Paul Alex

I love that.

So talk about like the merchant services road now.

Were you able to scale that at least to, you know, a good number where you were like, dude, this is something that, you know, I could go ahead and actually grow.

Or did you just do it as a, did you keep it as a side hustle as well?

I love that.

And then that's what allowed you to actually go ahead and have financial freedom in order to leave law enforcement.

From the time that you started with ATMs and merchant services, how long did it take to build that financial freedom for yourself?

No, absolutely, man.

I mean, it's one of the three needle movers I always talk about.

It is your client acquisition, which has to do everything with marketing your sales and then your fulfillment.

Right.

So, no, you're on point with that, man.

If you guys don't have great marketing and doesn't matter what industry you guys are in, then you guys are going to struggle with getting customers.

So.

Exposure is everything, guys, even if you're doing it old school, you're door knocking, you're cold calling or you're writing ads on social media.

So, Nick, once you left law enforcement, what was your next move?

I love that.

I love that.

And then since you left law enforcement, what year did you leave law enforcement full-time?

So in 2017, you left there and then you transitioned into entrepreneurship and you found different other ventures to go ahead and actually help you grow not only your financial freedom, but then also bring back the quality of life, right?