WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.080 Welcome to Milestone Moments, the show where 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:05.960 we explore the journeys that lead to success. 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:10.199 I'm Sheila Slick, your host and founder of Five 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:13.859 Milestones. In every episode, we will bring you 00:00:13.859 --> 00:00:17.079 insights from the minds of entrepreneurs, leaders 00:00:17.079 --> 00:00:20.820 and experts who will share not just their expertise, 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:24.120 but the milestone moments that have reshaped 00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:27.059 their journeys and led to significant achievements. 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:30.379 So if you're looking for motivation, you're in 00:00:30.379 --> 00:00:33.560 the right place. Subscribe now and discover the 00:00:33.560 --> 00:00:40.700 milestones that mark the path to success. Welcome 00:00:40.700 --> 00:00:44.100 to another episode of Milestone Moments in Business 00:00:44.100 --> 00:00:47.119 and Leadership. I'm Sheila Slick, your host, 00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:50.939 and today my special guest is Dr. Letitia Wright. 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:54.399 Dr. Wright is the executive producer and host 00:00:54.399 --> 00:00:59.210 of Right Place TV. A former chiropractor, Dr. 00:00:59.310 --> 00:01:02.250 Wright transitioned into the media world over 00:01:02.250 --> 00:01:07.930 22 years ago. Wright Place TV is in its 25th 00:01:07.930 --> 00:01:11.590 season with a bandwidth spanning over six and 00:01:11.590 --> 00:01:14.650 a half million homes throughout Southern California 00:01:14.650 --> 00:01:18.359 and beyond. In addition to her media work, she 00:01:18.359 --> 00:01:22.340 is a top 100 crowdfunding expert in the United 00:01:22.340 --> 00:01:25.180 States, focusing on putting funding and money 00:01:25.180 --> 00:01:28.859 into the hands of women and minority -owned businesses. 00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:32.340 Welcome to the show, Dr. Wright. Thank you so 00:01:32.340 --> 00:01:35.079 much for having me. I'm really excited to talk 00:01:35.079 --> 00:01:37.920 with you today and hopefully share some things 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:40.359 with your audience to help them think differently 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:42.439 about what they want to do and where they want 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:45.329 to go. I'd love to start today's conversation 00:01:45.329 --> 00:01:50.230 by asking you about this transition. You went 00:01:50.230 --> 00:01:53.849 from chiropractor to media producer and helping 00:01:53.849 --> 00:01:56.569 minority -owned women businesses secure funding. 00:01:56.870 --> 00:01:59.489 Can you tell me a little bit about the transition 00:01:59.489 --> 00:02:03.969 and what you do today? I can. I think of myself 00:02:03.969 --> 00:02:07.469 sort of as the princess of pivot. I love looking 00:02:07.469 --> 00:02:09.990 back over my life. I've made all of these pivots 00:02:09.990 --> 00:02:13.389 that have just really built on top of themselves 00:02:13.389 --> 00:02:16.770 and been able to really broaden my horizon and 00:02:16.770 --> 00:02:20.250 broaden who I can help. So yes, I am a chiropractic 00:02:20.250 --> 00:02:22.810 physician. I have said I'm going to be a doctor 00:02:22.810 --> 00:02:24.569 since I was three years old. I've been telling 00:02:24.569 --> 00:02:27.110 people that I'm going to be a doctor. My mother 00:02:27.110 --> 00:02:30.030 worked for a chiropractor when I was about 11, 00:02:30.110 --> 00:02:33.990 12. And I would sit in the lobby and do my homework 00:02:33.990 --> 00:02:35.969 after school, waiting for her to get out from 00:02:35.969 --> 00:02:38.689 work. And I would see people walk into the office 00:02:38.689 --> 00:02:40.949 and they're all bent over in pain and they would 00:02:40.949 --> 00:02:44.389 walk out and they would be like instantly better. 00:02:44.610 --> 00:02:47.129 And that just really intrigued me. And it made 00:02:47.129 --> 00:02:50.909 me feel like I want to be a chiropractor. And 00:02:50.909 --> 00:02:53.490 so, you know, I pursued it and boom, graduate. 00:02:53.650 --> 00:02:55.889 Here I am. Not boom, but, you know, graduate. 00:02:56.050 --> 00:02:59.289 Here I am. And I became a chiropractor. The challenge 00:02:59.289 --> 00:03:02.389 was that I did not have a mentor for the business 00:03:02.389 --> 00:03:08.120 part of my practice. I struggled. I struggled 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:10.280 financially. I just struggled, struggled, struggled. 00:03:10.939 --> 00:03:13.819 And it was really beating me down. I reached 00:03:13.819 --> 00:03:17.439 out to other physicians who had been in business 00:03:17.439 --> 00:03:22.780 and asked them directly for mentorship. And one 00:03:22.780 --> 00:03:24.740 person said, well, you have kids. Go home and 00:03:24.740 --> 00:03:28.259 be with your kids. One person said, your practice 00:03:28.259 --> 00:03:30.819 is too close to mine. I'm not going to help you. 00:03:30.979 --> 00:03:35.569 I literally couldn't get any help. And this is 00:03:35.569 --> 00:03:38.349 before there was SBTV, before there were books, 00:03:38.430 --> 00:03:41.530 before all of this kind of stuff was available. 00:03:42.110 --> 00:03:45.469 And I went to a practice management company and 00:03:45.469 --> 00:03:49.030 I applied for them to help me with the practice. 00:03:49.389 --> 00:03:52.129 And so I waited for them to call and, you know, 00:03:52.129 --> 00:03:53.750 tell me when they were coming in. And I got a 00:03:53.750 --> 00:03:55.909 call and they called me up and they said, hey, 00:03:55.930 --> 00:03:58.009 Dr. Wright, we got your application for, you 00:03:58.009 --> 00:04:00.979 know. practice management. And what they do is 00:04:00.979 --> 00:04:03.080 they come into the office, look at what's not 00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:05.639 going right, tell you how to get things going 00:04:05.639 --> 00:04:09.960 so that you're thriving as a practice. And they 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:11.759 said, yeah, we got your application, but you 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:13.000 know what, Dr. Wright, you don't make enough 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:17.079 money to be one of our clients. I was devastated. 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:21.399 I didn't have anybody else to give me any help 00:04:21.399 --> 00:04:25.040 with this. At the same time that last year I 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:28.420 was in practice, I had started I'd been a guest 00:04:28.420 --> 00:04:31.360 on someone else's TV show locally. And I thought, 00:04:31.420 --> 00:04:33.459 wow, this is really, really great. And I did 00:04:33.459 --> 00:04:36.000 a good job explaining what I do as a physician. 