Set 2 - Rep 6 with Andre Hampton

Episode Summary

We are honored to interview Andre Hampton, a lifelong entrepreneur in the business, finance, real estate, and sports industry. With over 25 years of experience, Hampton has built his journey in these industries from the ground up ever since he was fresh out of high school. 

We discuss his full circle back to a tech company centered around sports, e-sports, and media technology, and his whole journey as an entrepreneur. In his latest project, Andre wants to reach people who normally won’t be interested in technology, e-sports, or physical activity, with components from a user-friendly experience, marketing, and social media. 

Hampton reiterates the importance of two main things when it comes to starting a business: trusting the process and creating a community. The process will guide you, take you through what you need and strengthen that faith needed. The community will teach you how to dive into the business, network,  a common language and build that dream team you want for your company.

Want to start your own company and need some advice? Tune in and enjoy Andre’s journey through entrepreneurship, and his insights about company and team building! 

 

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M-T:
What's going on, everybody! This is your boy Brother MT, and we're here with another Metric Mate Minute Podcast. On the Metric Mate Minute Podcast, we cover leaders from all over the world telling you about how they do what they do, why they do what they do and how staying fit keeps them in their best mindset. Let's go.

M-T:
What's going on, everybody, man. We're back with another great Metric Mate Minute. You know, we always try to keep you informed and in the know with some of the best leaders that are out there making things happen, making moves, seeing what the future is going to look like. And today is no different. I want to make sure I'm doing my job. So I brought an amazing guy that I've met along our journey, Andre Hampton, who's doing awesome things in the industry, changing the way of sports going in the future. But, you know, I don't like to tell everybody about my new people. I want my new people to tell you all about themselves because they're the best ones to be able to do it. So, Andre, appreciate you for joining us today, brother.

Andre Hampton:
Thank you, MT. It's good to be here. Certainly excited and excited to have met you and ask you to get to work with you a little bit. And again, thank you for having me on. A little bit about me: Lifelong entrepreneur, twenty five years in business, finance, real estate; sitting outside, hahaha.

M-T:
You got the sound effects in the background and a little real life out here.

Andre Hampton:
Apologize for that. But a lifelong entrepreneur. Twenty, twenty five years in business, finance, real estate, started my first company right out of high school and out of a botech and telecommunications, we were turning up the fiber optic backbone around the country. And I was in the late 90s, just traveled all over, I was able to do that. We'll start a little company doing that as well and able to learn a lot. But the short lived, 2000 - 2001 markets crashed around that, .com bubble burst, Nasdaq meltdown and really kind of swiped out everything we were doing. So what the crash there at that point in time, we were already in Florida, got into finance and real estate building back since then. I went through the crash again in 06 - 07, and that was really devastating. Lots and lots more lessons to be learned in that. But again, just retrenched and dug in deeper and really started building a foundation of what would I wanted to put together a fund of sorts. And I was looking at real estate or some venture that, trying to build that asset pipeline, sort of just kind of reverse engineered. That started with StreamS Capital, which was a life and annuity business at a real estate brokerage firm, and then the registered investment advisory firm. From there, I became qualified family office professional, working with a centimillionaire and billionaire families, asset protection, estate planning, deal flow, just different aspects of everything that kind of goes into that. And then along the way there, kind of just, cut into real estate myself. And that led to some of the projects we're working on. Full circle is back to a technology company. It's centered around sports, E-Sports, media technology, and that's something that's kind of been born from the pandemic, something we had going on process but been able to kind of change up from that and headed to the future with it, so, yeah. It's been a journey!

M-T:
As I see you going around the world a couple of times and seeing so many things. And as you said, no, no, no drops, but just lessons learned all around the way. So you've been to a bunch of different sectors, a bunch of different aspects of entrepreneurship, and you've picked up all of these nuggets in these two books along the way. How has that helped you fast forward now being exposed to so much early in your career?

