2025-04-22_alpha-high-misc_gary-sheng_michael-gendell_others

Speaker 22 (1:33) This isn't too bad I don't know. Gary Sheng (8:21) Is it funny that I called the first supper? (9:00) I have so much trauma, bro. (9:02) I'm trying to work through. (9:07) I'm being punished for taking initiative. (9:10) It's that simple. (9:11) Well, I don't know if it's that simple. (9:13) Just the reality that not everyone wants people to do the right thing, to take initiative. (9:22) You've been there. (9:37) So that's it. (10:16) Yeah, so basically I asked one of the guides where we could do a workshop and he said we could do it downstairs. (10:24) I think for whatever reason, well not for whatever reason the kids are just basically locked in on AP setting right now. (10:37) But I think sometime tomorrow probably that's my guess. (10:44) So I'm going to ask Thank you very much. (11:36) So I said for a workshop about how these guys launched a successful fashion line and a brand I did a new workshop after. (11:42) Is there a time tomorrow that you recommend we do it? (11:44) It would also be good to announce it at accountability, the 330 meeting if possible, if accountability is happening today. (12:51) Bella, right? (12:52) Ella. (12:53) Okay, great. (12:55) You want me to answer the question about who everyone is? Speaker 19 (12:58) Yeah, sure. Gary Sheng (12:59) Okay, so I was hired by Joe to just figure out how to scale. (13:08) I am a gig show. (13:09) I have a living picture. (13:12) Yeah, yeah, yeah. (13:13) American Alpha. (13:15) Who knows what the actual name is going to be, but we're working on that. (13:20) But just basically, okay. (13:22) Has Joe told every Alpha student the goal of scaling Alpha to everyone? Speaker 19 (13:31) No, not everyone. Gary Sheng (13:33) Okay. (13:34) What he's told some of the students? (13:37) From what I hear is that he wants basically every student around the world to have some kind of touch point with alpha school. (13:45) Whether that's an actual school, that's under the alpha brand, whether that's technology that alpha created at one point or another, that's like a two-hour learning. (13:54) I know it's being changed to some other name or something, but some kind of technology that's relevant to the future of education. (14:01) He wants to basically have the surface area of the entire world. (14:04) In order to do that, we need to think really big. (14:07) And so that's what I've been cooking. (14:09) And like beyond that, just helping out where I can in like little caps here and there. (14:15) Oh, this thing needs to be built. (14:16) Like, for example, a couple of engineers that recently graduated from the calling program recently built the first version of like a case study site. (14:32) It's like, let's say, I was on the Q study side of the play, okay. (14:36) I was joined two years ago, and now I was here. (14:39) That site doesn't exist yet, or it didn't until I quarterbacked that idea. (14:47) So that's one of the projects that I orchestrated. (14:54) And then they're going to lead a workshop explaining how they launched a successful fashion brand tomorrow. (15:01) We're figuring out the right time. (15:03) And then also like kind of a brand identity workshop, like what is alpha? (15:07) What does it mean to be alpha? (15:09) Because if we're going to create (15:13) And really to whatever extent that you want to be involved like seriously in any of these projects like I'm a not that I have a door here, but I'm an open door type of person So if you want to get involved in the kind of reality show conceptualization competition conceptually, I'm here And then like on Wednesday, I'm gathering a lot of people that want to start micro schools like people that are very influential (15:43) Because Joe wants to start a lot of microschools in sports, as he said that. (15:48) You should be more transparent about these things to everyone, honestly. (15:54) I'm curious what the closing cons of that are because like, well, I'm Gary, nice to meet you. (16:11) What are you excited about in life? (16:16) To whatever extent, I can be nosy and make sure that that's the same thing. (16:27) That's also what I'm trying to work on. Emily (16:29) What's your company? Gary Sheng (16:35) Oh yeah, you mentioned that to my friend. Ella (Student) (16:38) I'm actually looking for my guide because I have the official cosmetic chemist who got back here with the formula. Gary Sheng (16:45) You're looking for a what? Emily (16:46) My guide right now. (16:48) Oh my god. (16:50) Hi. Gary Sheng (16:50) Emily. (16:57) Emily, I have a real quick, can I borrow for one minute? Speaker 19 (17:01) Sorry. (17:01) Okay, sure. Gary Sheng (17:03) So on Wednesday, I'm gathering the best way to put it, the people that I believe, and a lot of everyone's told me that are the most critical to alpha scaling, and I would love to invite you to this dinner. Emily (17:18) Oh, that's nice. Gary Sheng (17:19) I don't know if you're doing anything, no pressure. Emily (17:21) Oh yeah, with the kids, probably being a parent. (17:24) But what time is the dinner? (17:26) Okay, that's after bedtime. (17:28) Maybe I'll escape for a little while. (17:30) You guys have been frothing at the mouth and the eagerness is the thing that's scaring me about hanging over my kids, do you? Gary Sheng (17:38) They're like, I can babysit. Emily (17:39) Come on, just give me your kids. (17:40) And I'm like, I can babysit. (17:42) I think you shouldn't say to a parent. Gary Sheng (17:43) That's like the exact opposite, yeah. Emily (17:45) Yeah. Gary Sheng (17:46) Come on, Ella. (17:47) Can I get your number so I can send you the information? Emily (17:51) Sure. (17:52) It's 512-777. (17:56) It's the easiest number in the world. (17:59) Most people think I'm faking them out. Gary Sheng (18:01) It's like, thanks for the fake number. Emily (18:03) Yeah, exactly where they're like, okay, but what's your real number? Gary Sheng (18:06) I hope that some random person is getting this in my head. Emily (18:09) Yeah, truly. Gary Sheng (18:09) Okay, so let me just very quickly. (18:12) So it's at the ranch of the guy that plays Shazam. Speaker 19 (18:16) Oh, cool. Gary Sheng (18:18) And, you know, I just feel like yes. (18:21) It's not a surprise to me that the students love you. (18:24) The idea for this is to be really catalytic and generate a lot of interest from legends of different fields to want to start micro-schools. Emily (18:38) Well, or even mentorships with the kids that we have all the above. Gary Sheng (18:42) All the above. Emily (18:45) Yeah, I mean just leveraging the yeah connections that we have we have I mean and that's the hardest part right now is that we're a really tech forward school So it's really easy for the kids who come in and want to build apps or who want to use AI and things but the creatives and that side of