> 00:28:16.205 multiple issues. So 00:28:17.965 --> 00:28:22.760 right now, I'm using Go HighLevel, which I'm honestly 00:28:22.760 --> 00:28:27.160 not impressed with. We were using better tools thirty years ago, to be honest 00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:32.120 with you. They were fast, responsive, and I I was a maniac on those 00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:35.865 tools. I was fast. Anyway, all that being said, 00:28:37.705 --> 00:28:42.265 I... I'm dealing with that tool for the purposes 00:28:42.265 --> 00:28:46.905 of mass mailings and and things of that nature. But I I need to 00:28:47.150 --> 00:28:51.870 probably get more clear depending on which of the the target audiences that 00:28:51.870 --> 00:28:56.030 I'm dealing with. I got the politicians that I need to deal with in a defensive 00:28:56.030 --> 00:29:00.865 mode, press in order to bring them to task, and then 00:29:00.865 --> 00:29:05.745 other investor groups and, other people. And let let 00:29:05.745 --> 00:29:10.385 me just bring it back to what I'm used to. If if 00:29:10.545 --> 00:29:15.025 it was a perfect world, I would still be using a product called Lotus Notes. 00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:20.540 That thing was fantastic. I was what you would call a Lotus 00:29:20.540 --> 00:29:25.260 Notes evangelist. I could do everything with Lotus 00:29:25.260 --> 00:29:29.340 Notes. In fact, I was doing multi object 00:29:30.300 --> 00:29:34.755 movement along a a system 75, which is a really 00:29:34.755 --> 00:29:38.915 big 300, a 300 telephone 00:29:38.915 --> 00:29:43.395 switch, taking inbound calls, putting them into objects as a 00:29:43.395 --> 00:29:48.170 wrapper, routing them to the right people with translations 00:29:48.170 --> 00:29:52.010 and the voice recording, all the kind of cool stuff you can do today, I was 00:29:52.010 --> 00:29:56.970 doing that thirty years ago, really. And I'm so disappointed that it seems like 00:29:56.970 --> 00:30:00.490 we're reinventing stuff that really was good to begin with. 00:30:01.445 --> 00:30:02.085 So... 00:30:04.965 --> 00:30:09.525 Thank you, John. Alright. Juan? 00:30:12.165 --> 00:30:17.010 I can't help but feel that I'm I'm almost answering your question 00:30:17.010 --> 00:30:21.970 before you ask. Because I already touched on what I'm working on and 00:30:21.970 --> 00:30:26.530 and and kind of why. I do want to mention, for 00:30:26.530 --> 00:30:31.415 example, I live in my... I was my mom's caretaker until she passed on at 00:30:31.415 --> 00:30:36.375 92. And it was an honor, by the way. Total mama's boy 00:30:36.375 --> 00:30:41.095 here. So... But I live in her old apartment, and downstairs on the Ground Floor, 00:30:41.095 --> 00:30:45.200 there's a senior center. So when I hear Annette talking about that project that 00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:50.160 she has, I'm very interested in hearing more because maybe I can I 00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:54.960 can, you know, help her with her project by by accessing 00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:58.325 those seniors? I don't know this for a fact, but it can certainly, you know, 00:30:58.325 --> 00:31:02.805 start a conversation, right, to... And I hear Ariel also, you know, wanting 00:31:02.805 --> 00:31:07.685 to to help seniors. This is something that drives me as a person. We 00:31:07.685 --> 00:31:11.525 lost John, I guess, you know, he didn't like that comment. But but, 00:31:13.250 --> 00:31:17.970 you know... So helping people that that that can use the help and and 00:31:17.970 --> 00:31:22.290 deserve the help is is very very endearing to me. So 00:31:23.170 --> 00:31:27.965 so that could be something that... It's it's it's on it's on my road map, but 00:31:27.965 --> 00:31:31.405 it hasn't been the priority because I wanna make sure that I have... What