Andre Hampton:
Well, you did get a compound. You know, all those lessons. You know, it is twenty years of just life experience, you know, to the real world MBA. It's get in, get knocked around, figure out all the wrong stuff to do. But being able to take that along with lessons and learning from, learning to lean on and learn from mentors and things like that, looking upward is helped tremendously now starting to work with the family offices and, you know, started working, being around people who have sent the miner several hundred million dollars in assets, a billion dollars in assets, different businesses, and learning how they put that together, what they're doing, all that different, those different components, you start to just be able to layer in all those other pieces for your own for your own strategy. And some point, you know, they gain traction with it just takes time, a lot more time and energy and effort than anybody realizes early on but just what it takes.

M-T:
No, seriously, seriously and being able to see that and understand that different thought process, because that's the biggest thing that I've seen, expanding our network and meeting all of these people. I tell my business partner all the time: I've got more high worth, high net worth people in my phone now than I've ever had in my life. And the conversations are different. It changes your lexicon. It changes the way that you actually look at deals and different aspects of life, even in your personal life, just having that close relationship. So that is amazing, man, that you've been able to translate that viewpoint into being successful for yourself. So with everything that's going on, everybody's been making changes. Everybody's been seeing how to pivot their businesses and find new ways with the pandemic going on, with all of the foreign stressors that are happening all over the world. How has that affected you and what you all are doing? And what have you learned from that experience as well?

Andre Hampton:
I guess I can only speak for myself and, you know, what this has done me. When I first set in, I was going through several black swan events, if I can call them that. Early on in my career, I knew this was going to be big. It was not going to be a quick hey, guys, everybody go home for a week or two and come out of this and go back, no. And the ripple effects are still going to be seen for a decade. It's crazy. But so I guess for me, what it did was really kind of forced me to say, you know what, let's just pull out all the stops. You know, I used to play it safe, I guess, you know, OK, let's build the foundation, let's do all the correct things to make sure we're trying to build, now, which isn't necessarily a wrong thing to do. But now it gets to a point where I say, OK, what can we do that just completely changes the way anybody's thinking about something and layer that into something. And that's really where the opportunity comes in. You know, every time there's some kind of major crisis, major pain or whatever that is, major market crash, there's always opportunity. And anybody who sees that coming as it can be ahead of that or right then are there to make those changes, it's you commit to taking advantage of that opportunity. Wealthy people, you see this. I mean, when it's OK pandemic's, it's a market crash and they start crashing. They they're not scared. It's like, oh, hey, this is buying season. And they start looking at what we get into what what opportunities we get. Let's get into it now and then sit back. And then as that develops, you're at the beach, you know, you're, the things are riding, you know, things are good again and go through it. And look at the last crash from 2009 until now. Really, it's just been straight up now. There's been some dips along the way, everything else. But it was like OK if you've got in that at that right time and just ride it up, do that. So really leveraging that by saying OK, how do we, what's fifteen years look like? If nobody can go to stadiums, if nobody can, you know, we have to be socially separated, distance, whatever you want to call it. We've got everybody's got to wear masks, gotta protect, gotta scan, all the stuff is going to go into that then, OK, let's build around that and bring it right here to today and let's do that. And then instead of playing it safe and trying to build up to that, let's just start at the top and work backwards.

M-T:
No doubt. No doubt. And that definitely sounds like exactly what you've done on the other downturns, the other Black Swan events that we've had that you have to reverse your career from fiber optics, because going sound like you got in pretty early on that and then real estate was doing his thing and you were riding that wave and you had to find a way to transition from that. And then, like you say, coming into the pandemic and being in the e-sports/sports realm, technology, seeing that as an aspect that was going to carry forward and be able to be manipulated in the changing landscape. That's huge. That is the art of the pivot in its best manifestation. Is that you see where the market is going before it gets there and can make sure you put in the infrastructure and the pieces in place so that you can ride that wave. And it sounds like that's where you all are on the technology e-sports side. So what do you see that future looking like from this point?