things We're still kind of trailblazing. (19:00) Ella is one of our trailblazers Yeah, have the creative connects That's amazing. (19:08) Yeah, absolutely I know, I know, she's my least patient, kiddo. (19:20) But yeah, thank you for the invitation. (19:22) I hope I'm able to make it. Gary Sheng (19:23) Okay, yeah, let me know. Emily (19:24) Sounds good. (19:27) Emily, what's your last name? (19:30) F-I-N-D-L-E-Y. Gary Sheng (19:33) Okay, thanks. (19:48) Oh, her name is Head of Brand Marketing, too. (19:51) Oh, she definitely needs to be involved tomorrow. (19:56) Cool. (19:58) So here's what I like. (20:04) OK, so initially I was like, OK, we'll have a couple of guides. (20:13) At the dinner. (20:15) Well, that was when the event was much smaller The event is like gonna be like what 90 people? (20:22) There's not that many guides, right? (20:24) And so I might as well just invite literally everyone's a guide here, you know, I'm sorry Just so it's not like disrespectful like what the fuck is this guy? (20:34) This guy's coming in and he's like deciding who gets to who's a representative? Nolan (designer) (20:38) No, I'm gonna invite everyone that I met And I'm at that point. (20:48) You hear of yourself to invite. (20:51) Show that you want them there. (20:53) Is that part of this? Speaker 16 (21:16) People like they don't even know. Gary Sheng (21:21) They show to work. (21:22) They meet the people that they're told to meet. (21:24) You know what I'm saying? (21:26) And they're just like, oh, I don't really know what they're doing. (21:28) I don't have the number. (21:29) It's like, why do I have everyone's number before you do? (21:34) You've been here for nothing like a year. (21:36) Literally. (21:36) Well, that's just because most people treat their... (21:39) Like, remember when I said, I forget, was it to you? (21:44) I was like, this is my art. (21:45) This is my art. Speaker 7 (21:47) Yeah. Gary Sheng (21:48) And like, you guys are just... (21:50) The most pure artists that ever as well, right? (21:53) You take a deep ownership over the outcome, but I think everyone should, no matter what they're creating, whether that's connections, mentorship, everything, right? Nolan (designer) (22:38) If you don't know that that dude's defending the goalie and that dude's making the place happen up there. (22:44) How are you going to know who you're going to pass it to or what your position is? (22:48) Or someone's going to take over and in the wrong position. (22:53) And that's your art to help figure out how this person does this, this person does this. (23:01) But then I also realize where do you play the best role. (23:11) That's something that you already know, you know, and if this is your art and this is how you connect people, you know, you just did that by creating that dinner. (23:22) And Don itself takes a fucking mastermind. (23:27) I just hope that people appreciate it. Gary Sheng (23:29) Some people that are like so not good at it, like, you know, as you can imagine, like... (23:34) Something that shows nothing about something, often thinks that they know something about something, right? (23:38) It's loud that was not hard. (23:40) Oh, that fashion line didn't take much longer. (23:42) I could do that, right? (23:43) Like, people that don't know shit often are the most judgmental as well, right? (23:48) But I was hoping that people see the amount of love and effort that has been put into this so funny, but more so love and effort and credibility, right? (23:57) My ass is on the line, right? (23:58) Like, it just makes me... (23:59) You know what I'm saying? (24:02) I also get the upside if it goes well. (24:07) Working with beef, he's done this a million times. (24:13) I've done versions of this a million times. Speaker 7 (24:25) Damn it. (24:26) Other than you, I haven't seen you before that. Nolan (designer) (24:29) The same beef is like, you know, it's good to have produced things and get it done. (24:37) I've been nuts and nuts studying his work for a long time without even knowing how he was. Sam Gregor (24:41) Exactly, too. (24:42) I know everything I know so much about beef and I didn't even know him in space. (24:46) He was telling me all these things that he created. Gary Sheng (24:50) It's Alex. Sam Gregor (24:51) Oh, you know, I wanted to tell you something real quick. (24:53) I was really inspired by what you said during the, what was it? (24:58) What are the accountability and presentation? (25:00) Yeah, dude, you're going to go so far. Speaker 7 (25:02) Thank you. (25:03) What did I say? (25:04) I didn't know you were talking. Gary Sheng (25:05) He is already talking about your talk. Speaker 7 (25:16) I just think that's really cool. (25:20) Thank you. Sam Gregor (25:20) I appreciate it. (25:21) Yeah, you got that, like, locked in. (25:23) You're saying things that, like, a lot of people... Gary Sheng (25:27) Who was yesterday, sorry. (25:28) Oh, you're just saying, like, how was the day overall? Nolan (designer) (25:32) Oh, it's really energizing and fun. Sam Gregor (25:35) I like how you just say what you mean. (25:37) Beautiful weather. Gary Sheng (25:40) I went to... (25:43) It's a funny thing to do, but I don't know if you heard this. (25:49) Like 15% of gauntlet was Mormons. (25:52) Really? (25:53) And so like they've been inviting me. (25:54) I went to a Mormon crew. (25:57) How about you say? (25:58) Yeah, I was like, it's for those balls. (26:02) It's like, it's right next to my apartment too. Speaker 13 (26:04) I wish I had ones over there, but it's basically... Gary Sheng (26:06) It's great. (26:06) They really appreciated that I accepted them. (26:08) I brought a couple friends to you. (26:11) That afterwards, around 13 years ago, I was just trying to evangelize them back. (26:23) I was kind of just, I was joking like, I'm now a latest day fan. Speaker 20 (26:37) My general view is like, I don't think you're not living good life. Gary Sheng (26:41) Did you see the Pope down there? Speaker 20 (26:42) Yes. (26:43) What a weird time to be alive. Gary Sheng (26:45) Like this week. Speaker 20 (26:45) Yeah. Gary Sheng (26:46) Right after Easter or like on Easter. (26:48) I definitely died on Easter. (26:50) That's so interesting. Speaker 13 (26:54) And I know stuff about the current candidates. Gary Sheng (26:57) Not good? Speaker 13 (26:58) Yeah, yeah. Gary Sheng (26:59) At least one of them makes it very not good. (27:01) And so if you get selected folks, that's like the most gaming thing. Speaker 13 (27:04) It's a sign. (27:05) It's a sign, yeah. Gary Sheng (27:07) I'm a pretty good parent. (27:08) I become more modest than every day, basically. Speaker 20 (27:12) Like I'm sure you've got more cheats and tops about that. (27:16) It's good. Gary Sheng (27:17) I look out. Speaker 20 (27:19) Everyone has the same idea. Gary Sheng (27:21) I'm so glad to be here