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:38.680 And just, you know, my hair looked good. I had 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:40.899 on this pretty peach suit. I mean, it was just 00:04:40.899 --> 00:04:43.649 like, boom, boom, boom. And so I went back to 00:04:43.649 --> 00:04:45.370 the station and said, how did this guy get a 00:04:45.370 --> 00:04:48.089 show? Like, how does this work? And back at that 00:04:48.089 --> 00:04:50.149 time, cable companies had a mandate that they 00:04:50.149 --> 00:04:52.629 had to let the community have their own channels. 00:04:52.910 --> 00:04:55.009 Since they were coming into the community, they 00:04:55.009 --> 00:04:57.910 had to give back like that. And so I learned 00:04:57.910 --> 00:05:01.290 how to produce my own show. I spent a year volunteering 00:05:01.290 --> 00:05:04.560 on other people's shows. And just learning everything. 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:06.920 So I know how to direct. I know how to do sound. 00:05:07.100 --> 00:05:09.879 I know how to be the assistant director. I know 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:12.519 how to run a camera. I know how to run lighting. 00:05:12.759 --> 00:05:15.079 I know how to set up a set. All of those things 00:05:15.079 --> 00:05:17.920 I learned how to do. So when I'm sitting in the 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:21.000 seat in the studio, I'm not rushing them. Come 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:23.500 on, let's go. I know what they're doing. I know 00:05:23.500 --> 00:05:27.420 what's going on around me to have to make. the 00:05:27.420 --> 00:05:30.199 next thing happened. And so, you know, I was 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:32.819 a kind of a crew favorite because, you know, 00:05:32.819 --> 00:05:35.759 I always brought them food. A lot of times people 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:37.959 on the shows would bring me gifts or they would 00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:40.399 be promoting their things. I always gave them 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:42.600 to my crew, like, you know, to work with me, 00:05:42.639 --> 00:05:44.779 they knew they were going to get something, you 00:05:44.779 --> 00:05:49.000 know? And so the show grew and grew, grew, grew. 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:51.600 We were on direct TV for a couple of years. It 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:55.639 just really expanded across the country. And 00:05:55.639 --> 00:05:58.699 I've been doing it ever since. Now, today we 00:05:58.699 --> 00:06:02.519 are still on, we're on Roku, Amazon Fire TV and 00:06:02.519 --> 00:06:05.500 Apple TV. So people can subscribe for free, download 00:06:05.500 --> 00:06:08.259 it and see all kinds of shows and other people's 00:06:08.259 --> 00:06:11.120 shows. But Right Place TV is now a whole channel. 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:15.399 I continue that. So that is how I kind of transitioned 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:18.699 to TV. I wanted to interview business people 00:06:18.699 --> 00:06:21.399 who were successful because I needed that information. 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:24.379 And I knew if I needed that, other people needed 00:06:24.379 --> 00:06:27.360 that too. The show just has been thriving ever 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:33.199 since. And in 2010, I met someone who had this 00:06:33.199 --> 00:06:37.600 cool comic called A Pug Named Fender. And it 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:39.920 was based on a real dog, his real dog, and his 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:43.079 real dog passed away. And sort of as a cathartic 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:45.399 thing, he decided to turn all the episodes into 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:50.370 a book. And he did with crowdfunding. And I got 00:06:50.370 --> 00:06:54.430 to watch his crowdfunding up close. And I was 00:06:54.430 --> 00:06:58.810 like, this is what entrepreneurs need during 00:06:58.810 --> 00:07:01.290 this time when they are having difficulty getting 00:07:01.290 --> 00:07:06.129 loans and everything. So I knew crowdfunding 00:07:06.129 --> 00:07:09.250 was it. I started studying it. And I asked 10 00:07:09.250 --> 00:07:11.430 of my business friends, would they let me crowdfund 00:07:11.430 --> 00:07:12.790 for them? They didn't really know what it was, 00:07:12.850 --> 00:07:15.910 but they just trusted me. Six went really well. 00:07:16.029 --> 00:07:18.769 Four of them blew up and burned down so bad you 00:07:18.769 --> 00:07:21.550 can still see the smoke from here. So it is, 00:07:21.569 --> 00:07:24.529 you know, like I learned hands on. Then I started 00:07:24.529 --> 00:07:27.750 teaching for the Los Angeles Small Business Administration, 00:07:28.209 --> 00:07:30.370 the Las Vegas Small Business Administration. 00:07:30.410 --> 00:07:33.050 I started traveling around and now I travel around 00:07:33.050 --> 00:07:35.310 the world for an accelerated business school. 00:07:35.509 --> 00:07:37.790 They go to different countries. This year it'll 00:07:37.790 --> 00:07:40.930 be in Thailand. And I teach crowdfunding for 00:07:40.930 --> 00:07:44.649 business people, women. have a hard time getting 00:07:44.649 --> 00:07:48.410 funding. It's not just a mindset thing. It is 00:07:48.410 --> 00:07:52.389 really how things are set up. It was only in 00:07:52.389 --> 00:07:55.430 1972 that a woman could even get a credit card 00:07:55.430 --> 00:07:57.829 or a bank account without her father or her husband 00:07:57.829 --> 00:08:02.550 saying she could have one. So women being autonomous 00:08:02.550 --> 00:08:05.629 in business and in the money world is still pretty 00:08:05.629 --> 00:08:09.560 new. And so making sure that the system isn't 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:12.939 set against you, crowdfunding can go outside 00:08:12.939 --> 00:08:15.920 of the system. It is about community. Women are 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:18.040 great at building communities and supporting 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:22.180 communities. We are the best. And women can use 00:08:22.180 --> 00:08:24.879 their community to support them financially to 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:27.660 their next step. And so I get a lot of joy out 00:08:27.660 --> 00:08:31.360 of teaching that. I love everything you just 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:34.639 shared. Since it was with the SBA, I served as 00:08:34.639 --> 00:08:37.279 a certified score mentor and then chapter chair 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:41.080 for our counties. We have two counties. And I 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:45.539 absolutely loved when I would mentor women. And 00:08:45.539 --> 00:08:48.779 I know firsthand the challenge of funding. Where 00:08:48.779 --> 00:08:51.360 do I begin? I do want to talk about the money 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:53.860 because I'd love to hear your insights. But I 00:08:53.860 --> 00:08:57.480 am so intrigued about the channel. I have a few 00:08:57.480 --> 00:09:01.009 questions regarding that. Number one. The channel 00:09:01.009 --> 00:09:05.269 is available today. If I tune in. What am I watching? 