Andre Hampton:
I think it's what everybody imagines, it is that virtual world that ties into a real world that is all these different things combined into something that's very usable and user friendly and engaging. There's the social engagement components to everything now, the marketing and everybody's into their social media as all of those components that you've got to layer in to that bring it forward. But what we're really pushing to do with this is how do we engage people who would not otherwise be engaged in sports, physical activity and sports and bring that to them and get them engaged and different aspect and vice versa, folks who maybe wouldn't be engaged into the technology or the e-sports side of that, how do we bring that sector to this? And that is where we can really start bringing in investments and investors start seeing the visibility opportunities and everything else in that. So it's a combination of those things. And I'm glad you picked up on that. The first two crashes that I really went through in my career. I did, after the second one, I realized I'm like, OK, what am I doing wrong? You know what? What is this? Why is this so hard? And what I realized and learned was I was just way too young to understand at the time and just I didn't have mentors or anything like that, but nobody could look to the future with it. But at the time I was getting in on the top of a some kind of a bubble, on top of some kind of a crash. There was the time in the late nineties that was the .com bubble that was going in. Internet was the new thing, and just been they deregulated. Everybody in Silicon Valley is firing up websites and becoming it. Everything's crazy. Well, everybody is screaming for bandwidth, bandwidth, bandwidth.s So we were just you know, we got in we made money out of the gates, but it was just easy and it shouldn't have been easy and if it wouldn't been an easy way to learn a whole lot better, but it was just easy getting in. After that when the switch was to real estate in the early 2000s, remember that, it was just it was easy to make money in real estate. You just look at a property and make ten thousand dollars, you know, just it was stupid, the finance side, all of it, everything else. But I didn't quite understand that till the markets crashed as like, OK, that's what a bubble is. Everybody, all your life at that point, I can never go wrong buying land or buying real estate. Well, yes, you can. And actually have a better chance of going wrong than going right with it, just no matter what. So it's like, OK, it's factor all that in. So from that point, I really wanted to find an area that I could get in front of a bubble. And the next one really was the financial services sector. That's really why I pushed into that. I'm like, OK, there's a transfer of wealth coming, there's trillions of dollars in the market, got all the baby boomers, everything else. So it's like, OK, let's get in front of that. Let's operate there, let's build there. And that led to just that form of thinking, you know mindset, but then saying where the great opportunities come from, a lot of entrepreneurs, we start a business with a hope and a dream of, yeah, let's make a million dollars someday. Let's get to make four or five, ten million dollars. That would be wonderful but the thinking kind of gets capped there. If you can shift that into a how do we start a billion or multibillion dollar company and what does that look like, then how can you bring that scale it down to whatever it is you're doing because they can't be there. Go and then put those pieces together. And that's why we've been one of the biggest things that I've been able to see develop and happen. And what we're doing now is this because we're creating that massive value. Well, now you can attract a team and I can attract a quality team. And there's meat on the bone to be able to look for everybody, say, yes, I see that they can hitch their wagon to it. They know that they can get this to a certain point, that everybody can get compensated and this turns into something big and has the potential for that. But when you're building from a ground up solopreneur, you're starting from zero trying to get the fifty thousand to one hundred thousand. That's just it. You've got to commit to that. So through that, I think the biggest is just understanding that you don't necessarily have that you don't have to go through that process, but that you can incorporate thinking of that big level into that process. And then that'll dictate what your back engineer plan is. And, of course, you'll reach those goals. So whichever one you're going to back engineer is what you're going to end up reaching.

M-T:
Makes perfect sense all of that. I was actually having a conversation with another one of our guests and the same sentiment, treating your business as though you're building this multibillion dollar business and then treating the people that you bring into it in that same fashion, looking for those people that are going to fill those gaps where you might not necessarily have the expertise yourself knowing that you can't do everything by yourself. So looking for those people and then operating in such a fashion that you can scale not only the product or the service that you're offering, but your internal management. You know, we end up being of that communication, of that documentation mindset to make sure that you're scaling everything and you're moving forward in a fashion that will allow you to be able to make this into a machine, because that's what people invest into, is not is the product you definitely want to have a product or service is going to sell. But that machine...

Andre Hampton:
It's the machine.

M-T:
Is it going to be able to reproduce for as individual? That's to that payday, that harvest, that exchange of this idea for some massive amount of funds that's going to allow everybody to eat? Well, that that is real.