I 00:31:31.405 --> 00:31:36.365 need is financial security since there's no one else that can basically support 00:31:36.365 --> 00:31:40.445 me, right, if if I don't... If I... If I'm not careful with my time. 00:31:40.685 --> 00:31:45.240 So I mentioned a moment ago that, basically, my my 00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:50.120 biggest kind of hurdle right now is actually doing the 00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:55.080 building. So I need to... You know, I'm I'm involved in some courses, but 00:31:55.080 --> 00:31:59.235 then I don't dedicate the time to actually including LaunchBox, right, to actually 00:31:59.235 --> 00:32:03.475 be on the calls and do the building. So that's something I have to address 00:32:03.555 --> 00:32:08.275 seriously and and intentionally so that I build 00:32:08.275 --> 00:32:12.035 stuff. I'm finding all sorts of problems. I I call myself the friction finder. 00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:16.640 I could just walk out of my apartment here, and I'll find tons of of business 00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:21.600 problems and people problems that technology can solve. What I 00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:25.680 haven't, you know, done is is taking the time to finish 00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:30.225 learning the fundamentals of how to start building 00:32:30.225 --> 00:32:35.185 technology solutions for them. There we go, John. John, you missed the best 00:32:35.185 --> 00:32:39.905 part, man. We were talking about a million dollar giveaway that Ian 00:32:40.550 --> 00:32:42.790 proposed. You missed it, though. 00:32:45.430 --> 00:32:49.030 That's alright. I'll settle for the $500,000 one. 00:32:49.590 --> 00:32:54.390 Okay. So that was it, Ian. Thanks. 00:32:55.265 --> 00:32:55.905 Oh, 00:32:56.785 --> 00:33:01.025 Ian, I I want to point out. So, you know, something that I'm sure hasn't gone 00:33:01.025 --> 00:33:05.585 unnoticed by you and Ariel. Between Annette, John, and I, 00:33:05.985 --> 00:33:10.740 we probably have... I'm sure we have over a hundred years combined 00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:15.860 experience and wisdom, okay, of of being on the 00:33:15.860 --> 00:33:20.820 planet, of seeing all these different waves, and 00:33:20.820 --> 00:33:25.805 of seeing all these different technologies. And and why I wanted to, you know, 00:33:25.805 --> 00:33:29.645 point that out to you is based on what your comment was, that you don't know 00:33:29.645 --> 00:33:33.085 where where to start. Right? Which is a common for all of us. We are having 00:33:33.085 --> 00:33:37.930 a challenge like that. But in your case, you have the platform. It's like 00:33:37.930 --> 00:33:41.450 you have the peanut butter to my chocolate, like Reese's peanut peanut butter 00:33:41.450 --> 00:33:46.250 cup. Right? That's why Ariel Ariel also and and the 00:33:46.250 --> 00:33:49.770 combination of you two guys is is wonderful because you're already doing the 00:33:49.770 --> 00:33:54.105 tech and whatever, and she could find the the the the problems for your solutions. 00:33:54.105 --> 00:33:59.065 Right? Because tech people, in my experience, for over, you know, fifty 00:33:59.065 --> 00:34:03.305 years being online, is people that are very smart in tech 00:34:03.705 --> 00:34:08.660 build things that people don't need on a on on a, you know, on a frequent basis. 