in Austin. (27:24) Because I lived in New York for seven years and I genuinely like, if you were at least like a few years ago, if you were across, people would give you looks. (27:36) I don't know if you're hearing it yet. (27:37) My name is school voting and anyone who visits no one that tonight. (27:42) Well, it's kind of the default, right? (27:44) In Austin to be like some kind of spirituality, which was a film set are like, that's like a genius. (27:55) It's like if you want to do crazy ambitious things, it's like it's quite cool that I'm trying to get I don't even know if I have a main church anymore because I've now been to multiple churches that I've been excited to go to. (28:10) Have you been to Whitestone? Speaker 7 (28:12) Have you heard of it? Gary Sheng (28:15) It's a church led by a famous gospel singer. Speaker 13 (28:19) I can tell you about why. Gary Sheng (28:20) It's called Tarrin Wells. Speaker 13 (28:22) It's incredible. Gary Sheng (28:23) I think we should go sometime. Carson (Guide) (28:28) I'm currently looking for a main set. Gary Sheng (28:31) Oh, really? (28:31) Yeah. (28:32) Music is really important to me. (28:34) I don't know if we, do we talk about how I converted or like started believing? Speaker 13 (28:40) Sunday service. Carson (Guide) (28:41) Oh, Kanye. (28:44) I feel like a lot of people, through that music, like, they're then open to like spirituality. Speaker 13 (28:50) I honestly opened up my spirit. (28:52) I was coming up with ideas like... Gary Sheng (28:57) Someone has convinced me it's like a beautiful conspiracy theory that Kanye's just doing giant performance art right now. Speaker 13 (29:05) I think he's just having a giant laugh. (29:09) Either that or I want to believe that because otherwise it's very sad. Gary Sheng (29:20) A couple of thoughts on why I used to think that I used to be like, oh, I need him to go come back to the light because he was so good at that when he was tapped into the light energy. (29:33) Right. (29:35) But there's so many great artists that it doesn't, it almost doesn't even matter. Carson (Guide) (29:46) For the show, I mean, if anything, it's the most expensive art exhibit of all time, it costs billions of dollars. Gary Sheng (29:52) But you know that how many people want him to come back, and then, like, it's probably by anything, once you're back. Speaker 13 (30:02) So, you know, making it a posse. Gary Sheng (30:05) I've not been to a comic book before. (30:08) I'm from Chicago, right? Carson (Guide) (30:15) I feel like it always comes. (30:17) I feel like it always comes. (30:17) I feel like it always comes. (30:17) I feel like it always comes. (30:17) I feel like it always comes. (30:17) I feel like it always comes. (30:18) I feel like it always comes. Speaker 19 (30:20) I feel like it always comes. (30:22) I feel like it always comes. (30:23) I feel like it always comes. (30:23) I feel like it always comes. (30:25) I feel like it always comes. Carson (Guide) (30:25) I feel like it always comes. Speaker 7 (30:39) We should create broader skill records. Gary Sheng (30:59) Are you guys doing a guide meeting? Carson (Guide) (31:02) I'm still moving. (31:03) I came over here for lunch because I'm moving in right now, downtown, so cool packing and everything. Gary Sheng (31:09) What address? Carson (Guide) (31:11) The Hanover Brazos. (31:13) So it's a Brazos and third. Gary Sheng (31:14) How far is that? Carson (Guide) (31:16) Two blocks. (31:17) So two blocks that way. (31:18) So I can just walk in and out. Gary Sheng (31:45) If you have any edits, just text me. (31:56) I'm genuinely so paranoid about... (32:00) I told everyone at this point, but I'm generally so paranoid about being punished for doing the right thing. (32:09) Because that's what's happened multiple times. Sam Gregor (32:11) For taking too much leadership. (32:16) You know what I'm saying? (32:18) That's what I was literally... (32:19) Well, I took a walk by myself. (32:22) And I was just thinking completely external, but maybe you can relate to it in my own life and thought process. (32:28) But I was outside and I was just thinking about, like, you know, what is a bagel? (32:36) That's a bagel. (32:37) I have another, I got an extract if you want it. Gary Sheng (32:40) I was going to say, can I have like a real bite? Sam Gregor (32:42) Yeah, you can. (32:43) Even with some things. (32:45) Just not a bagel. (32:51) So I was just thinking about that. (32:55) I just look at Nolan and I, just from like an external, even like externally looking at us and maybe how people view us. (33:04) But I just think we're like the most grounded individuals in not only our mental health, but like our physical lives and our dreams. (33:13) Like we know exactly what we want to do. (33:16) And you know, with my liquid, like I'm not saying I haven't made it really. (33:22) I've made a couple million from doing my liquid. (33:25) And that's helped us get to the moment. Speaker 11 (33:27) Well, you were reinvested most of the moment. Sam Gregor (33:29) I mean, every single dollar went into every investing area. (33:32) Like, there was, you know, I was acting back. Speaker 11 (33:34) You were really inspiring, man. Sam Gregor (33:35) I got back from Japan and I had negative $11 in my bank account for a second. (33:39) And that was just for a second. (33:41) But it's still like that, like, the realization of, like, this is what I was thinking outside. (33:45) It's like, if we were the people with, and we will be, without a doubt, it's going to be from... Speaker 11 (33:50) It's literally, like, next week. (33:52) It's literally next week. (33:54) My buddy is about to have 800 million. (33:57) How was it? (33:59) That was wild. Michael Gendell (34:01) I'm very loved you. (34:02) We had a great conversation. Speaker 11 (34:04) How was the vibe? Michael Gendell (34:05) It's strong. (34:06) Very strong. (34:07) We can know what the hell it was. Speaker 11 (34:11) We can continue to continue. Sam Gregor (34:14) What I'm specifically talking about is, you know, because I know for 100%. (34:20) Like 100% fact like we will be the people with the money to make the choices that everyone like kind of like, you know, almost where certain people are where they make the decisions are like, okay, you can do approval. (34:32) Like where are the people who will be giving the approval? (34:36) And that's already like how we are now on a smaller scale with like the money that we have to play with from the businesses that generate that, you know? (34:46) And that's like why Brown is a thing right now. (34:48) But we have to be very specific and very careful about those decisions because if you make the wrong decision, you might not have to show room next month. (35:01) You know what I'm saying? (35:02) That's just like a reality. (35:03) That's a true reality. (35:05) And I've always