Andre Hampton:
And one of the books learned to study was "Scaling Up" by Verne Harnish. It's a book that you'll see a lot of folks who, middle market businesses, family offices, things like that. It's a mentorship book through that. But it's really taken that business of once you've got something established, how do you take it to that level of this is something that lives and breathes on its own. But if you can go through that now and start to incorporate that now and say, OK, how do we plan for that now? How do we bring and track those people? Because if you have a business that's worth a million dollars, you can attract people that earn a million dollars annually. There's nothing OK, so that doesn't work they look at, that's nice. I wish you well. Good luck. And so you're on that path solo for for a long time until you can build something that might be and most of the time that turns into a small business. I mean, the most of the people who are successful in that, you can make a million to three million, which is commendable. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. But there is a shorter way to that. If you think about what it takes to get there and scale it, grow it, whether that be an exit or not, I mean, there's ways to accomplish those goals. But it is thinking on that grand scale, how do you turn this into a multibillion dollar organization that is the leader in X and then back engineer from that and say, OK, now you can start attracting the people that you need that can get you there. And fortunately, where I'm at with this system that pretty now it's like I'm able to see that I've done solopreneur for so long and so many different areas that it's exhausting and so I'm able to leverage this and I don't ever want to do that again. And even if I can do this, I shouldn't be doing this. So let's make sure that we can find you know, it's like I want to make sure we got two or three me and maybe two or three you, two or three of you and all the way around. So just tying all those pieces together and then looking at your business that way, if that's your goal.

M-T:
Yo, no, that's real. That's real. So in that building, that team that you can make sure that you can reproduce for what is one of the biggest lessons that you've learn from your process and being able to develop this process to the point where now you're not only your first ahead of the curve movement, but now your second and your third and fourth.

Andre Hampton:
The take away, two fold of that: one, and you set it right there, it is a process. And if you are generally committed to that goal, then you've got to be willing to go through the process that you've got to back engineer. For me, it was family offices, it was networking with billionaires, it was working with billionaires. It was being in that circle. Well, that's not normally a circle you can just walk into. Most people don't know a billionaire and most people don't know a millionaire. They may have bumped into one here and there. Somebody they think may be, somebody that told them there was, reality is there's but they're still how do you work when that market and the things I had learned coming in early and from financial services was like, OK, if I'm going to do life insurance and annuities and estate planning aspect and things like that for anybody, why not do it for that market segment? But how do I reach that market segment if it's not my natural affinity market? I wasn't born and raised in the zip code and go to the colleges, all the stuff. So how do I. Well, the process is you have to build relationships there and that process is a multi-year process that you're going to go through and commit to before you're going to start doing anything. Sales, helping people, doing something, getting involved, getting your learning, getting becoming more intimate in somebody's business at that level. And if you could walk down or introduce and it's a different story, but you've got to commit to start building this relationship. So for me, it was the 10 year building process to go through what I needed to do, layering in the pieces I needed to for from marketing, for foundational, for getting a, getting a book written and things like that done, getting certain qualifications done and seeking out family office type clubs and joining and going and being, you know, inserting yourself in those environments. It takes an effort to do that. And then when you get there, you've got to make sure that you've got your foundational stuff all together. So when you present, you present well and now you're only going to get one shot at it and you need to see you make it effective and you kind of build from that. So it was committing to that process that's led to the conversations with the certain people that have opened the doors that have done everything else that has done. So you've got to be willing to go through that process. That's the biggest takeaway as this is figuring out what that goal is, what the back engineer is and takeaway is, are you willing to go to that and go through that process and doing it? And the second take away is if you design a dream team and make it a true dream team, you've got to come to the realization that you can actually have that dream team there, people you can work with who are just world class superstars. If you, if you're doing what you're doing right, they're going to take an interest and they're going to be there and those people will join you. So it's you can, you're always going to look for people who have already done things that you haven't done. And now you're going to find the guys who've always already scaled and exited tech companies and on billion dollar this and done these deals and managed billion dollar companies. Those are going to be your board of advisors that your mentors, that your people are going to join you when they see that you've got value. Now, you've got this group of people with that level of clout, if you will, that have been around the block that people know that have those resources, that they can make phone calls. When they believe in what you're doing, they join with you and then they're pulling the wagon with you. It's a different wagon now. Different wagon shows up and you got eight, ten, twenty people in tow. And you're the you're the low man on the totem pole. And that's the goal. And not necessarily trying to lead a team of people you're trying to bring up to a level that won't work at that. You've got to go back engineer with that. You can always bring in that level of middle management and lower all those. You can bring that in there, but you've got to start at that top level and bring those people in, right. So the takeaway is that you actually can have those people there if you want. Shaq is one of your investors and guess what? Put him down as a list and figure out what it takes to make it work. And I'm not saying he's going to by any means, but you can have that level of who you want there, you know, and whatever your business is.

