Mike Lazerow

We come to each other whenever we need really help. So we own a pickleball team together. We are investors in V friends. We did want empathy, wine, his wine company together. I'm a very large collector of V friends. He was involved with buddy media. Obviously we worked on clients together and everything in life. The more you give, the more you get.

And we had no idea that he would build a 3000 person, half a billion dollar empire. a half billion dollar revenue empire out of that little conference room. But there's no better entrepreneur that I know. And the main reason I say that is unlike Cass and myself, we raised money from venture capitalists to build software and then sell it.

And we had no idea that he would build a 3000 person, half a billion dollar empire. a half billion dollar revenue empire out of that little conference room. But there's no better entrepreneur that I know. And the main reason I say that is unlike Cass and myself, we raised money from venture capitalists to build software and then sell it.

And we had no idea that he would build a 3000 person, half a billion dollar empire. a half billion dollar revenue empire out of that little conference room. But there's no better entrepreneur that I know. And the main reason I say that is unlike Cass and myself, we raised money from venture capitalists to build software and then sell it.

Gary self funds all of his businesses and he uses revenue to grow the businesses, which is really the best way to fund businesses.

Gary self funds all of his businesses and he uses revenue to grow the businesses, which is really the best way to fund businesses.

Gary self funds all of his businesses and he uses revenue to grow the businesses, which is really the best way to fund businesses.

So the vFriends concept came down to one thing for me, which is intellectual property is one of the most powerful businesses and forces in the world. We have an incredible system in the United States to protect IP, copyright trademark. And if you look at the last generation of what took off, a lot of it was based on IP that people traded, people played with.

So the vFriends concept came down to one thing for me, which is intellectual property is one of the most powerful businesses and forces in the world. We have an incredible system in the United States to protect IP, copyright trademark. And if you look at the last generation of what took off, a lot of it was based on IP that people traded, people played with.

So the vFriends concept came down to one thing for me, which is intellectual property is one of the most powerful businesses and forces in the world. We have an incredible system in the United States to protect IP, copyright trademark. And if you look at the last generation of what took off, a lot of it was based on IP that people traded, people played with.

So I went back to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It's still a billion dollar franchise and there's no one better at building businesses than Gary. And so we bet on Gary, we bet on the market, which is a hundreds of billions of dollars in kind of IP based revenue. And the rest is history. And he's had three great events. He's gone incredibly deep into trading cards, which is the latest.

So I went back to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It's still a billion dollar franchise and there's no one better at building businesses than Gary. And so we bet on Gary, we bet on the market, which is a hundreds of billions of dollars in kind of IP based revenue. And the rest is history. And he's had three great events. He's gone incredibly deep into trading cards, which is the latest.

So I went back to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It's still a billion dollar franchise and there's no one better at building businesses than Gary. And so we bet on Gary, we bet on the market, which is a hundreds of billions of dollars in kind of IP based revenue. And the rest is history. And he's had three great events. He's gone incredibly deep into trading cards, which is the latest.

And so the NFTs that launched this all was a way to build the community, but Gary has gone way beyond just digital collectibles. It's one of the communities that I love the most because it's so positive in a world in which we need positivity. He espouses empathy and listening and patience and the world is short on a lot of that stuff.

And so the NFTs that launched this all was a way to build the community, but Gary has gone way beyond just digital collectibles. It's one of the communities that I love the most because it's so positive in a world in which we need positivity. He espouses empathy and listening and patience and the world is short on a lot of that stuff.

And so the NFTs that launched this all was a way to build the community, but Gary has gone way beyond just digital collectibles. It's one of the communities that I love the most because it's so positive in a world in which we need positivity. He espouses empathy and listening and patience and the world is short on a lot of that stuff.

And we've thought about this a lot. We have three kids and they're now entering, one's entering the workforce, two in college as of this fall. And there's a huge gap between what they're learning and what they need to be prepared for in this new world that we live. And so we just believe that all kids are born creative. They're born as entrepreneurs.

And we've thought about this a lot. We have three kids and they're now entering, one's entering the workforce, two in college as of this fall. And there's a huge gap between what they're learning and what they need to be prepared for in this new world that we live. And so we just believe that all kids are born creative. They're born as entrepreneurs.

And we've thought about this a lot. We have three kids and they're now entering, one's entering the workforce, two in college as of this fall. And there's a huge gap between what they're learning and what they need to be prepared for in this new world that we live. And so we just believe that all kids are born creative. They're born as entrepreneurs.

Anyone who's had a baby knows that baby does whatever it can to get what it needs. Now, whatever it can in that case is crying, but talk about advocating for him or herself. They come out advocating, right? and weaponizing their voices to get what they want. And then they go through this industrial normalization complex, right?