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Gerald Watson? I, yes sir. I thought it was George Watson, so that's okay.

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That's my fault.

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Gw, you got that.

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I know. There you go. So Gerald,

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go ahead and walk me through your experience so far this morning,

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but before we start that, um, what company are you

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With? Okay, so I am president and founder of the Watson Group,

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which specializes in arranging financing for companies with contracts and

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purchasers who need money either on the front end up front to get started,

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money to pay vendors and suppliers as they go through it,

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or money on the back end of speed up cash flow.

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I've been doing that for about 40 years and our business is essentially a

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hundred percent referral.

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So walk me through,

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how important is it to come into an event like this,

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meet people and network with people,

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and ultimately to get a referral because of the great work that you've done?

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Well, you know, the, the, for us, um, it's,

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I look at it as an investment and,

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and it's an investment that always pays for itself. In fact,

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in some instances it pays itself even before, how come the, show me,

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give you an example. I'd registered for, for one of the events, uh,

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one of the broker fairs a couple years ago looked at the listening of people who

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were gonna be attending,

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met a lender who was exactly what I was looking for,

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got the client funded and the commissions that I earned off that deal,

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covered up my, all, all my expenses for the show.

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So, in other words, it is worth it. It's a come

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Well, it's, it's a great investment on a lot of levels.

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It's a great networking opportunity.

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It's a great to meet people who are doing what you do.

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A great way to way to develop lending relationships. Good.

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It is good education and it's, it's a lot of fun.

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So this industry's changing the way it's the, you know, the world is changing,

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the economy's changing and the topics that we're talked about today and that are

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being talked about, it's to help people maneuver this industry. What,

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what, uh, what panel are you looking forward to the most or did you enjoy,

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if you've listened to one that you are really looking forward to?

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Okay, so I'm gonna be a little surfer here,

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self-serving here for a minute because at three 20 today I'm one of the panel,

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I'm one of the panelists on, uh, E R C financing. And,

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you know, we've been involved our company with ERCs for maybe almost a year.

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And essentially the heart of what we do today is work with companies who've

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already filed for their E R C,

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but you're having to wait six or 12 months to get paid.

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So what we do is we step in and we monetize that e r c refunds so they can get

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cash today.

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So for, you know, the ERC for example,

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and just other people that are here that are trying to learn more to have

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questions,

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what would you tell them and what would you tell people watching this about,

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you know, coming to an event like this overall?

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Well, you know, with regard to coming to an event like this, overall,

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I think one of the biggest things that people can do is to step outside the box,

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step outside your comfort, comfort zone and do,

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and walk up to people whom you don't know. You know,

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we all have a tendency to kind of hang and sit and talk to people whom we know

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it. It's the people that you don't know, okay. Who can make a difference, uh,

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in your future on a lot of levels. And so that's one thing I'd say, uh,

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you know, for me it serves the same purpose. Yeah.

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Well, thank you so much for your time. I appreciate it.

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I appreciate you being here. All right.

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I'm definitely looking forward to hearing more about your session later today.

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Well,

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I appreciate that too. And this is no problem, GW Watson George signing out.

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I'll go ahead and let you enjoy. Take care. Enjoy the rest. No problem.

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Thank you. Enjoy the rest of the day.