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All right guys, congratulations. You've made it to the weekend. And this is your Friday Roundup.

As usual, I have my co-host Brad here with me today. How you doing, buddy?

Jonathan, I'm doing well. I'm a little bit tired. We just got back from Fincon, which was amazing.

But yeah, it was five nights of going to sleep after midnight, which is very, very unusual for me.

I can go like entire years without seeing midnight. So yeah, it was a lot of fun, a lot of energy, a lot of discussions. It was fantastic. And it was your first one. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.

I don't even know where to start. I mean, I didn't know what exactly we would get out of Fincon. You know, we went. I knew this is something you had been excited about for years.

This is your fourth one.

I'm going to be here.

I didn't know what exactly we would get out of Fincon. You know, we went. I knew this is something you had been excited about for years.

This is your fourth one. This is my first, like you said. But it just blew my mind. I mean, first of all, you get to solidify these relationships that you've had online with people that you've been communicating by email.

But you can instantly become closer in person over a five minute conversation than you could over 50 emails because there's an intrinsic level of trust that's built into those conversations.

You're with like minds. So that was one thing. And then so that the general camaraderie of the event. But then aside from that, I mean, basically, Brad, we were able to set up our guest and get an idea for the flow of the show in one four day week.

I mean, it would have taken me weeks and weeks of thought to figure out where are we going to take choose if I end in next year. What sort of topics do we want to discuss?

I was basically able to meet a large percentage of the people that are going to bring on the show next year and kind of get a chance to hear their story a little bit of it and kind of build a flow going into 2018.

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