00:09:05.429 --> 00:09:08.610 Am I watching Entrepreneurship 101 like a shark 00:09:08.610 --> 00:09:11.250 tank? No, not a shark tank. You're watching a 00:09:11.250 --> 00:09:13.690 couple of different shows. Right Place TV is 00:09:13.690 --> 00:09:16.690 me interviewing business people about their journey, 00:09:16.730 --> 00:09:19.210 very similar to how your show is. And so you 00:09:19.210 --> 00:09:21.789 can get some insights and some information. We 00:09:21.789 --> 00:09:25.230 also have some shows on a section called Yoga 00:09:25.230 --> 00:09:27.730 Baki that are about health. We have health practitioners 00:09:27.730 --> 00:09:29.889 that are talking about getting your health together. 00:09:30.049 --> 00:09:32.330 We have people who have shows on getting your 00:09:32.330 --> 00:09:35.120 mindset together. making sure mentally you're 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:38.539 ready for that game. That is the thing that comes 00:09:38.539 --> 00:09:41.460 first. That comes before money and before everything 00:09:41.460 --> 00:09:43.960 else. Because if you have the wrong mindset, 00:09:44.159 --> 00:09:46.480 you're going to come into it wrong. For example, 00:09:46.740 --> 00:09:49.460 with crowdfunding for business, it's very different 00:09:49.460 --> 00:09:51.879 than crowdfunding for a personal issue. And so 00:09:51.879 --> 00:09:54.220 a lot of people set up a crowdfunding that it's 00:09:54.220 --> 00:09:56.279 like for their business for like, if you help 00:09:56.279 --> 00:09:58.799 me do this, you'll be helping my dream come true. 00:09:58.899 --> 00:10:00.759 Well, nobody cares about your dream, honey. Not 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:04.960 one person. But if you are, pre -selling an item. 00:10:05.100 --> 00:10:08.600 You can get this little squeezy heart right now, 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:12.720 and this is what it is. You're pre -selling or 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:15.200 you're selling shares of your companies. My squeezy 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:17.179 heart is going to be the squeeziest, heartiest 00:10:17.179 --> 00:10:19.279 thing in the world. It's going to make millions 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:21.980 of dollars. buy shares in my company and we'll 00:10:21.980 --> 00:10:24.600 all grow together and people are able to make 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:26.899 money. So people have to remember with crowdfunding 00:10:26.899 --> 00:10:29.019 for business, it's not about somebody helping 00:10:29.019 --> 00:10:32.039 you or donating money or giving you money. It 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:34.980 is really about a partnership between you and 00:10:34.980 --> 00:10:37.500 them to help your company grow. They are getting 00:10:37.500 --> 00:10:40.720 something and you are getting money. It's a win 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:44.720 -win situation for both. So now I'm generation 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:48.019 X, right? So when I think TV or the big screen, 00:10:48.730 --> 00:10:51.230 I'm thinking like these major national networks, 00:10:51.429 --> 00:10:54.429 these giant. And things have changed. We are, 00:10:54.570 --> 00:10:56.730 all of them are going digital. Everything is 00:10:56.730 --> 00:10:59.490 digital. So I want you to think digital so that. 00:10:59.899 --> 00:11:03.080 brings it down to your level. Now you can start 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:06.279 off new. Everybody had no followers at first. 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:09.940 The first day Disney Channel was on TV, there 00:11:09.940 --> 00:11:11.700 was nobody watching it. Now, of course, they 00:11:11.700 --> 00:11:13.860 grew quickly because they are a legacy company 00:11:13.860 --> 00:11:17.059 and they are loved by generation after generation 00:11:17.059 --> 00:11:20.120 after generation. So they were able to grow quickly. 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:22.200 They've been around longer than both of us, right? 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:25.039 You know, they've been around for a long, long 00:11:25.039 --> 00:11:30.539 time. But you as a podcaster can. Put your show 00:11:30.539 --> 00:11:34.200 on your own channel, which allows you, and this 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:36.179 is why you would want to do it as opposed to 00:11:36.179 --> 00:11:38.720 just being on Apple or Spotify or somewhere else. 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:41.320 You have complete control over how much money 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:44.179 you make. You have complete control over bringing 00:11:44.179 --> 00:11:46.840 in sponsors and keeping that money together. 00:11:47.080 --> 00:11:49.000 You have complete control over your distribution. 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:51.820 You can promote yourself as much as possible. 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:54.879 When you send me to Apple or Spotify to look 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:57.330 at your podcast. I'm not going to just find your 00:11:57.330 --> 00:11:59.649 podcast. I'm going to find everybody else's podcast. 00:11:59.909 --> 00:12:02.889 But if you sent me to your Roku channel to watch 00:12:02.889 --> 00:12:07.110 your podcast, or you sent me to your Apple TV 00:12:07.110 --> 00:12:10.309 or Amazon Fire TV, and there's a difference between 00:12:10.309 --> 00:12:15.169 Amazon Fire and Amazon TV, you get to control 00:12:15.169 --> 00:12:18.129 all that and you get to send me just to your 00:12:18.129 --> 00:12:20.169 channel. There's not all these other distractions. 