So we're going to start off with a friend of mine, Byron Burden.
I want to start with you, sir. Yes, sir. How are you doing? You ready to have a little fun? I'm
doing great. How are you doing? Nice. Okay. Everybody hear him good? Is that Mike good? Awesome. So
give me a little background on your athletics. You played basketball overseas. Can you give us a
little bit about where you grew up and how that affected your life? Yeah, I grew up in
Pennsylvania, Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Went to Temple University. Okay,
okay. We got one. Yeah. And then from there I went to Germany and played for the Bear Giants for a
couple years. Nice. What visualization affirmations added value when you were in your sports to
help you become successful? I think the biggest thing is just consistency and discipline. That was
probably the biggest two things that really helped you to get where you need to go, the discipline
and consistency. What's the one financial, the largest financial mistake you ever made?
that cost you a lot of money, the million-dollar mistake? Honestly, it was more about appearance,
buying cars and certain things and trying to look like we had money instead of really understanding
how money works and investing in things to generate money. That was the biggest thing I've seen,
personally.
So the car dealership was the one that took the money out of your pocket? I like this. Yeah, too
much hanging out. The clubs? Yep. Okay, cool. If somebody wants to be a top one percenter in their
field and they want to create amazing outcomes with their life, what advice would you give them?
You've got to outwork everyone. There's no way around that. You've just got to put the work in and
keep your head down. That's probably the best advice I can give to them. For sure. Your project,
can you talk about what you're doing? You're launching in LA this next month, I believe, right?
Yeah. AC Green is my partner, former Laker. So September 5th in LA, we open a fitness facility.
Yeah. So it's an NIL academy and performance facility. Yeah. And we're really excited. Alexander
DiPiro, FIFA ambassador, he's also our partner as well. So we'll be doing training for soccer,
football, and basketball there. And also education, NIL. Can you talk about the NIL stuff,
the financial literacy and why that means a lot to you? Yeah, we partnered with Rockefeller Capital
Management. They kind of gave us a playbook because a lot of the kids now, they really don't
understand what's going on as far as taxes and just different things as far as NIL and the parents.
I see that a lot. A lot of the parents really don't know what's going on. So that's something we're
going to help them with as well. Can you talk a little bit about your documentary too? Like what
you're doing with pro athletes, how you're telling testimony stories? Yeah, we have a docuseries.
It's called Next Gen NIL. We filmed Ashton Gentile last April in Dallas. So he was the first
athlete. And basically, it's a multi-sport docuseries, and it's just showing behind the scenes and
all the different challenges that these kids go through. I mean, they see all the money at the end,
but it's so much in the process that leads up to that. So this docuseries will incorporate all of
that, you know, and it's entertaining. We're also working with Dick's Sporting Goods. My partner
with that is Jack Gilardi Jr. He's going to be helping oversee the project. What are you doing in
Jacksonville with Aaron? We'll get to Aaron at the end. But what are you doing? What are you
working on? Yeah, we're looking to expand into Jacksonville. Aaron, like he said, he's a former
Jaguar. He has great connections out there. And we're looking to expand into underserved
communities out there and really help those kids. Not just sports-wise, but off the field as well,
you know, definitely. So we're really excited about that. And Daniel as well with Foundation
Academies. We're partnering with that. We just looked at a couple properties. They're pretty cool,
Aaron. That was some fun stuff. Tell me what were the biggest challenges that you went through as
an athlete on the court, off the court, with your family, as a kid, getting to where you got to?
Honestly, the biggest challenge I seen was just so many people pulling at you. Some family members,
they think you're making money, not really understanding how much is going out, right? So you're
getting calls from people. always needing stuff and you can't be everything to everybody so that
was probably the biggest challenge i seen and i even i spent time with aaron when he was with the
jaguars i stayed with him in the summer and i seen him dealing with a lot of stuff which is people
constantly thinking that you can just be everything to everybody and you can't you know you got to
learn how to say no so that would be my biggest advice that's good advice yep who is the person
that made the most impact in your life as a kid I would honestly have to say my mother.
She was a superhero. She raised six kids by herself. So just seeing her to persevere and do what
she did, you know, and still provide for us, that gave me just the instincts that I could do
whatever I wanted to do and achieve those goals. That's awesome. Yep. Amazing.
You guys, give them a round of applause.