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00:00You made me happy
00:14This you can bet
00:18You stood right beside me
00:23And I won't forget
00:28And I really love you
00:34You should know
00:38I wanna make sure I'm right, girl
00:43Before I let go
00:47Now we had a good time
00:53That we can say
00:59We hurting each other
01:03And boy, it's the same
01:07I won't be foolish, no
01:13I wanna know
01:17I wanna make sure I'm right
01:21Before I let go
01:25You know I think the sun rises and shines on you
01:35You know there's nothing, nothing
01:39You know you can't play that just yet
01:43Not just yet, you gotta wait till the end of the party
01:45To play that one
01:47Cause we all gonna come up here and dance in a little bit
01:49Y'all having a good time?
01:51Are y'all having a good time?
01:53Alright Essence, I know it's been two years
01:55And we don't remember how to party
01:57But we gonna remind y'all
01:59That we have a good time on this stage
02:01Once again I am your host Roxy Diaz
02:03And speaking of Essence
02:05I love you back
02:06And speaking of Essence
02:08Right now I have Essence's own
02:10Essence's own
02:12That's a tongue twister
02:13Essence's own
02:14Entertainment editor
02:16Okla Jones
02:17Who will be moderating our next interview
02:19Please show him a lot of love
02:21Alright, alright
02:23See this is the man
02:26That makes you go viral in the magazine
02:29And on the website
02:31Cause he's the one that gets you insta-famous
02:34Go ahead, Okla
02:36How y'all doing New Orleans?
02:38My name is Okla Jones
02:41And I'm a New Orleans native as well too
02:42So it's always good to be back home
02:44In 2010
02:47Nicholas Clark and Marlon Watts
02:49Two 14 year old New Orleans natives
02:51And best friends decided
02:53That they were gonna create a business
02:54That would bring their families out of poverty
02:56To everyone else
02:58There were just two 8th graders
02:59That liked to skateboard and play football
03:00But fate saw them in a completely different light
03:04Clark and Watts' determination and work ethic
03:07Continued to inspire and propel them forward
03:09They sacrificed, hoped, prayed
03:13And knew that their vision will one day become a reality
03:15They began designing hoodies and t-shirts
03:18Before they knew it
03:19The World Envision clothing brand was born
03:22The success of World Envision did exactly as their dream
03:26They were able to attend private high schools
03:29As well as graduate from college with degrees in technology
03:32They now use social media to advertise
03:35Drop new merch
03:36And expand their now billion dollar business
03:39Ladies and gentlemen
03:41Welcome the men, the myth, and the New Orleans legends
03:43Nicholas Clark and Marlon Watts
03:45How y'all doing? How y'all doing? How y'all doing? How y'all doing New Orleans?
04:03Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh
04:05That's not good enough for me
04:06I said how y'all doing New Orleans?
04:08Hey
04:09That's what I'm talking about
04:10That's what I'm talking about right there baby
04:11Now that's the energy we need up here
04:13Let's get it
04:14So I just want to say
04:15Being born and raised in New Orleans
04:17I'm really proud of y'all
04:18This city is proud of y'all
04:19It's good to see young brothers doing good things
04:21And being successful
04:22So I appreciate y'all
04:23Thanks, appreciate it
04:24Thanks, appreciate it
04:25Alright, so for my first question
04:27Where did the name World InVision come from?
04:29I take it
04:31So actually the name World InVision comes from World Invasion
04:35So we actually used to call the company World Invasion when we first got started
04:40But when we went to college
04:42We started to
04:43Nicholas came up with a way to spell it shorter
04:45So we only had the one vowel
04:47And everybody at college would call it World InVision
04:50And we was like no, it's not World InVision, it's World InVision
04:53And then one day we just looked at each other and was like
04:56World InVision actually sound better
04:58And we realized that at that point we wanted to inspire people to find their vision
05:03And it all just stuck
05:04And then we came up with Trusting Your Vision
05:06And that's how we got the name
05:08I would say we really didn't even know what we was doing
05:11But like we didn't let that stop us from getting started
05:14Like we learned through the process
05:15We always tell people to have a plan before they get started
05:18But really sometimes you just gotta start
05:20So we really learned as we went
05:22So when y'all switched from World Invasion to World InVision
05:25Was like the rebranding was that hard?