00:12:20.789 --> 00:12:23.990 They're not social media. They are media. And 00:12:23.990 --> 00:12:26.450 there's a difference. YouTube is still social 00:12:26.450 --> 00:12:30.490 media. That's why YouTube has all these other 00:12:30.490 --> 00:12:32.429 distractions and commercials and come and look 00:12:32.429 --> 00:12:34.389 at this and come and look at that. Nothing wrong 00:12:34.389 --> 00:12:36.210 with YouTube. It's a great way for people to 00:12:36.210 --> 00:12:39.090 find you and it's a great directory. But in terms 00:12:39.090 --> 00:12:41.730 of making your money and being in control of 00:12:41.730 --> 00:12:43.970 your future, there's nothing like having your 00:12:43.970 --> 00:12:46.649 own channel. And so that is something that you 00:12:46.649 --> 00:12:49.350 can reach for right now. You do have to build 00:12:49.350 --> 00:12:52.820 it. You do have to, you know. market it. And 00:12:52.820 --> 00:12:56.200 you do have to be in total control of it in a 00:12:56.200 --> 00:12:58.100 way that a lot of people don't want to, they 00:12:58.100 --> 00:13:00.779 want to be the star and they want to be the star 00:13:00.779 --> 00:13:03.120 of the show, but everything it takes to create 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:05.039 that star, they don't want to have anything to 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:06.940 do with. And unless you can pay other people 00:13:06.940 --> 00:13:10.960 to do that, you've got to do it yourself. And 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:14.620 so it is amazing opportunity for anyone because 00:13:14.620 --> 00:13:20.179 the control is your control. So since you have 00:13:20.179 --> 00:13:23.299 an entire, channel. Are you always accepting 00:13:23.299 --> 00:13:25.659 new shows? What does that process look like? 00:13:25.860 --> 00:13:28.820 It is. I am accepting new shows because I'm always 00:13:28.820 --> 00:13:31.419 looking at being able to promote people that 00:13:31.419 --> 00:13:33.759 are doing good things in the world and getting 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:36.320 the distribution out there. It is about contacting 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:40.879 me and pitching me. And I usually dig into what 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:45.620 is your revenue plan for your show? Because when 00:13:45.620 --> 00:13:47.970 people... come to me and they don't have their 00:13:47.970 --> 00:13:51.509 own revenue plan in mind, it makes it very difficult 00:13:51.509 --> 00:13:54.129 to help them make money. Because a lot of people 00:13:54.129 --> 00:13:56.929 are saying, oh, I'm on your channel. I'm supposed 00:13:56.929 --> 00:13:59.029 to help them make money. So I do want to work 00:13:59.029 --> 00:14:01.230 with people who are very hands -on with their 00:14:01.230 --> 00:14:05.370 own show, understanding that they can really 00:14:05.370 --> 00:14:07.590 make a difference when they take control of it. 00:14:08.190 --> 00:14:11.070 So is it like a profit, like a partnership, like 00:14:11.070 --> 00:14:15.669 you share revenue or you share profit? I have 00:14:15.669 --> 00:14:19.049 a couple of different plans. And so what I like 00:14:19.049 --> 00:14:22.909 to do is I like to give people flat fees so that 00:14:22.909 --> 00:14:25.450 they can create revenue at the level that they 00:14:25.450 --> 00:14:28.070 want to create. I tend to be the person that 00:14:28.070 --> 00:14:31.809 this is my fee. And whether you bring in $10 00:14:31.809 --> 00:14:35.570 ,000 or $10 million worth of sponsorships, you 00:14:35.570 --> 00:14:38.070 still have the same fees with me because that 00:14:38.070 --> 00:14:40.889 gives everybody a chance to make a profit. When 00:14:40.889 --> 00:14:45.110 you're constantly... revenue sharing, it's hard 00:14:45.110 --> 00:14:47.350 to get ahead and actually make a profit because 00:14:47.350 --> 00:14:49.889 you've got to split off that money and then you've 00:14:49.889 --> 00:14:51.909 got bills and then you're like, you can never 00:14:51.909 --> 00:14:54.190 get ahead. It's sort of like you owe your soul 00:14:54.190 --> 00:14:58.009 to the company store. So I like to do it a little 00:14:58.009 --> 00:15:00.250 bit differently. People say I'm leaving a lot 00:15:00.250 --> 00:15:03.210 of money on the table, but I've seen myself as 00:15:03.210 --> 00:15:06.370 a queen maker. I love to see you get in there, 00:15:06.509 --> 00:15:09.610 make a lot of money and be very, very comfortable 00:15:09.610 --> 00:15:13.889 because now You can really give back to the community, 00:15:14.149 --> 00:15:17.129 live a great life yourself. And it's not the 00:15:17.129 --> 00:15:20.470 struggle bus. And what you're offering to gives 00:15:20.470 --> 00:15:23.710 the person control of, you know, their show and 00:15:23.710 --> 00:15:26.450 making the money off the show. So it's not just 00:15:26.450 --> 00:15:29.389 a rented platform where. You say, okay, I'm going 00:15:29.389 --> 00:15:31.389 to just, you know, turn you off. I'm sure there's 00:15:31.389 --> 00:15:33.389 some sort of agreement where you need to meet 00:15:33.389 --> 00:15:35.830 certain requisites and stuff, but it gives you 00:15:35.830 --> 00:15:38.149 control. It's not necessarily a rented platform, 00:15:38.289 --> 00:15:41.929 which is exactly what social media is. You lose 00:15:41.929 --> 00:15:44.590 that sense of control when you are on social 00:15:44.590 --> 00:15:47.649 media, right? And sometimes people put too much 00:15:47.649 --> 00:15:50.450 emphasis on building their business around social 00:15:50.450 --> 00:15:53.029 media. We just saw what happened with the TikTok 00:15:53.029 --> 00:15:56.059 shutdown. And it still may be shut down again. 00:15:56.179 --> 00:15:58.279 So we have to remember those are rented platforms. 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:01.259 I have a huge platform on TikTok, but guess what? 00:16:01.379 --> 00:16:03.720 Not all of those people are on my email list. 00:16:03.820 --> 00:16:06.860 So if it does go away 20, 30 days or whatever 00:16:06.860 --> 00:16:09.019 the deadline is, I don't even keep track of that 00:16:09.019 --> 00:16:11.940 because I literally don't care. I'm on social 00:16:11.940 --> 00:16:15.539 media. I post, I see which ones are getting the 00:16:15.539 --> 00:16:18.000 most traction and I put the most energy into 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:22.019 it. And we go from there. It's one place to meet 00:16:22.019 --> 00:16:25.779 people. It's not the only place. And so I'm not 00:16:25.779 --> 00:16:30.500 devastated. And I don't own those. If they go 00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:32.539 away, there's nothing I can say about it. I have 00:16:32.539 --> 00:16:35.080 no ownership in there. If they change the rules 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:37.840 and they now say, you got to have 2 million pixels 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:40.460 instead of 50 pixels, or we're not going to print 00:16:40.460 --> 00:16:43.360 your, or put your stuff up. You have no control 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:46.360 over that. You have no control over updates with 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:49.500 my TV channel. I have a team that anytime there 00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:51.830 are updates. Boom, they are on it. They're an 00:16:51.830 --> 00:16:54.509 amazing team. I check the channels every day. 00:16:54.529 --> 00:16:57.009 I check my clients' channels. And, you know, 00:16:57.090 --> 00:17:00.429 sometimes there's an update. Roku is not good 00:17:00.429 --> 00:17:03.370 about giving you, Roku is good about telling 00:17:03.370 --> 00:17:05.769 you they're going to have an update. They give 00:17:05.769 --> 00:17:07.930 you emails. Hey, it's going to be an update. 00:17:09.469 --> 00:17:12.069 Apple's updates are so smooth. It's like they 00:17:12.069 --> 00:17:14.269 just update and there's just never a problem. 