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up? It's Mandy Money. I am so excited

1:01

to be with you guys on the whatever

1:04

birthday this is for our country. Whatever

1:06

birthday it is, I just know that there will

1:09

be, there's going to be a party, but we

1:11

are going to have, I feel like there hasn't

1:13

been a clean 4th of July where like we

1:15

have been able to just party and appreciate this

1:17

beautiful country. I

1:19

don't know if it's the times or just

1:21

my age, but like in a good decade,

1:23

like can we like not have anything just

1:25

truly embarrassing happen to us before our birthday?

1:27

Like one year. Y'all, I'm

1:30

going to get into the debate. I

1:32

know whether you watched it or you

1:34

have just caught up on the memes

1:36

online, I'm going to talk about the

1:38

debate. I got some markets

1:41

news for y'all. We're going to find

1:43

out is Chipotle actually shrinking their bowls

1:45

because when I tell you I'm so

1:47

glad that not all heroes were capes,

1:50

but somebody somewhere took it upon

1:52

themselves to analyze the data. Yeah.

1:55

Being 75 burrito bowls to find

1:57

out if Chipotle is actually.

2:00

shrinking its portions.

2:02

And this is silly, but

2:05

also serious because shrinkflation is

2:07

the biggest beef that I have with the

2:09

economy and with retailers in general. Then

2:12

I got to talk about Amazon day, y'all. Cause

2:14

it's July and in the

2:16

ass crack of summer, Amazon every year

2:18

loves to bring out its bargain bin

2:21

and make people gamify shopping so that

2:23

we just buy more stuff that we

2:25

don't need. We just talked

2:27

about this on last week's episodes. I'm eager

2:29

to tap into that. Then

2:31

I got some pop culture tidbits.

2:34

Did y'all hear that Jonathan Majors

2:36

is like lowercase B back and

2:39

I'm figuring out how I feel about it.

2:41

And it's a pretty easy no for me,

2:43

but you know, we're gonna talk about that.

2:45

Somehow he won an award, an

2:47

award that means nothing but also means

2:49

something. The BET Awards were just

2:51

on this past weekend. So I'm gonna talk

2:53

about that. And full disclosure,

2:55

did I watch it? No, not

2:57

me, never. I catch up with the clips

3:00

afterward. Like a good hardworking, you know, mom

3:02

of two has to do. But

3:05

I did watch Will Smith's performance. I

3:07

did watch Taraji P. Henson kind of hit

3:09

on Keith Lee in front of his own

3:11

wife. Oh, there was so

3:13

much to cover. And

3:15

we have not had a chance to chat

3:17

about the whole Ken Dot,

3:19

you know who, Kendrick Lamar taking

3:22

Drake and basically, I don't

3:25

know, just digging a grave for

3:27

him. A very comfortable grave and

3:30

lining it with like satin pillowcases and just

3:32

saying, Drake, here you go. You can lie

3:35

here because this is your career and I

3:37

have buried it. So

3:39

we are gonna talk about Drake's epic

3:41

concert on the West Coast a little

3:43

bit because I don't want to embarrass

3:45

myself because I am not, listen,

3:48

I am not one of those people who's on

3:50

the internet talking about nonstop Kendrick this and here's

3:52

what Drake what in the diss track this like,

3:54

I just am here for

3:57

the music, okay? And what I know is

3:59

that that diss track, not like us, which

4:01

is probably going to sweep the Grammys for

4:03

all of its categories and

4:06

be the nail, like the literal nail

4:08

in Drake's literal career coffin is

4:11

a bop. It's a bop. I listen to

4:13

it nonstop now. You cannot escape it on

4:15

the internet. All right, let's

4:18

get into it. So

4:20

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it should got so much crap during

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right. So top of the news for