05:27Yeah, so everything after that became about a vision
05:31And from there we was like
05:33It been about a vision the whole time
05:35So it fit very, very well what we had going on
05:39And then from there we started to rebrand
05:41You know, start calling it World InVision
05:43A lot of people that's from New Orleans actually still know it as World Invasion
05:47And then when you say World InVision
05:48It's like they'd be like
05:49Huh? I thought it was World InVision
05:51But really from like from there on out
05:53We just started calling it World InVision
05:55And everything became about trusting in your vision
05:57That's dope man
05:58So y'all slogan is Made in New Orleans
06:01What is it about New Orleans and this city that inspires y'all?
06:05I mean honestly there's no place like this
06:07And we realized that once we got outside
06:09A lot of people from our city only stay in our city
06:13And we actually were fortunate enough to have chances to travel a lot in college
06:17And sell our merchandise in different areas
06:19And when we noticed that it's no place like New Orleans
06:23New Orleans is so unique with the culture
06:25With the people, with the accent
06:27Everybody will be like I know you from New Orleans, I hear it
06:29So we are very unique individuals
06:31And now we're getting to put our brand on a bigger stage
06:35And show what down south and New Orleans is all about
06:39Because we're normally not known for fashion here
06:41But now World InVision is breaking that ground
06:45And creating blueprints for the next brands to come out
06:47And grow from down here
06:49What you got Nick, you got something to it?
06:51Nah, I was just gonna say it's just
06:53It's nothing like this like honestly everywhere we go
06:55Like Marlon just said
06:57Like we got a YouTube channel right?
06:59Somebody just commented on it and said
07:01Y'all need to learn how to speak English
07:03Like so really we just want to inspire people from where we come from too
07:07Because people need somebody to look up to
07:11To show them that there's other ways to do things out here
07:13So really we just want to set that blueprint
07:15For people that's coming up
07:17Like that's from where we from
07:19That they could do something like this too
07:21For sure man, for sure
07:23So going back to the YouTube
07:25You guys are really savvy on social media
07:27Are you guys planning to expand in the tech as well
07:29The tech space?
07:31Or just keep it fashion?
07:33Alright, so right now it's about fashion for sure
07:35But also it's about
07:37Like we saying
07:39Setting that blueprint for other brands to come
07:41So we also do digital
07:43We have digital courses where we teach people
07:45How to start brands
07:47Like we have our YouTube channel where you can go get free game
07:49So really we want to also educate people too
07:51So it's about fashion
07:53But we also want to share the knowledge
07:55And share the vision
07:56So they can learn from
07:57You know the mistakes that we made
07:58So they don't have to make the same mistakes
08:00So we might not be into the tech space as much
08:02But we are
08:03We are in the educational space
08:05As well as the fashion space
08:06Yeah and clothes is just a
08:08Clothes is that hook
08:10All young people want to be fresh
08:12We want to be cool
08:13We want to look good
08:14So the clothes is that initial
08:16That initial investment that we make in our community
08:19To now get this young person to listen
08:22So that's the first thing
08:23You have to get them to start listening
08:25And what we realize is that you can't just go straight at them with
08:29You need to start investing in stocks
08:31You need to start investing in real estate
08:32You got to give them things that's familiar
08:34We got to
08:35We go play sports with some of the kids
08:36Because that relates to them
08:37And they see us playing sports with them
08:39And now they're like
08:40Dang he just like me
08:41Now I can tell you about
08:42All right
08:43You need to be an entrepreneur
08:44You need to realize that you're a brand
08:46You need to go open up a brokerage account
08:49You need to invest in real estate
08:50You need to figure out how you want to
08:52Position yourself with ownership
08:54Because with the power of the internet now
08:56Everybody is their own brand
08:58And now you have the ability to monetize yourself
09:01Monetize your skills
09:02Monetize what you do
09:03And choose to tap into that market
09:05Y'all heard that?
09:06Big facts
09:07Y'all heard that?
09:08Yeah
09:09Yeah
09:10So
09:11Knowing what you know now
09:13What advice would you give y'all for to yourself?
