Ken Joslin

I had to sell my front row seats, which I lost probably 700 bucks on.

I picked the phone up.

I texted Jim Morales, who was Grant's CFO at the time.

I said, hey, Jimmy, I think I have $10,000 in my store credit.

I need a diamond seat for GrowthCon this year.

And so when Gary came out of the shoot that year to go speak for the very first time ever on the GrowthCon stage, I'm in the second row.

And on the video, he eyeballs me and runs straight to me and bear hugs me before he goes up and gets on stage.

And great leaders want something for people, not from people.

And if you will invest, I didn't ask those guys for anything.

I'm not asking you.

Gary's been at Create five of the six Creates that we've done.

And he's done them every year for me, except for this year or this last two times.

He's done it for me for free.

And he's one of the most sought after speakers in the world.

We stood behind my stage this year after he got off stage at Create.

And I walked back in the green room with him and Sage.

He has tears in his eyes.

And Gary's like, oh my God, dude, I can't believe you've grown this to be this size.

And you know what I said?

I looked at him and I said, Gary and Sage, I couldn't have done this without you guys.