00:34:08.740 --> 00:34:12.100 And then wonder why nobody... You know, it's because they haven't made that 00:34:12.100 --> 00:34:16.980 connection. Mhmm. But the reason, again, while I'm pointing this out is so 00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:21.155 that you can give that some thought on your own time as to how you could tap 00:34:21.155 --> 00:34:26.035 into our combined wisdom and experience of just being 00:34:26.035 --> 00:34:29.715 born. And like you said, we're... We've all touched technology, so we're not 00:34:29.715 --> 00:34:33.475 adverse to technology. There's... You know, if you look 00:34:33.475 --> 00:34:38.320 at Maslow's hierarchy of needs, we all have the same needs as far as 00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:42.400 that's concerned. Right? No matter what the person's race, religion, creed, 00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:46.720 or whatever or age. So that's a good place to start, right, to start 00:34:46.720 --> 00:34:51.565 filtering and then tap into the wisdom of your members of people that 00:34:51.565 --> 00:34:56.445 have just been around and and start, you know, there. Always 00:34:56.445 --> 00:35:01.420 with with a with an eye towards money because, again, as much as we're programmed 00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:05.020 and conditioned 10 sign... Sometimes to feel like, oh, I don't want the money. 00:35:05.180 --> 00:35:08.860 You know, it's bullshit. I mean, money does make the world go round just like 00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:13.260 oil does. We're finding it. Right? So... And you're and you're in Houston. So... 00:35:13.545 --> 00:35:18.345 So so, yeah, make that match maybe for you guys so that you could 00:35:18.345 --> 00:35:23.305 tap into a resource you already have in us and us and and 00:35:23.305 --> 00:35:24.985 start with that, you know, and give it 00:35:24.985 --> 00:35:25.305 a day 00:35:25.305 --> 00:35:28.025 to to help you kind of, like, you know, sift through it. 00:35:28.510 --> 00:35:31.710 Yes. Yes. Thank you for that. Alright. 00:35:33.630 --> 00:35:35.790 Annette, where where are you at? 00:35:36.350 --> 00:35:41.230 Well, I think one of these John just touched was the stuff to do 00:35:41.230 --> 00:35:45.335 takes me three times as long because I've gotta stop and learn how to do it 00:35:45.335 --> 00:35:48.855 first. Yeah. And that has that has delayed things. 00:35:50.215 --> 00:35:55.095 In terms of what... Not being a one man show, my vision is a virtual assistant 00:35:55.255 --> 00:36:00.110 that even if it's temporary until I get this stuff and going, that maybe could 00:36:00.110 --> 00:36:04.990 do some of the tech side for me kind of thing. And I don't quite know how 00:36:04.990 --> 00:36:09.630 to approach that. I finally gave up with my website, and I did hire a website 00:36:09.630 --> 00:36:14.355 guide. I had it 80% done with help from chat, but I just 00:36:14.355 --> 00:36:19.075 needed to move on. And so he finished that website for me, and I 00:36:19.075 --> 00:36:23.875 have had someone who... And then who 00:36:23.875 --> 00:36:27.990 agreed to be an assistant more or less, but they created some of the graphics 00:36:27.990 --> 00:36:32.630 I will be using on my, senior's, Facebook page. 00:36:32.790 --> 00:36:37.350 But, that... That's the one thing I keep... I didn't really mean, I don't think, 00:36:37.350 --> 00:36:42.235 the whole thing over. But I have been frustrated. The two 00:36:42.235 --> 00:36:45.755 friends who dragged me into this, neither one of them is doing anything. And 00:36:45.755 --> 00:36:50.315 when I get stuck there, if it's not related to some little niche, I don't have 00:36:50.315 --> 00:36:54.890 anybody to to get help from, and it's frustrating. I invested a lot of 00:36:54.890 --> 00:36:58.330 money, and and, you know, it's worth to have bad coaches than not to have a 00:36:58.330 --> 00:37:02.890 coach at all. And I've yet to have had a single conversation. I have two 00:37:02.890 --> 00:37:06.730 apps. I would absolutely love to talk to somebody that could tell me 00:37:07.665 --> 00:37:11.825 if I'm headed in the right direction or even where to start to create them. 00:37:11.825 --> 00:37:15.345 I know what I figured out on my own, but I don't know if it's the best way. 00:37:15.345 --> 00:37:18.225 Time's up. Thank you. 00:37:18.865 --> 00:37:23.650 Okay. Let me let me think here. Yeah. 00:37:23.650 --> 00:37:26.530 There's a lot of great comments that I thank you all for sharing. And, John, 00:37:26.530 --> 00:37:30.690 I saw that you raised your hand. And I do wanna give maybe five 00:37:31.250 --> 00:37:36.075 minutes. We can all have an open discussion here on anything that we heard. 