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Hi, everyone, It's Ben Walter with a big

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welcome back. We're officially kicking

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off season two of The Unshakables, and

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I'm excited and ready to share some incredible stories

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with you. I'm impressed every day by

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small business owners, and I can honestly

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say that this season continues to surprise me. Stories

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from guests like George Escavella.

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Out of nowhere, they back out, My life

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turns upside down. I had

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very little debt up until this point. We

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later find out that they

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were running a Ponzi scheme to the tune of two hundred

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and twenty million dollars. It

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rocked my world.

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And Zara Hargan's elif you're

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now low on cash,

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did you ever think about giving up?

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No, giving us not an option. It's absolutely

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not an option. Not one is such a great idea,

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and I know the future of it. I cannot

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let go.

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I've also got some great new co pilots with me, all

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of whom are making waves in business and culture

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in their own right. In the first few episodes,

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you'll hear from Kathleen, founder

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of Grayce & Co. and author of Build

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Like a Woman.

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I just developed a tremendous amount of compassion

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for other small business owners like me,

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and so I really wanted

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to take what I have learned in

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consulting and democratize that

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for more small business owners. Really bring

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practical tools and resources

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and skill sets in addition to the

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right mindset to this community.

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That's great, Ben, What about you?

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What has you most excited about doing season

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two.

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I'm just so proud of the entrepreneurial

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and innovative spirit in this country, and I'm

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proud that we get to support it, and I'm proud that we get to

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amplify it and tell those stories because

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small business it's the driver

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of employment, it's the driver of growth,

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it's the driver of the future. And

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then last, I just meet some awesome

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people. If

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you want to get every new episode as soon as it airs,

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subscribe to The Unshakables wherever you listen

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to podcasts. I'm Ben Walter, and

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I'll see you back here soon.