Gerald Watson? I, yes sir. I thought it was George Watson, so that's okay.
That's my fault.
Gw, you got that.
I know. There you go. So Gerald,
go ahead and walk me through your experience so far this morning,
but before we start that, um, what company are you
With? Okay, so I am president and founder of the Watson Group,
which specializes in arranging financing for companies with contracts and
purchasers who need money either on the front end up front to get started,
money to pay vendors and suppliers as they go through it,
or money on the back end of speed up cash flow.
I've been doing that for about 40 years and our business is essentially a
hundred percent referral.
So walk me through,
how important is it to come into an event like this,
meet people and network with people,
and ultimately to get a referral because of the great work that you've done?
Well, you know, the, the, for us, um, it's,
I look at it as an investment and,
and it's an investment that always pays for itself. In fact,
in some instances it pays itself even before, how come the, show me,
give you an example. I'd registered for, for one of the events, uh,
one of the broker fairs a couple years ago looked at the listening of people who
were gonna be attending,
met a lender who was exactly what I was looking for,
got the client funded and the commissions that I earned off that deal,
covered up my, all, all my expenses for the show.
So, in other words, it is worth it. It's a come
Well, it's, it's a great investment on a lot of levels.
It's a great networking opportunity.
It's a great to meet people who are doing what you do.
A great way to way to develop lending relationships. Good.
It is good education and it's, it's a lot of fun.
So this industry's changing the way it's the, you know, the world is changing,
the economy's changing and the topics that we're talked about today and that are
being talked about, it's to help people maneuver this industry. What,
what, uh, what panel are you looking forward to the most or did you enjoy,
if you've listened to one that you are really looking forward to?
Okay, so I'm gonna be a little surfer here,
self-serving here for a minute because at three 20 today I'm one of the panel,
I'm one of the panelists on, uh, E R C financing. And,
you know, we've been involved our company with ERCs for maybe almost a year.
And essentially the heart of what we do today is work with companies who've
already filed for their E R C,
but you're having to wait six or 12 months to get paid.
So what we do is we step in and we monetize that e r c refunds so they can get
cash today.
So for, you know, the ERC for example,
and just other people that are here that are trying to learn more to have
questions,
what would you tell them and what would you tell people watching this about,
you know, coming to an event like this overall?
Well, you know, with regard to coming to an event like this, overall,
I think one of the biggest things that people can do is to step outside the box,
step outside your comfort, comfort zone and do,
and walk up to people whom you don't know. You know,
we all have a tendency to kind of hang and sit and talk to people whom we know
it. It's the people that you don't know, okay. Who can make a difference, uh,
in your future on a lot of levels. And so that's one thing I'd say, uh,
you know, for me it serves the same purpose. Yeah.
Well, thank you so much for your time. I appreciate it.
I appreciate you being here. All right.
I'm definitely looking forward to hearing more about your session later today.
Well,
I appreciate that too. And this is no problem, GW Watson George signing out.
I'll go ahead and let you enjoy. Take care. Enjoy the rest. No problem.
Thank you. Enjoy the rest of the day.