00:17:14.430 --> 00:17:17.170 It's like, yeah, we updated, but your channel 00:17:17.170 --> 00:17:19.329 isn't broken down and you know what I mean? There's 00:17:19.329 --> 00:17:21.890 nothing there. But Amazon, every once in a while, 00:17:21.930 --> 00:17:24.049 they're not as great about giving you the updates 00:17:24.049 --> 00:17:26.569 and you go check on an Amazon Fire TV channel 00:17:26.569 --> 00:17:28.549 and it'll be broken. Well, I check them every 00:17:28.549 --> 00:17:31.670 morning for my clients and then I'm able to get 00:17:31.670 --> 00:17:34.579 my team on it and my team is just. great behind 00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:37.140 the scenes they'll go in there and fix it before 00:17:37.140 --> 00:17:40.079 the clients even know there's a problem so you 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:41.859 know that's the other thing you get with working 00:17:41.859 --> 00:17:44.380 with me is you do have the tech backup because 00:17:44.380 --> 00:17:48.000 again if you have your own channel then this 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:52.250 is Something that you also have to make sure 00:17:52.250 --> 00:17:55.289 you keep up with that. We have the tech background 00:17:55.289 --> 00:17:57.390 to help clients with that. And then if you're 00:17:57.390 --> 00:17:59.170 on Right Place TV channel, you don't have to 00:17:59.170 --> 00:18:01.589 worry about it. And we give people unlimited 00:18:01.589 --> 00:18:05.150 uploads. So it's not like you can only upload 00:18:05.150 --> 00:18:08.450 four shows a week or whatever. I give unlimited 00:18:08.450 --> 00:18:11.450 uploads because I am a producer myself. I know 00:18:11.450 --> 00:18:14.990 what it's like. And if people haven't seen it, 00:18:15.009 --> 00:18:16.829 it's new to them. There's nothing wrong with 00:18:16.829 --> 00:18:19.849 uploading a show that's a little bit old if nobody 00:18:19.849 --> 00:18:22.309 has seen it. If you put it on YouTube and it 00:18:22.309 --> 00:18:26.170 only got three views, nobody has seen it. So 00:18:26.170 --> 00:18:29.210 promote it again, share it again. And so we allow 00:18:29.210 --> 00:18:32.029 clients to have unlimited uploads with what they're 00:18:32.029 --> 00:18:36.910 doing. It's digital. Yes, you know, I host clients' 00:18:37.109 --> 00:18:40.569 content for them. So once I have it, they don't 00:18:40.569 --> 00:18:42.930 have to worry about storing it or anything like 00:18:42.930 --> 00:18:47.069 that. I, you know, pay for the storage. And life 00:18:47.069 --> 00:18:50.089 is good like that. Well, thank you so much for 00:18:50.089 --> 00:18:52.210 sharing those insights. It brings in a lot of 00:18:52.210 --> 00:18:55.029 possibility to those wanting to make an impact 00:18:55.029 --> 00:18:58.730 or start a channel. I know that when I jumped 00:18:58.730 --> 00:19:01.069 into podcasting, it was like, oh, this is like 00:19:01.069 --> 00:19:04.630 having your own radio station. And I've enjoyed 00:19:04.630 --> 00:19:07.509 it so much. This is season two. So thank you 00:19:07.509 --> 00:19:10.190 for opening up that new possibility that wouldn't 00:19:10.190 --> 00:19:12.109 have been something that yesterday alone I would 00:19:12.109 --> 00:19:15.690 have really contemplated. Yes, it's a great opportunity. 00:19:15.769 --> 00:19:18.450 And again, the opportunity for you to create 00:19:18.450 --> 00:19:23.319 revenue that belongs to you. So now we can talk 00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:26.799 about the funding. Your work also focuses on 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:29.500 directing funding to women and minority owned 00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:33.400 businesses. What patterns have you observed in 00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:37.200 how women in general approach financial empowerment? 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:41.559 And if we talk about mindset, what have you found 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:45.420 to be the most impactful? Here's the thing with 00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:48.039 women. We are really great at community. And 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:51.410 so the way. I get funds into Women's Hands. It's 00:19:51.410 --> 00:19:53.609 crowdfunding, which is really bringing your community 00:19:53.609 --> 00:19:57.029 together to support you. Or if your community 00:19:57.029 --> 00:20:00.390 is very small, partnering with somebody, I can 00:20:00.390 --> 00:20:02.990 partner with you and say, hey girl, this is what 00:20:02.990 --> 00:20:05.910 I'm doing. I'm building the Hardy Hearts. Can 00:20:05.910 --> 00:20:09.450 you, on my behalf, reach out to your community 00:20:09.450 --> 00:20:11.450 and let them know that we've got the Hardy Hearts 00:20:11.450 --> 00:20:14.799 ready and they can buy them now. Community does 00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:17.000 not have to be your own community, but you do 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:19.799 have to have a community to go to with crowdfunding. 00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:23.319 It's not put it up there and they will come and 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:25.059 you just try to figure out who you can sell to. 00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:27.539 That's not what we're doing. We're doing pre 00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:30.480 -sales or we're selling shares of our company. 00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:33.940 And of course, if you're a nonprofit, then it's 00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:36.779 donations. If you're not a nonprofit, it is not 00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:39.039 about getting donations for your business because 00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:41.339 nobody wants to donate for your business. So 00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:45.099 me really just reminding women where their strength 00:20:45.099 --> 00:20:48.460 is. Your strength is your community. We build 00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:51.440 communities. We can build a community all by 00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:54.380 ourselves. We have babies and we make our own 00:20:54.380 --> 00:20:57.660 community right in our own houses. And so we 00:20:57.660 --> 00:21:01.200 are very, very good at building. community. And 00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:04.500 so it's about remembering, especially the older 00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:07.559 you get, all those Girl Scout cookies you purchased 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:10.339 from the little girl down the street and all 00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:14.420 the tickets and fair things and just all the 00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:17.660 