1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,200 Here with Nick Barrett today. 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:04,460 Please, Nick, tell me about your vision. 3 00:00:05,520 --> 00:00:08,560 Yeah, so my vision is first to build something 4 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,400 starting with a company and that started with a brick. 5 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:13,720 Cord Brick is our first product. 6 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:17,400 And then that's continuing to building 7 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,520 and inspiring other people to do the same. 8 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,000 I'm a recovering alcoholic 9 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,280 and I wanna help inspire other people to start a business 10 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:26,520 because, and bring their creation to the world 11 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:29,640 because it's been so helpful for me personally. 12 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:30,480 I got you. 13 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,240 So did you start creating Cord Bricks 14 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,560 after you got done with alcohol 15 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:37,640 or was there an in-between step? 16 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:39,640 Yeah, absolutely. 17 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:41,680 I needed to start stop drinking 18 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,600 before I created my product and launched the business. 19 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:46,680 There's no way I was in like the mental shape 20 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:47,720 to be able to do that. 21 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:52,120 So yeah, after I got sober a couple of years later, 22 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,320 I was like, okay, I had this idea. 23 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:55,160 Let's go with it. 24 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:56,080 I'm ready. 25 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:57,360 Yeah, I got you. 26 00:00:57,360 --> 00:00:59,800 So what's your why? 27 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,440 What's your why behind getting started on all of this? 28 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,880 Well, first, because I've never really fit in 29 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:08,400 at a lot of different companies. 30 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:12,880 And I'm a creative person and always wanted to bring 31 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:16,000 my ideas to the way things are done. 32 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,880 And I saw a problem and I looked in the marketplace 33 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,240 and I saw that there was no good solution 34 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,320 for the problem that I was experiencing. 35 00:01:23,320 --> 00:01:26,140 I know that that's how many businesses get started. 36 00:01:26,140 --> 00:01:28,080 I always love the show Shark Tank. 37 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,480 And so I thought I might be an entrepreneur, 38 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:32,240 but I never really had a good enough idea. 39 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:34,760 And then with this, I kind of saw that there was a gap 40 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:38,080 in the market and I figured that I had enough knowledge 41 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,840 to be able to maybe get a product to market 42 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:42,240 and hopefully create a company. 43 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,080 And so that's what we're trying to do. 44 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:45,680 Yeah, as a fellow creative, 45 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,120 I also felt like I never really fit into a company, 46 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:50,040 any other place than starting my own. 47 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,180 I feel like I would get in there and kind of fit the role, 48 00:01:52,180 --> 00:01:54,700 but I'd wanna start doing other things inside of it, 49 00:01:54,700 --> 00:01:58,040 but it just feels too constricting sometimes 50 00:01:58,040 --> 00:01:59,360 being a part of another company. 51 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:00,840 You know what I mean? 52 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,240 Yeah, I mean, if you're an entrepreneur, 53 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:05,440 at least most entrepreneurs 54 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,040 are what they call visionaries, right? 55 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:08,840 So as you were just saying, 56 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,560 you have a vision of something, 57 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:13,320 the creative vision of how it should be 58 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:14,800 or how it might work. 59 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,480 And then it's the process of like communicating that vision 60 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:19,680 and getting other people to agree that that's a good vision 61 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:21,680 for the way that certain things should be. 62 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:23,480 For me, it's like, okay, the vision is, 63 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,440 you gotta change how you use your charger cord. 64 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:26,960 You gotta pop it in a little brick 65 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:28,100 on your nightstand every night. 66 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:30,160 That's a little different than what you've been doing. 67 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,900 You gotta wrap it around the brick when you take it to go, 68 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:35,600 but people actually like changing the process 69 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,240 and that's why they're buying the product 70 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:39,800 is because it's solving the problems 71 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,440 and they bought into the vision. 72 00:02:43,340 --> 00:02:44,180 I got you. 73 00:02:44,180 --> 00:02:47,280 So where do you think you're gonna go with your vision? 74 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,000 What's your goal, your end goal with it all? 75 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,340 My goal for this company is a brand acquisition. 76 00:02:53,340 --> 00:02:54,180 Believe it or not, 77 00:02:54,180 --> 00:02:57,120 I don't wanna sell cord management products my whole life. 78 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:00,160 So we're expanding our product line 79 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:02,520 to include other things other than cord management 80 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:04,740 and then hopefully we'll get the brand acquired. 81 00:03:04,740 --> 00:03:06,720 But I've got a ton more ideas 82 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,080 that if I'm able to sell the company, 83 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:10,720 I might be able to fund myself 84 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:12,660 or at least spend some time working 85 00:03:12,660 --> 00:03:13,760 on some of those other projects. 86 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,720 So I've always wanted to do something different. 87 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:18,900 I never wanna do the same job over and over. 88 00:03:18,900 --> 00:03:21,000 So I think this is kind of like, 89 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,240 it goes along those lines where, 90 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:24,200 no matter what I'm doing, 91 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,700 I'm always gonna wanna kind of create something new. 92 00:03:26,700 --> 00:03:30,160 And then that's gonna come to an end at some point. 93 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,960 Yeah, unfortunately it all does come to an end. 94 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:35,400 Thank you for being here today. 95 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,920 I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. 96 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,560 I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions 97 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:42,800 as these episodes continue to move forward. 98 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:44,560 This is gonna get more and more fun. 99 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:46,360 We'll have more and more engagement as well. 100 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:48,480 We'll invite people to participate in the show 101 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,840 and thank you for giving us your time and attention. 102 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,560 Have an excellent time building out your vision 103 00:03:53,560 --> 00:04:21,200 and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.