April 4, 2025 • 41 mins
Ever wonder how someone transforms from running teenage house parties to building a mobility scooter empire in Las Vegas? Shaun Powell's entrepreneurial journey is a masterclass in recognizing opportunity and building systems that create freedom.
Four years after his first appearance on the Vegas Circle Podcast, Shaun returns with an entirely new business venture and vision. As the founder of Vegas Mobility Solutions, he's carved out a successful niche providing medical equipment to tourists visiting the Strip, but that's just one chapter in his remarkable story.
Shaun's entrepreneurial spirit emerged early, starting with a job at Quizno's at age 12 (yes, he lied about his age) and evolving into organizing entertainment events in high school that drew crowds of 500-1,000 people. His natural networking abilities connected him with now-famous artists like Brent Faiyaz while his clothing brand Cash Cartel and entertainment ventures created opportunities most teenagers couldn't imagine.
What makes Shaun's approach unique is his systematic thinking. Self-described as "the most productive lazy person," he transforms potential limitations into strengths by creating efficient systems that allow his businesses to run smoothly whether he's present or not. This approach gives him the freedom to be fully present for his daughter Friday through Monday while still growing multiple businesses.
The conversation takes an exciting turn when Shaun reveals his next venture – developing a luxury resort just an hour outside Las Vegas. His vision for an "oasis" experience that serves both tourists and locals looking for a nearby escape demonstrates his gift for identifying market gaps and creating solutions.
Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a business owner seeking better work-life balance, or simply fascinated by unconventional success stories, Shaun's journey offers valuable insights about seizing opportunities, building effective systems, and finding that crucial balance between making money and enjoying life.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Vegas Circle Podcast with your hosts,
paki and Chris.
We are people who arepassionate about business,
success and culture and this isour platform to showcase to
people in our city who make ithappen.
On today's podcast, we got aspecial guest.
He was actually on our podcastfour years ago for episode 64.
He actually had a company atthe time called Koto Bike.
We've kept in contact for thelast probably four or five years
(00:20):
now.
Jumped into a new businessventure.
He's actually doing medicalequipment supplies, I should say
, which we're going to be ableto talk about.
So he's actually the owner ofVegas Mobility Solutions.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
So we got Mr Sean Powell man.
Good to see you, brother.
Yeah, I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Finally get the chance to get to meet you
Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Absolutely.
Thank you guys for having me,man.
I'm happy to be back, I'mexcited.
So times have changed, man.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
The last time Chris and I had you on the podcast, we
were in the pandemic.
We were all stuck at the house.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
We had to do Zoom interviews.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
You always been killing it man.
You always been motivating andwe kept in contact and been
friends.
But let's jump right into it.
So at the time, you've done alot right, absolutely.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
What was kind of the first business you got into
other than Kota Bike?
So, honestly, my first businesswas when I was like a teenager,
like maybe when I was about inthe 11th grade, I started an
entertainment company so I wasdoing like entertainment and
promotions and stuff and like Ifound like popularity in high
school so I was always popularand I was like I need to
monetize this, like I'm going tobe this popular, amazing, as a
junior in high school.
Yeah Well, it was before thatCause I got my first job at
(01:21):
working at Quizno making subswhen I was 12 that was my first
job like I.
Like this is back in the daywhen you had work permits and,
uh, it was on paper, so you goto the school, so yeah, so I
went in there, lied about my age, um, and then I got that.
I got the job I think it had tobe like 14.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
I think it was 14 okay, 14.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
So my friends were working there and I was like
I'll just lie and get on inthere.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
So yeah it was a vibe .
Speaker 3 (01:48):
So you know I was in there literally like ringing
people up and, you know, lookingsuper young, I imagine at 12
years old 100% you know it'scrazy, but yeah, throughout that
I just you know my dad was anentrepreneur, or he is an
entrepreneur to this day, so healways motivated me and pushed
me to go get money, like I'mgrowing up on the east coast.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
So okay, dc area yeah , dc area.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Yeah, my whole family from dc on my dad's side okay,
g county to be more specific, um.
To people that are familiarwith that area out there um.
But yeah, absolutely like.
We used to get a lot of snow,so during the winter times we're
out there raking or it startsshoveling so much snow we don't
miss that at all.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
We both midwest and east coast.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Yeah, I do not miss the snow at all, so you know,
but yeah, you know, knocking onthe doors and, hey, I'll shovel
your snow for 20 bucks.
So we just started to do thatand in my neighborhood we had
like different, uh, competitiveedge, I guess, with money okay.
So we're all trying to figureout how do we buy like the
little mini motorcycles and howdo we buy the little like BMX
bikes back in the day.
(02:48):
So we were just getting money,we're trying to figure out how
do we get money.
So later into my high schoolyears, as the popularity started
to grow, I started to do like alot of YouTube as well, because
YouTube came out.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Oh yeah, that's good timing too.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Yeah, it's crazy as soon as YouTube dropped, like
back in Mac Miller Day and WizKhalifa when they were all
coming up, we were vlogging likehell too, so we were getting
super popular, and at the time Ijust had a stronghold on the
whole county.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
I know it sounds so small now, but back in the day,
the county in the DC area Right,right Okay.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
But back in the day, if you got a stronghold on the
county that you live in andyou're popular amongst all the
high schools, you're kind oflike that guy.
So I would do like the Cyphervideos and take all the rappers
from across the area and bringthem together.
So that's also like how Istarted working with Brent Fayaz
as well.
I don't know, you guys areprobably familiar, of course,
(03:43):
with Brent Fayaz, the R&B singer.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
I think I've seen him because of you, to be honest
with you, because of some of thevideos and stuff you post,
absolutely yeah, so he'sdefinitely one of the greats
right now, super Grammy winningartist, huge Like.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
He's up there, but he doesn't really like put his
face out there that much.
So he's like right, he has oneof those Instagram presence
where, like, if you know BrentFiaz, you know him, but if you
don't really know his face, thenyou're not really going to know
him.
But everyone knows his music,like you guys know his music.
For sure, y'all probablywouldn't know him if you saw him
at the mall, okay, but anyway.
(04:15):
So His name sounds familiar Igot to look him up.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
For sure, I got to hear him looking him up.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Of course I know him Like.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
it's one of those artists that lasts forever
because of the way he approachedthe industry, yeah, and he
stayed independent and he's justa multi, multi,
multimillionaire now and so,yeah, so I started working with
him and a lot of other peopleand so when I started throwing
parties, like my first parties,I was bringing out 500 people,
1,000 people, damn yeah.
(04:45):
So it started to go like likeme and the homies with those
parties, we're breaking down ten, twenty thousand dollars
between us.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
You know lots of that's at a young age, in high
school.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Yeah we got our parents working the front door
taking the money and stuff.
So it just all started to rollover.
And then, as I got older, I waslike, all right, I'm throwing
parties, people are liking mystyle and stuff.
Like that Fashion back then wasyou know, we cared about it
more when we were younger andstuff.
So I was going.
So I was like let me drop aclothing line.
(05:11):
So I called the brand and theclothing line Cash Cartel.
So yeah, and Cash Cartel waslike the vehicle.
That's where Brent was Like Igot, the videos are still live
on YouTube to this day, butthat's where I would do.
Do the Cash Cartel Cypher,bring all the artists together?
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Gotcha.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Yeah, and I would do different places.
I would do a scene at abarbershop, I would do a scene
at a popular shopping center andstuff like that to bring that
notoriety.
So once the clothing linestarted and I was getting a lot
of buzz, um, the artist genuine,the singer genuine everyone
knows genuine just fell off thestage.
(05:49):
Right, right, literallyhilarious genuine is also from
around my way okay, I didn'tknow that okay yeah, so every
step of the way, every companythat I was having, um, I was
always getting a lot ofnotoriety, like people were
coming out of woodworks and umbecoming successful, like mega
successful, on the heels of justwhat we're doing, like creating
entertainment.
(06:10):
So, yeah, but Genuine, you know, wanted to.
He was doing a tour back thenwith Tank and Tyrese called TGT.
Oh, of course, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Of course, hell of a group.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
Yeah yeah, he wanted like a young affluent group
behind him that he could kind oflike put on as well.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Genuine.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
Genuine, good idea.
Yeah, so he called on us likeliterally called on us.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
That's so dope.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
Yeah, and I was young as hell, bro, I was like 18 or
something, damn.
So literally invites us overhis house so we sit down and
have meetings with him aboutclosing a deal, literally talk
about Walmart.
So this is all leading intokind of where I am now.
So not to say I'm successfulnow because the sky's the limit
this brother being humble, heknows everybody.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
I've seen it with everybody.
You look at his story.
You know everybody Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
But yeah, it just started to just kind of like
snowfall and come together inthat manner so.
But yeah, we never ended upclosing that deal with Genuine
just because, and a lot ofentrepreneurs.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Everything's timing, exactly Everything's timing.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Everything's timing and maturity and you know the
guys I was working with backthen, they didn't want to
necessarily, I wouldn't say giveme the credit like as me being
the actual vehicle behind thevehicle or the battery in the
back of the vehicle or whatever.
But money was involved, so itgot weird.
So we ended up closing thatdeal, but all of this stuff
(07:34):
really led me to the confidenceand the creativity in the
businesses that I do now.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Yeah, got you All those learning experiences
Absolutely, and it happened fast.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
Everything was just All those learning experiences,
absolutely yeah, and it happenedfast.
Like everything was just backto back to back, like literally,
as that's happening withGenuine, I'm literally living on
campus at my college, like soI'm living a college life, going
through changes and trying tofocus on school, but getting
these opportunities withcelebrities and have to come
back to the dorms and be like Iwas just with Genuine, like like
(08:05):
, I promise you guys, I was justso.
It was just a weird, you knowtransition each time.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
So but yeah, Kind of tough because you know you go in
a position like that right, youstart young, 12, working,
always been money motivatedright, always been independent,
it feels like.
But you know, when you getsuccess early I feel like it can
be a double-edged sword in away.
In one way it's like man.
I'm always chasing that kind ofdragon per se right to kind of
get back to that point.
But then, as you get older, youmay have to evaluate and create
stability in a different way.
(08:30):
Were you thinking about that?
Younger?
Have you ran into some of thosechallenges as you've gotten
older now getting into differentaspects?
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Yeah, in a lot of ways, because back then I kind
of just no one couldn't tell meI wasn't already like diddy.
I know it's not cool to bediddy now back in the day, like
like no one couldn't tell me Iwasn't diddy, like I wasn't that
guy.
Let's be honest hockey stilldiddy.
Diddy was the baby, was the badback.
Everybody say what they want.
Nobody was going to the, to theafter, after parties.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
But right, diddy diddy was the man.
Absolutely, yeah, absolutely.
So it's like I, I totallylooked up to him.
He was coming from my area,like because he went to howard
university that's in dc as wellso with the parties and working
with artists and then theclothing line, so no one
couldn't tell me.
