Ep. 18 Rafsby | Creating One Of The Biggest IPs In NFT's aKIDcalledBEAST

Andres Sanchez [00:00:00]:

think if you're looking for a job creation and opportunity, merge 3 d creation and the skills that can be found in AI, and I think you'll be really set up well. an entrepreneur. I feel like somebody who runs a business for somebody who's never run a business sees a dollar very different.

Rafsby  [00:00:15]:

and, like, when you run that business, you're the one bringing in that money, like, a dollar is a dollar. I'm not letting that slip. I'm not letting that slip. If I could make an extra dollar, save an extra dollar, like, that's a no brain Consumer are getting smarter and smarter. Like, they're less susceptible to impulse purchases from just seeing an ad. Right? As being a NFT owner, digital collectible owner. You're kind of lumped into that crypto space. What are your thoughts on crypto now and in the next 12 months? and same for the digital asset category. Welcome to the Virtual Ventures podcast episode 18. I'm your host, Andres Sanchez. And today, I'm joined by the visionary Ralph be co founder of a kid called Beast, a groundbreaking NFT project. He's a multi time entrepreneur with an insatiable drive for innovation. Get ready to be inspired as we explore the world of blockchain and NFTs with Rapsby on the virtual ventures podcast. Let's dive in. Raspy, how we doing my man? Pleasure to see you today. Thank you for joining us on the pod. Raspy is the founder of kid called Beast an NFT project. If you are watching online, you are able to see that he is actually utilizing one of the features of holding one of these NFTs that's coming out. So I cannot wait to dive into that. Thank you for coming on, man. Yeah. My pleasure, dude. Thanks for having me on the for sure. And before we kinda jump into things, I always forget to say it, but do us a favor. Like, subscribe, comment, show some love. All of Raspy's information is gonna be at the bottom too. make sure to actually read the description that we put time in a writing and give us all a follow. So thank you for that. Raspreet, I like to get right into things. tell us a little bit about yourself. Who are you? How did you kind of come to this point in your journey? And then we'll kinda break off from there. Yeah. Definitely. So I'm Raspy. I'm one of the co founders of a project called the Key Call Peace Project. I started with my friends, oh, almost 2 years ago now, and, it was a project that we wanna create that. It was just something for our souls. I mean, that was very our focus, culturally focused in terms of, like, music, fashion,

Andres Sanchez [00:02:20]:

technology, and we wanted to kind of combine all passions into creating something that was fun and brought people together. And here we are. Now we built up this, like, really cool, amazing brand with a really strong community, and, a lot of fun along the way. That's amazing. So tell us a little bit more about the earlier part. I know it wasn't just a one hit wonder into this T world, how is the early on portion of your life? Where are you entrepreneurial? Did you do that 9 to 5? Let's kinda dig a little deeper. Yeah. Definitely. So early out of my life, started off doing, night clubs and night club events and, like, hosting, like, music festivals. That's what I got into as, like, when my first 4 weeks into entrepreneurialism, been entrepreneurial and a spirit individual for my whole adult life. I started when I was, like, eighteen years old. I'm thirty five now, but then, you know, self starter pretty much my entire life. Yeah. I started off with, you know, doing music events and night club events and doing, like, music festivals. And then I got, out of that Street and moved into digital marketing, a lot of creative agency kind of work, just building out stuff for other brands into e commerce, you know, through that process naturally, because obviously, you pick up a lot of skills around digital marketing companies. So you use a lot of those skills for some of your own startup concepts and ideas. So I watch a bunch of e commerce brands and products and then it did really, really well with those. I slot my agency today. I'm, like, very, like, barely involved. I have, like, other people in place that do a lot of the stuff. But, yeah, got into, investing after, agency work. I was kind of investing in, like, a lot of startups and and, you know, stock found crypto along that journey, you know, did did really, really well in some early crypto investments, on some stock investments, made a lot of money during, like, the foreign exchange era of COVID, which is, you know, it was it was really great conditions for treating, you know, during, like, these economic crisis events. So, yeah, just kinda started diving into, crypto kind of along the way, found and discovered NFTs, thought that they were cool in the way that they brought people together, and, we're really focused on the art. It's something I really enjoy. It's like a hobby as a passion. And, yeah, I just started talking to a few friends about doing our own kind of iteration of of what we thought an NFT or digital collectible could be because there's a lot of projects out there that were conceptually doing some really cool stuff, but they just were the locking on the execution side, they weren't delivering a lot in terms of utility for their community. And so we want to come in and kind of change that, start, you know, putting utility first and creating a lot cool use cases and and benefits for for community members. And, here we are. That's, that's what we kind of set up to do. Now, you know, we've been building a bear market the entire time. it's a really unfavorable conditions for being able to build something like this, but, we're, I mean, we're making our way. It's, it's a good time. We're having fun. Awesome. Yeah. it's a common theme for people like yourself. Like, I've had so many entrepreneurs on the show over the last 8 weeks and investing