M-T:
No, that makes perfect sense, man, you've got to, you've got to shoot up. If you shoot down to the ground, you're not going to make a basket. That's real.

Andre Hampton:
That's it.

M-T:
I love it. And the way that you put it, a community, if you're not picking up these jewels right now, Andre's dropping jewels like for real, catch and put them into your brain bank and keep them with you because you might not see it now, but once you start building something that's worthwhile, once you start building something in the proper way, then you'll start seeing these things pop up and what he's saying is completely true and you don't want to be, you don't want it to be brand new because we're talking about it here today on the Metric Mate Minute. You got to shoot up. No, that's that's awesome. That's awesome. So one thing that we know is consistent across leaders that we've met is making sure that you keep and maintain a fit mind, body and spirit, being able to make sure that you are in proper shape. So then when you go into these rooms and going into these meetings, you're giving all of that confidence, that positive vibe that I know that I'm going to be able to accomplish, whether it be in the board meetings with the higher ups that you're taking your shot up or be in front of your people, that middle management, those colleagues that you have that are supporting this enterprise as it builds. How important is it for you to keep that that soul, mind, body and spirit? And how do you go about that in your own personal journey?

Andre Hampton:
That's certainly, absolutely, I mean, it's critical and that's not a cliché thing to say, but it just it absolutely is. It's the process and the time you go back to that and what it actually takes to do what you're going to do on a journey of starting a business, building a business or whatever that looks like and generally is going to take a toll mentally, emotionally, physically, everything else. It's going to take a toll. I mean, there's so much time you can get wrapped up into it. And I say, you know, you're at your desk, you know, 16, 18 hours a day for weeks and weeks and months and years on end. Well, that's not good. You know, we've got to get out, we've got to move around, get fresh air, get to all those types of things. So early on, I mean, I guess when I was younger, I didn't pay much attention to that in my early 20s. And then about the time of the second crash, I realized I just way overweight at the time, was eating, wasn't the healthiest everything else, and just stress and all that kind of stuff. So really kind of made a commitment then to start taking better care of my body, you know, just walking. And I've done some exercise and I'll go crazy. I'm not trying to be in the gym all the time or anything like that, but I do probably walk a whole lot more than normal, try to go six, seven miles a day, five, six days a week, try to keep that going and try to just eat right, and in moderation and all that kind of stuff and do well that there's times where you can start skipping a few days and it gets really easy to let a few days and into a week, two weeks. And just going back to those old things, back to those basics and on those, besides from that try to spend time and read my Bible or things like that. Born and raised a Christian, stay there. That's helped me get to where I'm at today. Just that faith and having faith that I could achieve these certain things. And how would we don't really know. But let's just, you know, here's the goal and start them out and things kind of lined up along the way. So really just staying, staying grounded. They're just spend some time, you know, quiet time. Don't mind two or three hours, quiet alone. Leave the phone on silent, long walk, you know, that type of thing, and just try to keep it all. And I try to keep it sane, but keep it keep it all mellow and just get on track. But now that's not been the biggest thing, it's been definitely guilty of spending way too much time, focus, and people have asked me before about the balance. I'm like, there's just no balance. Just, you know, tip over and you go, well. And unfortunately, a lot of times to the detriment of relationships and health and a lot of the stuff that goes with that. So definitely hard to keep a balance and try to make sure that you're maintaining those other areas of life. But it is important. If somebody would've told me this when I was early on, just I don't know that I would've listen, but I wish somebody still would have said it. And I was like, no, this isn't going to be a five year make a million dollars. And, you know, and now it's going to be a journey. It's like and there's a whole lot to learn and all those kind of things that happened in that. I'm not saying it doesn't happen like that because it can when you have the right thing, when you have the right thing, it generally moves very quickly. And, but there's a lot all the preparation that goes to making the right thing and the right opportunity and the right and the right and the right just don't show up and look into it by any means. It's going to be a whole lot of preparation, a lot of work, a lot of relationships. And that's really what's made this go like it's going now with Kevin allied with sports initiatives. As far as the relationships that that he and I have both built in different, different realms and different people and everything else. And then we've kind of come together that marriage has just been in our head. We would need something to make phone call and here you go, there's another plane going by.

