00:00To be able to expand your network, because people don't do business with businesses,
00:03they do business with people they trust, people that they know can provide a service,
00:08and people that they genuinely like to be around.
00:10The CEO roundtables with LED really help to put you in the same room
00:15with other people of different types of businesses.
00:17You know we talk about it, right?
00:19But to understand that you're not on an island, right?
00:22You have problems. A lot of other business owners have problems.
00:25Everything looks real smooth on the surface, but there's a lot of kicking and churning
00:28and everything. It's like duck on a pond, right?
00:30Everything, it takes a lot of kicking and churning to stay afloat.
00:33The other program that I really appreciate from LED is the backing,
00:38the program that you talked about, about small business loan backing.
00:41I was able to purchase my building.
00:43I have a building right there on Chapatulas.
00:45By taking programs like that with a loan guarantee,
00:48because you bring that to the banker,
00:50and the banker understands that you have a little bit more trust from the state.
00:53You can combine that with other programs.
00:55SBA has programs as well.
00:57And you can combine that to make sure that you get that approval process for your loan.
01:01What's the understand, what's the loan?
01:03What's the loan?
01:07What is other supporting you?
01:08What is other, what is special, public loan?
01:10Actually, you can combine that.
01:11I don't know if you wanted to take care of your loan.
01:12So, you can see those that allow you to travel.
01:14You can see those types ofhouses.
01:15Yes, there are alwaysilas.
01:16I don't know if you wprowad me on BACji.
01:17You
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