I'm curious, your vision for your SAS,
where did that originate from?
You said you were in a coma for a while.
Would you mind going deeper into that?
Where did that originate?
Happy to.
Well, originally, I had the idea.
It was a concept that I got a couple of years before I got
sick.
I was in the hospital with COVID for 70 days
and was intubated two times, had a trach, had sepsis.
And that's kind of the history of that, right?
We all suffered during COVID.
Everybody, the whole world.
There's nothing I can think of in the world
that's ever happened that didn't happen as big as that.
And so I had the idea.
And then two years later, I remembered the idea.
And so I started working on that concept.
And then that's when I got sick.
But I was going to partner with a company that
had a backer that was a billionaire.
And it would have been great, except I know now why.
There were a lot of things.
But I was basically told by God in my coma
to not partner with them, because it would take me
longer, which it has.
But that wasn't the highest and best place for this to be.
And really, in the end, I would have done all the same work
I'm doing now.
But I would have had a 50-50 partner.
Anyway, and now I don't.
I have investors instead.
And it just feels so much better.
And I'm just grateful I listened.
I listened to that.
There were two major things that I
got while I was in my coma.
I was also told to start a nonprofit called Adventure
Bucket Wish Foundation.
So I was told even the name.
And that's for the Long COVID community.
And I have Long COVID now.
Thank you, COVID.
But you don't have to have had it like me to be.
There's 100 million documented cases of Long COVID.
And so at the time, I had a magazine.
And I wouldn't even let the word COVID
be printed in my magazine.
I'm like, I am not giving that any energy.
And here I end up in the hospital almost dying.
And then get told to start a nonprofit for Long COVID.
So be careful what you say.
Because I like fun.
And Long COVID's not fun.
And there's a lot of people suffering.
And so that's also been a little bit
filled of a slower start because of my health.
Everything's been challenging more than it was before.
But I'm not going to let it stop me.
Within three months after getting out of the hospital,
I was still really, really sick.
I was still on oxygen. I incorporated
both companies, the nonprofit, 501C3.
I got that in 25 days.
I mean, there were so many.
That's like unheard of.
There's just so many miracles to the whole story
I could go on and on about.
But it's like when you know in your heart and soul,
you have a calling now.
I could have never told you what that was my whole life.
I always did philanthropy.
I was part of Rotary International.
I did international projects.
I was one of their presidents.
And I always loved the service part.
Every company I had had some kind of a service industry
that I had behind it.
So that was never the challenge.
But I just love creation, doing different outside-the-box
things. I'm shocked.
I'm also hearing I'm shocked from other people
that what I'm creating hasn't been done before,
which is super exciting for me because I'm just a visionary.
I want to see it happen, but I want to see it happen done right.
I need investors, but I want the right investors.
I don't want everybody's money.
I want the right money.
And so anyway, that's kind of a little bit,
wow, that was a lot all in a little sum up there.