So I, just at that time I wasthinking about the future, but
not that serious, yeah to bereal.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
So there's like more fun at this time versus like
this I'm about to do forever,right got it.
Speaker 3 (09:26):
I felt like I was like I chose my lane, like,
instead of being a rapper, I wasjust like a socialite, like a
personality, like.
So I was like everyone followsme because I'm just that guy,
that's how.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
I kind of like that's how I get it, I get it, you
know, I get it um, and then fastforward to people.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
are really that guy over just being influencers?
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Oh yeah, that's a whole different job now you
could have.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
And back in the day it's kind of like you had to be
a little humble and you know youhad to.
You know.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
But now people being individual brands, right, so
it's making serious money.
Yeah, it's remarkable.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
And I wish I had the same entrepreneurial hustle as I
did back then, Cause back thenI was all day, all night
networking events.
I'm shaking hands, kissingbabies Now I'm not so much like
don't try to make a nine to five.
Yeah, I'm definitely burnt out.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
Yeah, I get it.
I get it.
How'd you jump in?
Cause there's a lot of peoplejumping into the to the medical
equipment space, right, like Isaw um damn from from your area
too.
I can't even think of it fromclips.
What's up?
Okay, oh, um, jumped into themedical space.
Okay, 100% yeah, and they'resaying it's one of the most
lucrative businesses period justin there.
(10:36):
So how, how did you come up?
Cause I know you always have aplay.
You're very strategic.
How did you get into the Vegasmobility solution?
How did this all come about?
Speaker 3 (10:44):
So it's crazy.
So Vegas Mobility Solutionsitself.
That company is brand new.
I just incorporated thatcompany, maybe like six months
ago, but prior to that company Ihad Key Mobility, which is
still a medical mobility company.
I'm just rebranding right nowyou know what I mean.
Because when we first jumpedinto it, we didn't know nothing
about medical equipment.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
And when you say it's wheelchairs, right, it's what?
What is the whole equipmentthat you guys actually do?
Speaker 3 (11:13):
Yeah, so our lane is the durable medical equipment.
So we do like mobility scooters, walkers, stuff like that.
Lift chairs.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Strictly just Vegas, because obviously Vegas Mobility
Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Yep, and is it for purchase, for rent Just a little
bit of background of the ohyeah.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
Totally so.
Yeah, the company, thecompany's all for rent right now
.
We mainly cater to tourists.
Also, a lot of people that livein Vegas reach out to us.
We deliver to homes as well,all over the valley, but mainly
our clientele is on the strip.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
So a lot of people.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
they don't want to walk around that far and they
also people get injured.
Or we deal with differentpeople that may be facing
obesity or facing just differentissues, that they want to be in
Vegas but they can't get around, they can't get to all the
attractions.
So we came through as a literalsolution for them.
So we fill their orders andthen we deliver it to their
(12:04):
hotels.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
That's pretty cool.
Okay, how did you get your name?
Because I know this is supercompetitive man.
I know you always figure outthe riddles.
So how did you fight throughdealing with the competitors and
how did you kind of get yourbrand out there to be able for
people to call on you guys andbe able to use your services?
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Right, right.
So to this day, it's a lot ofcompetition with the other guys
that have been in the gamelonger.
Sure, we deal with a lot ofissues with the hotels on a
daily basis because they'vealready been in business for
like 100 years, and then, well,I'll say 50 years, I'll give
them some years Sure, sure yeah.
And then we literally come inout of nowhere and just start
(12:40):
dominating.
You know what I mean.
So, yeah, we basically got ourname, though from just one by
one, Like literally.
We started with one scooter,then quickly got to five
scooters and 10 scooters scooter, then quickly got to five
scooters and 10 scooters.
So we literally just gainednotoriety within our market
little by little, this was notfast.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
So you didn't have to buy up a bunch of inventory and
a bunch of capital to have allthese scooters here, so you did
it the right way.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Yeah, I got blessed, I got really blessed because I
literally still had the KodoBike store, still pushing Kodo
bike as the first thing and thecustomers are just calling one
by one, so we're just gettingthem on the books.
Sure, we're starting to look atthe books.
You're like, man, like we'regetting a lot more orders.
You know, then we're gonna begetting for the koto bikes, sure
, um, and it's definitelybecause the medical equipment is
(13:30):
need be like they need thatstuff, other stuff, recreational
, um, so the same ad money thatwe put towards like recreational
stuff versus medical equipmentthey need, they're going to grab
a hotel, medical they need,they're going to pre-book it.
That's like the first thingthey book before they even get
their hotel is they get theirscooters it makes sense, because
they can't travel with it,right and then?
Speaker 2 (13:51):
on top of it, like I feel like for me, I feel like I
see a lot of peoplerecreationally driving these
scooters yeah, that makes sensebecause they can't travel with
it, right.
And then, on top of it, like Ifeel like for me, I feel like I
see a lot of peoplerecreationally driving these
scooters.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
Yeah, that's what I feel.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Actually, that's a straight up hustle to be able to
get through the airport too.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
That part too, that part yeah, so will you meet him
at the airport, like you canmeet him at Harry Reid and get?
So we don't do the airportbecause it just gets too crazy.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
But like for us to meet him at the hotels is so
easy.
We got drop-off and pick-uppoints relationships with every
hotel in the valley and we do itevery day for like the past
three years now.
I know time flew, but yeah, thepast three years.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
When you say you have a relationship with the hotel,
like how do you develop that?
Right, Because you said there'scompetition and this is not
something like you're justdropping off.
These hotels are prettyinvolved.
You can't even go up to a room,obviously, right, Because
you're in a position where youhave to get a key card to get
upstairs.
When you say you develop thatrelationship, what does that
look like?
Speaker 3 (14:44):
So yeah, mainly it starts at the bell desk.
The bell captains, the bossesor managers, I'd say, in the
front area, we really just hadto, like, you know, give gift
cards, to be real with you.
You know, we had to haveconversations with them, you
know, and really like timestarted to pass and the next
thing you look up and it's likedamn it, like I recognize their
(15:05):
name or I know their name, theyknow our names, like they can't
deny it.
But yeah, with a lot of thehotels that have partnerships
with those bigger companies,it's hard for us to maybe like
leave some equipment at the belldesk.
They'll give us troubles,they'll say like oh, we have a
contract.
Right, we don't want to beresponsible, but all of our
(15:27):
stuff has trackers.
All of our stuff we're tracking.
We know where all the inventoryis, like you know.
So, since it's still like aniche type of business, we're
tracking, we know where all theinventory is, like sure you know
.
So, um, since it's still like aniche type of business, we're
still creating that lane.
So, like right now, a lot ofthe way that we've been able to
set ourselves apart is kind oflike bringing in that young
marketing.
Like when we when I hit themarket because everything's
(15:48):
competition, like we see eachother all throughout the strip
and we every company, specialoutsiders yeah, yeah, we know
each other all throughout thestrip.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
Every company knows each other.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
Yeah, we know each other's vehicles.
We know, so I made sure I gotthe best vehicles.
You know what I mean.
Everyone else got like whitevans.
I got all blacked out, murderedout vans.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
Just to brand it the right way.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
Right right.
Speaker 3 (16:04):
So our stickers, our guys are out there delivering in
scrubs, so they got named guysscrubs.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
They look like they're medical the other guys
are no uniform.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
When we come out we can offer and I got more.
A lot of the guys close at 6pm.
I'm up 24 hours.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
You're really catering to the customer.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
We came in and infiltrated.
They like it, I can tell,because everybody still can make
a lot of money, but they'refeeling us right now.
That's a exciting place to beat.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
You kind of layer in the driving part of it, right,
so you know gas is gettingcheaper.
Delivering these things are notcheaper.
I'm assuming that you have astorage facility somewhere close
by, so you're trying to dropall these things off
consistently.
Speaker 3 (16:56):
And as you continue to expand and grow like, how
much emphasis do put on likethat networking of
transferability to be able toget things around.
That seems like absolutely ahuge burden to have.
Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
So that's probably one of ourbiggest costs is paying for
drivers, because all of ourdrivers get paid well.
I mean, just shout out to theteam uh, you know, all drivers
start minimum 250 bucks per day,plus their tips, plus their
bonuses.
So they're leaving out of theirminimum 300 on like a bad day
or average day, so, and they'releaving out of their minimum
three hundred dollars on like abad day or average day, so and
(17:17):
you're taking care of people.
Oh yeah, absolutely yeah, yeah,we make sure the money moves
around.
Everyone, essentially, is theirown boss.
So, in terms of uh, you know,and like I was telling yesterday
on the phone, like all of mybusinesses, I try to create uh
um systems because I wanteveryone to be their own boss.
Like I don't want, when I comearound, you know, people are
(17:37):
like turning their phones offand they're like nervous around
me.
Like no, you're your own boss.
Like if you lose your job, youlost it.
You know like you could havecome to me about anything and
you know we could have workedthings out, so yeah, so it helps
out.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
You know it's a trip trips me out which I still don't
believe.
You say you're the mostproductive lazy person.
Yeah, and I don't believe that.
Yeah.
Because you be work, you workit yeah, yeah you know why do
you say, why do you coinyourself that.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
Honestly.
It's because and I take a lotof pride in it too I'm not going
to lie.
Brent used to say this as well.
He used to always put emphasison we shouldn't be living to
work.
Our whole lives shouldn't bearound just paying the man.
It shouldn't be about justfiguring out how to like
Speaking my language, bro.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
Yeah, speaking my language, right.
Speaker 3 (18:24):
It should never be that way.
I can understand the systems,from school systems to every
other big government system, whyit's set that way, to every
other big government system, whyit's set that way, but in
reality I don't think that weshould be having to dedicate
exactly eight hours.
I've always been a rebel inthat way too.
That's another thing I'verealized as I got older.
(18:45):
I have an issue with authority.
I have a real issue with it.
I'm a nice guy and I'm cool andall I don't want that, like I
don't know, why it just doesn'tthat's that militant.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Yeah, that's what it is I don't know.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
So it's like yeah, um , you know, so yeah, I'm always
able to uh to, to recreate thatand also give that feel to to to
my staff.
So yeah, like, basically,whenever I find um an issue, I
find myself having to do a task.
I really don't feel like doingthat laziness.
Okay, I figure out a system,yeah and I take pride in that.
Oh and and like, literally I'venever ran into a problem where
(19:24):
I didn't find a solution througha system you sound like chris,
that's how chris said the samething is a sister.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
That's how he said his whole life up.
Yeah, he said, uh, if I'm gonnaHis sister.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
That's how he said his whole life up yeah, Delgate
had a sister.
He said, if I'm going to hiresomebody, I'm going to hire the
lazy person.
Speaker 3 (19:37):
That's why he's like they're going to find the
easiest way to get the job done.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Yeah, it's true.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
Point A to point B.
I swear that's how I might doin two days.
Honestly, that's interesting.
Yeah, like the systems andstuff I put in place, I could
work pretty rarely, you know,and I can travel like two weeks
(20:02):
out of the month and stuff likethat and make sense of it and
allocate all the work andeverything's still running.
