i was made in america and also currently i'' m a part of making america these are the things that i needed to be successful if you don'' t use this time to find out something or do something various then you ' re failing yourself take these techniques as well as use them to your business i obtain teary eyed discuss it due to the fact that i really desire the little ladies to recognize that they can do it and also they can be just like me and they realize that you'' re a human and also not a computer thanks can you follow me what would you inform someone at that extremely starting stage being a business owner is having the ability to take no'' s and also develop with them like blocks america has always been associated with making it however is this possibility available to all i'' m scott shigeoka godaddy ' s business owner in residence and i'' m on a trip across the country fulfilling the people who are developing it they ' re opposing the odds and their stories show us what it indicates to be made in america [Music] I became an entrepreneur because i saw the method i wanted to form this world yet the journey wasn'' t didn and also constantly easy'' t always go according to strategy but part of being an entrepreneur is pushing with that and also learning from it our goal with the collection is to highlight the daily entrepreneurs that are making our areas much better with their devotion and also with their desires regardless of the challenges they encounter we'' re telling their one-of-a-kind stories due to the fact that if we celebrate our happiness and if we likewise recognize our struggles we can lean in to the trip of being a business owner and that'' s why we ' re out right here in atlanta atlanta is an area where entrepreneurship grows it'' s a place where people make their own way expanding up in atlanta was unbelievable [ Songs] our mayor was black our leadership was black i recognized black physicians attorneys accounting professionals small company owners if there was a field of practice to encompass there was depiction of that right here in atlanta right here in atlanta it feels like the dirt is abundant here as far as being innovative and also having the ability to have a platform to actually expand it atlanta is the capital for climbing organizations and it'' s simply atlanta ' s whatever you need to be below what are you waiting for however it likewise has an additional side to it like the majority of areas around the country there is a substantial revenue space and a lot of it is divided along racial lines we'' re not just seeing the have-nots and haves we'' re seeing the haves and also have-nevers it'' s actually discouraging atlanta politically was built to include everybody but many people are still being left behind we'' re having some really extremely challenging discussions regarding society as well as regarding people we have a possibility to get it appropriate little company ownership is 2nd only to residence ownership as a source of building wide range in this country so we have a significant opportunity to unlock social possibility at an increased speed [Songs] here in atlanta we'' re dealing with g-men the georgia mini business network as well as they are a partner of encourage by godaddy they supply support training sources tools as well as neighborhood for day-to-day entrepreneurs below in atlanta and also across the state hi i'' m scott i ' m sonia welcome to atlanta they are genuinely attempting to close the revenue space and also other types of proportion and also equity through the power of entrepreneurship this is where the magic takes place gman as a whole is a company that offers the security as well as the resources to those that may not have that chance we help to mold as well as make entrepreneurs from the perception and to execution sonia is going to take me around atlanta as well as she'' s going to reveal me the local business that make atlanta what it is yeah oh it smells good i can scent it i ' m like i desire several of that sound what individuals normally get and the bbq hen when people integrated to build business as well as to develop jobs guy that feels great falling off the bone i'' m from el salvador i matured in markets offering fruits and veggies with my grandma i transferred to the states to be independent and also create my own service i believe if you are an american by default you are a business owner you might not know it you may not realize it you may not concur with it however there is a business spirit and i believe that this is the greatest possibility because we can make with each other what we desire america to be for ourselves as well as for future generations you'' re component of background i can be the following coca-cola we can be the following briar'' s ice lotion when you'' re your own entrepreneur you can limit on your own core systems once you start being enlightened on the systems it'' s like what can i do to platform myself past that i love that solution oh wow yeah i saw it in her eyes she'' s like entering into a class we'' re in there with organizations that we value that we currently understood before going in like you recognize these services that we'' ve appreciated currently we'' re in an area with them makes us feel great that we'' re going in the right instructions when you fulfill individuals that get on like the very same journey the same course they associate with you some individuals who work 9 to five or you recognize they don'' t recognize like what it implies to such as put your whole heart right into like something and it has to function i am thrilled regarding what we'' re going to learn today your business owner container must be on complete when you leave [Songs] why does this work issue to you it matters to me due to the fact that i am a third generation entrepreneur so my grandfather had a couple dining establishments around barbecue my papa had a restaurant as well as i at one time had a food catering business so if similar chance was paid for to my grandpa and also my daddy i actually feel like they would have been much more successful than they were to ensure that'' s why this work matters to me what'' s up y ' all i ' m scott shigeoka i ' m the entrepreneur in residence with godaddy i assume like one of things i listen to a lot is that this feels lonely in some cases you recognize like it can feel challenging occasionally right like individuals telling you no but i believe you are below today due to the