been very, as a young and old, I've been paying for all my bills and helping with my appearance since I was 17. (35:14) Because I was able to be in a place to do that. (35:18) So, there's like, and even I see this with J-Rath where it's like we've had deep conversations, also small arguments of like, you know, it's like I own something physical. (35:28) Like, I own a physical business that's selling physical products and it's a physical space that people come to physically and get inspired or to get clothing, whatever it is, it's like a culmination of everything. (35:41) Yeah, I was just thinking outside like, you know... (35:43) It should take time to build, and so does this. (35:48) There's a lot of people that are going to tell you, no, there's a lot of people that will see you overstepping and say it, and they don't see the bigger vision. (35:58) And that's why I'm glad that we have something older than I and specific that. (36:03) This is our own thing. (36:05) We're the people who make the decisions for this, and I see it in a smaller form of alpha school. (36:10) That's being built from the ground is grounded, you know, grounded showroom, which could be kind of anything. (36:16) That's like the realization that I've had building a building. Gary Sheng (36:19) I love how you called it, Grant. Sam Gregor (36:21) Yeah. Gary Sheng (36:21) I love how you called it out. Sam Gregor (36:22) It fit perfectly. (36:24) There's nothing else that should be called. Nolan (designer) (36:25) But like, building mine wanted to become, too, because we were in such a space. Sam Gregor (36:29) You were always making, no one was making music. (36:32) He was helping me with the clothing or making clothing. (36:33) I was making clothing, Grant, and for a long time. Speaker 11 (36:36) I was like, what's the next step? (36:37) I love what you're doing. Sam Gregor (36:38) I was like, what's the next step? (36:39) You know, what's next up? (36:41) And the next up is like having the physical spot grounded, which could explode to so many different, you know, healing centers, schools, you know, there could be so many different, like, all right. Nolan (designer) (36:52) And that's why when we say like, we're building cities, like, that's really the vision is like, you've seen J-Raps bubble home vibes, like... (37:01) Realistically, if we had a space like that or like other spaces like that where it's like, you know, those kind of spaces where people can read. Gary Sheng (37:09) I think that you guys should start by creating a superhero school for artists. (37:15) Slash. (37:16) Do it with Zach. (37:18) Zach needs you. Sam Gregor (37:20) That we didn't Rocko's, our boy Rocko's, I think we'll come on one thing, but he knows Rocko's Zack personally as well. Gary Sheng (37:27) I'm sure he says nice things for that. (37:30) Zacko's fucking phenomenal. Sam Gregor (37:31) Yeah, he wants to be there too. (37:32) But yeah, that's how I was just, I thought I had outside. Speaker 18 (37:36) This is the vibe bro. Sam Gregor (37:36) I just thought I had outside, like, you know, when we are the people that make all those decisions and have, like, the team that's our actual family to, like, guide those decisions. Gary Sheng (37:47) We'll never be worried again about someone doing the right thing and being punished for it. Speaker 19 (37:55) Exactly. Gary Sheng (37:56) Like, there'll be sometimes where they do some kind of, like, socially, like, odd thing that's, like, you know, next time do this, this, this, but, like... (38:05) If it's pure intent, deeply loving, with deep desire to help humanity, you should never be, you should never be punished for that. (38:14) No one should ever feel like, like, like, maybe you didn't know a certain rule that someone else established that they didn't educate you on. Sam Gregor (38:23) Just like I walked into this room with a little small aspect of dudes, like, bring your ideas down front. (38:30) It's like, you could say hi, my name is blah, blah, blah. (38:34) Hey, do you mind writing a new rule? Speaker 16 (38:36) Let me just be blunt. (38:43) And he's not doing something. (38:46) Because of that lack of so far. Gary Sheng (38:50) And so we don't need to overly get mad at that right now. Nolan (designer) (38:56) It's back to him. Sam Gregor (39:00) It's also a reflection on how you communicate with people. (39:08) It's like, if we were like some weird-ass person, it's just different. Gary Sheng (39:12) Well, I will say, dude, that part of you being as good of a as possible of a human being and leader is understanding. (39:28) That neurodiversity leads people to not even be aware that they're coming off of the same way. (39:34) Maybe they don't even have an intention at all to have a negative. (39:38) They're just being like efficient. (39:39) Blah, blah, blah, right? (39:41) Like, that's the classic thing with an engineer. (39:43) Like, I'm like, I'm not a conventional engineer. (39:46) You know this, I'm not a conventional engineer at all. (39:48) Right? (39:51) No, an artist would be a conventional engineer. (39:54) We joke that I'm an artist, but I'm like, no, I'm incredibly social. (39:59) I'm very good with people. (40:02) And to whatever extent I have a blind spot, I very much welcome that feedback and I try to evolve, right? (40:10) Well, first of all, most people don't have brothers. (40:14) We were talking about how one of our friends is going to come here tonight. (40:17) They'll probably meet him tomorrow morning. (40:20) He's like... (40:21) He does very, he just thinks that he needs to be called out for. (40:25) He is, from the bottom of his heart, he has a lot of desire to do a lot of work, right? (40:31) But he's a dick sometimes, when he's not thinking about it. (40:34) And like, I call him to call him out. (40:37) Mikey calls him out. Speaker 7 (40:38) That's the most important fucking thing. Gary Sheng (40:40) But like, most people don't have that sense of brotherhood, honestly. Sam Gregor (40:42) Yeah, we call, honestly, even sometimes with Jay Rock, we'll call him out and be like, yo, Jay. Gary Sheng (40:47) Oh, you have to call him out. Sam Gregor (40:48) And we do because sometimes it's like, yeah. (40:51) As a brother, as someone that supports and loves you, you've got to check yourself right now. (40:58) Chris, how did it go? Gary Sheng (41:19) What are you going to talk about? (41:22) What have you been talking about? (41:23) I'm assuming that you haven't. (41:26) What kind of content do you make? Ella (Student) (41:28) What kind of content do I have to figure that out, bro? Gary Sheng (41:30) Oh, okay. Ella (Student) (41:31) I have nothing right now. (41:33) I've posted like three videos on TikTok. Gary Sheng (41:35) You know what, is it about the app or just about anything? Ella (Student) (41:39) About anything. (41:40) The idea is because the app is running