So, yeah, that's really why Icoined myself that.
And then I still have likegoals to put more companies like
this on autopilot and then,just honestly, I call it free
bands, just free money.
Just when you're sleepingyou're making money and you're
(20:23):
still in control.
And I also like to createbusinesses that I could directly
pass to my kid.
I could be literally here, justrun this Because the system is
in place.
Thank you, my kid.
Like I could be, like literallylike here, like like just run.
This system is in place, thankyou, so like you know, because I
think about when, when I was akid and my dad used to want me
to like work in his businessesand I just wasn't interested, no
matter how cool or how muchmoney he's making.
(20:45):
I just didn't want to do itbecause I don't know, I guess it
was just my dad probablybecause you wanted to rebel.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
You want to do it yourself.
Speaker 3 (20:50):
Right, but I think with the businesses I'm creating
now, it's something my daughtercould jump in and take after
her dad.
Take over that lazy.
But even though I don't thinkshe'll ever be that as lazy as I
am to be real, but I thinkshe'll be able to come in and be
like everyone's doing theirthing, and easy that's what I'm
(21:12):
saying.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
What's kind of the biggest hurdle, man, because
you've done a lot right, you'veworn a lot of hats.
What's the biggest hurdle thatyou've kind of learned or you've
had to deal with just inbusiness in general?
Speaker 3 (21:21):
Yeah, I think right now I would probably say the
biggest hurdle is probablyfinancing, because I never and
this is just like the future orthe ventures that I'm working
with in the future Like I'mtrying to get the financing and
wrap my head around thefinancing.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
That's awesome that you're going that route.
We talk about it all the time.
Yeah, I actually want to goback and get a degree in finance
.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
Oh okay.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
For sure.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
Because it's probably the best thing you can get.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
And I hope that he does so.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
I get money off him, yeah, but it's cool yeah, but no
that's probably the biggesthurdle is like, um, just
figuring out like how to, how toget the money to do it.
Um, but I mean the companiesI've had in the past, um, I've
been really, really blessed,whereas, like I could literally
start with one piece ofequipment.
Or like with koto bike, westarted like 10 bikes and we're
(22:09):
able to be busy every day andstuff like that.
Um so, hmm, I think the biggesthurdle is probably between
financing getting a real couplehundred thousand million dollar
financing and then just diggingyourself out of doing it from
the bottom, like literally allmy companies I didn't go to
(22:31):
school for.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
Yeah to learn, literally, learn on the go.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
Like literally every day, just YouTube and just
strategizing was probably thebiggest hurdle, honestly, and
I've been blessed Like I mustgive it to the Lord Like I've
been blessed that I've been ableto coast a lot and everything
takes me from here to there.
Because even like when I wasdoing the entertainment stuff,
like from doing all of thatstuff in DC, I started throwing
(22:58):
a lot of parties at clubs in DCand then again, by the grace of
God, when I turned around like21 or 22, my cousin bought a
nightclub in Miami.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
So that's how you ended up out there, exactly.
Speaker 3 (23:11):
So, if you can imagine, it's like I'm already
throwing parties and workingwith artists and celebrities.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
It's like you're pretty set up to take the next
step.
Speaker 3 (23:17):
Exactly.
And then all of a sudden mycousin's like hey, I bought a
club in Miami.
Speaker 1 (23:21):
It's the perfect gold mine, right, gold mine, exactly
.
So I'm like yo, I'm out there.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
What do you need?
Hell yeah, bro, like I justpaid you know a million or so
bucks on this.
He was doing real estate too,which has really always been
exciting to me, um, and he waslike yo, come down here, help me
out with this spot.
Help you know, I'll help youout with real estate.
So even like on his openingnight, because he's also an
influencer in his own rightsocialite he had so many stars,
like from like lil uzi to likeasap rocky, oh dang to so many
(23:51):
more XXXTentacion.
Speaker 1 (23:55):
That's the dude that passed away, right, yeah, okay.
Speaker 3 (23:57):
Yeah, but he's from South Florida, okay.
So you know Lil Uzi's throwingout like a couple hundred or a
couple thousand bucks, but allhundreds.
He was throwing it in the crowd.
It was a great night.
That's what's up yeah, and I'mliterally like taking them into
(24:19):
the party and security's gettingme like, hey, sound security,
let's talk to you and I'm like,oh shit, what's up?
Like you know.
So all of this type of umthings started to happen one by
one and then, um, because mycousin also had the club and I
was also trying to figure out myentrepreneur stuff, I started a
cleaning company most randomstuff, but you know what I mean.
Like I always try to telleverybody you learn right yeah
something, you gotta jump inthere and you got.
you got like, when theopportunities show their face,
(24:41):
you gotta just jump in, you know, I mean, and like, at the end
of the day, the business stuffis not like personal, it's all
about the money.
So like as soon as I got theopportunity, I was like all
right, let me count up the money.
Uh, to like clean people'shouses, fuck it, I'll do it
myself.
Like if you'll pay me 200 bucksand I can just have my
headphones on.
Still a young dude, like Idon't have no pride, really,
(25:03):
like you know, I'm just you know, still working with celebrities
and stuff, but definitelyputting my pride aside and
started making a lot of moneywith cleaning.
I'm already knowing.
Yeah like within that first year.
I probably had like at least300 to 500 customers that first
year.
So every year has been soremarkable and the blessings
(25:23):
have just kept spewing.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
People don't realize how good a cleaning business.
My best friend, Jarrell, wholives out in Cali right now.
He left his corporate jobbuilding a cleaning company.
Yeah, and he's killing it rightnow.
Yeah, it works.
People were hating on me too.
Speaker 3 (25:37):
They're like yo bro, there's so many Marias down here
.
This is Spanish capital.
There's going to be so manyaunties and tias and everybody
that's going to be, but thebusiness is going to grind.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:47):
But at.
Yeah easily like $200 on likefour hours and then I'm back
living a young wildlife in Miami, like it was super exciting.
And then during that time too,again Brent is getting bigger.
So he's coming down all thetime and you know it was
(26:10):
important for me in my journeyto see everybody else become
more successful too.
You know, like people in mynetwork just about everyone
that's close to me in my networkhas gotten so huge, like again,
iron sharpens iron, though, too, though, man, when you're
seeing them do different stuff.
Speaker 1 (26:26):
But you're what I, what I applaud about you is you
doing it your own way, though,so you're not doing it the way
that a lot of your friends orcousins, or whatever it is, or
your dad.
You're doing it your own way,which is awesome to be able to
do.
Can you share a little bitabout this hotel resort?
Speaker 3 (26:42):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So I know that's something thatwe were talking about.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
Can you touch on it?
Why you want to get in thehotel space and what you want to
build on that?
Speaker 3 (26:48):
Definitely.
So I'm super excited about thisnew venture building out this
resort Right now.
I kind of like touch aroundeach point just so I don't go
too deep, because that's goingto be something.
Speaker 2 (26:59):
Yeah, there's like there's a million, a million
rabbit holes you go down.
Yeah, absolutely, absolutely.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
But it's going to be, uh, I want to do it like within
an hour of Las Vegas, so, justyou know, whether that's Pahrump
or Mesquite or different areas,um, I just need, like you know,
uh, two or three acres of justlike empty land.
Um, in regard and that's what Iwas saying about, uh, financing
before, like that was one ofthe things that I really really
had to scrub my brain in thelast like year to figure out how
(27:26):
I was going to get financingfor this property.
But finally, I've gotten somany breakthroughs where it's
almost like the money's pouringin and I just thank god and I
tell everybody to like to focuson building your credit the
right way, make sure you gotenough credit lines, you know
you got enough debt to incomeand you know, and you're keeping
your credit score high and, ofcourse, when you're talking
(27:46):
about credit.
Speaker 1 (27:47):
We were just having this conversation with Andrew
Cartwright that we had onbusiness credit.
Are you talking about personalcredit or both?
Both?
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (27:53):
Cause what I found, too, is that they're all most of
them them the money that Ireally want with the, with the
nice interest rates.
They're wanting a personalguarantee and I'm cool with that
.
I'm cool with that likeinteresting you know, I mean,
like I'm I'm cool with that,because if you're gonna entrust
me with, you know, five hundredthousand, six, seven hundred
thousand dollars to build a newconcept like this, like I'm cool
(28:15):
, you know, I'll bet my lastdollar on it.
So, so I don't mind, um, youknow, putting my name next to it
, co-signing it, so, uh, butyeah, it's um, it stemmed off of
me doing airbnbs.
It's also one of my hustles Idid over the years from miami to
vegas.
I had airbnbs here too and um,so it gave me the confidence to
(28:36):
know that people actually willbook.
Your shit will be booked outevery day.
That's probably the biggestthing that has people nervous
when they're doing Airbnb islike, is my shit actually going
to get booked?
Speaker 2 (28:47):
Am I going to have my money back?
That's all this money in my ownpocket.
People really like it and theyreally will book it.
Speaker 3 (28:53):
There's so many people Until you get into
business from that side, youcan't believe how many people
inquire for just a space.
And then, yeah, when you startputting in a retrospect, like
fuck it, like you know, if yougot, you know, 30 days on your
calendar, you only really needlike 25 different people from
the world that are coming intovegas to stop at your place.
(29:14):
So that's so easy, you know.
So, um, yeah, but with theconcept, with the resort, um,
it's honestly, uh, I'll say it'sreally an original concept.
Um, it's definitely somethingthat uh, uh, everyone in vegas
wants, like between a staycation, because a lot of people, of
course, that live here in vegas,they don't want to go down to
(29:35):
the strip all the time that'snot their favorite thing to do,
like they want to go to thebeach.
They want to go.
You know, do Strip all the time.
That's not their favorite thingto do.
They want to go to the beach.
They want to go do vacationsand stuff, but Cali's too far
Anywhere else.
They got to get a flight ormaybe they can go to Zion.
Speaker 2 (29:48):
You know what I mean.
It's still a long drive, right?
You know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (29:52):
So I wanted to build something super interactive,
something cool, festive, whereall year round, people can drive
just that one hour beautifuldrive between here and Pahrump
and then get to a property wherethey're like this is an oasis.
Like, when I get here, I don'tknow if I'm in the Bahamas, I
don't know if I'm in Bali, like,all I know is that it's
(30:14):
beautiful.
I feel like I'm getting apersonal touch.
The staff is great, everyone'ssmiling.
It's such a difference thanbeing in a per-rump, right.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
Sure.
Speaker 3 (30:27):
Where you may not get that same customer service that
you'll get if you're in thehouse.
Or a luxury style, that luxuryfeel so I really wanted to
create that where the villas areall, um, uh, unique to you know
, their own space on theproperty.
Um, and then something that Ican also handle like a type of
(30:47):
resort that I can handle, like Ican make sure that, you know,
these 10 villas are booked outevery day, you know, and I can
work with influencers and, um,uh, you know, offer this to
people like you all you knowwhat I mean who also have a
platform, that are here in Vegas.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
Give it to Chris now man, we'll go with the family's
band.