4:58

today, Chipotle. Do you

5:00

guys, did you, did you invest in

5:02

Chipotle during the pandemic? Listen, tell us,

5:05

I will not judge you. I

5:07

won't judge you. Maybe just a little bit. I

5:10

personally, I don't invest in many single

5:12

stocks, many individual stocks point point being

5:14

that when I do, they usually tend

5:16

to tank right after that. So I

5:19

am a classic ETF index fund kind of

5:21

girl, but Chipotle is in the news. They

5:24

were one of those stocks, I think during

5:26

the pandemic that got a little bit of

5:28

a lift. They survived the

5:30

great E. coli drama of 2000 and

5:33

what it was at like 17 or something

5:35

where like half of a basketball team

5:37

dropped from E. coli, but

5:39

they are back in the news because

5:42

again, TikTok's favorite food critic, Keith

5:45

Lee is out here setting these

5:47

companies straight y'all and trying to get us

5:49

the best bang for our buck. And

5:51

what y'all have been reporting, yes,

5:53

Keith Lee and also all of y'all

5:56

on the internet who have been sharing

5:58

photos and videos orders.

6:01

The intensity around this debate

6:03

of whether or not Chipotle

6:05

is cracking down on portion

6:08

sizes has reached this new

6:10

level of hotness, right? There's

6:12

actually surveillance of burritos. Like

6:14

literally there's memes of people like strapping

6:16

on cameras, study cams to walk into

6:18

a Chipotle and watch so you can

6:20

see the people making the bowls. But

6:23

what I thought was hilarious is there was actually

6:25

an analyst. Yes, I'm going to open this up.

6:28

An analyst who bought 75 burritos

6:30

from eight different Chipolays to

6:33

prove that the portion size problem is

6:35

real. And guess what? It's not just

6:37

us. Chipotle burrito bowls

6:40

can vary widely, wildly

6:42

in size.

6:44

All right. So what did

6:46

they find? The smallest bowl that they found was 13.8

6:49

ounces. Y'all, do you really need to pound

6:51

a burrito bowl? Like that's wild. But

6:54

the largest bowl that they found at a 75 was 26.8 ounces?

6:56

My gosh, oh my

7:01

goodness. I want to

7:03

interview the person who gave someone a

7:05

pound and a half of burrito. I

7:08

can that little, little cardboard bowl that

7:10

is basically disintegrating as you take it

7:12

to your seat from all the salsas

7:14

and all the liquids. Like can anyone

7:16

fit a pound and a half a burrito

7:18

into that bowl? Like, come on. And after

7:22

they just had their 50 for

7:24

one stock split go into effect,

7:26

they have been reporting increasing sales.

7:28

So even though they're playing us

7:30

in some cases with giving us

7:32

smaller portions, the fact that

7:34

they are only getting more sales bodes

7:36

well for the stock. But I don't

7:38

want y'all to be played a

7:40

fool by another retailer the way that

7:43

Chipotle and many others has been with

7:45

their shrink inflation practices,

7:47

giving us the same product, but

7:50

in a different size. I'm talking

7:52

to you Trader Joe's. I feel

7:55

like Trader Joe's. I'm

7:57

waiting for the Trader Joe's study because I know

7:59

like one One of the things that I can't

8:01

get over is how much more I get these

8:03

chicken dog treats for my dog. Because,

8:05

you know, she's a sensitive girly, so she

8:08

can't have a bunch of fillers in her

8:10

treats. And so they have these like one kind

8:12

of dog treat that has this like dried chicken

8:14

or something like that. And

8:16

it's not cheap in the first place,

8:19

but the package keeps getting smaller. I'm

8:21

like, I'm not spending $6 on two

8:23

little crusty chicken strips for my

8:25

dog. It's not happening. But

8:28

no big announcement. The products are just

8:30

getting smaller. There's less in there. Look

8:33

at a cereal box. Look at a bag of chips. Look how

8:35

much air is in there. Look at

8:37

the my favorite thing at the grocery

8:40

store is to see how much per

8:42

unit the price

8:44

is. So like if you're buying a box

8:46

of cereal and you're like, should I get

8:48

the family size or the regular size? What's the price

8:50

difference? Don't just look at the difference in price. Look

8:53

at the unit price, which is going to tell you

8:55

like per ounce how much you're paying for that cereal.