stuff that you have done to build community over 00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:20.180 the years. Crowdfunding is about reaching back 00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:23.220 and saying, hey, I now have a project and I would 00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:25.759 love for you to participate in it. And it allows 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:27.920 people to participate at whatever level they're 00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:31.500 at. So grandma can give you $25 because that's 00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:34.299 what she has. And someone else can invest $10 00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:37.759 ,000 because that's what they have. And so you 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:40.819 allow people to come in at the level that they 00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:44.339 want to come in at, work and support you and 00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:48.799 create whatever the project is. We can save lives. 00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:52.559 We can create new businesses. We can create makeup. 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:56.319 We can do all kinds of things, bring them to 00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:58.799 market and not have. to worry about credit checks 00:21:58.799 --> 00:22:01.259 and are we getting a loan and are we doing this 00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:03.220 and that. The other thing is with crowdfunding, 00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:06.180 you can crowdfund and do other things. So I'm 00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:08.819 trying to get women's mindset to be wider. It's 00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:11.660 not this or that, it's this and that. You can 00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:14.880 crowdfund and you can get a grant and you can 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:19.599 get a loan and you can do all of that. Crowdfunding 00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:22.160 does not knock out anything else. That's what 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:25.099 I love about it. It allows you to do all of the 00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:27.559 things you need to do to bring your tribe together, 00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:30.940 to bring the finances together and create something 00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:34.700 that makes the world better. Most women, even 00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:37.789 if they're not a certified B corporation. their 00:22:37.789 --> 00:22:40.950 businesses are somehow improving the world. There 00:22:40.950 --> 00:22:43.089 are very few businesses that women put together 00:22:43.089 --> 00:22:45.950 that are just vanity fund businesses. Even if 00:22:45.950 --> 00:22:49.329 they're fun, they are doing good in the world. 00:22:49.450 --> 00:22:52.990 And so I love supporting women because there's 00:22:52.990 --> 00:22:56.970 a residual of good coming out of their business. 00:22:57.049 --> 00:22:59.609 They're not just making money and feeding themselves, 00:22:59.769 --> 00:23:01.690 but they're giving back to their communities 00:23:01.690 --> 00:23:04.250 and they're supporting the things that they find 00:23:04.250 --> 00:23:10.440 important. I love that. So I do have another 00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:13.819 question for you. Drawing from this extensive 00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:17.099 experience as a TV producer and host for over 00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:21.799 two decades, how do you think women entrepreneurs 00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:24.940 can better leverage their media opportunities? 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:28.380 Or even if they're not entrepreneurs, we all 00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:32.319 have that personal brand. What opportunities 00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:36.170 or industry insights? Are we all overlooking 00:23:36.170 --> 00:23:39.450 that could help us grow? Well, I think for one 00:23:39.450 --> 00:23:44.190 thing, I am really blessed to have a great publicist. 00:23:44.490 --> 00:23:49.430 And she really, she's established in the business. 00:23:49.509 --> 00:23:51.430 She has connections. That's the biggest thing 00:23:51.430 --> 00:23:53.869 that you need in looking for a publicist. Do 00:23:53.869 --> 00:23:55.789 they actually have connections? Can they actually 00:23:55.789 --> 00:23:59.000 make some things happen? And I think that is 00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:03.160 a big strategy for me because I can work on my 00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:06.079 business, not spending time combing through and 00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:09.500 looking for how to get on different shows. Yes, 00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:11.519 you can promote yourself. Nothing wrong with 00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:13.640 that. I've done that. I've written my own press 00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:16.160 releases. I've learned how to do that. But there 00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:18.619 gets to a point where you are growing and you 00:24:18.619 --> 00:24:20.519 need someone else to take over that. You need 00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:23.099 someone else who, that's actually their profession. 00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:28.160 to take over that and get you opportunities to 00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:33.200 be seen where you yourself may not be able to 00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:36.059 make that connection. And so I think that's one 00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:39.079 thing is that relying on yourself, you know, 00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:42.380 it's time to bring in help. I've been doing this 00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:45.880 thing about the pivot and telling women to, you 00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:49.009 know, stop all this building in silence. and 00:24:49.009 --> 00:24:51.630 build in silence and then come back strong. You 00:24:51.630 --> 00:24:54.269 can't build in silence. You have to build in 00:24:54.269 --> 00:24:56.630 community. You have to connect with people. I 00:24:56.630 --> 00:24:58.990 have to call you and say, hey girl, thank you 00:24:58.990 --> 00:25:01.109 so much for having me on the show. I have this 00:25:01.109 --> 00:25:03.589 going on. Could I come back on? Can you fit me 00:25:03.589 --> 00:25:06.549 on? Like there has to be relationships. It doesn't 00:25:06.549 --> 00:25:09.809 just happen just you by yourself. And so we need 00:25:09.809 --> 00:25:12.869 to stop all this. If you build in silence, they 00:25:12.869 --> 00:25:15.190 won't know how to attack you. If you build within 00:25:15.190 --> 00:25:17.609 the right community, you've got people to protect 00:25:17.609 --> 00:25:20.569 you. Because we know each other now. So if somebody 00:25:20.569 --> 00:25:22.329 comes to you and says, you know, Dr. Wright is 00:25:22.329 --> 00:25:24.509 da -da -da -da -da, you know something about 00:25:24.509 --> 00:25:27.170 me. You kind of know, hmm, that doesn't sound 00:25:27.170 --> 00:25:30.529 right. That's not my experience. Versus, oh, 00:25:30.730 --> 00:25:32.490 okay, you know, I'm going to spread that around 00:25:32.490 --> 00:25:37.190 too. You can have a community that protects you 00:25:37.190 --> 00:25:41.789 when you're in with people who don't mind that 00:25:41.789 --> 00:25:44.980 you are successful. And that is the key thing. 