We'll test it out.
We'll test it out.
A thousand percent, a hundredpercent.
That's what's up, man.
Speaker 3 (31:10):
When's the goal to open it up?
So the goal to get started isactually in two months.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
Oh, wow, wow, that's come quick.
Speaker 3 (31:15):
Yeah.
So I got like like 60 daysright now where I'm blitzing
good for you.
Um, yeah, I got all type of uh3d renderings and stuff nice to
make the place feel really real.
Um, to also get the rightbuilders on the team you travel
a lot, so I know it's gonna benice there's a lot of places to
travel with.
Speaker 2 (31:32):
Yeah, it's gonna be beautiful, yeah I'd be like
shadow ridge, like you've beento shadow ridge up in north
osmega.
Speaker 3 (31:35):
So it's's a golf course.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
When you walk over you drive by.
Speaker 2 (31:39):
You have no idea.
Speaker 1 (31:40):
It's there but you go inside, it's like.
It's like the top 10 golfcourse I think in the world.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
Check it out Every hole you can't see another hole,
but it's like a hidden oasis, ahidden gem.
I think Steve Wynn built itback in the day.
Speaker 1 (31:54):
Steve Wynn built it and sold it to me.
He has a house in the middle ofit.
It's ridiculous.
I went to Micah Jordan's thingyears ago.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
Oh, it was over there .
Yeah, micah Jordan, you shouldcheck it out.
It prompts some ideas, it'sbeautiful.
Speaker 1 (32:06):
It's like a hidden oasis.
You'll never know it's there.
You don't even know it's inVegas.
1,000% oh, that's fire.
Speaker 2 (32:19):
That love that oh yeah, yeah, I was like one hour
away.
Yeah, whoever the dude is thatowns leucanian genius, yeah,
like, so money somebody's tryingto park to try to charge me 25.
I'm like okay, no, they get it.
Speaker 3 (32:25):
Exactly like they're getting money over there, like,
and it's like a gem because whenI got up there I was like this
shit's busting, like everyone'severywhere.
There's people you know all inhere, you know it's a trust like
safe place where people areleaving their expensive ass
fucking snowboard just outsideoh yeah, true, I was like this
is what I want to create.
Yeah, just an hour away, comehere, get away from the town,
(32:48):
and also people that are comingfrom all over the world like I
want the ads.
Yeah, I'm gonna target the worldwhere I'll be pulling that off,
man.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
Oh yeah, that'd be great, it's gonna be exciting to
be able to see that because weneed.
There's so many cool thingshappening in Vegas and they say,
like the next seven years islike the gold rush.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
It feels like here, people want to get away too.
Speaker 1 (33:06):
They want to get away for an hour.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
Sometimes I just got to the city and just be alone,
absolutely.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
I'm curious, just personal-wise fatherhood, some
of the things me and you havetalked about personally offline,
but how do you balance all ofthis?
I think it can help somebody,just young entrepreneur dealing
with the girls being single andeverything but how do you keep
everything together and keepyourself, keep your nose clean
(33:32):
is what I'm getting at,absolutely.
Speaker 3 (33:33):
Yeah, yeah, that's one of the biggest things
because it's been a journeythroughout my life.
I found myself getting verydistracted by women.
Definitely, I would say can bethe biggest downfall is women,
like it could distracteverything.
I'm already knowing it couldjust do everything also.
Yeah, I've, I've, thank god,I've gotten to the point.
Now I'm 31.
(33:54):
I guess you know I've gotten alittle bit over that maturity
hump where I don't feel thatmuch of a draw to be that
focused on women right now,thank God, and I love that
feeling because, just like twoor three years ago, that's a
part of my schedule, that's apart of my rotation.
I mean Monday, tuesday,wednesday, thursday.
I need flavors.
It got really wicked.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
I don't know we had those conversations.
It got really wicked.
I don't know we had thoseconversations.
It got really crazy.
Speaker 3 (34:20):
So, thank God, now I could just focus in on work and
not even have, like, those urgesand those curiosity.
I kind of like got it out of mysystem, thank God.
But for, yeah, a lot of theyoung entrepreneurs can
definitely tell themwholeheartedly, it's going to be
hard.
You're probably just going tohave to go through a lot of BSs
and um, you'll find yourself, uh, you know, more focused, um,
(34:40):
but yeah, and other than, likeyou know, when it comes to
parenthood and work, that wasprobably the easiest balance,
you know.
I mean because, like you know,right now I have a split with my
baby's mom.
She lives here too, so thathelps out a lot.
But, um, uh, I have a splitwhere I have my daughter, like
friday through monday, so I pickher up from school or practice
(35:02):
on friday, drop her back offfrom school on monday, so we you
know you're able to balance itthe right way.
Yeah, so it's a beautiful thingbecause, um, I always make sure
to put my businesses on days Idon't have my daughter.
So, like those friday throughmonday, I never work like I
don't.
I mean like I do stuff from myphone but, thank God, like I
could just focus on her, takeher on trips every weekend or
(35:24):
whatever the case may be.
So that has been a blessing.
You know what I mean.
And also I have my mom here, somy mom maybe like one day out
of the weekend she'll want topick her up and take her out you
know whether it's church andstuff like that so want to pick
her up and take her out.
Speaker 1 (35:40):
You know whether it's church and stuff like that.
So thank God.
So you got that system too.
When it comes to being a kid,I'm paying attention to
everything.
I'm learning.
Everything has to have a system, you know.
Speaker 3 (35:51):
And like my mom also like, because you know I take
pride in being able to take careof my mom, you know, and I want
to give her opportunities.
Speaker 1 (36:02):
So yeah, like you know if she watches my daughter,
I could give her some cash aswell.
Speaker 3 (36:04):
As you know.
Have her do stuff like clean myhouse, because she's gonna do
it anyway.
Yeah, she comes over, she'llstart doing.
So I'd be like yo just takeover, do your thing and I'm
gonna definitely size you with,you know, two, three hundred
dollars, when I would probablypay a cleaner a lot less.
Speaker 1 (36:12):
But it's that system.
You know what I mean.
No, I get it.
Speaker 3 (36:15):
Saving the time, saving time, saving the time I
can plan a trip to Columbia nextmonth and I don't even have to
involve my mom.
I just know that when I tellher hey, next month, on the 16th
, I'm going to need you andshe's like, okay, fine.
Speaker 1 (36:32):
And I come back, my house is clean, everything is
just so Leave us on one businessadvice as far as a nugget for
somebody, because you've done alot over this short period.
You like 31, going on 51, whichI can't believe how, how young
you are.
Yeah, um, give us one gem ofadvice, man.
I know you talked a little bitabout, you know, fatherhood and
things like that, some and theyprobably learned from listening
(36:52):
to what you talked aboutdifferent businesses things but
what's just one gem of advicethat you could share for
somebody?
That's the short that maybethey're not thinking about.
That's worked for you to doyour own thing.
Speaker 3 (37:04):
Yeah, I would say for the most part, find balance.
I would say that's probably themost important thing that has
guided me through.
Everything is balance, likefind a balance between having
fun and then making money,because I think that's the
bottom line.
Like you know, I could say likehaving fun and then working,
but more specifically, havingfun making money, make sure
(37:27):
you're making money, make sureyour money's clean, make sure
you're doing legal stuff thatyou can build upon, like how
you're saying clean yeah,because it gets you in trouble,
yeah, yeah.
Like try not to really take toomany shortcuts.
Really like run through yourproblems as they come.
Really like smile at it.
You know, put it in thatcategory as like having fun with
(37:49):
the project.
Like no matter how big thehurdle is, you may get an email
from the county or something.
I don't know what makes peoplenervous, but certain things
throughout the entrepreneurialjourney may make people nervous
and if you just find like thefun and you find the balance,
you'll be fine.
You know Cause.
But if you look at the work,like oh my God, it's work and
it's so strenuous and you know,then it'll be hard.
Speaker 1 (38:10):
You'll procrastinate.
So just find that balance, lovethat.
Yeah, balance is everything,man.
I get that for sure.
And you know I'm going to askyou this about food, man,
because you know, I love food.
Speaker 3 (38:19):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, what's?
Speaker 1 (38:20):
your favorite restaurant in Vegas man.
Speaker 3 (38:21):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I should have been ready for this
question too.
Speaker 1 (38:24):
And I'll be seeing where you be eating that.
Speaker 3 (38:26):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, give us a gem, I'll be on the
town.
I know you do.
You know to remember the nameof the, of the.
What kind of food so they?
They do like asian food, butit's a.
It's a place in chinatown too,right on spring mountain I got.
I want to say it's azuzu, azuzu.
I gotta find the name okay butwhen you go into this place, you
(38:48):
you privately seat, so theyseat you in your own like, like
an omakase type of thing ah, isthat how you say?
Speaker 2 (38:54):
I don't know where they bring up all the different
pieces at a time, probably omakMocase you can order so much
stuff too but they give you yourown little private room.
Speaker 1 (39:01):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (39:01):
And the food is like, yeah, kind of like piece by
piece, so you can order a lot ofstuff.
But I love the idea of varietyand then being secluded, so just
with your date you can justtalk to her and just chill,
order food.
Speaker 2 (39:13):
It's a slower pace, you get to just ease.
Speaker 3 (39:22):
Yeah, pace, you get to like just ease.
Yeah, I'm brand new to it.
Okay, they're good I like thisspot.
Okay, you got, I gotta find aname to that.
So it's on spring mountain.
Yeah, I want to say it's likeizuzu, like or something like I
z u z u.
Okay, I'll look it up and see aI don't know something.
Speaker 2 (39:28):
So something on spring mountain yeah we'll find
it, we'll post it give him somelove, man.
Speaker 1 (39:32):
Give him a shout out.
Man.
What else is next for you, man?
I know so resort always.
You always got something upyour sleeve, man.
Anything that you want to leaveus out on that we maybe forgot
to ask you.
Speaker 3 (39:41):
Um, you know what I think that's?
I think we definitely had agreat combo today.
I think that's been great.
Everything on the head.
Speaker 1 (39:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (39:47):
Um, yeah, I would say , uh, two things to look out for
right now that are pending andwe'll document it for here.
Um, we're working right now onon reopening Kodo bike.
Okay.
Speaker 1 (39:56):
I didn't know that.
Speaker 3 (39:56):
Yeah, I really wanted to come to this meeting with
the Coto, oh, okay.
And we're actively working onit.
We got, like, all type ofinvestors that are interested.
You still keep it downtown,yeah still keep it downtown,
Still keep the same type of feel, Same partner that I worked
with D Cole in the past.
Speaker 1 (40:13):
So just bringing the same thing just at I love it,
yeah, yeah, I love it, yeahthey're building high rises down
there now too.
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (40:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (40:18):
We're seeing a pop up .
So much stuff, yeah, yeah, somuch stuff Changed that real
estate down there.
Speaker 3 (40:22):
Yeah, they did, bro, they did, they're killing it,
that's what's up?
