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Thank you for the question. Um, would inspire, you know, how did I get to where I am today and what incidents inspired me I work in. You know, I worked in technology for 20 years. When I was very young. I started working, um, in information technology support and systems management. I think, you know, 21 22 years old. Um, what led me to where I am now working on engineering, design, construction, and real estate development is a good foundation of technological understanding of different industries. Uh, when you're supporting, uh, enterprise level business on the back end, Um, even in the early years of your career, you understand what's critically important for for the business in terms of, you know, facets of the business to capitalize on and how those businesses operate. Um, understanding the back office elements of larger businesses. Um, like, uh, legal and health care and, uh, manufacturing things like that. Um, you know, it made me look at other facets of technology, uh, to become involved in and at the time, um, 22 years ago or however long ago that waas the internet was quickly becoming one of those business tools that people need to understand how to use. Um and that was similar that industry I spent. I spent a lot of time in that industry in, um technology and Internet marketing, helping people build websites and advertise their businesses. And you start to find that the things that are important to the business is that you are supporting in terms of I t infrastructure, the same things air also tied together and important when you're marketing your company in making this new tool being the Internet, um, you know, critical for those businesses. So you learn a lot about a business when you try to find the value in those technology services for their use and profitability. Going from I. T. To Internet marketing introduced me to a world where I could work for just about any business I wanted to because clearly understanding their technological needs, um, their outward projection in terms of marketing their businesses, I had to learn about how a lot of businesses worked. Um, so I found a company after a while that I was able to help significantly with their I T infrastructure and Internet marketing and watching how they did business got me interested in architecture, engineering, design and construction management. So, um, sort of a long winded answer. But, uh, I never saw myself in construction 20 years ago. Uh, developing real estate. You know, when I was working on computers, when when that industry was really exploding, you know?
um So just to be clear, the business is still a startup, And, uh, and my focus on this business was primarily the real estate and the location, Um, finding a place where it's a manufacturing business of medical bio farmer products. And and so So, you know, the products that I think you know, the product development piece of this business is not my forte, right? What I do is I look at their operational needs, help them find a location that facilitates distribution. Um, finds the right community for these folks to do business in and attract talent, um, and find them a space for all their operations that suits their needs for the price that they need. Right. So So So my involvement in this business is a little unique in that, um, and not like, not unlike other startups. Um, typically, the founders of these businesses provide, you know, a vein of service or business or expertise, right? As one of the founders with those optics eso that the business team is more successful. So that was my that was my role. But the evolution of the product, I think, is, um you know, uh, medically and culturally relevant. And I do expect their industry Thio, you know, evolve quickly
So, um, that's a loaded question, too, because of the current pandemic environment. And in this industry, you know, obviously retail was handicapped, um, in manufacturing in in in some regards right through the last six months, with with what we're envisioning. But, um, in the first few weeks that critically important elements of this business or well planned, um, I think that the biggest challenges our understanding where our market entry, the formal market entry, where we're absolutely able to release products, um, consistently with some continuity is a challenge. And mostly because of the state of the market related toe, you know, the business being allowed to be open and operate with the with the number of people that we want in the building. Um, if the pandemic wasn't an issue, I would say that that looks a little bit different because you're you're free to have as many people in the building is your occupancy allows and you're able thio, um, you know, meet with people in person that you're hiring where, um you know, um, that's been complicated in in the recent months. So? So I think the challenges ey're not so different. Um, pre pandemic post pandemic in this environment. But I think I think the biggest challenges in businesses who are wholesaling and retailing products, um, you know, are are basically driven by supply chain your talent and your your customer retention. So So those are the Those are the biggest challenges for us because some of the products that are being manufactured or manufactured all over the country on bond in differentiating yourself from your competition, um, along with the other things I mentioned are probably the most critical elements of success in the early life of these businesses.