8:58

And that's how I make a lot of my choices at

9:00

the grocery store is just looking at the per ounce cost.

9:03

But many, many retailers

9:05

are getting away with making

9:07

us feel like not much has changed. And

9:10

yet we are getting less for our money. And

9:12

that is why me and if you're a parent

9:15

or whatever, you just have do a lot of

9:17

grocery shopping. It feels like I've never

9:19

done shopping. Like I always need more stuff. And

9:21

it's always, it's always running out and the

9:24

bills are always getting run up. So what

9:26

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in another couple of weeks Amazon

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10th, their 10th, has it really

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11:41

am I this old? 10th Prime

11:43

Day is coming up this July, July

11:46

16th through 17th. Now for some people

11:48

this is like the summer event. This

11:50

is the Black Friday of

11:52

the summer months and shout out to whoever

11:55

at Amazon came up with this brilliant marketing

11:57

concept but you really did it. everything

14:00

so much less for so much more money.

14:03

But he walked out of that store with three

14:05

toys because everything in the toy section

14:07

was either like 30% or 50% off. Like

14:11

to the point where you would go to checkout and

14:13

we thought his toy was $17, it was actually And

14:17

when I tell you nothing makes a four

14:19

year old learn math on the spot, like

14:21

finding out he's got an extra $9 instead

14:23

of three. So

14:26

he bought a, it was really sweet though.

14:28

He bought a birthday card for his dad and then a

14:30

rocket ship craft, which he ended up giving to his dad.

14:32

I love my kid, but see what

14:34

I'm saying. You can tell that not only are

14:36

retailers competing with Amazon, but they're getting in the

14:38

game earlier. So we love to see that. So

14:41

if you are looking for deals, I'm

14:44

just going to go ahead and say, try to

14:46

find things that you were going to buy anyway,

14:48

but check out Walmart. Walmart has their Walmart deals.

14:51

Target has circle week where if you sign up

14:53

for their loyalty program, you can get deals and

14:55

they're going to have another one in July. Best

14:59

Buy is also bringing back literally Black

15:01

Friday in July. Wait, should my

15:03

husband have waited to buy? He just bought a brand new TV.

15:06

Y'all 65 inches. That's a

15:08

lot of inches. And sometimes you

15:10

just got to like blackout a little bit when

15:12

things happen in the house. And I'm just like,

15:14

yeah, sure. That's the TV. Now it's as big

15:16

as the wall. Uh-huh. This is great.

15:19

But damn, should he have waited until Black Friday

15:21

in July? I don't know. But

15:23

y'all do not sleep on these other

15:26

deals, especially if you're shopping for back

15:28

to school. Why not start a little

15:30

bit early if you get some, I would be interested to see

15:32

if there's some back to school deals. And

15:34

if you can actually, I mean, I got Crayola Crayons

15:36

at Target that were 99 cents for a full

15:39

box. I never thought in

15:41

my life I would be so excited about

15:43

a sale on Crayola Crayons, but here I

15:46

am and here it is who I am.

15:48

See y'all, you're still listening, right? I

15:50

haven't lost half the audience, have I? Very

15:52

excited about that. I'm really curious to hear if

15:55

you guys are going to be shopping these deals

15:57

in the middle of the summer, but I got

15:59

to stay with you. way because the last thing

16:01

I need is more stuff in this house. Stuck

16:04

in a, signed stuck in a starter home. Okay.