That, and then the resort Yep,those More exciting.
It's like what the hell?
Speaker 1 (40:35):
This dude be staying humble, man.
You're going to see him onForbes updated.
I would pay attention, man.
But, Sean man shout out yoursocial handles.
People can check you out.
Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 3 (40:44):
So everybody check me out on the camera.
But whoever's looking at meright now?
Ceo Suave.
So it's like S-U-A-V-E onInstagram TikTok, everything is
CEO Suave.
So yeah, tap in with me, sendme a message, let's network.
Speaker 1 (41:01):
I'm down boy grinding man, you're grinding man.
Well, I appreciate you sittingback down with us.
Subscribe with us onthevegascirclecom.
So I appreciate you, brotherthank you, man.
Speaker 2 (41:08):
We back in the thing.
That's good man.
Welcome to Vegas Circle Podcast with your hosts,
paki and Chris.
We are people who arepassionate about business,
success and culture and this isour platform to showcase to
people in our city who make ithappen.
On today's podcast, we got aspecial guest.
He was actually on our podcastfour years ago for episode 64.
He actually had a company atthe time called Koto Bike.
We've kept in contact for thelast probably four or five years
(00:20):
now.
Jumped into a new businessventure.
He's actually doing medicalequipment supplies, I should say
, which we're going to be ableto talk about.
So he's actually the owner ofVegas Mobility Solutions.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
So we got Mr Sean Powell man.
Good to see you, brother.
Yeah, I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Finally get the chance to get to meet you
Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Absolutely.
Thank you guys for having me,man.
I'm happy to be back, I'mexcited.
So times have changed, man.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
The last time Chris and I had you on the podcast, we
were in the pandemic.
We were all stuck at the house.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
We had to do Zoom interviews.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
You always been killing it man.
You always been motivating andwe kept in contact and been
friends.
But let's jump right into it.
So at the time, you've done alot right, absolutely.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
What was kind of the first business you got into
other than Kota Bike?
So, honestly, my first businesswas when I was like a teenager,
like maybe when I was about inthe 11th grade, I started an
entertainment company so I wasdoing like entertainment and
promotions and stuff and like Ifound like popularity in high
school so I was always popularand I was like I need to
monetize this, like I'm going tobe this popular, amazing, as a
junior in high school.
Yeah Well, it was before thatCause I got my first job at
(01:21):
working at Quizno making subswhen I was 12 that was my first
job like I.
Like this is back in the daywhen you had work permits and,
uh, it was on paper, so you goto the school, so yeah, so I
went in there, lied about my age, um, and then I got that.
I got the job I think it had tobe like 14.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
I think it was 14 okay, 14.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
So my friends were working there and I was like
I'll just lie and get on inthere.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
So yeah it was a vibe .
Speaker 3 (01:48):
So you know I was in there literally like ringing
people up and, you know, lookingsuper young, I imagine at 12
years old 100% you know it'scrazy, but yeah, throughout that
I just you know my dad was anentrepreneur, or he is an
entrepreneur to this day, so healways motivated me and pushed
me to go get money, like I'mgrowing up on the east coast.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
So okay, dc area yeah , dc area.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Yeah, my whole family from dc on my dad's side okay,
g county to be more specific, um.
To people that are familiarwith that area out there um.
But yeah, absolutely like.
We used to get a lot of snow,so during the winter times we're
out there raking or it startsshoveling so much snow we don't
miss that at all.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
We both midwest and east coast.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Yeah, I do not miss the snow at all, so you know,
but yeah, you know, knocking onthe doors and, hey, I'll shovel
your snow for 20 bucks.
So we just started to do thatand in my neighborhood we had
like different, uh, competitiveedge, I guess, with money okay.
So we're all trying to figureout how do we buy like the
little mini motorcycles and howdo we buy the little like BMX
bikes back in the day.
(02:48):
So we were just getting money,we're trying to figure out how
do we get money.
So later into my high schoolyears, as the popularity started
to grow, I started to do like alot of YouTube as well, because
YouTube came out.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Oh yeah, that's good timing too.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Yeah, it's crazy as soon as YouTube dropped, like
back in Mac Miller Day and WizKhalifa when they were all
coming up, we were vlogging likehell too, so we were getting
super popular, and at the time Ijust had a stronghold on the
whole county.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
I know it sounds so small now, but back in the day,
the county in the DC area Right,right Okay.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
But back in the day, if you got a stronghold on the
county that you live in andyou're popular amongst all the
high schools, you're kind oflike that guy.
So I would do like the Cyphervideos and take all the rappers
from across the area and bringthem together.
So that's also like how Istarted working with Brent Fayaz
as well.
I don't know, you guys areprobably familiar, of course,
(03:43):
with Brent Fayaz, the R&B singer.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
I think I've seen him because of you, to be honest
with you, because of some of thevideos and stuff you post,
absolutely yeah, so he'sdefinitely one of the greats
right now, super Grammy winningartist, huge Like.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
He's up there, but he doesn't really like put his
face out there that much.
So he's like right, he has oneof those Instagram presence
where, like, if you know BrentFiaz, you know him, but if you
don't really know his face, thenyou're not really going to know
him.
But everyone knows his music,like you guys know his music.
For sure, y'all probablywouldn't know him if you saw him
at the mall, okay, but anyway.
(04:15):
So His name sounds familiar Igot to look him up.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
For sure, I got to hear him looking him up.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Of course I know him Like.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
it's one of those artists that lasts forever
because of the way he approachedthe industry, yeah, and he
stayed independent and he's justa multi, multi,
multimillionaire now and so,yeah, so I started working with
him and a lot of other peopleand so when I started throwing
parties, like my first parties,I was bringing out 500 people,
1,000 people, damn yeah.
(04:45):
So it started to go like likeme and the homies with those
parties, we're breaking down ten, twenty thousand dollars
between us.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
You know lots of that's at a young age, in high
school.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Yeah we got our parents working the front door
taking the money and stuff.
So it just all started to rollover.
And then, as I got older, I waslike, all right, I'm throwing
parties, people are liking mystyle and stuff.
Like that Fashion back then wasyou know, we cared about it
more when we were younger andstuff.
So I was going.
So I was like let me drop aclothing line.
(05:11):
So I called the brand and theclothing line Cash Cartel.
So yeah, and Cash Cartel waslike the vehicle.
That's where Brent was Like Igot, the videos are still live
on YouTube to this day, butthat's where I would do.
Do the Cash Cartel Cypher,bring all the artists together?
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Gotcha.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Yeah, and I would do different places.
I would do a scene at abarbershop, I would do a scene
at a popular shopping center andstuff like that to bring that
notoriety.
So once the clothing linestarted and I was getting a lot
of buzz, um, the artist genuine,the singer genuine everyone
knows genuine just fell off thestage.
(05:49):
Right, right, literallyhilarious genuine is also from
around my way okay, I didn'tknow that okay yeah, so every
step of the way, every companythat I was having, um, I was
always getting a lot ofnotoriety, like people were
coming out of woodworks and umbecoming successful, like mega
successful, on the heels of justwhat we're doing, like creating
entertainment.
(06:10):
So, yeah, but Genuine, you know, wanted to.
He was doing a tour back thenwith Tank and Tyrese called TGT.
Oh, of course, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Of course, hell of a group.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
Yeah yeah, he wanted like a young affluent group
behind him that he could kind oflike put on as well.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Genuine.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
Genuine, good idea.
Yeah, so he called on us likeliterally called on us.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
That's so dope.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
Yeah, and I was young as hell, bro, I was like 18 or
something, damn.
So literally invites us overhis house so we sit down and
have meetings with him aboutclosing a deal, literally talk
about Walmart.
So this is all leading intokind of where I am now.
So not to say I'm successfulnow because the sky's the limit
this brother being humble, heknows everybody.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
I've seen it with everybody.
You look at his story.
You know everybody Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
But yeah, it just started to just kind of like
snowfall and come together inthat manner so.
But yeah, we never ended upclosing that deal with Genuine
just because, and a lot ofentrepreneurs.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Everything's timing, exactly Everything's timing.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Everything's timing and maturity and you know the
guys I was working with backthen, they didn't want to
necessarily, I wouldn't say giveme the credit like as me being
the actual vehicle behind thevehicle or the battery in the
back of the vehicle or whatever.
But money was involved, so itgot weird.
So we ended up closing thatdeal, but all of this stuff
(07:34):
really led me to the confidenceand the creativity in the
businesses that I do now.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Yeah, got you All those learning experiences
Absolutely, and it happened fast.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
Everything was just All those learning experiences,
absolutely yeah, and it happenedfast.
Like everything was just backto back to back, like literally,
as that's happening withGenuine, I'm literally living on
campus at my college, like soI'm living a college life, going
through changes and trying tofocus on school, but getting
these opportunities withcelebrities and have to come
back to the dorms and be like Iwas just with Genuine, like like
(08:05):
, I promise you guys, I was justso.
It was just a weird, you knowtransition each time.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
So but yeah, Kind of tough because you know you go in
a position like that right, youstart young, 12, working,
always been money motivatedright, always been independent,
it feels like.
But you know, when you getsuccess early I feel like it can
be a double-edged sword in away.
In one way it's like man.
I'm always chasing that kind ofdragon per se right to kind of
get back to that point.
But then, as you get older, youmay have to evaluate and create
stability in a different way.
(08:30):
Were you thinking about that?
Younger?
Have you ran into some of thosechallenges as you've gotten
older now getting into differentaspects?
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Yeah, in a lot of ways, because back then I kind
of just no one couldn't tell meI wasn't already like diddy.
I know it's not cool to bediddy now back in the day, like
like no one couldn't tell me Iwasn't diddy, like I wasn't that
guy.
Let's be honest hockey stilldiddy.
Diddy was the baby, was the badback.
Everybody say what they want.
Nobody was going to the, to theafter, after parties.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
But right, diddy diddy was the man.
Absolutely, yeah, absolutely.
So it's like I, I totallylooked up to him.
He was coming from my area,like because he went to howard
university that's in dc as wellso with the parties and working
with artists and then theclothing line, so no one
couldn't tell me.
So I, just at that time I wasthinking about the future, but
not that serious, yeah to bereal.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
So there's like more fun at this time versus like
this I'm about to do forever,right got it.
Speaker 3 (09:26):
I felt like I was like I chose my lane, like,
instead of being a rapper, I wasjust like a socialite, like a
personality, like.
So I was like everyone followsme because I'm just that guy,
that's how.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
I kind of like that's how I get it, I get it, you
know, I get it um, and then fastforward to people.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
are really that guy over just being influencers?
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Oh yeah, that's a whole different job now you
could have.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
And back in the day it's kind of like you had to be
a little humble and you know youhad to.
You know.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
But now people being individual brands, right, so
it's making serious money.
Yeah, it's remarkable.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
And I wish I had the same entrepreneurial hustle as I
did back then, Cause back thenI was all day, all night
networking events.