running, I need to become like an enjoyer. Gary Sheng (41:43) I think you should be a running influencer. Ella (Student) (41:44) Running influencer is a fitness vlog. Gary Sheng (41:47) So Chris is one of the most gamified running yet. (41:50) One of the worst students. (41:53) One of the worst students I've ever met. (41:55) And I think that's really impressive. (41:58) He's a 16? (42:01) Yes. (42:02) You're 16 years old, so well spoken. (42:06) You know, challenging childhood. (42:10) I'll just say challenging childhood. (42:12) And just... (42:14) Lots of potential, right? (42:16) I mean, you can just tell. (42:17) It's very well put together. (42:19) And we're just trying to figure out, like, you know, there's like the two to three hours of learning in the morning, whatever, right? (42:25) But then it's like, what do you do after that? (42:26) So we're just kind of brainstorming on what to do. (42:28) And I do think he's like, he does have such a good public figure type persona that like just getting the reps in with videos is like going to be smart. (42:40) Yeah. (42:42) I've done a little bit of, I haven't done a fitness influence. (42:45) You probably know a million fitness influencers, but I did a political commentary TikTok a few years ago. (42:54) Got 130k. Speaker 19 (42:55) Oh, yeah. Gary Sheng (42:56) So I've made hundreds of videos, Chris. (42:59) So I'm happy to give feedback on any drafts you have, because sometimes it's just a little bit anxiety, writing written to... (43:11) Feel like something's worth posting. (43:12) Alright, so just let me know. (43:13) Just feel free to text me any drafts and ideas. Ella (Student) (43:16) Can you tell me a little bit about your app? (43:17) A little bit about the app? (43:18) Yeah, for sure. (43:19) So I did some research on running apps and I found out the whole thing. Speaker 16 (43:23) Oh, this is the guy I wanted to introduce you to. (43:25) Oh yeah, what was your name? Ella (Student) (43:26) Michael. (43:27) Michael, okay. (43:28) Nice to meet you. (43:29) Yeah, Bruce. (43:30) Okay, Bruce? (43:32) Yeah, Cruz. (43:32) Wait, what are you doing here? Michael Gendell (43:34) Gary brought me here. (43:36) Okay, interesting, interesting. Ella (Student) (43:38) Yeah, see how you see it. (43:39) It's like Bruce with a C. (43:42) It's not weird. Gary Sheng (43:43) Don't use that word. Ella (Student) (43:43) It's not weird. (43:44) It's cool. (43:45) It's cool. Gary Sheng (43:46) It's cool. Ella (Student) (43:47) Okay. (43:49) So when I did some research, I found out that the four core that make up a good running out is like accountability, adventure, community, and competition. (44:00) You need four of these aspects in your app, especially for like fitness. (44:05) So another problem I found was that, well, Personally, most apps don't incorporate all this more core. (44:12) And then another problem after that is that no app, in my opinion, has successfully gamified running. (44:17) So you can name apps like Zombies Run, which I think gets the closest. (44:22) But there's a lot of issues. (44:23) So you have to put in earbuds and it'll interrupt your music. (44:26) Obviously there is the barrier of having the earbuds. (44:29) There's no multiplayer, so there's no real community aspects. (44:32) There's very little accountability. (44:34) They've really just gone in on that adventure, that gamification, which again just kind of sucks in my opinion. (44:41) I'm creating an app that's going to game a fire running through half ticket feedback, so on your Apple Watch. (44:46) So vibrations, buzzes, all of that is not intrusive. (44:49) You can listen to music, you can, you don't have to put on many things, goofy VR glasses to play a game. (44:55) Like none of that, you just feel vibrations and you know that they mean certain things. (44:59) So whenever you go on a run, you'll encounter these different creatures, items, pets. (45:04) And when you encounter them, you'll get a strong buzz on your wrist that tells you, like, the chase is on. (45:08) Kind of, but for running. (45:12) So once you start chasing, you'll hear the, maybe an item might be creature or whatever it is. (45:17) You'll hear it's heartbeat and it'll get faster as you get closer. (45:21) Another thing I found is, like, having that vibration between 80 and 120 hertz increases. (45:27) Well, it's first of all, it's like sports all, but it increases your running economy. (45:30) So you go faster, less risk of injury. (45:32) Like, there's a million different It's fun, things that happen, you know, actual benefits you get from it, but it's also fun so you get close to the heartbeat goes faster, you finally catch it, you get rewarded, and then you get these items, cosmetics and creatures, which then on the app, you can play a game with. (45:49) So there'll be a mobile game, you'll be able to play and compete against your friends, you'll be able to play and partner up with run clubs and compete against them, you know, leaderboards, full community, that's kind of division in where it's at right now. Michael Gendell (46:03) Super cool. (46:05) I'm working with a startup called PlayerMaker. (46:10) That's a good code soccer right now. (46:13) I'm working on expansion into a multi-sport model. (46:16) It's two sensors that go on a strike on the outside of your foot. (46:20) And it measures speed, change direction, time of the soccer ball, power on this other metrics. (46:26) They have 30 billion inputs for how they don't develop the ability. (46:32) I'm going to capture that data. (46:33) Right, that's great. (46:34) So, yeah, I mean there's just movement technology is always interesting. (46:43) I love that. (46:54) So you're trying to figure out what type of content to make or that's like the issue you're trying to solve right now. (47:04) How many of you have users already on the app? (47:06) Or is it like you're building it at least? Ella (Student) (47:09) No, so I have no idea how to code. (47:11) I worked with a team of devs from gauntlet while me were still doing gauntlet. (47:16) And we put together a very rough MVP. (47:20) I actually have it on my phone. (47:21) But it's not really functional. (47:23) So I think there's lots of placeholder data. (47:27) On an account that I have, and some of it's functional, but most of it, not so much. (47:32) The watch functionality, unfortunately, was not connected before they graduated. (47:37) So that's the app. Michael Gendell (47:39) Is that now? Ella (Student) (47:40) Is that a thing that you would download? (47:44) It's on test flight on my phone. Michael Gendell (47:55) We'll see. (47:56) What are you planning to do here? (47:58) Gary has some ideas for the future. Gary Sheng (48:02) Dude, why are you saying that I have ideas? (48:05) Why don't you just talk about what you want? Michael Gendell (48:07) Well, what I want as a result of your