16:06

That's going to be the name of my memoir,

16:08

Stuck in a Starter Home. Since

16:10

it is July 4th, I do want to talk

16:13

about this little tidbit that I read. The American,

16:16

I love these random

16:18

associations. Of course we need an

16:20

American pyrotechnics association. They

16:22

are predicting that we're going to drop $2.4 billion, twice as much

16:26

as we spent before the

16:28

pandemic in fireworks. So if

16:31

you are one of those people, like we were back in

16:33

the day, you had to drive to the border of Alabama

16:35

to get your fireworks. Listen, do

16:37

what you got to do. Please be

16:39

safe. I'm not purchasing

16:41

fireworks. It seems like a

16:44

lot of liability. I'm going to go to a

16:46

big fireworks show and just watch them, you know,

16:48

the way that I like to stay my

16:51

ass in side the other five days of

16:53

the week. Because if you live in a

16:56

black or Hispanic neighborhood, you know that the

16:58

entire week of the 4th of July, it's

17:00

going to be until

17:03

like three in the morning. Oh my

17:05

God. I do not miss living in

17:07

the Heights on Dykeman. I

17:09

do not. The Dominicans love a party.

17:11

They love popping off fireworks

17:14

on the roof at all hours

17:16

of the night. No, thank you

17:18

ma'am. I am a Patriot, but I

17:20

also need to sleep. Okay.

17:24

All right. So that's a little bit of

17:26

business and markets. Let's move to a little

17:28

bit of politics. I just want to

17:30

say a prayer. I want

17:33

to say a prayer for America and

17:36

for democracy because it ain't looking

17:38

good y'all. It ain't

17:40

looking good. To the

17:42

point where Joe Biden, and

17:44

if you have been sleeping under a rock

17:46

or just, you know, a lot of social

17:49

media news kind of cleanse, you know, more

17:51

power to you. It's not nice over here.

17:53

Just stay off the internet. Joseph

17:57

R. Biden. I

18:00

just want to give the man an

18:02

electric blanket and a mug of hot

18:04

piping hot Earl Grey tea, the

18:07

little squeeze of lemon and like a little

18:09

drizzle of honey. And I want to give

18:11

him a crossword puzzle and I

18:13

want to give him the big lazy boy chairs.

18:15

You know what I mean? Like the kind that

18:17

your grandparents probably had. If you grew up between

18:20

the, you know, the 90s to like the early

18:23

2000s, he needs one

18:25

of those lazy boy chairs. He needs some

18:27

cute cozy socks. He needs Jill by his

18:29

side, although she's a young little thing. So

18:31

she's probably like, you know, on her phone,

18:35

grading papers, whatever. But I need him in front

18:37

of a fireplace and I need him to take

18:39

a nap. I need him to be 81 years

18:42

old. It is sad to me. This is my

18:44

take. I wish I could come here and give

18:46

you like all these different angles, uh, policies and

18:49

like, whatever was spoken about, you know, the truth.

18:51

I don't know what the F they talked about.

18:54

I know that I was in a literal,

18:56

like I was in, thank God I was

18:58

watching in bed because I could just curl

19:00

up in a tight little ball of anxiety

19:03

because it was so deeply uncomfortable to watch

19:05

this old man flub question

19:08

after question, flub response after response.

19:10

Do you want to know why?

19:12

Because he's an old man. We

19:14

should let this man age with

19:16

dignity and we are in such

19:18

dire straits that we have to

19:20

like prop him up with whatever

19:22

he took, probably nothing by the

19:24

sights of it, whatever he

19:26

needed to stand up on that stage and

19:28

try to string words together way after his

19:30

bedtime. The man is 81. My grandparents,

19:34

God rest their souls. They

19:36

each passed away in their early eighties and like

19:39

that's already a little bit above, I think that

19:41

lifespan for the average American, but he's a president.

19:43

So we'll give them an extra 10, 20

19:45

years. Look at Jimmy Carter. I feel like they really

19:48

get the good medicine, the secret stuff that

19:50

the rest of us probably don't know yet, but

19:54

it made me so deeply uncomfortable. And what was so

19:56

depressing for me too is just like, I feel like

19:59

I'm going to be The

24:00

BET Awards aired this weekend. I watched

24:02

the Will Smith performance because I couldn't

24:04

believe he was performing. My

24:06

husband and I just saw Bad Boys. What

24:09

was the tagline? I don't know. The

24:11

fifth or fourth Bad Boys movie that he and Martin

24:13

Lawrence put out. All I can say

24:15

is I don't

24:18

know if the movie has changed. It just, you know,

24:20

it is what it is. It was a popcorn movie.

