What's going on, guys?

Welcome into today's show.

Today is January 26th.

And today I wanted to give a little bit of a wise investing tip and more of a tactical

strategy that I use when it comes to building out my network and key relationships.

And as I have looked back on my entrepreneurial and investing journey, events, masterminds,

conferences, meetups, those have played a really key role in raising money,

in finding partnerships, and finding opportunities, in building out my brand, expanding my network

and Rolodex.

All kinds of amazing things have come from relationships that spawned out of these

environments.

And as I launched the Wise Investor Collective two weeks ago, and we had hundreds of apps,

and obviously I notified everybody

that we were only gonna be selecting 25 investors

to be a part of this founding members group.

I was humbled, first and foremost,

connecting with so many amazing people, many of you who listened

to the podcast and applied. And for those of you that got into the group, I cannot wait to

spend more time with you. And for those of you that didn't, I cannot wait to spend more time

with you in the future as well, because obviously there's going to be a lot of other opportunities

to connect. But with that being said, one of the most common questions that I got on the discovery call

when I was meeting with so many amazing people that were either active or aspiring investors

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