initial kind of structure. (48:15) But my involvement in alpha school would be the expansion of these micro schools. (48:22) My particular focus would be on the sports side of things. Speaker 19 (48:25) Nice. Michael Gendell (48:26) To help bring in some pretty influential names and help back these schools and come up with the right programming for how to structure them. (48:35) Yeah, okay. (48:37) I spent with Chris and he's a fantastic guy. (48:41) It was an interesting camera. Speaker 19 (48:42) Yeah. Michael Gendell (48:43) Seems like he's got some great experience to share. (48:48) Yeah. (48:51) I'm learning more. (48:52) That's what I'm doing here. Ella (Student) (48:53) Yes. (48:53) Oh, gosh. (48:54) There's so much to learn. (48:55) There's so many moving parts. (48:56) It's like it's insane. Speaker 19 (48:57) Yeah. Ella (Student) (48:59) All right, so you're going to build a micro school. (49:01) I think that's the plan. (49:03) Build thousands of micro schools, thousands of micro schools. (49:06) Yeah. (49:06) That's really cool. (49:07) Yeah. Michael Gendell (49:07) Okay, good stuff. Ella (Student) (49:08) Yeah. (49:08) Alrighty. (49:09) I think I'm going to dip. (49:10) But nice to meet you. (49:11) Yeah, it's nice to meet you too. Speaker 11 (49:14) Zero. Gary Sheng (49:26) But, it's good. (49:28) Thanks for talking to me. (49:31) How do I stop this sound? (49:33) Who's the... (49:33) Who's the... (49:33) Who's the dings? (49:34) Who's the dings? (49:35) Is that me? Speaker 7 (49:49) I just got an email somewhere in the field of air. Speaker 11 (49:53) Wait, really? Speaker 7 (49:54) Yeah, it sounds fucking random. Gary Sheng (49:55) Wait, what? (49:59) You talked about his project or no? Speaker 23 (50:01) Yeah, yeah, he talked about his project. Gary Sheng (50:03) That's funny. (50:03) That's what I was like, wow. (51:10) So you had a good meeting with Chris. (51:12) That's obviously, that's like by far the most important person to meet. (51:16) And like... Michael Gendell (51:17) Sounds like Jamal Gross might also be the only person to meet. Gary Sheng (51:21) Jamal, I think he's on the middle school side. Michael Gendell (51:25) Chris said he is... Gary Sheng (51:27) He's the engineer. (51:29) Can you ask for an introduction? (51:34) Do you have a Christmas number? (51:37) Can you ask Chris for an introduction over text or something? (51:40) To Jamal, just to learn more. (51:44) Jamal's leading what? Michael Gendell (51:46) Support micro school expansion. Gary Sheng (51:48) Okay, cool. (51:49) Obviously you gotta get to talk to him. (51:51) There's a lot of work to do. Speaker 7 (52:32) Is Chris coming to me? (53:13) I just want to take a pair of presents that you can, you know, just take a pair of prizes. Sam Gregor (53:18) I don't know how to take a pair of prizes, everything. (53:22) And if we get Sam's love, like, smelling school. Speaker 18 (53:37) Justin's not very good at logistics, is he? Speaker 7 (53:39) No, he just texted me, he fucked up his reschedule. Gary Sheng (54:50) Twelve, his goal is 1,200 micro. (54:53) Do you understand how much work needs to be done? (54:58) This team is going to be huge. (55:01) It's time to lock in, bro. Michael Gendell (55:07) I agree. Gary Sheng (55:18) Call me a log in. (55:20) Is there an artist that has a song called log in? Speaker 18 (55:23) I got an agreement with my cheat. (55:24) What? (55:25) Can I go and can I leave and come or? (55:28) Yeah, just drop your ID and come back. Michael Gendell (55:29) Yeah, they have my ID. Speaker 18 (55:30) Okay, then. (55:31) Yeah. Michael Gendell (55:32) Okay. (55:33) Yeah. Speaker 18 (55:34) Do you want to go or are you going to stay here? Michael Gendell (55:35) Where are you going to go? (55:36) I don't know. (55:36) Just like a taco going around. (55:37) Sure. Gary Sheng (55:38) All down with you. Michael Gendell (55:39) Okay. Speaker 7 (56:06) You guys are obviously welcome to come as well. Speaker 9 (56:12) Yeah, I was looking at it. (56:20) Let's go this way. Michael Gendell (57:20) Yeah, that's insane. (57:22) Bro, it's time to move. (57:23) I mean, is it? (57:25) Yeah, I mean, I built. Gary Sheng (57:29) Yeah, I mean, it's just, it's infinite work. (57:35) Yeah, I just do not have a family. (57:37) I know, I know. (57:39) Obviously, I'll move it until you have an offer or an offer, but this is the point of this week. Speaker 16 (57:45) Yeah. (57:47) How about the L School people are doing? Michael Gendell (57:49) You know, maybe on a field trip? (57:51) No, I'm not. (57:51) He's there on break. (57:53) What? (57:54) Why are these sessions? (57:55) Why is it different than high school? (57:58) No, no, no, no. (58:00) High school is a free hour, let me go. (58:01) All right. Speaker 12 (58:04) All right. (58:14) I just feel like you're just like a like I don't really talk to you that off it. (58:19) You can see yourself an optimist or 3.30? Speaker 14 (58:24) Yes. Speaker 16 (58:24) The only thing we have going on where we're on the machine. Speaker 17 (58:27) Accountability. Speaker 14 (58:28) Yeah. (58:28) Insights. Speaker 17 (58:29) Insights. Speaker 14 (58:29) Insights. (58:29) That's a good answer. (58:30) We're supposed to leave it at 3.45 or 4. (58:33) Yeah. (58:33) Thanks for setting me the schedule. (58:35) I got it. (58:35) You've got to be fantastic. (58:37) Definitely. (58:38) You live it right now, man. Gary Sheng (58:39) No, I'm setting it all right now. Speaker 14 (58:40) I literally put a little... Gary Sheng (58:44) I wanted to get other people to be back before I said again to you. (59:07) I'm fine with that over. (59:14) I put together that site today. (59:16) I've been getting some feedback from people. (59:19) I want you to give any edits. (59:21) And obviously, I have to run the schedule by you. Speaker 11 (59:25) No you don't! Gary Sheng (59:26) If I want you to speak, I have to let you know. (59:31) You should probably tell me what you want. (59:33) To plan the C to just like, why are you here? Speaker 18 (59:51) That's correct. Gary Sheng (59:54) Oh that's interesting. (1:00:18) Yeah. Michael Gendell (1:00:54) I can leave my opinion. Speaker 12 (1:00:56) I don't need it. Michael Gendell (1:00:57) I don't need it. (1:00:58) It's firearms. (1:00:59) I don't have my actual opinion. Gary Sheng (1:01:02) Well, it's very appropriate for Texas. (1:01:05) Is that funny? (1:01:15) What's your first impression of our? Michael Gendell (1:01:17) I mean the schools are incredible. (1:01:19) It's kind of phenomenal. (1:01:21) I'm a little worried that the timing is not. (1:01:28) Why? (1:01:29) Why, why, why? Gary Sheng (1:01:50) Oh, oh, oh, well, here's the thing. (1:01:56) He's not responsible for the 1200 fucking schools, bro. Speaker 12 (1:02:01) No. (1:02:03) Joe is. Gary Sheng (1:02:04) So then that's what I'm saying, dude. (1:02:06) There's no there's no