1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 I'm curious, your vision for your SAS, 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:05,480 where did that originate from? 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:07,040 You said you were in a coma for a while. 4 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:09,160 Would you mind going deeper into that? 5 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:10,840 Where did that originate? 6 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:11,880 Happy to. 7 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,240 Well, originally, I had the idea. 8 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:18,040 It was a concept that I got a couple of years before I got 9 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:18,560 sick. 10 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,960 I was in the hospital with COVID for 70 days 11 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,680 and was intubated two times, had a trach, had sepsis. 12 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:27,360 And that's kind of the history of that, right? 13 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:28,640 We all suffered during COVID. 14 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:29,760 Everybody, the whole world. 15 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,240 There's nothing I can think of in the world 16 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,720 that's ever happened that didn't happen as big as that. 17 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,560 And so I had the idea. 18 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:41,760 And then two years later, I remembered the idea. 19 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,040 And so I started working on that concept. 20 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:45,800 And then that's when I got sick. 21 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,440 But I was going to partner with a company that 22 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,160 had a backer that was a billionaire. 23 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:54,840 And it would have been great, except I know now why. 24 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:55,920 There were a lot of things. 25 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,840 But I was basically told by God in my coma 26 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,640 to not partner with them, because it would take me 27 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:04,640 longer, which it has. 28 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:08,760 But that wasn't the highest and best place for this to be. 29 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,480 And really, in the end, I would have done all the same work 30 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:12,120 I'm doing now. 31 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,600 But I would have had a 50-50 partner. 32 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:17,200 Anyway, and now I don't. 33 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:18,920 I have investors instead. 34 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:20,880 And it just feels so much better. 35 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,760 And I'm just grateful I listened. 36 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:24,640 I listened to that. 37 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:26,080 There were two major things that I 38 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:27,560 got while I was in my coma. 39 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,920 I was also told to start a nonprofit called Adventure 40 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:32,360 Bucket Wish Foundation. 41 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:33,960 So I was told even the name. 42 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:36,360 And that's for the Long COVID community. 43 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,240 And I have Long COVID now. 44 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:39,640 Thank you, COVID. 45 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,080 But you don't have to have had it like me to be. 46 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,600 There's 100 million documented cases of Long COVID. 47 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,920 And so at the time, I had a magazine. 48 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:49,520 And I wouldn't even let the word COVID 49 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:51,160 be printed in my magazine. 50 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,760 I'm like, I am not giving that any energy. 51 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,400 And here I end up in the hospital almost dying. 52 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,720 And then get told to start a nonprofit for Long COVID. 53 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:02,440 So be careful what you say. 54 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:03,680 Because I like fun. 55 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,160 And Long COVID's not fun. 56 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:07,720 And there's a lot of people suffering. 57 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,280 And so that's also been a little bit 58 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:13,080 filled of a slower start because of my health. 59 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,560 Everything's been challenging more than it was before. 60 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:18,160 But I'm not going to let it stop me. 61 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,440 Within three months after getting out of the hospital, 62 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,160 I was still really, really sick. 63 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,480 I was still on oxygen. I incorporated 64 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,720 both companies, the nonprofit, 501C3. 65 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:30,560 I got that in 25 days. 66 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:32,320 I mean, there were so many. 67 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:33,560 That's like unheard of. 68 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,320 There's just so many miracles to the whole story 69 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:38,520 I could go on and on about. 70 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,320 But it's like when you know in your heart and soul, 71 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:42,480 you have a calling now. 72 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:46,520 I could have never told you what that was my whole life. 73 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,440 I always did philanthropy. 74 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:51,120 I was part of Rotary International. 75 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,040 I did international projects. 76 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:55,160 I was one of their presidents. 77 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,880 And I always loved the service part. 78 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:02,040 Every company I had had some kind of a service industry 79 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:02,960 that I had behind it. 80 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:04,600 So that was never the challenge. 81 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:09,600 But I just love creation, doing different outside-the-box 82 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:12,080 things. I'm shocked. 83 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,520 I'm also hearing I'm shocked from other people 84 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:18,200 that what I'm creating hasn't been done before, 85 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:21,400 which is super exciting for me because I'm just a visionary. 86 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:25,160 I want to see it happen, but I want to see it happen done right. 87 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:29,600 I need investors, but I want the right investors. 88 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:30,920 I don't want everybody's money. 89 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:32,200 I want the right money. 90 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,640 And so anyway, that's kind of a little bit, 91 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:51,640 wow, that was a lot all in a little sum up there.