09:16I'm going to take Marlins
09:17Because he always say this
09:18So I'm going to say what he usually say
09:19Because I like it so much
09:20Invest
09:21Like I would have invested so much when I was younger
09:24And not saying like invest financially
09:26I'm saying invest in general
09:28It could be financially
09:29It could be time into something that you really value now
09:33Just investing in anything
09:34It could be a specific person
09:36It could be school
09:37Whatever it is
09:38But just start right away
09:40Like the minute you realize something that you want to do
09:43Do it right away
09:44And start investing that time into it
09:46Well since Nick stole mine
09:48I'm just going to go
09:49I'm going to go with my second best
09:51And it's going to be environment
09:52Your environment is key
09:54Who you keep around you
09:55What you listen to
09:57Who telling you you can't do it
09:59Who telling you you can do it
10:00We say all the time
10:02If you want to be a lawyer
10:04Don't go ask a doctor
10:05Even though they may love you
10:07They can't tell you exactly what a lawyer do on day to day basis
10:10So you're not going to truly get what a lawyer does
10:13Unless you go ask a lawyer and walk in their shoes
10:16So if you want to be a business owner
10:17You need to connect with other entrepreneurs
10:19You need to put yourself inside communities
10:22With the power of the internet now
10:24You can join communities with people from New York
10:27Carolina, Cali, New Orleans
10:31Anywhere you want
10:32You can join these communities
10:34And people are now sharing information
10:36People are now just becoming more together
10:39And you having a team
10:41Is what's going to ultimately get you where you need to be
10:43So environment is going to be key
10:45I'm going to stay alive the next time
10:49Alright so y'all in business is what?
10:51Like 12 years y'all been in business?
10:52Yep
10:53So what's y'all next vision?
10:55Honestly it's stepping into more what Nicholas is talking about
11:00So recently we just created two more businesses
11:04One we're in the process of creating a non-profit
11:07Which we call the Vision Foundation
11:09We do so much stuff in the community already
11:12But we don't have nothing that it's tied to
11:14We're just doing it out of the goodness of our heart
11:16But creating a lane and an avenue and a business for that
11:19So that way we can pull other people into helping and doing what we do too
11:23And then it's going to be what Nicholas also talked about
11:26The activate your vision
11:27We are just touching the tip of the iceberg with the amount of information
11:31The amount of community that we're going to be able to build with that activate your vision platform
11:36Is because it can reach everybody in any place in the world
11:40It's not just about having a t-shirt
11:42But it's about doing live classes
11:43It's about having that community
11:45It's about getting knowledge through e-books and e-learning
11:48So that way once you go out into the world
11:51You can navigate and you can position yourself to receive
11:55Everybody, you know, everybody isn't set up to receive
11:59And that's what we just want to teach you
12:01We want to teach you
12:02Because that's the reason why you're not receiving
12:04Because your vehicle isn't set up
12:06And once you get that vehicle set up
12:08The sky's the limit
12:09Thanks
12:10And I say like
12:11We don't know exactly where we're going to be at in the next 10 years
12:14But really we want to enjoy the process, right?
12:16We want to keep learning
12:17Every day we learn something
12:18So we may transition to something else, you know, tomorrow or a week from now
12:22But really we want to just keep enjoying the process
12:24And keep having fun with what we're doing
12:26So we can just keep growing the brand
12:29So I appreciate you guys for joining me
12:31So let everybody know where they can find y'all on social
12:33And y'all brand on social too
12:35Well one, if anybody want to come support us and shout with us
12:39We have a boot here today
12:41It's going to be in the marketplace
12:43Right across from the target on the end
12:46It's 4308
12:47You can come and shout with our boot
12:49We have t-shirts for $20
12:51Shorts for $30
12:52Hats and socks for $10
12:54So very, very affordable
12:56Come get your drip
12:57And if you want to follow us on social
12:59You can follow us at worldenvision
13:01That's W-R-L-D-I-N-V-S-N
13:05Once again, that's W-R-L-D-I-N-V-S-N
13:10And you can follow us at
13:12And you can also shop at www.worldenvision.com
13:15And honestly, I just want to say thank you to everybody that came out
13:18And everybody that's supporting us
13:20We need this type of event
13:21We need these type of conferences
13:23We need people to be on stage
13:25To continue to give this type of information and knowledge
13:27And for one, y'all being here receiving it
13:30Thank you
13:31Thank y'all so much
13:32Appreciate y'all
13:33I appreciate you fellas
13:35We got Yvette Nicole Brown coming up
13:37And Disney will be flexing their joy
13:39This is how we do it
13:40The Essence Festival of Culture 2022
13:42Let's get it
14:12For the last 300 months
14:14I made 16 albums with me on the front
14:16And they bummed
14:17When you...
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