like. (1:02:08) Well, let's see what Jamal, I don't have no idea what Jamal's role is. (1:02:13) I have no idea what practically speaking they're doing so far. (1:02:18) From my experience, people don't do shit. (1:02:22) Compared to what I like. (1:02:28) My guest is Jamal taking a sweet time. (1:02:31) Who knows, right? (1:02:32) But like, you know, like, okay, you know that in order to get 1200 schools, you have to be like, people have to be like, holy fuck. (1:02:43) I was so as far as meeting Mikey that I'm going to tell all my fucking friends to start school. (1:02:48) That's what it takes. (1:02:52) Oh, great. (1:02:55) Oh, the staff meeting? (1:02:56) Yeah, cool. (1:03:08) Do you like Caribbean food? (1:03:23) Nice to see you. (1:03:26) Do you have, uh, almost a happy hour time right now? Speaker 9 (1:03:31) Yeah, this is the happy hour meeting. Gary Sheng (1:03:32) Okay, but. Speaker 9 (1:03:33) So it's unfortunately, yeah. (1:03:34) I love it. (1:03:35) Okay, yeah. (1:03:36) Then this is the regular menu. (1:03:37) Were you open at 420? (1:03:38) No, yeah, I guess. (1:03:40) We were. (1:03:41) I'm sure, like, so Chappas Caribbean, the aggregation of THC. (1:03:46) You serve a THC tonic too. Speaker 19 (1:03:49) That's right. Speaker 9 (1:03:49) That's actually really good. (1:03:51) That's right. (1:03:51) So yeah, we have weed stuff. (1:03:53) This isn't so serious too. Speaker 17 (1:03:55) Alright, let's get. (1:03:57) So this is discount or no? Speaker 9 (1:03:59) I don't know. (1:04:00) The traplains aren't, but they're part of the lunch menu. (1:04:03) Both of these I have price of their values and the traplains. Michael Gendell (1:04:06) Okay, can you, can we get? (1:04:08) I'm going to try to eat healthy, so I'm going to get some with like no. (1:04:11) I'm not going to get any idea what I'm going to do. Speaker 19 (1:04:13) You're not going to get what? Michael Gendell (1:04:14) Empanadas or anything. (1:04:15) I'm just going to get like a chop chicken plate or something. (1:04:17) A jerk chicken, jerk chicken plate? (1:04:20) I'll get that. (1:04:22) Thank you very much. Gary Sheng (1:04:58) We're going to write some new sounds for you. Speaker 14 (1:05:04) Whatever the vegetables are. (1:05:06) The cabbage, cabbage, cabbage, cabbage. (1:05:12) Okay, cabbage and side salad sounds here. Speaker 10 (1:05:18) There's a water pump right there, right? Speaker 14 (1:05:22) Yeah. Gary Sheng (1:05:25) You want some water? Michael Gendell (1:05:59) This is about some of your friends working. (1:06:10) I appreciate it. Gary Sheng (1:08:44) I think that he meant it by any way of saying like come back on that day. (1:08:48) I just, it's just not his like role right now. (1:08:51) It's a higher role right now, right? Speaker 15 (1:08:55) So like, I mean I think I'm answering as a guy if I need to. (1:09:01) Yeah, yeah. (1:09:20) It's very tiny. (1:10:14) Thank you very much. Gary Sheng (1:12:04) I'm really happy to start working, pre-working, like, and like so it's like, shit, you know what I'm saying? (1:12:10) Like, what are they going to have you start building those relationships with a fucking heavyweight so that you have to be hired? Speaker 21 (1:12:45) So I'm not saying you are, I'm just saying, that being entitled to me, it won't work because you're going to have a bad time. Gary Sheng (1:12:55) Any like, over, any need for certainty, you're going to have a bad time. (1:13:00) This is for entrepreneurs. (1:13:03) The reward, the reward if you, the reward if you. (1:13:19) By the time you leave, you should feel good. (1:13:22) Let's just manifest that right now. (1:13:46) I'm not going to lie. (1:13:48) I kind of love the little bit of a power trip of being able to add people to a guest list. (1:13:53) I do admit, this one. (1:13:54) Because it's very powerful. (1:13:57) And you and I are going to do that together. (1:13:58) We're going to be like, this person's in, this person's in. (1:14:00) No, not this person's in. (1:14:02) All right. Michael Gendell (1:14:03) What are you thinking of this man? (1:14:05) Let's do a kid's creative thing in your place. Gary Sheng (1:14:08) Oh, come on. Michael Gendell (1:14:09) They're interesting. (1:14:14) Yeah. (1:14:14) They're not. Gary Sheng (1:14:18) Yeah, that's why they'll bring a lot of interesting energy, right? Michael Gendell (1:14:22) They're young, though. (1:14:23) That's my concern. (1:14:25) It's like not a good search, just like from your perspective. (1:14:29) They're 21 and 22 talking like they have the answer. (1:14:33) Like, you know, like about the guy with the ID and the other like... (1:14:38) Oh, I mean, this is also our role, right? Gary Sheng (1:14:43) As millennials. (1:14:45) That's what I'm saying. (1:14:46) So like... (1:14:47) Make it clear like it's not a big deal. (1:14:49) Yes, not a big deal. (1:14:50) It's not a big deal. (1:14:52) That's what we have to play with. (1:14:54) What is like super hungry young shit? (1:15:04) They're very, I mean their brand is very popular and it's just relative to a lot of what their brand is. (1:15:11) They're like self-started pregnant. Speaker 17 (1:15:54) He said this is not. (1:15:55) No, no, you got it. (1:15:57) You like spicy? Gary Sheng (1:15:58) Yeah. Michael Gendell (1:16:12) Should I lie to my boss right now? (1:16:22) He's like blowing me up. Speaker 17 (1:16:32) I can make a decision for you. Gary Sheng (1:16:34) I have no idea what it is. (1:16:35) What is your job, Ian? (1:16:36) What is your job, Ian? (1:16:38) What is your job, Ian? (1:16:39) What is your job, Ian? Michael Gendell (1:16:45) What is your job, Ian? Speaker 10 (1:16:47) What is your job, Ian? (1:16:52) What is your job, Ian? Gary Sheng (1:18:13) I'm gonna riff a little bit. Speaker 14 (1:19:45) What? (1:19:48) I need to do a voice now. Gary Sheng (1:19:55) Okay. (1:20:02) So... (1:20:03) The real... (1:20:04) Okay. (1:20:08) Not um... (1:20:12) It was not easy news. (1:20:15) It was not easy news. (1:20:17) Pope Francis passing was not easy news because Pope Francis was a supporter of mine. (1:20:24) Pope Francis was extremely excited about the cost of technology and deep, good intentional human well, radically allocating. (1:20:40) A system that had lost faith, that had lost humanity's faith. (1:20:47) A faith institution, he was incredibly aware that the Catholic Church had... (1:21:00) We had eroded so much thrust in its legitimacy over many decades, if not hundreds of years. (1:21:11) And he was ready to reform. (1:21:16) If I wasn't standing in Austin, Texas, in Wildwood, Texas, right now with all of you right now, I would be here and go co-leading. (1:21:28) A doge-like initiative called Aravati, meaning seer in here at the Golden Age. (1:21:40) The first, the biggest by far, public higher partnership in church history. (1:21:49) Her plan was to... (1:21:53) It's a revolutionized level