I'm shaking hands, kissingbabies Now I'm not so much like
don't try to make a nine to five.
Yeah, I'm definitely burnt out.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
Yeah, I get it.
I get it.
How'd you jump in?
Cause there's a lot of peoplejumping into the to the medical
equipment space, right, like Isaw um damn from from your area
too.
I can't even think of it fromclips.
What's up?
Okay, oh, um, jumped into themedical space.
Okay, 100% yeah, and they'resaying it's one of the most
lucrative businesses period justin there.
(10:36):
So how, how did you come up?
Cause I know you always have aplay.
You're very strategic.
How did you get into the Vegasmobility solution?
How did this all come about?
Speaker 3 (10:44):
So it's crazy.
So Vegas Mobility Solutionsitself.
That company is brand new.
I just incorporated thatcompany, maybe like six months
ago, but prior to that company Ihad Key Mobility, which is
still a medical mobility company.
I'm just rebranding right nowyou know what I mean.
Because when we first jumpedinto it, we didn't know nothing
about medical equipment.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
And when you say it's wheelchairs, right, it's what?
What is the whole equipmentthat you guys actually do?
Speaker 3 (11:13):
Yeah, so our lane is the durable medical equipment.
So we do like mobility scooters, walkers, stuff like that.
Lift chairs.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Strictly just Vegas, because obviously Vegas Mobility
Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Yep, and is it for purchase, for rent Just a little
bit of background of the ohyeah.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
Totally so.
Yeah, the company, thecompany's all for rent right now
.
We mainly cater to tourists.
Also, a lot of people that livein Vegas reach out to us.
We deliver to homes as well,all over the valley, but mainly
our clientele is on the strip.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
So a lot of people.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
they don't want to walk around that far and they
also people get injured.
Or we deal with differentpeople that may be facing
obesity or facing just differentissues, that they want to be in
Vegas but they can't get around, they can't get to all the
attractions.
So we came through as a literalsolution for them.
So we fill their orders andthen we deliver it to their
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hotels.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
That's pretty cool.
Okay, how did you get your name?
Because I know this is supercompetitive man.
I know you always figure outthe riddles.
So how did you fight throughdealing with the competitors and
how did you kind of get yourbrand out there to be able for
people to call on you guys andbe able to use your services?
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Right, right.
So to this day, it's a lot ofcompetition with the other guys
that have been in the gamelonger.
Sure, we deal with a lot ofissues with the hotels on a
daily basis because they'vealready been in business for
like 100 years, and then, well,I'll say 50 years, I'll give
them some years Sure, sure yeah.
And then we literally come inout of nowhere and just start
(12:40):
dominating.
You know what I mean.
So, yeah, we basically got ourname, though from just one by
one, Like literally.
We started with one scooter,then quickly got to five
scooters and 10 scooters scooter, then quickly got to five
scooters and 10 scooters.
So we literally just gainednotoriety within our market
little by little, this was notfast.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
So you didn't have to buy up a bunch of inventory and
a bunch of capital to have allthese scooters here, so you did
it the right way.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Yeah, I got blessed, I got really blessed because I
literally still had the KodoBike store, still pushing Kodo
bike as the first thing and thecustomers are just calling one
by one, so we're just gettingthem on the books.
Sure, we're starting to look atthe books.
You're like, man, like we'regetting a lot more orders.
You know, then we're gonna begetting for the koto bikes, sure
, um, and it's definitelybecause the medical equipment is
(13:30):
need be like they need thatstuff, other stuff, recreational
, um, so the same ad money thatwe put towards like recreational
stuff versus medical equipmentthey need, they're going to grab
a hotel, medical they need,they're going to pre-book it.
That's like the first thingthey book before they even get
their hotel is they get theirscooters it makes sense, because
they can't travel with it,right and then?
Speaker 2 (13:51):
on top of it, like I feel like for me, I feel like I
see a lot of peoplerecreationally driving these
scooters yeah, that makes sensebecause they can't travel with
it, right.
And then, on top of it, like Ifeel like for me, I feel like I
see a lot of peoplerecreationally driving these
scooters.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
Yeah, that's what I feel.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Actually, that's a straight up hustle to be able to
get through the airport too.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
That part too, that part yeah, so will you meet him
at the airport, like you canmeet him at Harry Reid and get?
So we don't do the airportbecause it just gets too crazy.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
But like for us to meet him at the hotels is so
easy.
We got drop-off and pick-uppoints relationships with every
hotel in the valley and we do itevery day for like the past
three years now.
I know time flew, but yeah, thepast three years.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
When you say you have a relationship with the hotel,
like how do you develop that?
Right, Because you said there'scompetition and this is not
something like you're justdropping off.
These hotels are prettyinvolved.
You can't even go up to a room,obviously, right, Because
you're in a position where youhave to get a key card to get
upstairs.
When you say you develop thatrelationship, what does that
look like?
Speaker 3 (14:44):
So yeah, mainly it starts at the bell desk.
The bell captains, the bossesor managers, I'd say, in the
front area, we really just hadto, like, you know, give gift
cards, to be real with you.
You know, we had to haveconversations with them, you
know, and really like timestarted to pass and the next
thing you look up and it's likedamn it, like I recognize their
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name or I know their name, theyknow our names, like they can't
deny it.
But yeah, with a lot of thehotels that have partnerships
with those bigger companies,it's hard for us to maybe like
leave some equipment at the belldesk.
They'll give us troubles,they'll say like oh, we have a
contract.
Right, we don't want to beresponsible, but all of our
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stuff has trackers.
All of our stuff we're tracking.
We know where all the inventoryis, like you know.
So, since it's still like aniche type of business, we're
tracking, we know where all theinventory is, like sure you know
.
So, um, since it's still like aniche type of business, we're
still creating that lane.
So, like right now, a lot ofthe way that we've been able to
set ourselves apart is kind oflike bringing in that young
marketing.
Like when we when I hit themarket because everything's
(15:48):
competition, like we see eachother all throughout the strip
and we every company, specialoutsiders yeah, yeah, we know
each other all throughout thestrip.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
Every company knows each other.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
Yeah, we know each other's vehicles.
We know, so I made sure I gotthe best vehicles.
You know what I mean.
Everyone else got like whitevans.
I got all blacked out, murderedout vans.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
Just to brand it the right way.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
Right right.
Speaker 3 (16:04):
So our stickers, our guys are out there delivering in
scrubs, so they got named guysscrubs.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
They look like they're medical the other guys
are no uniform.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
When we come out we can offer and I got more.
A lot of the guys close at 6pm.
I'm up 24 hours.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
You're really catering to the customer.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
We came in and infiltrated.
They like it, I can tell,because everybody still can make
a lot of money, but they'refeeling us right now.
That's a exciting place to beat.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
You kind of layer in the driving part of it, right,
so you know gas is gettingcheaper.
Delivering these things are notcheaper.
I'm assuming that you have astorage facility somewhere close
by, so you're trying to dropall these things off
consistently.
Speaker 3 (16:56):
And as you continue to expand and grow like, how
much emphasis do put on likethat networking of
transferability to be able toget things around.
That seems like absolutely ahuge burden to have.
Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
So that's probably one of ourbiggest costs is paying for
drivers, because all of ourdrivers get paid well.
I mean, just shout out to theteam uh, you know, all drivers
start minimum 250 bucks per day,plus their tips, plus their
bonuses.
So they're leaving out of theirminimum 300 on like a bad day
or average day, so, and they'releaving out of their minimum
three hundred dollars on like abad day or average day, so and
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you're taking care of people.
Oh yeah, absolutely yeah, yeah,we make sure the money moves
around.
Everyone, essentially, is theirown boss.
So, in terms of uh, you know,and like I was telling yesterday
on the phone, like all of mybusinesses, I try to create uh
um systems because I wanteveryone to be their own boss.
Like I don't want, when I comearound, you know, people are
(17:37):
like turning their phones offand they're like nervous around
me.
Like no, you're your own boss.
Like if you lose your job, youlost it.
You know like you could havecome to me about anything and
you know we could have workedthings out, so yeah, so it helps
out.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
You know it's a trip trips me out which I still don't
believe.
You say you're the mostproductive lazy person.
Yeah, and I don't believe that.
Yeah.
Because you be work, you workit yeah, yeah you know why do
you say, why do you coinyourself that.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
Honestly.
It's because and I take a lotof pride in it too I'm not going
to lie.
Brent used to say this as well.
He used to always put emphasison we shouldn't be living to
work.
Our whole lives shouldn't bearound just paying the man.
It shouldn't be about justfiguring out how to like
Speaking my language, bro.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
Yeah, speaking my language, right.
Speaker 3 (18:24):
It should never be that way.
I can understand the systems,from school systems to every
other big government system, whyit's set that way, to every
other big government system, whyit's set that way, but in
reality I don't think that weshould be having to dedicate
exactly eight hours.
I've always been a rebel inthat way too.
That's another thing I'verealized as I got older.
(18:45):
I have an issue with authority.
I have a real issue with it.
I'm a nice guy and I'm cool andall I don't want that, like I
don't know, why it just doesn'tthat's that militant.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Yeah, that's what it is I don't know.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
So it's like yeah, um , you know, so yeah, I'm always
able to uh to, to recreate thatand also give that feel to to to
my staff.
So yeah, like, basically,whenever I find um an issue, I
find myself having to do a task.
I really don't feel like doingthat laziness.
Okay, I figure out a system,yeah and I take pride in that.
Oh and and like, literally I'venever ran into a problem where
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I didn't find a solution througha system you sound like chris,
that's how chris said the samething is a sister.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
That's how he said his whole life up.
Yeah, he said, uh, if I'm gonnaHis sister.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
That's how he said his whole life up yeah, Delgate
had a sister.
He said, if I'm going to hiresomebody, I'm going to hire the
lazy person.
Speaker 3 (19:37):
That's why he's like they're going to find the
easiest way to get the job done.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Yeah, it's true.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
Point A to point B.
I swear that's how I might doin two days.
Honestly, that's interesting.
Yeah, like the systems andstuff I put in place, I could
work pretty rarely, you know,and I can travel like two weeks
(20:02):
out of the month and stuff likethat and make sense of it and
allocate all the work andeverything's still running.
So, yeah, that's really why Icoined myself that.
And then I still have likegoals to put more companies like
this on autopilot and then,just honestly, I call it free
bands, just free money.
Just when you're sleepingyou're making money and you're
(20:23):
still in control.
And I also like to createbusinesses that I could directly
pass to my kid.
I could be literally here, justrun this Because the system is
in place.
Thank you, my kid.
Like I could be, like literallylike here, like like just run.
This system is in place, thankyou, so like you know, because I
think about when, when I was akid and my dad used to want me
to like work in his businessesand I just wasn't interested, no
matter how cool or how muchmoney he's making.
(20:45):
I just didn't want to do itbecause I don't know, I guess it
was just my dad probablybecause you wanted to rebel.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
You want to do it yourself.