00:37:36.075 --> 00:37:40.395 Because, like, Juan, you pointed out, like, this is this is a great community 00:37:40.395 --> 00:37:45.355 to tap into. And I think today, where I'm switching things up into 00:37:45.355 --> 00:37:50.315 being more of a communal format where we can just discuss as peers of what we're 00:37:50.315 --> 00:37:55.300 doing. Yeah. Maybe this could turn into that sort 00:37:55.300 --> 00:38:00.180 of forum for us to to do that. So I'm gonna put five minutes up on there. And, 00:38:00.180 --> 00:38:04.980 John, we can start with your hand raise, but do be mindful of the 00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:07.435 time that we're sharing here collectively. 00:38:08.075 --> 00:38:12.875 Sure. I had to, switch to a different PC. I think I mentioned 00:38:12.875 --> 00:38:17.755 that to you, earlier, Ian, that, I... I've got a 00:38:17.755 --> 00:38:19.995 couple of PCs here and they 00:38:21.860 --> 00:38:22.420 oh. 00:38:24.580 --> 00:38:25.620 Shoot. 00:38:33.075 --> 00:38:34.595 Do you have a follow-up, baby? 00:38:36.995 --> 00:38:38.515 Just my plate. Yeah. 00:38:44.780 --> 00:38:49.580 So my follow-up is just like Juan mentioned. Ian and I do talk 00:38:49.580 --> 00:38:54.380 about all of the skills that everybody in the community brings and trying 00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:59.265 to fill in the gaps, right, of, okay. You have a skill 00:38:59.265 --> 00:39:04.225 that I need, and I have a skill that you need. So let's collaborate somehow. 00:39:04.225 --> 00:39:04.865 Can hear me. 00:39:04.865 --> 00:39:07.105 Oh, there's John. You're back, John. 00:39:08.225 --> 00:39:12.710 Yeah. Barely. So as I was, explaining to 00:39:12.710 --> 00:39:17.350 Ariel, I get... I also have a mystery disease relative to connectivity 00:39:17.350 --> 00:39:21.990 issues. And so I was on my Wi Fi just now. It dipped out, 00:39:21.990 --> 00:39:26.965 fortunately. I've got a hardwire that I just hooked up. I was thinking 00:39:26.965 --> 00:39:31.525 that it might be my other problem. Okay. Going back to, 00:39:31.845 --> 00:39:36.485 addressing something that Annette had to say about being able 00:39:36.485 --> 00:39:41.370 to, get advice on a very small issue that you may be facing. 00:39:41.370 --> 00:39:45.850 And and here is the solution that took a long 00:39:45.850 --> 00:39:50.810 time for me to embrace. So I had a young fellow that used to work 00:39:50.810 --> 00:39:54.885 for me when I was working in in the department of 00:39:54.885 --> 00:39:59.685 transportation. And he was still in 00:39:59.685 --> 00:40:03.845 high school, but really, really smart kid. He'd worked for me for a few hours 00:40:03.845 --> 00:40:08.590 every night. And and because of my 00:40:08.590 --> 00:40:12.910 history, I knew an awful lot about, the nuts and bolts of 00:40:12.910 --> 00:40:17.710 PCs, and then he knew a lot about, Unix and some of the 00:40:17.710 --> 00:40:22.435 more on... More advanced kind of topics. So 00:40:22.435 --> 00:40:27.315 between us both, we had a pretty good handle on on what was going 00:40:27.315 --> 00:40:31.875 on in in the wonderful world of computers. And so I would ask him, hey, Matt. 00:40:32.595 --> 00:40:37.260 Tell me about such and such a thing. He'd say, look it up. What do you mean 00:40:37.260 --> 00:40:41.740 look it up? Well, you got Google. Look it up. And so... And I said, hey, Matt. 00:40:41.740 --> 00:40:45.980 You know you you know about such and such? He said, yes. I do. Look it up on 00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:50.060 Google. And he... You know, as his boss, that kinda pissed me off a little bit. 00:40:50.295 --> 00:40:55.255 But nevertheless, I ultimately developed a habit of looking stuff up on 00:40:55.255 --> 00:40:59.735 Google. Well, the same thing is true now with AI. You take a 00:40:59.735 --> 00:41:04.510 screenshot of whatever your problem is, you pop it into one of the... 00:41:04.510 --> 00:41:09.230 Your preferred AIs, whatever you're really comfortable with, and say, I'm stuck. 