Dan Fleyshman

It sounds like you're either bragging or it's weird. You're like, yeah, I did $14 million in sales, but my staff member did this or my manufacturer did that or the vendor was late. And we have these situations that who are we going to talk to? Our buddy from high school? You can't.

It would be weird to tell your buddy from high school that makes $80,000 a year at his job about losing $2 million in a business deal or whatever.

It would be weird to tell your buddy from high school that makes $80,000 a year at his job about losing $2 million in a business deal or whatever.

It almost feels rude or like, what advice could they possibly give you anyways? And even if your friend is successful and they have four restaurants, how can they help you when you have an e-commerce brand doing 14 million scaling to 32? That's just two different worlds. And so I realized the hunger and appetite when we sold out 100 spots. Literally $10 million revenue in seven weeks.

It almost feels rude or like, what advice could they possibly give you anyways? And even if your friend is successful and they have four restaurants, how can they help you when you have an e-commerce brand doing 14 million scaling to 32? That's just two different worlds. And so I realized the hunger and appetite when we sold out 100 spots. Literally $10 million revenue in seven weeks.

Fast forward half a decade later,

Fast forward half a decade later,

i think some of the most impactful things have happened from that mastermind because now there's tens of millions of dollars we raised for charity yeah we've watched tens of millions of dollars be raised for companies and startups we raised 56 million dollars for private equity from those groups we raised millions of dollars for charity like there's just so much impact that have happens from surrounding yourself with these high-end people in your space in your world yeah and then what you and i created is the 20k version yep

i think some of the most impactful things have happened from that mastermind because now there's tens of millions of dollars we raised for charity yeah we've watched tens of millions of dollars be raised for companies and startups we raised 56 million dollars for private equity from those groups we raised millions of dollars for charity like there's just so much impact that have happens from surrounding yourself with these high-end people in your space in your world yeah and then what you and i created is the 20k version yep

You know the age-old question people ask you on podcasts or speeches or stages is like, what's your superpower?

You know the age-old question people ask you on podcasts or speeches or stages is like, what's your superpower?

My answer always is my cell phone.

My answer always is my cell phone.

Whether I want to get a reservation at a restaurant or buy a restaurant, it's a text message away. I can raise the capital for a restaurant, get a reservation for, hey, Ty and I are going to go to this fancy dinner. Boom, boom, boom. It's a text away. That's from relationships. And it changes my life. It fast forwards my life. Ty says, you know what? I want to manufacture black glasses.

Whether I want to get a reservation at a restaurant or buy a restaurant, it's a text message away. I can raise the capital for a restaurant, get a reservation for, hey, Ty and I are going to go to this fancy dinner. Boom, boom, boom. It's a text away. That's from relationships. And it changes my life. It fast forwards my life. Ty says, you know what? I want to manufacture black glasses.

Oh, I know this manufacturer. This is his name. I'll group chat you.

Oh, I know this manufacturer. This is his name. I'll group chat you.

You reminded me. There you go. Exactly the point.

You reminded me. There you go. Exactly the point.

And then right when you say it, I think, oh, I know exactly who the manufacturer is. Yeah. Oh, I know this should be the 3PL warehouse we should use. Yes. Oh, this is the lawyer that does really good patents. Bam, you should use this lawyer. Yeah. Oh, you want your funnel here? There's a really good kid. He's actually super smart. He's only 24, but he's done this, this, and this, and this.