of every house, basically every aspect of the church. (1:21:59) And we've got to come to museums, to the communications channels, to the schools, to the archives. (1:22:15) To creating initially dozens and hundreds and thousands of innovation centers around the globe. (1:22:29) But then we started to ask so many questions. (1:22:32) We started to dig up a lot of dirt on a lot of people. (1:22:37) And the best way I would put it is that the deep church had to stop. (1:22:43) So when I... (1:22:48) When I got the text on Christmas Day saying thank you from my partner saying thank you Gary. (1:22:58) I appreciate your efforts. (1:23:00) Thank you for everything. (1:23:02) But it's over. (1:23:04) I was pretty devastated. (1:23:12) But the only reason why I wasn't fully devastated, it wasn't just kill me, was because I got into this program called Gauntlet AI, which was blah blah blah. Speaker 17 (1:24:06) Good? (1:24:07) What do you think? Gary Sheng (1:24:26) There's a lot that he needs to do to, like, see a leader, you know? (1:24:31) There's a lot he needs to do to, like, become, like, a leader. (1:24:34) Yeah, to, like, be able to, like... (1:24:39) Because, like, a lot of people will not put up what someone has used them for. (1:24:45) Brooklyn Dad kind of needs Justin, right? (1:24:48) Like, that's why. (1:24:50) Yeah. (1:24:53) Like the people that you really want to work with don't eat you. (1:24:56) Like it's a great opportunity. (1:24:58) They should be so capable that if you treat them with shit they can leave. (1:25:06) That's like honestly that's ideal, my view. Speaker 12 (1:27:53) I-I don't say anything. (1:27:55) Hold on, before you say anything. (1:27:58) Just be curious. Michael Gendell (1:28:00) Just be curious. (1:28:02) Don't say what I can do to the robot. (1:28:04) Just say, just-just be up low. (1:28:06) Just say, there's nothing here to see about this weekend. Gary Sheng (1:28:46) If it does use a city front door, I want to reveal that. Michael Gendell (1:29:20) Why don't you give them a call, bro? Gary Sheng (1:29:23) And don't make it seem like we're together. (1:29:26) Give them a call. (1:29:30) Should we do a FaceTime with him? (1:29:31) I don't want to pretend like he needs a large involved, but why are you suggesting? (1:29:38) Is he just, was he a FaceTime guy? Speaker 22 (1:29:40) He's gonna face me. Speaker 9 (1:29:43) Oh, wow. (1:29:46) It is not about time. (1:29:49) It's all about time. (1:29:52) I'll be right back. (1:29:54) We're gonna do a quick FaceTime. Michael Gendell (1:30:06) Here I'm open booking this because I don't want to be sitting next to Gary while you're texting me and he's talking to me. (1:30:12) There is nothing guaranteed about this week. (1:30:17) Why would I say what? (1:30:22) So then there should be no issue. (1:30:25) Okay. (1:30:31) I don't want there to be any confusion. (1:30:36) You're probably not going to meet a decision maker this week. (1:30:48) Gary, do you want to answer that question? (1:30:50) What? (1:30:50) Why is he coming down there if there's not meeting with the decision maker? Gary Sheng (1:30:55) Because I wouldn't say that there's no chance. Michael Gendell (1:30:58) There's not no chance, sure. Gary Sheng (1:31:00) I would say that if you're not someone that can ordinarily and look good by the relationships with people that I'm giving a layup to, then that's not a good thing. (1:31:16) It works with me to figure out who is the right people to talk to on the political side. (1:31:21) I'll ask whether the staff meetings they'll ask. (1:31:24) Like... (1:31:24) Are you in the staff meeting? (1:31:25) Yeah, I'm in the staff meeting. (1:31:27) Well, I didn't ask for permission. Speaker 17 (1:31:30) I just want to be clear. Michael Gendell (1:31:38) I don't know. (1:31:39) I... (1:31:40) We're friends first and this is a... (1:31:44) Thing that's coming up being friendly, right? (1:31:48) Okay. (1:31:53) Okay. (1:31:54) Gary suggested I FaceTime you. Speaker 23 (1:31:56) Well, like, her website already says this. Michael Gendell (1:32:00) I don't want you to fly to Austin and be disappointed, man. (1:32:11) You've expressed that that would be the case if we don't have a meeting with a decision maker. (1:32:16) I don't want you to fly here just to get pissed off. (1:32:20) Is that fair? (1:32:23) I don't understand. (1:32:47) Right. Speaker 11 (1:32:49) I can do this. Michael Gendell (1:32:57) So let's drop it. Speaker 10 (1:32:59) Let's see if we can drop it. Gary Sheng (1:33:34) And it's like, and it doesn't even need to be like, being able to like, find a way to get on Joe's good side. (1:33:47) Like, even if you're not like officially like. (1:33:56) It's like Justin being able to say, hey, Alexie is going to be like a president. (1:34:02) I think Joe Donings will like, Joe Donings will like, that makes the fucking government feel good. (1:34:08) But like, I just, this is something that I cannot fight for. (1:34:12) None of us might be a strategy for us, right? (1:34:15) The whole point is that we're in the middle of that. (1:37:11) It's the one that's living with him. (1:37:12) And it's also, if honestly dude, if you bring him knowing, if you basically have heard of him coming, knowing that you want to be involved, and he creates a scene that looks bad on you as well. Speaker 11 (1:37:29) Well, then you want me to say go home? (1:37:32) Or just let him know. Gary Sheng (1:42:42) I'm not bringing him to the school. (1:42:43) We're not letting him in the school. Michael Gendell (1:43:27) It sounds revolutionary, and after meeting with Chris, I'm even more inspired than I was coming into. Speaker 14 (1:43:41) Oh, because of this place. Speaker 17 (1:43:45) Self-own. (1:43:50) I need a minute. Gary Sheng (1:45:21) Chris said he's hired more guys. (1:45:22) Yeah. (1:45:23) Be a guide and helping score the score. (1:45:27) That's all I want to do. (1:45:29) Yes. Speaker 12 (1:45:32) Yes. (1:45:36) Yes. (1:45:37) I want to be a guide. (1:45:38) Here's my late concern about it. (1:45:40) He said that the guides, I have to take this like a secret. Gary Sheng (1:45:45) That's right. (1:45:46) What do you have to score? (1:45:47) What? (1:45:48) What do you have to score? (1:45:50) Whoa, I mean, what's the number? (1:45:54) I'll do a crash. (1:45:56) I mean, I guess the story here. (1:45:58) Yeah. (1:45:59) We're going to start a block or a set. Speaker 18 (1:46:02) Yeah. (1:46:05) I would just drill in for a while. Gary Sheng (1:46:10) Is it a hard test? (1:46:11) Um, have you taken it? (1:46:13) Yeah. (1:46:13) Oh, shit. (1:46:14) Yeah. (1:46:15) It forced me to take it to get it to the... (1:46:17) accelerator. Speaker 12 (1:46:25) I'm not focused. Gary Sheng (1:46:52) But like, I don't know what the number is, right? (1:46:55) There's a lot of just like English questions on there. (1:46:57) I think it was designed.