00:41:09.470 --> 00:41:14.030 Tell me what I need to do. And now the the message here isn't some big 00:41:14.030 --> 00:41:18.585 revelation. The message here is consistency and building 00:41:18.585 --> 00:41:23.065 it as a habit. So I do it all day 00:41:23.065 --> 00:41:28.025 long constantly. So, I mean, that's just the way I roll. And my 00:41:28.025 --> 00:41:32.890 ex employee, Matt, really helped build that in me. And then, in 00:41:32.890 --> 00:41:36.410 all honesty, it's taken me at least a year to year and a half to 00:41:37.690 --> 00:41:42.585 do that, as a a strong habit now. So when 00:41:42.585 --> 00:41:47.065 I'm in the car, I talk to AI. When I'm at my screen, I do that. 00:41:47.465 --> 00:41:52.185 In the process of purchasing a Tesla, and that'll have 00:41:52.185 --> 00:41:57.145 Grok built into it. So it's gonna be, like, a lot of fun coming up here shortly. 00:41:57.680 --> 00:42:02.560 Okay. Alright. We got about minute fifteen. Anybody else wanna hop in? 00:42:02.560 --> 00:42:03.440 Thank you, John. 00:42:03.600 --> 00:42:07.120 Sure. John, you got something? 00:42:07.680 --> 00:42:09.040 Oh, no. I just said 00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:10.000 It is. 00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:14.775 Taquan. I'm sorry. Yeah. It's the same name. Yeah. But, 00:42:14.775 --> 00:42:18.855 also, to John's point and with the net, right, this is what I have. 00:42:20.135 --> 00:42:25.015 I have a little mini tripod here and my phone sitting on there. So Mhmm. 00:42:25.015 --> 00:42:29.920 To ex... Expand on what John was saying, I literally turn on the live 00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:34.880 video component on ChatGPT and show it my 00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:37.680 screen because I need my hands tight over here. Right? 00:42:37.680 --> 00:42:38.560 So Mhmm. 00:42:38.640 --> 00:42:43.200 So I have this kinda looking at my laptop screen 00:42:43.675 --> 00:42:48.235 while I'm talking live onto the ChatGPT on my phone 00:42:48.635 --> 00:42:52.875 and asking it, look at my screen. What am I doing wrong? Or what am I... You 00:42:52.875 --> 00:42:56.795 know, whatever the question may be. Right? And so I'm having a conversation 00:42:56.795 --> 00:43:01.700 with it. And then I have, like, a... Like, it's a 00:43:01.700 --> 00:43:06.580 future point, you know, like, like, some of the other kind of genius 00:43:06.660 --> 00:43:11.355 ideas that we may have that sometimes escape us. I invested in the 00:43:11.355 --> 00:43:16.315 plot, which goes on the Mhmm. Other phone. And I listen to... You know, 00:43:16.315 --> 00:43:21.275 I record some of my ideas, some conversations, things like that. You gotta, 00:43:21.275 --> 00:43:24.715 you know, ask people for permission and stuff like that. But it's because sometimes 00:43:25.270 --> 00:43:29.350 we let out stuff that's brilliant and great solutions, but we don't we don't 00:43:29.350 --> 00:43:33.910 have a a way to capture it all the time or or run and get a pen and paper and 00:43:33.910 --> 00:43:38.710 stuff. So so this is the new pen and paper, and and this is the new, you know, 00:43:39.145 --> 00:43:44.025 GTS. We used to call it Google that shit. Right? GTS. This is the new GTS 00:43:44.025 --> 00:43:48.985 is just turning on one of, like, John says, one of your favorite AIs 00:43:48.985 --> 00:43:53.225 and talking to... Grok, I I happen to agree. Grok is is known to be the one 00:43:53.225 --> 00:43:58.190 with the least amount of guardrails, you know, because that... Because 00:43:58.190 --> 00:44:02.670 Musk supposedly believes in free speech and all of that stuff. So when I don't 00:44:02.670 --> 00:44:07.550 get a a good answer So what happened? GPT, I go to Grock and ask the same 00:44:07.550 --> 00:44:12.125 question, and I'll get a better, you know, a a, like, a unrestricted answer 00:44:12.125 --> 00:44:12.765 usually. 