You are listening to the 10 minute entrepreneur podcast with host Sean Castrina.

I'm excited about today's podcast. I know you're saying Sean you're always

excited you're right because I wouldn't have somebody on the show unless I thought

it would be a great podcast. I have pay sweat with me today he found to the company, Sweat for Life, a few other companies, seven and eight figure businesses. He's an investor now been an investor for the last decade.

Tay, it's great to have you on the podcast.

Thanks for having me, man. I'm excited to be here.

Well, it's great to have you.

So, you know, this is a long journey, you know, we talk for a few, you know, for a little bit before the

podcast.

The journey is fun, but then you hit different, you know, like any journey, you hit the mountain top and you can stop and pause a little bit and, you know, and look back. So tell me about your journey into entrepreneurship, like what made you want to be an entrepreneur?

And then we're going to kind of work back.

Yeah, absolutely.

I mean, that's a great question.

And you know, honestly, it started with such a groundbreaking sad story for me.

And it was the last crash we had in 2008.

And I was working a job, you know, in a house. I saw I have a house, I have my car. And I'm thinking everything's great. And then of course the crash happens. I lose my job. I have to file bankruptcy. Everything just crumbles like right in my face. And I told myself at that point, I will never read like I will never read like I won't put my responsibility to make money on someone else. I'm going to go out and get the money. That way I'm in control for the rest of my life.

It's funny you say that and I want to jump back

right in the net.

I had my dream job 25, thought I'd be there forever boom you go in one day we're gonna got a

change in leadership going in a different direction and then same same, literally like a lightning bolt, I will never depend on another human being to pay my bills.

Yes, sir. And that's, that was a start of it. So I went through bankruptcy. I had to move back in my mom, which was the lowest point of my life.

I'm sleeping on her living room floor. But you never ate, you never ate so good. Right. That's the way it is because my son moved back. And he, because I told him I'm like, listen, stop renting these expensive apartments. I'm like, that't make any sense so he moved back and

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