24:23

It was entertaining. And maybe

24:25

it would have been funny if the margarita

24:27

had not already worn off by the time

24:29

I sat down in my seat. However,

24:32

when I heard he's performing, I was like,

24:34

wow, talk about a comeback kid. So

24:36

I want to talk about two comeback kids, Will Smith

24:38

on one end and then Jonathan Majors on the other.

24:41

Completely different offenses, right? Will Smith,

24:43

the smack hurt around the world. It's been a

24:45

few years since that. Has it really been a

24:47

few years? At least two years since that happened.

24:50

And I'm actually pleased to see Will

24:53

still making art, still making movies. He's

24:55

obviously still a huge brand. He

24:57

was defending his wife. No, or, you

25:00

know, whatever she is at this point, defending

25:03

her against someone else. But like, of course,

25:05

using violence is never the answer. But I

25:07

do think that, you know, he wrote, he

25:10

had that memoir that came out. He's had

25:12

this movie. He's got the Bad

25:14

Boys franchise, which is still, you know, bringing in tons

25:16

of money. But music,

25:19

like music is not where I expected for

25:21

him to go next. But he

25:23

couldn't let Willow have all the fun, right?

25:27

He's like, oh, no, baby girl, like he just can't

25:29

let Willow have it because she is slaying right now.

25:31

And he could just be like he could just be

25:33

a proud Papa. But no, he had to put on

25:35

a silver suit and get on

25:37

stage at the BET Awards and basically

25:39

do like a like

25:42

a Christian gospel kind of rap

25:44

moment. It was giving like, I

25:46

think he was wanting to do

25:48

like a Jesus Walks Kanye moment.

25:50

But I didn't get that. I

25:53

was actually reading a lot of the

25:55

comments on TikTok and I was expecting them to be

25:57

giving him so much shit. But a lot of people

25:59

were like, wow. I needed that message from Will Smith

26:01

right now. And the song is called You Can Make

26:03

It. So it was very like, I

26:06

think it's true to Will and how he's always been. I

26:08

wasn't keeping track of it if he cursed or not. I

26:10

know that's his like big thing he never cussed, but

26:12

this was like inspirational rap. And there's a

26:15

lane for everybody. So like more power to

26:17

him. I think he deserves

26:20

to be here. I think he deserves to

26:22

be on a stage. If he cares to

26:24

grace one, he is and forever will be

26:26

my Fresh Prince and I cannot untangle my

26:28

love for that character from Will Smith. He

26:30

just is that guy. People

26:33

were giving a lot of, did

26:35

not have so great things to say about

26:37

the Usher tribute because they had a, it

26:40

was all women who did the tribute, which

26:42

I think was pretty badass. Why not? Some

26:45

people didn't like it, but it is what it

26:47

is. I thought the funniest moment for

26:50

me that I've seen on Twitter is when Taraji

26:52

P. Henson accidentally hit on Keith Lee like in

26:54

front of his wife. But

26:56

also, shout out to Keith Lee, who literally just

26:58

used to sit in a Paw Patrol children's foldable

27:00

chair and talk about his food that

27:03

he got from the drive-through. And now

27:05

he is this huge internet star at

27:07

the BET Awards. Like that's incredibly dope

27:10

and has remained so humble and does

27:13

just incredible things for the community that

27:15

communities that he blesses with his presence.