00:44:14.045 --> 00:44:18.925 Okay. Yes. I'll I'll chime in and say I do the same thing with AI. 00:44:18.925 --> 00:44:22.530 I'm constantly running some sort of conversation, and I think that's where I 00:44:22.530 --> 00:44:27.330 can get tripped up too is I'll have so many ideas, and AI enables me to have 00:44:27.330 --> 00:44:31.970 so many ideas that I start chasing monkeys. And I'm like, 00:44:31.970 --> 00:44:36.795 well, these are all awesome ideas. Which one do I go with? And so 00:44:36.795 --> 00:44:41.595 that's... I I agree. I I love AI being my adviser, but sometimes 00:44:41.595 --> 00:44:43.755 I'm like, well, tell me which one 00:44:43.755 --> 00:44:43.915 to 00:44:43.915 --> 00:44:48.475 do. So... And that's my two cents on that. And then, Annette, if you have any 00:44:48.475 --> 00:44:51.950 short comment, and then we will start to wrap up here. 00:44:51.950 --> 00:44:56.590 I'm still laughing at chasing monkey. I appreciate all those great 00:44:56.590 --> 00:45:01.390 suggestions. ChatGPT is my friend. I I 00:45:01.390 --> 00:45:06.345 live with ChatGPT and even had a conversation about was it okay... Would he 00:45:06.345 --> 00:45:11.145 okay if I gave him a name? And we talked about that, but I 00:45:11.145 --> 00:45:15.625 couldn't have done what I've done without chat. And I do have a met... I mean, 00:45:15.625 --> 00:45:20.130 sometimes I wish I could turn the ideas off because I've been working with someone. 00:45:20.130 --> 00:45:24.690 Mitch. Mitch. Mitch. I can't knit because I got all this out here I wanna do. 00:45:24.690 --> 00:45:28.370 But, you know, I know it'll all work out. It just isn't working out as fast 00:45:28.370 --> 00:45:31.490 as I want it to, and I have a very close friend who has always said, Annette, 00:45:31.735 --> 00:45:36.535 you hate learning curves. That's your problem. But thanks for all the suggestions. 00:45:36.535 --> 00:45:39.815 And I'm looking... You know, I think he has the tension with some of the call 00:45:39.815 --> 00:45:44.700 stuff was for all of us to begin to connect with each other and create 00:45:44.700 --> 00:45:49.420 a community. And that's what I want my Facebook page to do too. Go ahead, Ian. 00:45:49.420 --> 00:45:50.620 I'm done. Thank you. 00:45:51.020 --> 00:45:55.740 Yes. Yes. I... I'm actually really liking this format that we did today. Thank 00:45:55.740 --> 00:46:00.665 you guys for being open to sharing. And my last prompt 00:46:00.665 --> 00:46:05.145 for us to to wrap things up will be, like, what is one, 00:46:06.345 --> 00:46:11.305 one or two sentences on what you would like to work on between this week and 00:46:11.305 --> 00:46:16.200 next week for yourself to get you closer to your next goal or your next 00:46:16.200 --> 00:46:21.160 launch, clearing up that challenge, whatever. And I'll say for me, 00:46:22.440 --> 00:46:27.245 I've I've I've got, like, I I mentioned a lot of different 00:46:27.245 --> 00:46:31.965 paths to go down, but I have a few that are standing out stronger than others. 00:46:32.525 --> 00:46:37.005 And I have a campaign that I'll be running this 00:46:37.005 --> 00:46:41.450 month for LaunchBox. And so I know for me, primary 00:46:41.450 --> 00:46:46.330 objective and the things that are gonna help LaunchBox the most 00:46:46.330 --> 00:46:50.970 is is getting new people in and then helping those people launch. So 00:46:51.370 --> 00:46:56.295 I'm doing those calls And... And... Yeah. I'm sorry. Yeah. 00:46:56.295 --> 00:47:00.935 Just sticking true to that. True to... We got a echo here somewhere, but... 00:47:02.695 --> 00:47:03.815 I think it's John 00:47:03.815 --> 00:47:05.495 working on his computer maybe. 