1 00:00:01.800 --> 00:00:04.100 Good. All right, just look at me, go ahead and 2 00:00:04.100 --> 00:00:07.100 say and spell your first and last name in the title. The company that you're 3 00:00:07.100 --> 00:00:10.300 with Ricky cup saucer class. 4 00:00:10.300 --> 00:00:13.500 How come he's hogging 5 00:00:13.700 --> 00:00:17.800 your 6 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:21.000 first and last name Ricky Stone opens 7 00:00:20.500 --> 00:00:23.600 bags, LLC. All right, so 8 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:26.400 when you titled the company, I may, I 9 00:00:26.400 --> 00:00:29.200 sir am. Alright, so go ahead and walk me through your 10 00:00:29.200 --> 00:00:29.800 experience here. 11 00:00:30.200 --> 00:00:33.100 So far at the event, what's it been? Like, it's been great. I've 12 00:00:33.100 --> 00:00:36.600 met a lot of people, I've connected already on the the bank 13 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:39.200 app. So I've had a lot of people that are already plans to 14 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:42.000 meet and I've met them. I've been great. I've met a 15 00:00:42.300 --> 00:00:45.200 lot of my competitors and that's just, like, giving me some 16 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:48.800 insight on, like, who I'm competing against. It's 17 00:00:48.800 --> 00:00:51.100 just been a great event. Socially, a lot of 18 00:00:51.100 --> 00:00:54.600 people everyone's friendly, everyone's like, glad to meet. I've 19 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:57.100 really enjoyed it. So, how long have 20 00:00:57.100 --> 00:00:59.800 you been in the space for in the industry? 21 00:01:00.400 --> 00:01:03.500 I actually started in this industry 15 years ago 22 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:06.100 and I took a break and I 23 00:01:06.100 --> 00:01:09.100 was working in factoring. But then I decided to come back in the 24 00:01:09.100 --> 00:01:12.200 industry. I've been here for about eight months. So kind of 25 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:15.400 walk me through as someone that's coming in fresh. Again. Someone 26 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:18.200 that, you know, you had a gap. What's it been like to 27 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:21.300 transition back into, you know, this space, any 28 00:01:21.300 --> 00:01:24.100 differences that you've seen from when you last were 29 00:01:24.100 --> 00:01:27.400 in it. Most definitely being a huge difference on 30 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:29.900 like the amount of compare because we're A lender. 31 00:01:30.500 --> 00:01:33.400 The amount of lenders out there, the top, there's a lot more 32 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:36.900 people competing against you. It's 33 00:01:36.900 --> 00:01:40.400 just changed a lot, but 34 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:43.200 in a way in a good way, people know what they're getting 35 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:46.300 into the payback or very 36 00:01:46.300 --> 00:01:49.000 high when you're speaking. Like it used to be a shock to 37 00:01:49.300 --> 00:01:52.300 people and now people are kind of like they're used to it. They've gone through it, run 38 00:01:52.300 --> 00:01:55.700 through the Mills, a million times. So it's not something new. So 39 00:01:55.700 --> 00:01:58.200 why is it important for people to come to an event like this here 40 00:01:58.200 --> 00:01:59.600 in Miami or New York? 41 00:02:00.100 --> 00:02:03.200 32 starting out over there in the business because it 42 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:06.600 really is a great place that you can meet likewise people who 43 00:02:06.600 --> 00:02:09.100 are either doing exactly what you're doing and 44 00:02:09.100 --> 00:02:12.600 they're compete. You're competing against them or just to meet 45 00:02:12.600 --> 00:02:15.600 new people that you can do business with. So I can meet new icers 46 00:02:15.600 --> 00:02:18.300 and make new connections. So, it's something where 47 00:02:18.300 --> 00:02:21.900 you just meeting someone face-to-face, you making a more personal impression 48 00:02:21.300 --> 00:02:24.400 and it's just nice to also, put a face to 49 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:27.500 a name but phone, you've been dealing with for a while. It's 50 00:02:27.500 --> 00:02:29.900 a beautiful thing. Any advice for people are 51 00:02:30.100 --> 00:02:32.200 Going about coming to an event in the future like this. 52 00:02:33.700 --> 00:02:36.700 You should it's fun. It's social, you're 53 00:02:36.700 --> 00:02:39.800 meeting people that you've already been doing business with and 54 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:40.300 you can 55 00:02:42.500 --> 00:02:45.600 Further your relationship with them or you can actually make 56 00:02:45.600 --> 00:02:48.400 new new business acquaintances and 57 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:50.500 it's just a great way to meet people and Network.