Danny Combs

We'll come on board with that.

And then as we've shared the idea, we've had about 15 states that have also expressed interest.

And then those are at different stages of getting startups.

So hopefully when you and I talk in another two years, after the last time we started, it's been two years since we spoke last.

I know there will be, you know, multiple of these all over the country.

That's the goal.

Yeah.

Yeah, there'll be separate organizations.

I think what tact is doing in Colorado is just working so well and is so blended to the community.

We want to make sure that what we're starting here with Buildable, it honors that and doesn't take away from that.

As we've been traveling around and really meeting with folks from all over the country that have successfully spread nonprofits across the country, one thing that's been really interesting to see is there doesn't necessarily be a level of consistency where you go to one in one state and another in another state.

You're not necessarily getting that same product.

So we want to make sure that by doing it this way, we're taking that opportunity, but trying to kind of franchise it, if you will, which you can't do with a nonprofit, that we're able to control the idea to make sure that the team is teaching the way that we think they should teach, structuring the classrooms the way that we think they should structure them, have the right tools that we think they should be using all of those things so that we can do our best to guarantee that individuals are going to be successful.

You know, finding the right people is very, very difficult.

There's a lot of well-meaning people that want to help.

But the thing is, you know, I mean, you're an entrepreneur yourself when you're starting something up.

It is hard and it's expensive.

And, you know, specifically in the trades, there's a lot of tools and those tools are not cheap.

Unfortunately, while well-meaning people want to get things set up, once they start pricing out what classrooms full of power tools and hand tools and all that equipment looks like,

It's expensive and then finding the right locations that are both a zoned properly and B can handle transportation and infrastructure for that kind of equipment.