Speaker 3 (20:50):
Right, but I think with the businesses I'm creating
now, it's something my daughtercould jump in and take after
her dad.
Take over that lazy.
But even though I don't thinkshe'll ever be that as lazy as I
am to be real, but I thinkshe'll be able to come in and be
like everyone's doing theirthing, and easy that's what I'm
(21:12):
saying.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
What's kind of the biggest hurdle, man, because
you've done a lot right, you'veworn a lot of hats.
What's the biggest hurdle thatyou've kind of learned or you've
had to deal with just inbusiness in general?
Speaker 3 (21:21):
Yeah, I think right now I would probably say the
biggest hurdle is probablyfinancing, because I never and
this is just like the future orthe ventures that I'm working
with in the future Like I'mtrying to get the financing and
wrap my head around thefinancing.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
That's awesome that you're going that route.
We talk about it all the time.
Yeah, I actually want to goback and get a degree in finance
.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
Oh okay.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
For sure.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
Because it's probably the best thing you can get.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
And I hope that he does so.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
I get money off him, yeah, but it's cool yeah, but no
that's probably the biggesthurdle is like, um, just
figuring out like how to, how toget the money to do it.
Um, but I mean the companiesI've had in the past, um, I've
been really, really blessed,whereas, like I could literally
start with one piece ofequipment.
Or like with koto bike, westarted like 10 bikes and we're
(22:09):
able to be busy every day andstuff like that.
Um so, hmm, I think the biggesthurdle is probably between
financing getting a real couplehundred thousand million dollar
financing and then just diggingyourself out of doing it from
the bottom, like literally allmy companies I didn't go to
(22:31):
school for.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
Yeah to learn, literally, learn on the go.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
Like literally every day, just YouTube and just
strategizing was probably thebiggest hurdle, honestly, and
I've been blessed Like I mustgive it to the Lord Like I've
been blessed that I've been ableto coast a lot and everything
takes me from here to there.
Because even like when I wasdoing the entertainment stuff,
like from doing all of thatstuff in DC, I started throwing
(22:58):
a lot of parties at clubs in DCand then again, by the grace of
God, when I turned around like21 or 22, my cousin bought a
nightclub in Miami.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
So that's how you ended up out there, exactly.
Speaker 3 (23:11):
So, if you can imagine, it's like I'm already
throwing parties and workingwith artists and celebrities.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
It's like you're pretty set up to take the next
step.
Speaker 3 (23:17):
Exactly.
And then all of a sudden mycousin's like hey, I bought a
club in Miami.
Speaker 1 (23:21):
It's the perfect gold mine, right, gold mine, exactly
.
So I'm like yo, I'm out there.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
What do you need?
Hell yeah, bro, like I justpaid you know a million or so
bucks on this.
He was doing real estate too,which has really always been
exciting to me, um, and he waslike yo, come down here, help me
out with this spot.
Help you know, I'll help youout with real estate.
So even like on his openingnight, because he's also an
influencer in his own rightsocialite he had so many stars,
like from like lil uzi to likeasap rocky, oh dang to so many
(23:51):
more XXXTentacion.
Speaker 1 (23:55):
That's the dude that passed away, right, yeah, okay.
Speaker 3 (23:57):
Yeah, but he's from South Florida, okay.
So you know Lil Uzi's throwingout like a couple hundred or a
couple thousand bucks, but allhundreds.
He was throwing it in the crowd.
It was a great night.
That's what's up yeah, and I'mliterally like taking them into
(24:19):
the party and security's gettingme like, hey, sound security,
let's talk to you and I'm like,oh shit, what's up?
Like you know.
So all of this type of umthings started to happen one by
one and then, um, because mycousin also had the club and I
was also trying to figure out myentrepreneur stuff, I started a
cleaning company most randomstuff, but you know what I mean.
Like I always try to telleverybody you learn right yeah
something, you gotta jump inthere and you got.
you got like, when theopportunities show their face,
(24:41):
you gotta just jump in, you know, I mean, and like, at the end
of the day, the business stuffis not like personal, it's all
about the money.
So like as soon as I got theopportunity, I was like all
right, let me count up the money.
Uh, to like clean people'shouses, fuck it, I'll do it
myself.
Like if you'll pay me 200 bucksand I can just have my
headphones on.
Still a young dude, like Idon't have no pride, really,
(25:03):
like you know, I'm just you know, still working with celebrities
and stuff, but definitelyputting my pride aside and
started making a lot of moneywith cleaning.
I'm already knowing.
Yeah like within that first year.
I probably had like at least300 to 500 customers that first
year.
So every year has been soremarkable and the blessings
(25:23):
have just kept spewing.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
People don't realize how good a cleaning business.
My best friend, Jarrell, wholives out in Cali right now.
He left his corporate jobbuilding a cleaning company.
Yeah, and he's killing it rightnow.
Yeah, it works.
People were hating on me too.
Speaker 3 (25:37):
They're like yo bro, there's so many Marias down here
.
This is Spanish capital.
There's going to be so manyaunties and tias and everybody
that's going to be, but thebusiness is going to grind.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:47):
But at.
Yeah easily like $200 on likefour hours and then I'm back
living a young wildlife in Miami, like it was super exciting.
And then during that time too,again Brent is getting bigger.
So he's coming down all thetime and you know it was
(26:10):
important for me in my journeyto see everybody else become
more successful too.
You know, like people in mynetwork just about everyone
that's close to me in my networkhas gotten so huge, like again,
iron sharpens iron, though, too, though, man, when you're
seeing them do different stuff.
Speaker 1 (26:26):
But you're what I, what I applaud about you is you
doing it your own way, though,so you're not doing it the way
that a lot of your friends orcousins, or whatever it is, or
your dad.
You're doing it your own way,which is awesome to be able to
do.
Can you share a little bitabout this hotel resort?
Speaker 3 (26:42):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So I know that's something thatwe were talking about.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
Can you touch on it?
Why you want to get in thehotel space and what you want to
build on that?
Speaker 3 (26:48):
Definitely.
So I'm super excited about thisnew venture building out this
resort Right now.
I kind of like touch aroundeach point just so I don't go
too deep, because that's goingto be something.
Speaker 2 (26:59):
Yeah, there's like there's a million, a million
rabbit holes you go down.
Yeah, absolutely, absolutely.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
But it's going to be, uh, I want to do it like within
an hour of Las Vegas, so, justyou know, whether that's Pahrump
or Mesquite or different areas,um, I just need, like you know,
uh, two or three acres of justlike empty land.
Um, in regard and that's what Iwas saying about, uh, financing
before, like that was one ofthe things that I really really
had to scrub my brain in thelast like year to figure out how
(27:26):
I was going to get financingfor this property.
But finally, I've gotten somany breakthroughs where it's
almost like the money's pouringin and I just thank god and I
tell everybody to like to focuson building your credit the
right way, make sure you gotenough credit lines, you know
you got enough debt to incomeand you know, and you're keeping
your credit score high and, ofcourse, when you're talking
(27:46):
about credit.
Speaker 1 (27:47):
We were just having this conversation with Andrew
Cartwright that we had onbusiness credit.
Are you talking about personalcredit or both?
Both?
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (27:53):
Cause what I found, too, is that they're all most of
them them the money that Ireally want with the, with the
nice interest rates.
They're wanting a personalguarantee and I'm cool with that
.
I'm cool with that likeinteresting you know, I mean,
like I'm I'm cool with that,because if you're gonna entrust
me with, you know, five hundredthousand, six, seven hundred
thousand dollars to build a newconcept like this, like I'm cool
(28:15):
, you know, I'll bet my lastdollar on it.
So, so I don't mind, um, youknow, putting my name next to it
, co-signing it, so, uh, butyeah, it's um, it stemmed off of
me doing airbnbs.
It's also one of my hustles Idid over the years from miami to
vegas.
I had airbnbs here too and um,so it gave me the confidence to
(28:36):
know that people actually willbook.
Your shit will be booked outevery day.
That's probably the biggestthing that has people nervous
when they're doing Airbnb islike, is my shit actually going
to get booked?
Speaker 2 (28:47):
Am I going to have my money back?
That's all this money in my ownpocket.
People really like it and theyreally will book it.
Speaker 3 (28:53):
There's so many people Until you get into
business from that side, youcan't believe how many people
inquire for just a space.
And then, yeah, when you startputting in a retrospect, like
fuck it, like you know, if yougot, you know, 30 days on your
calendar, you only really needlike 25 different people from
the world that are coming intovegas to stop at your place.
(29:14):
So that's so easy, you know.
So, um, yeah, but with theconcept, with the resort, um,
it's honestly, uh, I'll say it'sreally an original concept.
Um, it's definitely somethingthat uh, uh, everyone in vegas
wants, like between a staycation, because a lot of people, of
course, that live here in vegas,they don't want to go down to
(29:35):
the strip all the time that'snot their favorite thing to do,
like they want to go to thebeach.
They want to go.
You know, do Strip all the time.
That's not their favorite thingto do.
They want to go to the beach.
They want to go do vacationsand stuff, but Cali's too far
Anywhere else.
They got to get a flight ormaybe they can go to Zion.
Speaker 2 (29:48):
You know what I mean.
It's still a long drive, right?
You know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (29:52):
So I wanted to build something super interactive,
something cool, festive, whereall year round, people can drive
just that one hour beautifuldrive between here and Pahrump
and then get to a property wherethey're like this is an oasis.
Like, when I get here, I don'tknow if I'm in the Bahamas, I
don't know if I'm in Bali, like,all I know is that it's
(30:14):
beautiful.
I feel like I'm getting apersonal touch.
The staff is great, everyone'ssmiling.
It's such a difference thanbeing in a per-rump, right.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
Sure.
Speaker 3 (30:27):
Where you may not get that same customer service that
you'll get if you're in thehouse.
Or a luxury style, that luxuryfeel so I really wanted to
create that where the villas areall, um, uh, unique to you know
, their own space on theproperty.
Um, and then something that Ican also handle like a type of
(30:47):
resort that I can handle, like Ican make sure that, you know,
these 10 villas are booked outevery day, you know, and I can
work with influencers and, um,uh, you know, offer this to
people like you all you knowwhat I mean who also have a
platform, that are here in Vegas.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
Give it to Chris now man, we'll go with the family's
band.
We'll test it out.
We'll test it out.
A thousand percent, a hundredpercent.
That's what's up, man.
Speaker 3 (31:10):
When's the goal to open it up?
So the goal to get started isactually in two months.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
Oh, wow, wow, that's come quick.
Speaker 3 (31:15):
Yeah.
So I got like like 60 daysright now where I'm blitzing
good for you.
Um, yeah, I got all type of uh3d renderings and stuff nice to
make the place feel really real.
Um, to also get the rightbuilders on the team you travel
a lot, so I know it's gonna benice there's a lot of places to
travel with.
Speaker 2 (31:32):
Yeah, it's gonna be beautiful, yeah I'd be like
shadow ridge, like you've beento shadow ridge up in north
osmega.
