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My name is Clay Clark.

I'm the former USSBA entrepreneur of the year.

What does that mean?

It means that my company DJ Connection did really well.

And at some point I got nominated

by different business owners,

the small business administration,

then they said, well, you've been nominated.

I said, that's awesome.

And then they said, we'd like to audit your financials

to make sure that what we hear is true.

And I thought, that's cool.

And then it turned out to not be cool

because that's a lot of paperwork back and forth.

It's like trying to get a loan app.

We're trying to get a loan app approved.

And then it keeps happening.

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