00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:46.960 The other thing is making sure people that are 00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:49.920 surrounding you are really your friends, are 00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:53.400 really okay with you being successful. As soon 00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:56.079 as they're not there, you have to let that person 00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:59.339 go. I had a camera person that he worked with 00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:02.440 me a lot. And we were in the car driving somewhere 00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:06.259 to something. And I was sharing with him what 00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:09.119 the big vision is. And I said, what do you think 00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:11.420 about that? Do you think it's something that 00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:15.170 I can do? And he said, nah, I mean, you know, 00:26:15.210 --> 00:26:18.009 it's nice to have a dream. But, you know, he 00:26:18.009 --> 00:26:21.430 basically just said, hey, I'm just here because 00:26:21.430 --> 00:26:24.970 you're paying me. And I don't really think anything 00:26:24.970 --> 00:26:26.589 of what you're talking about is ever going to 00:26:26.589 --> 00:26:31.410 happen. I never worked with him again. Why? Not 00:26:31.410 --> 00:26:33.779 because I didn't need. his talent, not because 00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:36.799 I didn't need, but that overpowered it. When 00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:38.880 you're with somebody who thinks you're unsuccessful 00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:41.220 or thinks you're never going to be successful, 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:44.920 that is not good for you. And we as women, we 00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:48.059 just say, well, they've got other good qualities. 00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:50.279 They can do this. They can do that. That is the 00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:52.339 number one quality. You have to be around people 00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:55.140 who want to see successful, who believe that 00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:57.319 you can be successful. They may not know how 00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:59.559 to help you. A lot of times we have people who 00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:01.839 are supporting us, our moms and stuff. They're 00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:04.240 like, leaving you. They have no clue how to help 00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:07.000 you. But that is more powerful and impactful 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:11.259 for you than somebody who knows how to help you 00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:13.900 be successful, but don't believe that you haven't. 00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:17.460 So when it comes to media, getting out there 00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:19.400 and getting a professional to help you, I think 00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:21.839 that is the biggest thing. Because you know what? 00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:23.680 I don't have to get up every day and figure that 00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:27.299 part out. I get up in the morning, I get a text 00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:29.900 from her saying, hey, you're going to be on this 00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:31.940 slick show and this is that. And I'm like, yeah. 00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:37.400 So investing in yourself in that way, maybe if 00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:40.740 you have a small budget, get what you can afford 00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:44.559 and then grow to a bigger publicist as you grow. 00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:47.900 But I think that a lot of times we will not bring 00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:50.160 in the professionals that we need for certain 00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:52.660 things. You can be a solopreneur, but you still 00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:55.400 need to work with some other professionals. I 00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:58.039 hope that kind of answered the question. It was 00:27:58.039 --> 00:28:00.880 fabulous. And I loved when you shared the example, 00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:04.140 because I'm the kind of person that thinks you 00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:06.339 only need one person, you know, to believe in 00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:08.740 you and it can make all the difference. When 00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:14.599 I was 36 years old, I was a retail jeweler in 00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:18.019 my family business. And that's when the iPod 00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:20.940 touch came out, which doesn't even exist anymore, 00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:24.900 right? This is what preceded the iPhone. But 00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:27.039 when that little thing came out and I couldn't 00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:29.680 figure out what the gadget was, but long story 00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:33.900 short, I turned on the news and was seeing an 00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:36.519 interview of a 13 year old boy saying he had 00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:39.119 