Dan Fleyshman

So someone out there is listening to the Money Mondays, maybe they're a DJ or a music artist, and they're going out there performing for free at first, right? They're going to wherever they can go to the W Hotel Ballroom, the lobby. They're going to the restaurant. They're going to the places to just DJ or perform for free to build their name.

What's the turning point when they can finally say, pay me $500 or pay me $1,000 or pay me $2,000?

What's the turning point when they can finally say, pay me $500 or pay me $1,000 or pay me $2,000?

So you're going through this journey, and you decide 19 years ago to start IRE Weekend, start the foundation. Why is it? Why still stick with it 19 years later and have guys like Shaq show up, Dwayne Wade, et cetera, come to your golf tournaments?

So you're going through this journey, and you decide 19 years ago to start IRE Weekend, start the foundation. Why is it? Why still stick with it 19 years later and have guys like Shaq show up, Dwayne Wade, et cetera, come to your golf tournaments?

So a lot of people interface with celebrities, athletes, business people, et cetera. But I think they get their phone number where they take a quick picture and they don't actually build a relationship. These are your friend friends. We've all seen on your social media that Jamie Foxx is in the world. You travel the world with these people.

So a lot of people interface with celebrities, athletes, business people, et cetera. But I think they get their phone number where they take a quick picture and they don't actually build a relationship. These are your friend friends. We've all seen on your social media that Jamie Foxx is in the world. You travel the world with these people.

You'll film with them, perform with them, not post them sometimes. Sometimes they're posting you. Yeah, true. There's hundreds of times you've not posted them.

You'll film with them, perform with them, not post them sometimes. Sometimes they're posting you. Yeah, true. There's hundreds of times you've not posted them.

And I always want to push them. I'm like, dude, you're with who?

And I always want to push them. I'm like, dude, you're with who?

It's so bad, man. I'm so bad. I'm so bad. I'm so bad. But you're so good at building the relationship.

It's so bad, man. I'm so bad. I'm so bad. I'm so bad. But you're so good at building the relationship.

Where they want you there.

Where they want you there.

For someone that's trying to build a relationship with someone that's bigger than them, maybe it's a bigger business person, a bigger celebrity, a bigger athlete, a bigger music artist that they aspire to be like, or they just want to be closer friends with them. What would you say about the relationship part to make people feel comfortable with having you there?

For someone that's trying to build a relationship with someone that's bigger than them, maybe it's a bigger business person, a bigger celebrity, a bigger athlete, a bigger music artist that they aspire to be like, or they just want to be closer friends with them. What would you say about the relationship part to make people feel comfortable with having you there?

Godfather, my baby, is the founder of Marvel Studios. Sold it to Disney for $4 billion and ended up being $8 billion deal. And my 17 years have been close friends. And my one rule that he doesn't know about is I don't do business with him. Yeah. The Godfather, my child. We've been around the planet together. We hang out 30 times a year. And I ask him business advice and he asked me life advice.

Godfather, my baby, is the founder of Marvel Studios. Sold it to Disney for $4 billion and ended up being $8 billion deal. And my 17 years have been close friends. And my one rule that he doesn't know about is I don't do business with him. Yeah. The Godfather, my child. We've been around the planet together. We hang out 30 times a year. And I ask him business advice and he asked me life advice.

And he's asked about like, can I invest in this? Can I invest in that? And I've skirted around it without ever telling him my one rule.