1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,040 What's your why for pushing that forward? 2 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:03,600 Like, is there a personal reason for you 3 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:05,280 to keep pushing this company or? 4 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:09,320 I mean, honestly, it's now like, so I lived in Ukraine. 5 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:10,620 I own property in Ukraine. 6 00:00:10,620 --> 00:00:13,420 I am married to a Ukrainian, have family still there. 7 00:00:13,420 --> 00:00:16,580 So I obviously want to help people 8 00:00:16,580 --> 00:00:18,400 that are impacted by the whole situation 9 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:19,680 because these are really good opportunities. 10 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,900 Like the opportunities on the ground in Ukraine now 11 00:00:22,900 --> 00:00:26,600 are pretty much non-existent, like to be very frank with you. 12 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:27,480 There's just nothing there. 13 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,040 So if we can put someone who's hardworking 14 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,200 and maybe just trying to provide for their family 15 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,080 or give themselves a better opportunity in life, 16 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,680 like these are really good jobs for people out there. 17 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:40,920 They're making multiple times a normal salary in Ukraine, 18 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:45,240 but it's again, so much less than you pay someone locally. 19 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:46,760 So it's the best of both worlds. 20 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:48,600 And I also think on the other side, 21 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:49,640 I'm a small business owner. 22 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:50,920 I've been an entrepreneur for 10 years 23 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,400 and I've seen how people struggle with this. 24 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,960 And no, I don't think they should have to hire someone 25 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,560 locally who's going to say, you don't pay me enough 26 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:00,080 and kind of have an entitled attitude, 27 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:01,720 nor do I think they should be stuck with someone 28 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:03,180 who's not capable of doing the job. 29 00:01:03,180 --> 00:01:06,360 So I like being small business owners succeed. 30 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:08,680 I feel like small medium business owners, 31 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:10,800 we really get the short end of the stick everywhere. 32 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:13,300 You know, always taxes are never getting lower. 33 00:01:13,300 --> 00:01:14,880 Regulations are never getting easier. 34 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,560 So this is something that I get to help people 35 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,320 who I want to help on both sides of the equation, 36 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:20,560 which is nice. 37 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,640 That is, yeah, absolutely. 38 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:24,760 Me, I started my company this January 39 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:26,520 and so I'm still finding out, 40 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:28,220 finding and figuring out the hoops, 41 00:01:28,220 --> 00:01:29,940 where they're at and how to jump through them 42 00:01:29,940 --> 00:01:31,520 rather than just running forward 43 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:32,920 and trying to figure everything out. 44 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:34,880 I never stop. 45 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:36,800 Yeah, I'm very analytical. 46 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:37,960 Before I take a next step, 47 00:01:37,960 --> 00:01:39,720 I want to figure out where that step might lead 48 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:41,000 and what hoops I'd have to jump through 49 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:42,080 before I run at it. 50 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,500 And when a lot of people in the business world 51 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:46,100 and entrepreneurship world starting up, 52 00:01:46,100 --> 00:01:47,240 they just start running. 53 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:48,840 A lot of my friends that I know 54 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:50,760 that had built successful businesses are like, 55 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:51,880 yeah, I just ran. 56 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:54,580 And then once I got hit with a brick wall, 57 00:01:54,580 --> 00:01:55,840 I figured out a way around it 58 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:57,240 and then you just keep moving. 59 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,960 And I overthink every step before I take it. 60 00:01:59,960 --> 00:02:02,280 And it makes my process a lot slower. 61 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,240 But there's a great quote I love 62 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,320 that's from a cyclist, Greg Lamond, 63 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:08,060 and it's, it never gets easier. 64 00:02:08,060 --> 00:02:09,520 You just go faster. 65 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:10,480 And basically it's like, 66 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:12,800 it's always gonna be hard to ride up the hill, 67 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:13,880 but you just go faster. 68 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:14,840 And business is the same way. 69 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,080 Like the problems never stop. 70 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:18,840 You just learn how to solve the problems 71 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:20,760 and then you solve harder problems. 72 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:21,600 But it never ends. 73 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:22,480 The problems never end. 74 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:26,040 And I've, I think that quote just rings so true. 75 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:27,280 Yeah, that's good. 76 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,740 The problems, it never gets easier. 77 00:02:29,740 --> 00:02:30,580 You just go faster. 78 00:02:30,580 --> 00:02:31,420 You just go faster. 79 00:02:31,420 --> 00:02:32,240 It's more for business. 80 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:33,560 It never, the problems never stop. 81 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:52,560 You just solve harder problems.