built an entire game, gave it away for free and 00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:42.160 had a million downloads. And so I thought, wait 00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:44.460 a minute, this is the future. And if he could 00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:48.059 have done it, so could I. And it just took one 00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:51.200 person to believe that I could. And I learned 00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:54.609 how to code. It actually ended up in my third 00:28:54.609 --> 00:28:57.250 business, a software development company. And 00:28:57.250 --> 00:29:00.750 so I guess because of that, I love sharing stories 00:29:00.750 --> 00:29:04.569 because one person's story can create the momentum 00:29:04.569 --> 00:29:08.390 for you to take action. And two, by having just 00:29:08.390 --> 00:29:11.849 one person that believes in you, even if you 00:29:11.849 --> 00:29:15.529 fail, you learn. But that's like the motor that'll 00:29:15.529 --> 00:29:18.930 continue driving that momentum and be there to 00:29:18.930 --> 00:29:22.690 celebrate your win, no matter how small. Absolutely. 00:29:22.990 --> 00:29:28.650 Absolutely. So what is your next milestone? My 00:29:28.650 --> 00:29:32.950 next milestone is kind of two prong and it's 00:29:32.950 --> 00:29:37.289 going into my philanthropy stage. And I am moving 00:29:37.289 --> 00:29:40.930 into a phase where I'm working with women's organizations 00:29:40.930 --> 00:29:44.109 and just saying, hey, would you like to start 00:29:44.109 --> 00:29:47.750 a crowdfunding project for a nonprofit in this 00:29:47.750 --> 00:29:50.109 area? This is what I work in. I'd love to show 00:29:50.109 --> 00:29:52.970 you guys how this works and organize their entire 00:29:52.970 --> 00:29:56.289 organization to do something good in an area 00:29:56.289 --> 00:29:59.130 that they'd like to do it. And so I'm moving 00:29:59.130 --> 00:30:02.670 more and more towards philanthropy in that area. 00:30:03.130 --> 00:30:07.619 I work. with Stand Up for Kids, which is a nationwide 00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:10.940 nonprofit that helps get kids off the street. 00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:14.039 Children in homelessness look completely different 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:16.339 than adults. You don't see kids out on the street. 00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:20.579 You don't see kids because they are couch surfing. 00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:24.140 They are hidden. They are, you know, unfortunately 00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:27.420 trading sex for a place to stay sometimes. There's 00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:30.240 a lot of other complicated things. And so Stand 00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:32.119 Up for Kids is one of the national organizations 00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:36.619 that... helps get kids off the street. Los Angeles 00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:40.940 youth emerging stronger. They are the largest 00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:44.839 kind of foster care for teens. They bring teens 00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:47.680 in off the street. They help them work. They 00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:50.119 save their money for them. So by the time they 00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:54.640 leave, they're 21, 22, 23, and they're leaving, 00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:57.279 they can actually leave with a chunk of money, 00:30:57.420 --> 00:31:00.720 move into a place and have a springboard. So 00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:03.220 those are the kinds of things I support. I also 00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:06.440 support a pastor in Pasadena that has a food 00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:09.779 truck. He's been feeding people every week for 00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:14.160 years. And what it is, is that the adults. Elderly 00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:16.680 adults, he has a list of them where they actually 00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:19.619 deliver the boxes of food to them because they 00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:22.000 can't come out and they couldn't lift the box 00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:24.380 of food if they even could drive out to get it. 00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:27.059 And so he's been doing that for years. I'm working 00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:30.400 on a campaign to raise money for him. That is 00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:33.779 really my next phase. And so I am looking for 00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:36.420 women's organizations who want to do projects. 00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:39.099 They don't know what crowdfunding is. I can help 00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:41.539 them with that process and really create some 00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:46.660 good. in the world. Full of purpose. I love that. 00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:49.299 Well, thank you, Dr. Wright, for sharing your 00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:52.319 remarkable journey and these wonderful insights 00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:55.740 with us today. Thank you so much for having me. 00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:58.359 It was great to meet you. And I hope your audience 00:31:58.359 --> 00:32:03.140 is inspired to do. Don't just listen to the shows 00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:06.240 or all of the shows are good, but let one of 00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:08.480 these shows inspire you to move forward on your 00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:12.329 own dreams. Absolutely. So as we close this episode 00:32:12.329 --> 00:32:14.710 of Milestone Moments in Business and Leadership, 00:32:15.069 --> 00:32:18.349 I hope that you all feel inspired to embrace 00:32:18.349 --> 00:32:21.710 your own transitions, transformations with the 00:32:21.710 --> 00:32:24.890 same courage and vision that we discussed today. 00:32:25.329 --> 00:32:28.630 And remember that every milestone is an opportunity 00:32:28.630 --> 00:32:31.829 for growth. I will leave Dr. Wright's contact 00:32:31.829 --> 00:32:34.549 details in the description for those looking 00:32:34.549 --> 00:32:38.230 forward to connecting with her. Until next time, 00:32:38.250 --> 00:32:41.049 keep leading, keep evolving, and keep creating 00:32:41.049 --> 00:32:44.690 those milestone moments in your life and business.