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>> PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET
THEIR BUSINESS OFF THE GROUND,
THEY UNDERSTAND THE POWER IN
NETWORKING.
LIKE THEY DON'T NECESSARILY
FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE
NETWORKING GROUND, MAYBE
EXCHANGE BUSINESS CARDS, MAIL
A FEW EMAILS, BUT THAT'S NOTHING
IF WE DON'T ACTUALLY COME
FACE-TO-FACE AND YOU KNOW, KIND
OF BREAK THE ICE BETWEEN US IN
THAT RELATIONSHIP.
AND YOU KNOW, FOOD IS ONE OF THE
EASIEST WAYS TO KIND OF BREAK
THE ICE.
IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT BUILDING
RELATIONSHIPS.
ME PERSONALLY, I'M KIND OF A BAD
FRIEND, I WORK AND THEN I HAVE
LIKE THESE THINGS I DO, YOU
KNOW, AFTERHOURS AND THIS, LIKE
MAN, I CAN'T REALLY HANG OUT,
YOU KNOW, SO IT'S ALL ABOUT--
MAYBE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, I
GET LITTLE BITS AND PIECES OF
TIME WHERE IT'S LIKE, MAN,
I WISH I COULD, YOU KNOW,
EVERYTHING'S DONE, YOU KNOW, I
GOT A TWO-HOUR OPENING, I MEAN,
HANG OUT WITH SOMEBODY.
AND IT'S LIKE, NOBODY'S EVER GOT
THE TIME.
AND MAN, WE WOULD LEVERAGE POWER
APP TO KIND OF HELP ME OUT WHEN
I DO GET THESE PERIODS OF TIME.
APRIL 2011 TO DECEMBER 2011, I
JUST SAW NO MOVEMENT AT ALL, AND
THEN IT'S JUST LIKE JANUARY
2012, ***, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING
JUST TAKES OFF, JUST OUT OF
NOWHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST GET
OFF, YOU START NETWORKING AND
GET THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU
WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, AND
YOU ACCEPT THE ACCELERATOR.
GUESS IT'S LIKE TO GET THE
BALL IN MOVEMENT, IT TAKES A
LOT OF PUSH TO GET THE WHOLE
MOVEMENT, AND ONCE IT STARTS
MOVING, YOU KNOW, THE MOMENTUM
CATCHES AND IT'S JUST GOING.
SO RIGHT NOW, IT'S LIKE WE'RE
GOING TO JUST FIND THE MOMENTUM
TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.