00:47:05.980 --> 00:47:10.620 There's two Johns now. Alright. I don't know if Ariel can answer, but if 00:47:11.020 --> 00:47:15.980 if not, we'll move on to Juan. What's the goal you'd like to do this 00:47:15.980 --> 00:47:16.460 week? 00:47:16.940 --> 00:47:20.540 Well, I was having fun with with Manus. 00:47:21.755 --> 00:47:26.475 And, you know, in one of your classes, I think I think we did Replit or 00:47:26.475 --> 00:47:30.795 Lovable. I forget which, which I hear... You know, they all... All of them are 00:47:30.795 --> 00:47:35.540 getting better every day. Right? So I understand that. What's ticking me off 00:47:35.540 --> 00:47:40.180 is I even tried one called emergent. And 00:47:40.180 --> 00:47:45.060 and and so that's what I think is is what I'm drawn to because like 00:47:45.060 --> 00:47:49.185 Annette, I have very little patience for, like, this learning curve. I just 00:47:49.185 --> 00:47:53.745 want it now because I have clarity of the idea, and it's the it's the execution 00:47:53.745 --> 00:47:58.465 where I come up short. Right? And this is why, you know, I'm I'm 00:47:58.465 --> 00:48:03.440 I'm drawn to the idea of having my customized AI workforce 00:48:03.440 --> 00:48:08.400 that just knows me to a level that I just tell it what my idea is, 00:48:08.400 --> 00:48:12.640 and it executes the way I would. Right? But it fills in the gaps that I 00:48:12.880 --> 00:48:17.305 either don't have the knowledge in or don't have the patience to you know, oh, 00:48:17.305 --> 00:48:20.985 let me go watch these 50 videos and learn how to do this. I don't have that 00:48:20.985 --> 00:48:25.945 patience. So I think that what what 00:48:25.945 --> 00:48:30.490 I got the kind of, like, annoyed at was they 00:48:30.490 --> 00:48:35.450 stopped working up to a point and asking for more money for the tokens. 00:48:35.850 --> 00:48:40.810 So I'm enjoying the work with some of those, but I need to find a better 00:48:40.810 --> 00:48:45.495 solution. And I think that that may be, you know, clogged, 00:48:45.495 --> 00:48:49.495 which which I have a lot of hopes for. And I also started doing what they call 00:48:49.495 --> 00:48:54.215 the second brain with Obsidian so that I can dump all my knowledge 00:48:54.215 --> 00:48:58.375 and and maybe even... You know, and that's knowledge, John's and Ian's and 00:48:58.375 --> 00:49:02.030 Ariel's in it too, and now I have a super brain. Right? 00:49:02.910 --> 00:49:07.470 But as the conductor of the orchestra, then I have all of the 00:49:07.470 --> 00:49:12.430 orchestra, you know, as as that knowledge that's in the... In in 00:49:12.430 --> 00:49:17.255 the Obsidian Vault. So that's what I'm working on. And I've started it. I just 00:49:17.255 --> 00:49:19.415 haven't finished it. Mhmm. 00:49:20.295 --> 00:49:25.175 Nice. Okay. We'll we'll leave the, timer up for one minute if you have a goal. 00:49:25.175 --> 00:49:30.110 John, you missed that. Would you give us your goal 00:49:30.110 --> 00:49:33.870 between this week and next week that you'd like to hit for your launch? 00:49:37.790 --> 00:49:42.670 Well, I need to I need to write some very pivotal letters 00:49:42.670 --> 00:49:47.605 that are gonna address the political attacks 00:49:47.605 --> 00:49:51.045 that are occurring. So that that would be 00:49:52.485 --> 00:49:57.365 perhaps... And and as well as preparing for some of this, what may 00:49:57.365 --> 00:50:02.080 turn out to be litigation. So I'm kind of a litigation fool, which 00:50:02.080 --> 00:50:06.720 is not a good thing. So I'm gonna try... My best set would be the 00:50:06.720 --> 00:50:11.600 goal is to come up with a concise, clear game plan 00:50:11.680 --> 00:50:13.120 and follow through. 