1 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:03.060 Brooke Brown: Lendini is a big funder in this space, we figured 2 00:00:03.060 --> 00:00:05.040 this would be a great opportunity to connect with 3 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:09.000 brokers, get some new brokers in the industry, get them to work 4 00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:12.210 with us, kind of spread the word about Lendini and our product, 5 00:00:12.990 --> 00:00:15.300 the type of deals that we like to look for the type of people 6 00:00:15.300 --> 00:00:17.730 that we'd like to work with. We figured it'd be a great chance 7 00:00:17.730 --> 00:00:19.380 of networking. And yeah, 8 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:22.200 Speaker 1: How has networking gone today? How was I'm sorry, 9 00:00:22.260 --> 00:00:23.670 how has networking gone today? 10 00:00:23.940 --> 00:00:25.650 Brooke Brown: It's gone. Great. I mean, everyone's super 11 00:00:25.650 --> 00:00:28.170 friendly here. Everyone's kind of here for the same reason 12 00:00:28.170 --> 00:00:31.620 everybody wants to network. So we've met a lot of new brokers, 13 00:00:31.620 --> 00:00:34.140 a lot of people excited about the merchant cash advance space, 14 00:00:34.650 --> 00:00:37.500 people that are excited to work with Lendini. They know our 15 00:00:37.500 --> 00:00:40.230 paper, they know what we're about. They know how we work and 16 00:00:40.230 --> 00:00:42.150 how we like to work. So they're excited to work with us, and 17 00:00:42.150 --> 00:00:43.140 we're excited to work with them. 18 00:00:43.800 --> 00:00:45.480 Speaker 1: And how are you feeling about the event? 19 00:00:45.720 --> 00:00:47.767 Brooke Brown: I'm loving it. I think it's great. I'm having a 20 00:00:47.811 --> 00:00:50.425 great time. I'm meeting a lot of great new people. You know, 21 00:00:50.469 --> 00:00:52.908 something important in this industry is not only are you 22 00:00:52.952 --> 00:00:55.218 networking with business relationships it's a lot of 23 00:00:55.261 --> 00:00:57.658 you're making personal relationships too and that makes 24 00:00:57.701 --> 00:01:00.359 that business relationship more important and more effective. 25 00:01:00.402 --> 00:01:03.147 And yeah, I think it's a great, great turnout. I'm really happy 26 00:01:03.191 --> 00:01:03.540 about it 27 00:01:04.110 --> 00:01:06.630 Speaker 1: Why this is a valuable tool for this industry? 28 00:01:06.630 --> 00:01:08.880 Brooke Brown: It's a valuable tool, because you know, the bulk 29 00:01:08.880 --> 00:01:12.150 of this industry is revolved around making those connections. 30 00:01:12.150 --> 00:01:14.850 So here's the perfect way to get face to face with people in the 31 00:01:14.850 --> 00:01:17.850 space. Kind of get to know everybody network, make 32 00:01:17.850 --> 00:01:20.790 connections. And yeah, I think that's the most important and 33 00:01:20.790 --> 00:01:24.000 what is this company can what do you guys do? We're a funder. So 34 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:27.960 we like BC paper. That's yeah, we're a funder of the merchant 35 00:01:27.960 --> 00:01:28.410 cash advance.