M-T:
I love it. Take that motivation in: to fly you need to be flying to, community to make sure that we do this, baby.

Andre Hampton:
That's it. Somehow, it's just all that preparation, it's going through all that legwork, it's making it work through that and staying solvent through that time. And even when you're not, how do you keep going and all those kind, get those pieces, but not just really committing to that, go with that journey and going through that process knowing it's going to be a process and then but the process is what you make it. And for me, the process took longer than I wanted to because I wasn't thinking big enough and I really wasn't. It was there's more about how do I just maintain, how do I do something that builds so I can be able to just take care of the household and take care of what you want to do and live comfortably, but OK, that's one thing. But that still leaves you in the center doing all the work. And you've got to say, OK, do I want to do that or do I want to say I want to build something that is going to do the work for me? And what does that take? How do we build that? OK, let's go spend five, six, seven years on that thing and then do something, you know, whatever else is beyond that. But instead of saying, OK, I'm trying to build something that I can, I can do for the next 20 years.

M-T:
Understood it. I mean, I'm telling you, if you listen to it is not catching with the net what this man is throwing down. I don't know what else we can do for you, to be honest. I really don't. I really don't. You said something really like imperative there that a lot of people don't understand, especially when it comes to the fitness portion. There will be times where you miss, I'm going through one of those times right now and I'm actually that far. It's November. So if everybody can't tell no shave November, this is all about men's health and I want to throw that out there. But in this November season, I am and I've gone through one of those forces that you were talking about where you kind of fall off and then being able to go back to the old routines and get yourself back into the groove, to refocus, to rejuvenate that energy, that drive that why that you were dealing with when you first started this, is very important. So having that routine is big. I appreciate you saying that because there's a lot of people don't bring that up and a lot of people don't really concentrate on that, knowing that getting started is always the hardest push. But if you have that routine, you know that something is going to work for you and you go back to that and recenter yourself, it becomes so much easier. So that is...

Andre Hampton:
Absolutely.

M-T:
Good stuff. Well, Andre, appreciate you coming through to the Metric Mate Minute to give you these last two questions, because these are the ones that we ask every time. And so this is for your big hope diamond sized gem that you want to leave with our community from your journeys in life, from what you've seen. What if you had to sum up all of your experiences and all the things you learn into one big hope diamond size,

Andre Hampton:
Oh, my goodness.

Andre Hampton:
That you want to drop on the community? What would that be?