27:17

Keith Lee, I'm excited for you to

27:19

return to Atlanta and give us another

27:21

try. Yes, I will say us, even

27:23

though I do not live there currently,

27:25

but always in my heart. I

27:28

think Atlanta deserves another try, and I'm glad that he

27:30

is doing that. So let's be to

27:32

the awards, but the second comeback kid,

27:34

Jonathan Majors, now. This

27:37

one I feel very different about. And

27:40

what I had heard, I didn't want to

27:42

give clicks to

27:44

the actual awards ceremony because

27:46

I think we're then just kind

27:48

of reinforcing why they did this

27:50

as a PR stunt. They knew.

27:53

This is a random-ass award show. I've

27:55

never heard. I mean, no

27:58

offense to the other honorees. I

28:00

hope that you deserved it, but

28:03

he was awarded at the

28:05

Hollywood Impact Awards. So

28:09

Jonathan, if you guys again are not,

28:11

let me just remind you, he was

28:13

convicted of assault. He never served any

28:15

time apparently, but the

28:17

fact that he is now winning a

28:20

perseverance award on any stage and

28:22

he was there with his girlfriend,

28:25

Megan, why do I want to say Megan Fox?

28:28

I'm sorry about that. And

28:31

to be on a stage like that

28:33

soon after it, he even addressed the

28:37

supposed incident, his

28:40

conviction, I think it ended up being, I don't think

28:42

it was a felony. It was like a misdemeanor, but

28:45

he likened himself to any other black man

28:47

navigating through the justice system. And hey, it's

28:49

his story. He should own it. He can

28:51

say whatever he wants to say, but I

28:53

just feel some type of way about him

28:55

getting an award and being

28:57

introduced by a woman who was saying

28:59

how after being in a nine year

29:01

marriage where she was assaulted, she was

29:03

proud and humble. Those

29:06

words came out of her mouth to introduce Jonathan

29:08

Major. So I do think that

29:10

that's very fair for us to talk about

29:12

the ridiculousness of cancel culture and how people

29:14

don't have room for redemption. But

29:16

at the same time, it sort of

29:18

has to require some sort of reckoning

29:21

and humility. And I

29:23

do think when you're a public figure, when

29:25

you are trying to seek redemption

29:27

after doing something so heinous as putting

29:29

your hands on another human being, especially

29:32

a woman in a relationship

29:34

and from all reports that I've read, not just

29:36

one, it maybe was convicted for

29:38

one, but that was kind of his MO

29:41

for years now, right? Allegedly, I will say.

29:44

Allegedly, allegedly do not sue me. We

29:46

ain't got money like that anyway. But

29:50

I do think there's room for a redemption

29:54

arc, but awards

29:56

after a situation like that, it just,

29:58

it's giving PR publicity. stunt to me.

30:01

And this little known award show is now of course

30:03

being written about and talked about. So hey, it's all

30:05

marketing at the end of the day. All

30:08

right. Okay. I'm going to

30:10

wrap up the buzz worthy. And by

30:12

the way, Tiffany's not here. It's just

30:14

me today. I hope you guys are

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read this whole thing, but you are amazing. Casey,

30:57

Mandy and Tiffany are so vibrant in their

30:59

energy and friendship. I love how they flow

31:01

through conversations that are relatable saying

31:04

what we think, but don't say sometimes

31:06

Mandy has amazing advice on negotiating and

31:08

reminding yourself of your work of

31:10

your work. Thank you so much, Mandy. I've been

31:12

going through it in my career and it's so

31:14

inspiring to hear your voice telling

31:17

the hard truths. Tiffany, AKA the

31:19

budget needs to is so insightful

31:21

on looking at your money as more than just

31:24

a monetary item that we all work so hard

31:26

for, but to see it as an opportunity you

31:28

can create for yourself with it. I

31:30

love how transparent Tiffany is and the work

31:32

it takes to make yourself whole. Oh,

31:35

Casey, that is just incredible. There's so much

31:37

more I didn't read, but thank you so

31:40

much. That is so generous to

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take the time to write that much for

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us. Thank you. And then travel by faith

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says, I love, love, love listening to you

31:49

ladies. It's just a good girl chat that

31:51

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31:53

at times chaotic conversations as it is.