fact that you'' re attempting to oppose that you'' re attempting to claim no you understand what you can say that however i ' m gon na inform you something'else and also i ' m gon na show you another thing i can in fact do this and also you obtained each other is the other thing right you have a neighborhood here that ' s what i ' m feeling in atlanta you recognize like how do we rise with each other right so increase up right we try to climb up like you try to rise like there'' s some remarkable trainers below that are going to aid you share yourself as genuine beings in this world and i hope you get what you need from that a person of things we'' ve kept in mind right here at gmen we'' re we ' ve been around for around twenty years and also among the first thing we kept in mind that here in the south we put on'' t have as a number of the opportunities that cities do have you'' re from atlanta from atlanta i am from atlanta georgia i went to a school called harper secondary school as well as it'' s truly in the hood and i am the very first business owner in my family members i bootstrapped my method with i i remained in business america however i took my 401k and also i simply made it work currently i return to harper i return to adamsville as well as i speak with the little brownish women there and i show them that even if you'' re from adamsville even if you'' re southern side take a look at me i get teary-eyed talking because i truly desire the little women to understand that they can do it as well as they can be just like me [Songs] Involvement is significant when you involve with them and also you have that conversation as well as they understand that you'' re a human as well as not a computer thank you can you follow me alright so with that being said draw out your phones at godaddy all right so the power in below is incredible everyone was so involved in class i never saw so lots of hands up in a workshop prior to it was so outstanding to see them starving to discover and to desire to engage as well as i think that'' s what ' s called for as an entrepreneur you need to be a lifelong student you need to have that growth way of thinking that allows you to proceed to level up i want to understand a little bit concerning like what'' s the desire for you like what'' s next for you like where are you where are you attempting to take this journey allow ' s legitimize this the method that we need to and like make a dedication to ourselves and also to our kids that we'' re going to seek the education that we require to grow our service into something more you know i'' m excited concerning having various other individuals like me to possess these franchises so i'' m excited to expand my organization i ' m well on my method right now so i currently have that traction i believe you'' re always trying to be better and do even more because it'' ll create security for me in a lengthy [ Music] [Applause] [Songs] time the time you all came it seemed like the last delighted day it resembled that was the the cutoff of businesses growing and also people attaching and afterwards the following day all of it quit like everything closed down there was a 24-hour quarantine that entered into fashion midnight yeah i mean we were literally in flight you know we were opening up expanding another room as well as of program every little thing is at a grinding halt of all the business owners that came via the program that we work with 90 of them are shut down exactly how are you men doing my partner obtained evaluated uh positive for coba 19.
Oh wow though he is doing great though he'' s really he ' s recouped he hasn ' t had a fever in'a we ' re while and completely isolated simply really trying to do our component yet yeah i assume i assume like you you'' re sensation you understand a sense of uncertainty and also i think that'' s certainly airborne we'' re attempting to consider methods to you know make certain that we'' re remaining based and we'' re requesting the help we need as well as we'' re additionally getting to out to others exactly how we can you recognize it truly has actually required us to be innovative we'' re doing providing for frontline employees at medical facilities we did 120 individuals today we'' ve transitioned to marketing a great deal of to-go food small companies are typically really resistant and also clever because they'' ve had to make points occur with very little [Music] that'' s durability that'' s great so entrepreneurship is most importantly most importantly vital you understand if we wish to obtain americans back to function small companies require to be all set they require to be healthy and balanced so they can use them all i can say is the timing of everything has actually simply been so outstanding for godaddy to be a companion with g-men and also with the atlanta entrepreneurs has actually kind of made the difference that is basically things that everybody is requesting they all require to understand just how to do promotions they all require to understand exactly how to take their service from a site to online that is an immediate service that'' s readily available if you don'' t use this moment to discover something or do something various and also you'' ve been complaining concerning it then you'' re failing on your own they'' re in fact getting to out without having to leave their house which is crucial for them to know i can do that i can still operate from right where i am you know i love that like what you'' re talking concerning is a mindset shift right and also using this chance sensibly i like that reframe of stating you understand this is a minute for us to much better our companies to adjust so next we'' re going to find out even more concerning several of these entrepreneurs are familiar with who they are exactly how they reached where they are and also see where they'' re going next i was made in america as well as i wouldn'' t trade that for anything the excellent the bad the awful like all of it right it influences us to evolve from made to square away like i was made in america as well as currently i'' m a part of making america so stick with me as we go deeper right into the trips of entrepreneurs and also discuss the injustices and the obstacles that some of them deal with to begin with we'' re going to talk with the robinsons they'' re a family that runs a vegan popsicle organization in atlanta and also they'' re momentarily of real development i wish you join us