Andre Hampton:
That's a lot, really into one, one piece. You know, I would say that I'm going to go back to just that faith in that process and decide thing early on. And you commit to that. And do you want to commit to that? And are you going to commit to that? Because it is a process and faith in that process of getting to those goals wherever you want to be. And I'm not to tie that to a religious message, anything else. It's just in yourself of understanding: yes, I set some goals out there, what's going to take to do those? And then the other piece, that would be what's going to be required of everybody who's around you for that to happen to. And I was one of the things I didn't necessarily consider in my mind. I was always doing something for my family, doing the same as everything else, but I really didn't consider what it was going to cost them because I wasn't really considering what the true cost was. And that process is, you know, there's a, there's a cost to it. Now, I'm willing to pay that price and go through that whatever time period that is, whatever the mental, emotional, the financial toll, all that for, you know, you can if you're just by yourself and you're you're single and all that stuff is great. But how long does that last and how long can you do that before you try to do something different? Or if you're not, and you're marriage or you're in a relationship, something else, is your partner committed that? You have kids or they, you know, where are they at in their lives and the life cycle? And what's that going to cost everybody? I would just say, you know what, count that cost so you can figure out your journey and decide when and how and all the proper timing is. A lot of time to say now is the right time, but now may not be the right time. That's it.

M-T:
That? I can't wrap it up no better than myself. That hit so on time for me as a person, that I'm going to take that one myself so everybody can get it. But just know I'm taking that with myself because that was right on time. So, Brother Andre, tell the people, tell the community where they can get a contact with you, where they can check out what you've got going on. I don't know how much we can talk about. Like, it was vague with my questions, but I know some of this stuff is going to be dropped later on. So definitely check back. We're going to have to do a follow up once, once all of these big announcements that you have started dropping out of the stratosphere. We've got to follow up and give them more details. But as far as right now, tell them what they can find you, man.

Andre Hampton:
Right now, my website, AndreHampton.com, that's one of the best places to check for information. Instagram haven't been real active on it lately, but reach out, connect with us there and we'll soon, I'll be dropping some media press releases, things like that. So I have some information here for everybody coon.

M-T:
Awesome, awesome. Metric Mate Community. This has been another Metric Mate Minute with my man Andre Hampton came through and gave all of the jewels. If you missed anything, go back and watch it again because they're all in there. That's why we record this, to make sure that you have access to all of this information that we get from the great leaders that decide to come on and share their stories with us. This has been your boy Brother MT, thank you all again for joining us for another week until next time, y'all.

M-T:
Hey, man, thanks everybody for joining us for another Metric Mate Minute. We appreciate everybody that comes through and shows us love in the Metro Mate community. Make sure that you stopover at TheMetricMate.com to find out more information about the podcast, about what we're doing, any of our blog information, the transcript of the show and just to show us massive support. Also, remember to follow us on social media at Metric Mate. Check us out, y'all. Peace!

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Get to Know Andre Hampton

Andre is an astute life and annuity expert, investment advisor rep, real estate broker, business professional, author, and visionary leader able to leverage his impressive blend of financial advisement and real estate expertise to design and execute dynamic, creative investment strategies that produce optimal growth. During his career, he has developed a highly analytical and strategic investment mindset that identifies and capitalizes on emerging market opportunities to achieve expected returns, while also maximizing flexibility and asset protection.

Mr. Hampton has spent the past two decades solidifying his knowledge and credibility within insurance and real estate, gaining an understanding and appreciation of the investment synergy offered by the two sectors. The StreamS Companies provide the essential infrastructure needed to support high net worth clients and Family Office services.

His efforts have culminated in the creation of the StreamS Family Office of companies including; 

  • StreamS Capital

  • StreamS Capital RIA

  • StreamS Real Estate

Source: https://www.andrehampton.com/smarter-in-the-long-run

Key Take-aways: 

  • In every major event in life, there’s an opportunity for growth. 

  • To have a successful pivot you have to see where the market is going before it gets there and make sure you have all you need in place to navigate it. 

  • Entrepreneuring is a process; trust it while you achieve your goals. 

  • Entrepreneurs need a community; build one, network, and always think about what will be required of those people around you to achieve those goals. 

  • Treat your business as though you are building a multibillion dollar business and treat the people you bring into it in the same fashion.

  • Take care of yourself; entrepreneurship will take a toll mentally, emotionally and physically.

  • To fly high you need to be flying too; start your business planning your goals, building up your team, and taking the risks.

Resources

https://www.instagram.com/andre_hampton_/

https://www.andrehampton.com/

Andre Hampton recommends: “Scaling Up” a book by Verne Harnsih 

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