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\r\n \r\n After becoming fulltime with GearFest I handled pretty much everything. He gave me a corporate credit card and only asked that he approves all the orders like we agreed on before. Everything that I ordered approved through his credit card with no declining at all. Again, everything is still seeming exactly right. No issues. When it came time to ask about the entertainment I ran all of the talent by him and he agreed on the amounts and how much deposits needed to be. Everything was cool there. I discussed payouts for the stunt event with him and again, everything was approved. In the meantime, he was paying me with no problems at all????
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\n I did notice a few things wrong. He was hiding GearFest from his brother; the other owner of the business he is running�And hiding things from his wife. Again, none of my business. I would get a little p.o ed when she would call me on a Saturday and asked if I was working as hard as Mark was today? I would tell her, �NO, actually I am with my daughter.� And I wish like hell I could tell her that her husband was down in Ybor City at
\n Coyote Ugly hanging out with a few girls that he always goes to see�but you know�.However, those issues had nothing to do with the financials of the business so I really didn�t get involved with their problems.
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\n I had a meeting with a potential vendor that ended up talking to be about maybe a being an investor�I mentioned this to Mark and he said he would rather not have another investor on board. Then he called me back the next day all hyped up and wanting me to make an appointment for us all to meet. I made the call, the potential investor couldn�t meet until a week later. Mark was fine with that. I told Mark that him and I should meet up so that we can figure out why and what money amounts and percentages do we want this investor for. Mark came at me with a CRAZY dollar amount. I was like WHAT!? Why do we need that much? I thought we got this all handled? I said, Mark all I was thinking about is like another $25,000 for advertising, not going over board? Later, I would talk to this potential invested answering questions he had about the new business and things that he wanted answers to�Mark would not take his calls�So I did, and I answered them with honesty and things I didn�t know, I told him I didn�t know. But one thing was he asked me about Hotel rooms sold. I told him we had blocks of 20 at 4 different hotels�He asked if they were all sold yet. I told him NO, they were not sold out yet. Finally come meeting time, the potential investor looked at me and kinda gave me a HOLD look with his hand and asked point blank at Mark, �How many hotels rooms do you have sold?� He said, Uhhhh, ummm, about 800.� OMG!!!!!!!!! I thought!!!!! I looked at the guy and he said, Ok I think we are doing here, Mark have a nice day, and Gixxie I will be talking to you. After that Mark was mad, and said, Oh well, I didn�t need him anyways! The guy called me up the next day, we had a nice talk, and I sent him tickets to come to the show. He came Saturday and loved what he saw, especially the stunts and straight told me, If Mark can lie to me that easy, then you might want to check and see who you are in business with! And I would love to work with you, as long as he is out of this picture. If this thing doesn�t end up getting the attendance and he wants out, you let me know. I know it will take a few years to make big but the potential is here!\r\n
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\n I did notice a few things wrong. He was hiding GearFest from his brother; the other owner of the business he is running�And hiding things from his wife. Again, none of my business. I would get a little p.o ed when she would call me on a Saturday and asked if I was working as hard as Mark was today? I would tell her, �NO, actually I am with my daughter.� And I wish like hell I could tell her that her husband was down in Ybor City at
\n Coyote Ugly hanging out with a few girls that he always goes to see�but you know�.However, those issues had nothing to do with the financials of the business so I really didn�t get involved with their problems.
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\n I had a meeting with a potential vendor that ended up talking to be about maybe a being an investor�I mentioned this to Mark and he said he would rather not have another investor on board. Then he called me back the next day all hyped up and wanting me to make an appointment for us all to meet. I made the call, the potential investor couldn�t meet until a week later. Mark was fine with that. I told Mark that him and I should meet up so that we can figure out why and what money amounts and percentages do we want this investor for. Mark came at me with a CRAZY dollar amount. I was like WHAT!? Why do we need that much? I thought we got this all handled? I said, Mark all I was thinking about is like another $25,000 for advertising, not going over board? Later, I would talk to this potential invested answering questions he had about the new business and things that he wanted answers to�Mark would not take his calls�So I did, and I answered them with honesty and things I didn�t know, I told him I didn�t know. But one thing was he asked me about Hotel rooms sold. I told him we had blocks of 20 at 4 different hotels�He asked if they were all sold yet. I told him NO, they were not sold out yet. Finally come meeting time, the potential investor looked at me and kinda gave me a HOLD look with his hand and asked point blank at Mark, �How many hotels rooms do you have sold?� He said, Uhhhh, ummm, about 800.� OMG!!!!!!!!! I thought!!!!! I looked at the guy and he said, Ok I think we are doing here, Mark have a nice day, and Gixxie I will be talking to you. After that Mark was mad, and said, Oh well, I didn�t need him anyways! The guy called me up the next day, we had a nice talk, and I sent him tickets to come to the show. He came Saturday and loved what he saw, especially the stunts and straight told me, If Mark can lie to me that easy, then you might want to check and see who you are in business with! And I would love to work with you, as long as he is out of this picture. If this thing doesn�t end up getting the attendance and he wants out, you let me know. I know it will take a few years to make big but the potential is here!\r\n