31:56

It makes it more fun to listen

31:58

to. All right. I travel

32:00

by faith. Yes, I was a little self-conscious

32:02

of how much I talk over Tiffany, because

32:05

I get excited and I can't

32:07

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hey VA fam, I'm back and I'm

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do my Brown Boost this week. I

34:20

am choosing something positive. So

34:23

by the time you hear this, it's gonna be

34:25

the 4th of July or around about there, but

34:28

you still have time to sign up for

34:30

the FinCon Women in and Money Mastermind

34:32

event that's happening July 15th and

34:35

16th in Manhattan at the NASDAQ.

34:37

I will be there hitting the

34:40

stage with some of my favorite

34:42

financially free and financially fabulous influencers

34:44

and authors and experts like Jamila

34:46

Souffron from Journey to Launch, friend

34:49

of the show. We've

34:51

got Bernadette, wait, what is Bernadette's

34:53

last name? I said Bernadette

34:55

Peters, but that is actually a Broadway actor.

34:58

I'm not at all. I think Bernadette.

35:01

I only know her as Bernadette.

35:03

Bernadette, do you have a last?

35:06

Bernadette like D-E-B-T, cause

35:08

it's so clever. Joy, Bernadette Joy. There

35:10

we go. Not the curly redhead from

35:12

the brandy Whitney Houston

35:14

version of Cinderella. Also

35:17

going to be on the stage

35:19

with my podcast network sister, Paula

35:21

Pan, Jamila Souffron, Bernadette Joy and

35:24

me. I am sharing four keys

35:26

to negotiate your business contracts without

35:28

selling yourself short. And if

35:30

you're not familiar with the women in money event,

35:32

it is new to the FinCon community, but basically

35:35

it's a networking event. They have a mastermind where

35:37

you can go all day and just kind of

35:39

get poured into by your peers. If

35:41

you have a business or you want to start a

35:43

business and you know

35:45

what? I have three free passes to this

35:48

women in money event. I don't know how

35:50

much it costs, probably a few hundred dollars,

35:53

but I have one left. I've given

35:55

two of the passes to business

35:57

owners in my Mandy money. coaching

36:00

community and I have one left. So

36:02

how about the first person who

36:04

can send me a DM on IG?

36:06

Yes, me at Mandy Money, not the

36:09

Brown Ambition one, just directly to me

36:11

and say that you want the pass

36:14

and you can be in New York because I don't want to

36:16

just give it to you if you're not going to use it.

36:18

It is Monday, July 15th between 4 and 7 p.m. That's

36:21

the first event. That's where I'm going to be at the

36:24

NASDAQ, which is in Midtown Manhattan. Okay,

36:26

so it's in New York, not virtual,

36:28

in person. After the

36:31

event, there's going to be a networking

36:33

dinner. So you can share a meal

36:35

in small groups and you'll get the

36:37

opportunity to create content in NASDAQ Studio.

36:39

Sweet. And then on Tuesday, there

36:41

is actually a mastermind, like I said, 9 to 5 p.m.

36:44

The entire day, you can focus on

36:46

your creator business with other like-minded creators.

36:49

You'll be grouped on, you'll be

36:51

grouped up based on similar levels

36:53

of experience and you'll have a

36:55

mastermind facilitator to make sure the

36:57

conversation flows. And the whole

36:59

purpose is just to connect you with other creators

37:01

and to, yeah, just enrich the work

37:04

that you're doing. So, yeah, I love

37:06

this. I have one pass left. You

37:08

just have a code. You can use my special

37:10

code to get a free pass and you can

37:12

come hang out with us at NASDAQ in New

37:14

York City. That sounds like an amazing way to

37:16

spend a Monday and a Tuesday, right? Okay,

37:19

BI fam. That is it for me.

37:21

Thank you so much for listening. Happy

37:23

Fourth of July. Go vote in

37:26

November. We'll keep on y'all about that. All

37:28

right. If there's anything you

37:30

want to hear us talk about in the

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