Speaker 3 (31:35):
So it's's a golf course.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
When you walk over you drive by.
Speaker 2 (31:39):
You have no idea.
Speaker 1 (31:40):
It's there but you go inside, it's like.
It's like the top 10 golfcourse I think in the world.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
Check it out Every hole you can't see another hole,
but it's like a hidden oasis, ahidden gem.
I think Steve Wynn built itback in the day.
Speaker 1 (31:54):
Steve Wynn built it and sold it to me.
He has a house in the middle ofit.
It's ridiculous.
I went to Micah Jordan's thingyears ago.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
Oh, it was over there .
Yeah, micah Jordan, you shouldcheck it out.
It prompts some ideas, it'sbeautiful.
Speaker 1 (32:06):
It's like a hidden oasis.
You'll never know it's there.
You don't even know it's inVegas.
1,000% oh, that's fire.
Speaker 2 (32:19):
That love that oh yeah, yeah, I was like one hour
away.
Yeah, whoever the dude is thatowns leucanian genius, yeah,
like, so money somebody's tryingto park to try to charge me 25.
I'm like okay, no, they get it.
Speaker 3 (32:25):
Exactly like they're getting money over there, like,
and it's like a gem because whenI got up there I was like this
shit's busting, like everyone'severywhere.
There's people you know all inhere, you know it's a trust like
safe place where people areleaving their expensive ass
fucking snowboard just outsideoh yeah, true, I was like this
is what I want to create.
Yeah, just an hour away, comehere, get away from the town,
(32:48):
and also people that are comingfrom all over the world like I
want the ads.
Yeah, I'm gonna target the worldwhere I'll be pulling that off,
man.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
Oh yeah, that'd be great, it's gonna be exciting to
be able to see that because weneed.
There's so many cool thingshappening in Vegas and they say,
like the next seven years islike the gold rush.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
It feels like here, people want to get away too.
Speaker 1 (33:06):
They want to get away for an hour.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
Sometimes I just got to the city and just be alone,
absolutely.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
I'm curious, just personal-wise fatherhood, some
of the things me and you havetalked about personally offline,
but how do you balance all ofthis?
I think it can help somebody,just young entrepreneur dealing
with the girls being single andeverything but how do you keep
everything together and keepyourself, keep your nose clean
(33:32):
is what I'm getting at,absolutely.
Speaker 3 (33:33):
Yeah, yeah, that's one of the biggest things
because it's been a journeythroughout my life.
I found myself getting verydistracted by women.
Definitely, I would say can bethe biggest downfall is women,
like it could distracteverything.
I'm already knowing it couldjust do everything also.
Yeah, I've, I've, thank god,I've gotten to the point.
Now I'm 31.
(33:54):
I guess you know I've gotten alittle bit over that maturity
hump where I don't feel thatmuch of a draw to be that
focused on women right now,thank God, and I love that
feeling because, just like twoor three years ago, that's a
part of my schedule, that's apart of my rotation.
I mean Monday, tuesday,wednesday, thursday.
I need flavors.
It got really wicked.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
I don't know we had those conversations.
It got really wicked.
I don't know we had thoseconversations.
It got really crazy.
Speaker 3 (34:20):
So, thank God, now I could just focus in on work and
not even have, like, those urgesand those curiosity.
I kind of like got it out of mysystem, thank God.
But for, yeah, a lot of theyoung entrepreneurs can
definitely tell themwholeheartedly, it's going to be
hard.
You're probably just going tohave to go through a lot of BSs
and um, you'll find yourself, uh, you know, more focused, um,
(34:40):
but yeah, and other than, likeyou know, when it comes to
parenthood and work, that wasprobably the easiest balance,
you know.
I mean because, like you know,right now I have a split with my
baby's mom.
She lives here too, so thathelps out a lot.
But, um, uh, I have a splitwhere I have my daughter, like
friday through monday, so I pickher up from school or practice
(35:02):
on friday, drop her back offfrom school on monday, so we you
know you're able to balance itthe right way.
Yeah, so it's a beautiful thingbecause, um, I always make sure
to put my businesses on days Idon't have my daughter.
So, like those friday throughmonday, I never work like I
don't.
I mean like I do stuff from myphone but, thank God, like I
could just focus on her, takeher on trips every weekend or
(35:24):
whatever the case may be.
So that has been a blessing.
You know what I mean.
And also I have my mom here, somy mom maybe like one day out
of the weekend she'll want topick her up and take her out you
know whether it's church andstuff like that so want to pick
her up and take her out.
Speaker 1 (35:40):
You know whether it's church and stuff like that.
So thank God.
So you got that system too.
When it comes to being a kid,I'm paying attention to
everything.
I'm learning.
Everything has to have a system, you know.
Speaker 3 (35:51):
And like my mom also like, because you know I take
pride in being able to take careof my mom, you know, and I want
to give her opportunities.
Speaker 1 (36:02):
So yeah, like you know if she watches my daughter,
I could give her some cash aswell.
Speaker 3 (36:04):
As you know.
Have her do stuff like clean myhouse, because she's gonna do
it anyway.
Yeah, she comes over, she'llstart doing.
So I'd be like yo just takeover, do your thing and I'm
gonna definitely size you with,you know, two, three hundred
dollars, when I would probablypay a cleaner a lot less.
Speaker 1 (36:12):
But it's that system.
You know what I mean.
No, I get it.
Speaker 3 (36:15):
Saving the time, saving time, saving the time I
can plan a trip to Columbia nextmonth and I don't even have to
involve my mom.
I just know that when I tellher hey, next month, on the 16th
, I'm going to need you andshe's like, okay, fine.
Speaker 1 (36:32):
And I come back, my house is clean, everything is
just so Leave us on one businessadvice as far as a nugget for
somebody, because you've done alot over this short period.
You like 31, going on 51, whichI can't believe how, how young
you are.
Yeah, um, give us one gem ofadvice, man.
I know you talked a little bitabout, you know, fatherhood and
things like that, some and theyprobably learned from listening
(36:52):
to what you talked aboutdifferent businesses things but
what's just one gem of advicethat you could share for
somebody?
That's the short that maybethey're not thinking about.
That's worked for you to doyour own thing.
Speaker 3 (37:04):
Yeah, I would say for the most part, find balance.
I would say that's probably themost important thing that has
guided me through.
Everything is balance, likefind a balance between having
fun and then making money,because I think that's the
bottom line.
Like you know, I could say likehaving fun and then working,
but more specifically, havingfun making money, make sure
(37:27):
you're making money, make sureyour money's clean, make sure
you're doing legal stuff thatyou can build upon, like how
you're saying clean yeah,because it gets you in trouble,
yeah, yeah.
Like try not to really take toomany shortcuts.
Really like run through yourproblems as they come.
Really like smile at it.
You know, put it in thatcategory as like having fun with
(37:49):
the project.
Like no matter how big thehurdle is, you may get an email
from the county or something.
I don't know what makes peoplenervous, but certain things
throughout the entrepreneurialjourney may make people nervous
and if you just find like thefun and you find the balance,
you'll be fine.
You know Cause.
But if you look at the work,like oh my God, it's work and
it's so strenuous and you know,then it'll be hard.
Speaker 1 (38:10):
You'll procrastinate.
So just find that balance, lovethat.
Yeah, balance is everything,man.
I get that for sure.
And you know I'm going to askyou this about food, man,
because you know, I love food.
Speaker 3 (38:19):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, what's?
Speaker 1 (38:20):
your favorite restaurant in Vegas man.
Speaker 3 (38:21):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I should have been ready for this
question too.
Speaker 1 (38:24):
And I'll be seeing where you be eating that.
Speaker 3 (38:26):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, give us a gem, I'll be on the
town.
I know you do.
You know to remember the nameof the, of the.
What kind of food so they?
They do like asian food, butit's a.
It's a place in chinatown too,right on spring mountain I got.
I want to say it's azuzu, azuzu.
I gotta find the name okay butwhen you go into this place, you
(38:48):
you privately seat, so theyseat you in your own like, like
an omakase type of thing ah, isthat how you say?
Speaker 2 (38:54):
I don't know where they bring up all the different
pieces at a time, probably omakMocase you can order so much
stuff too but they give you yourown little private room.
Speaker 1 (39:01):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (39:01):
And the food is like, yeah, kind of like piece by
piece, so you can order a lot ofstuff.
But I love the idea of varietyand then being secluded, so just
with your date you can justtalk to her and just chill,
order food.
Speaker 2 (39:13):
It's a slower pace, you get to just ease.
Speaker 3 (39:22):
Yeah, pace, you get to like just ease.
Yeah, I'm brand new to it.
Okay, they're good I like thisspot.
Okay, you got, I gotta find aname to that.
So it's on spring mountain.
Yeah, I want to say it's likeizuzu, like or something like I
z u z u.
Okay, I'll look it up and see aI don't know something.
Speaker 2 (39:28):
So something on spring mountain yeah we'll find
it, we'll post it give him somelove, man.
Speaker 1 (39:32):
Give him a shout out.
Man.
What else is next for you, man?
I know so resort always.
You always got something upyour sleeve, man.
Anything that you want to leaveus out on that we maybe forgot
to ask you.
Speaker 3 (39:41):
Um, you know what I think that's?
I think we definitely had agreat combo today.
I think that's been great.
Everything on the head.
Speaker 1 (39:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (39:47):
Um, yeah, I would say , uh, two things to look out for
right now that are pending andwe'll document it for here.
Um, we're working right now onon reopening Kodo bike.
Okay.
Speaker 1 (39:56):
I didn't know that.
Speaker 3 (39:56):
Yeah, I really wanted to come to this meeting with
the Coto, oh, okay.
And we're actively working onit.
We got, like, all type ofinvestors that are interested.
You still keep it downtown,yeah still keep it downtown,
Still keep the same type of feel, Same partner that I worked
with D Cole in the past.
Speaker 1 (40:13):
So just bringing the same thing just at I love it,
yeah, yeah, I love it, yeahthey're building high rises down
there now too.
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (40:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (40:18):
We're seeing a pop up .
So much stuff, yeah, yeah, somuch stuff Changed that real
estate down there.
Speaker 3 (40:22):
Yeah, they did, bro, they did, they're killing it,
that's what's up?
That, and then the resort Yep,those More exciting.
It's like what the hell?
Speaker 1 (40:35):
This dude be staying humble, man.
You're going to see him onForbes updated.
I would pay attention, man.
But, Sean man shout out yoursocial handles.
People can check you out.
Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 3 (40:44):
So everybody check me out on the camera.
But whoever's looking at meright now?
Ceo Suave.
So it's like S-U-A-V-E onInstagram TikTok, everything is
CEO Suave.
So yeah, tap in with me, sendme a message, let's network.
Speaker 1 (41:01):
I'm down boy grinding man, you're grinding man.
Well, I appreciate you sittingback down with us.
Subscribe with us onthevegascirclecom.
So I appreciate you, brotherthank you, man.
Speaker 2 (41:08):
We back in the thing.
That's good man.
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