00:50:14.615 --> 00:50:17.095 Heck yeah. Thank you, John. Annette? 00:50:17.255 --> 00:50:21.655 Yes. I can do it. Ian, thank you for your comments about not needing all those 00:50:21.655 --> 00:50:25.815 programs anymore. I'm gonna look at the same thing because I probably don't 00:50:25.815 --> 00:50:30.630 now. One, I wanted to say, think for you and I, the thing that keeps us going 00:50:30.630 --> 00:50:35.590 till 02:00 in the morning is the victory of of success. And 00:50:35.590 --> 00:50:40.035 we aren't having success when we get stuck in the learning curve. So we're 00:50:40.035 --> 00:50:44.355 hungering for that, you know, the thrill of victory. And 00:50:44.835 --> 00:50:49.795 my goal by this meeting next week will be to have my waitlist paid ready for 00:50:49.795 --> 00:50:54.140 launch. Great meeting. Thank you, Ian. 00:50:54.380 --> 00:50:59.180 Yes. Thank you, Annette. Okay. Thank you all again for showing 00:50:59.180 --> 00:51:04.140 up. And I really... I... I'm I'm excited by what we just did here. 00:51:04.140 --> 00:51:08.595 I think that was kinda special, actually. And I wanted to do it again next week. 00:51:08.595 --> 00:51:13.475 So if you want to come next week, tell us if you made your goal. If 00:51:13.475 --> 00:51:18.355 you didn't, that's okay too. But we can use this as a a good little forum 00:51:18.355 --> 00:51:22.675 and community to go over what we're doing. Because I think, 00:51:23.130 --> 00:51:27.450 for me, it feels like I'm in a silo. I'm in a vacuum, and there's a lot of awesome 00:51:27.450 --> 00:51:31.290 knowledge and resource here that I can, tap into. 00:51:32.170 --> 00:51:36.185 And just to have a bit of that accountability and to just speak it out loud 00:51:36.185 --> 00:51:40.665 of, like, what's going on with my launch. And it's kind of cool 00:51:40.905 --> 00:51:45.065 because you guys are... I mean, a part of that, you're all involved with LaunchBox. 00:51:45.065 --> 00:51:49.545 And so, yeah, sharing with you guys my journey of, like, the 00:51:49.545 --> 00:51:54.420 insider. You know, if not always pretty, what's going 00:51:54.420 --> 00:51:59.380 on in a start up. So what I am doing 00:51:59.380 --> 00:52:02.980 later this month, I'm gonna be doing two different workshops, which are gonna 00:52:02.980 --> 00:52:07.865 be all about... They're gonna be free, all about going through 00:52:08.905 --> 00:52:13.465 something that I've built in that LaunchBox, which generates the 00:52:13.465 --> 00:52:18.350 thirty days worth of content for you along with your waitlist. 00:52:18.350 --> 00:52:22.990 So, Annette, you can build your waitlist in LaunchBox. It'll create two 00:52:22.990 --> 00:52:27.790 lead magnets for you. It'll create your sales page and everything that you need 00:52:27.790 --> 00:52:32.655 in order to get that thirty day campaign out. I'm gonna bring in a speaker 00:52:32.815 --> 00:52:37.455 as well that I've met out here who I'm really excited to announce 00:52:37.935 --> 00:52:42.815 shortly. And I'm I'm working on including 00:52:42.815 --> 00:52:47.740 a free hub for giving people more of a 00:52:48.860 --> 00:52:53.180 inclusive, like, community, kinda like what we're doing here. So you don't necessarily 00:52:53.180 --> 00:52:58.060 need to subscribe to LaunchBox to be a part of what we're all 00:52:58.060 --> 00:53:02.595 trying to do here. And let me drop that in 00:53:02.595 --> 00:53:07.395 here. I just have a Google form just so I can keep track, and 00:53:07.395 --> 00:53:12.355 it... I just threw it together on this call. So, if you guys take that, sign 00:53:12.355 --> 00:53:17.235 up, and, I mean, you're all on my email, you will know about it. And, 00:53:17.850 --> 00:53:21.050 yeah, thank you so so much. This was really cool. 00:53:21.690 --> 00:53:25.210 Great meeting you, and have a great rest of your day. Bye, guys. 00:53:25.290 --> 00:53:26.730 Bye, guys. Thank you.