Hello, everybody.

I'm hosting Gino podcast.

Here with my co-hosts, a multifamily mentor, the coach of chef, the father, six,

the bestselling author, The G-Dady.

Gino Barber, Gene, how's it going?

Jake, I missed you last week.

I did a Jake and Gino podcast, and it was just Gino.

It wasn't the same thing. I missed you. I'm sure that downloads will skyrocket. I don't know about that. How are you doing, brother? I'm doing great. Always make it happen, big man. Today's guest is a 15-year entrepreneur, startup coach, and proud survivor of both seven-figure exits and total flops.

So without further ado, Brian Smith, welcome the show.

Thank you.

Thank you guys for having me.

So I pretty much just want to talk about Mexico City, but we got to hear a little bit about your journey.

You guys have been to Florida, tennessee california and

and now he's in in mexico city so just share with us a little bit about your journey and then i can ask

you know about uh prices of groceries in mexico city when we get a second here uh well there was a stop

off in denver too so i was in, I actually was in Tennessee.

I was going to school and then was going to move back to Florida.

And the island I grew up on got hit by Hurricane Charlie.

And so I think one piece that's actually interesting about my journey is I've always been

a survivalist and outdoorsman

and I was working search and rescue. I was a wilderness EMT at the time. And so I worked search

and rescue and got ran out of Florida after that. I was walking in water up to my chest and

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