Hey Syndicate Friends, we had a nice chat in our last Thursdays of the month Happy Hour Chat. Got to meet some amazing new members and it was great chatting with @Eli Del Rio, @Lilith Zarling, @Norman Wagner, @Shanti Gold, @Danielle Morris, and @Richard Jones. We talked about what's coming up in the Syndicate this March, did some introductions, found out everyone's favorite drink, (I forgot to mention mine, Captain Morgans Spiced Rum with Cranberry Juice and a Fresh Lime), and got some insight into what we are wanting to get out of the Syndicate going forward. Next month we start 2 chats a week at different times, if you have time to pop in, even if only for a few minutes, we would love to have you. Cya next time and enjoy the video of our chat.

Good morning all! This post comes a few days ahead of the Friday Wins. I wanted to share that we have officially been certified as an LGBTBE by the NGLCC (National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce). We have been working for months to complete the process. This now opens doors for us to various Diverse Supplier opportunities and to connect with over 2,200 Certified LGBT Businesses. If you want more info about how to get your LGBTBE, shoot me a message. ☕🌈

Hey Success Syndicate Family. I hope you are all having a great week so far. It's been a busy and productive week for me inside and outside the Skool platform. There is a lot of exciting things coming to the Syndicate in March and I just wanted to keep you updated. Next week will be our "COMMUNITY RE-ENGAGEMENT RESET WEEK" Our Theme: “Back In The Room.” Each day I hope you will pop in to the Syndicate and connect with another member or comment on someone's post. We'll be doing a new-member drive on LinkedIn and offering a FREE PREMIUM TIER UPGRADE in March, to the first 30 people that become members so we can welcome our 100th Member! Be sure to reach out to friends and associates who might benefit from the group. Remember our goal is to help each other learn to be better Entrepreneurs through community connections, giving referrals, offering advice and asking for help from other Members. Starting Next Week, we will be having 2 LIVE Video Chats a week for an hour. On Mondays at 3-4pm Eastern Time and on Thursdays at 10-11am Eastern Time. Each will be led by a Syndicate Member , offering their expertise on a topic that will be announced ahead of time, followed by time for questions and visiting. Volunteers so far offering to lead are @Shanti Gold @Richard Jones @Danielle Morris. If you would like to lead a chat and talk about your business and area of expertise, please reach out and DM me. I will announce in the Sunday Newsletters our Guest Speakers for each week. If you haven't popped in the community this week, we are doing a "5 Day Authority Acceleration Sprint," with tips each day on how to make yourself an authority in your field when reaching out for new clients, product buyers, or content consumers. You can look into each day's post for a worksheet you can download to use on your own time. @Michael Thomas has been Killing it with building his own Authority Profile.

Good Morning Syndicate Fam, Happy Friday, we made it through the week. Let's start by welcoming our newest member @Robert Bu in the Connecticut/NYC area. Robert brings 40+ years in the Corporate sector, always out and proud. He will bring leadership skills, mentoring, and many other more tangible assets. He is hoping to grow his network out of the confines of Linked In. Give him a warm welcome. On Fridays let's share our wins for the week, either professionally or personally or both. We need to celebrate each other and wins big or small that move us forward in our businesses and lives. Also on Friday's I want to have a little fun in the group, so here's today's fun challenge: Let's Play Rainbow Shark Tank (The Goofy Edition) Members, please pitch a ridiculous or half-baked business idea in 60 seconds. Examples: - “Subscription box for people who start hobbies but never finish them” - “Gay campground but it’s only introverts” - “AI that texts your clients back while you emotionally recover” After we get all the entries, I will put them together in this Sunday's Newsletter for members to vote on Group votes: - Most Profitable - Most Unhinged - Would Absolutely Buy Winners will get some silly prizes from me. Hope you all will try to play.

Hey friends, if you didn’t see in an earlier post, I’m doing 365 daily motivational, inspirational, or just plain fun thoughts I’m having and will hopefully turn them into a book next year. I’ve been doing ‘Love Month’ posts for February, and today I wrote about love and work, so thought I’d share here. Hope you enjoy. You can follow the posts each day on my LinkedIn or our instagram. You can love your work… and still need boundaries with it. Passion is beautiful, until it quietly turns into pressure. A lot of us in the LGBTQ community built our careers, side hustles, art, and businesses from survival and self-expression. We weren’t just making money, we were making space for ourselves. So of course it matters. Of course you care. Of course you pour your whole heart into it. But love without limits becomes exhaustion. When everything depends on you, it’s easy to start measuring your worth by productivity. The inbox never ends. The ideas never stop. The “just one more thing” becomes midnight. Here’s the truth: Burnout doesn’t come from working hard. It comes from never feeling allowed to stop. Loving what you do should feel energizing more often than draining. That means protecting it: Close the laptop before resentment starts. Schedule rest like it’s important, because it is. Create without always performing. Your job or business is part of your life, not the proof of your value. If you want to stay in love with your work, you have to give it room to miss you. Build a life your work fits inside. The Daily Drip: February Love Month #thedailydrip #QueerEntrepreneur#LoveYourWork #AvoidBurnout#HealthyAmbition