Rafsby  [00:04:53]:

being financially savvy. It's, like, one of those things that's a no brainer. And I think that has a lot to do with getting involved in business early on. Like, you learn so much feel like somebody who runs a business for somebody who's never run a business sees a dollar very different. and, like, when you run that business and you're the one bringing in that money, like, a dollar's a dollar. I'm not letting that slip. I'm not letting that slip. If I could make an extra dollar, save an extra dollar, like, that's a no brainer. So I love that traditional path, and I love how you've continued to innovate and kind of went from a young entrepreneur to now a seasoned entrepreneur co founding a global company. I mean, a kid called Beast has an amazing community and amazing following. I've been watching you guys build and what you're doing in a bear market is amazing. I mean, I see the level of community you guys provide, and I think that's, like, one of the biggest parts and something I wanna touch on right now is my initial startups

Andres Sanchez [00:05:48]:

that I ran in college were all built off Discord. All community based very lucrative businesses. Building a community is tough. How has that part of the business been? Yeah. No. So was our project was very community first. Like, we we started building the community. We we incorporated the community in every one of our decisions that were, like, nature to the brand and the project. so it was kind of a natural flow. I guess, like, we spent so much time, you know, with them, with their health security and what were you trying to do that, like, the the community element kind of just want to bring naturally. There's a lot of education around, like, what we're doing and a lot a lot of education on what we're building. There's like a lot of, you know, motives and incentives. It was very easy to pick up and start getting involved. And so a lot of community members just felt compelled to, you know, just pick up some of the tools and and just started becoming active in in different, you know, building processes and different endeavors whether it came to, you know, 3 d printing the characters, whether it came to, you know, just posing and animating them, styling them, putting them in different scenes, you know, pushing the technology a little further developing, you know, branded items, clothes. There's like a lot of community involvement, right, from the get go. And so it's pretty easy to form a community. And within that sense, like, we we give people a lot tools and things that getting stuff to do, which is traditionally not something NFTs do. Like, usually, you just get a profile picture, and that's where it ends. we kinda want to reverse the model and and make it like, you know, there here's a lot of stuff you can do right from the get go, right from the jump. You can you you have things to play with. You have things to tinker with. You ways to get creative and 98. And so through that process, you know, you're surrounded by all these people that are creating developing, building. Naturally, you know, you can have a former awesome community because, you're meeting like minded driven people just like yourself that are willing to, you know, come in and, you know, look through imagination kind of either guide for for creativity and and having fun. Right? You're meeting, you know, tech savvy, creative individuals. So why wouldn't you wanna network with these people? Why wouldn't you wanna become friends with these people? Right? Whereas, like, you know, traditionally, NFTs are purely a money speculation game, similar to, like, tokens or stocks and, what kind of community can you, you know, truly form around this kind of concept in a lot of cases? Like, you're gonna be surrounded by, you know, people that are just purely only focused on money and, and not like, creativity or or creating a scene like meaningful beyond money. Like, moneys, if you're an entrepreneur, it's something that, like, you'll find it no matter what. You don't have to, rely on others or, or, or take advantage of others to get it. You can it'll it'll come to you. They'll gravitate to you as long as you have a passion in and like a will to do something that you enjoy. And if you're doing something you enjoy naturally, you'll get very good at it. People will wanna pay you money for it. So, so yeah, it's kind of like a difference in that we've taken, I think, versus, like, a lot of other projects. And that, that is why it's kind of like, you know, we're attracting type of people we want in the community, people that are, know, creative and Gore goal orientated, and their their primary objective isn't only money. Right? For sure. And how vital is that community

Rafsby  [00:08:22]:

to your brand? I I personally have been saying this for, like, probably the last 2, 3 years that I think brands that can go out and build a solid community, and that's not ecom brands or NFT brands. Like, I'm talking things like a grocery train chain that can build a solid community of customers that they use. Customer service departments are quickly gonna become obsolete and just, like, the people who really love the brand will just out of the kindness of their heart, answer questions in a group, or give suggestion

Andres Sanchez [00:08:51]:

or help out. So, like -- -- way. Right? Like, when you think about it, and when you make a, like, even, like, purchasing, for example, like, your consumers are getting smarter and smarter. Like, they're less susceptible to impulse purchases from just seeing an ad. Right? Like, unless you have a breakthrough product that's doing something completely different or breakthrough service that's doing something completely different, you're gonna wanna see a referral at very least from a customer of that product or service, somebody that's vouching for, to help good that product or services. Ideally, that person is a friend that is that that is that point of referral for you to be able to make the decision into the investment of whatever the product or services. Right? Like the days of, like, you know, here's, like, an impulse ad from, you know, on Facebook on Instagram on TikTok, I'm gonna go make an impulse purchase for this item because I saw an ad, like, those days are getting numbered. Right? People are getting a lot smarter. They're being wiser with their money. They wanna see community. They wanna see happy customers. They wanna see, you know, sentiment from the consumer saying that this is, you know, a viable or good purchase. versus, like, the other way around of, like, you know, marketers telling you what you have to like. You want the the the people who are buying into it and and using the brand and the product telling you that it's good, right? That's, I think, for me, it's like a a much more unbiased perspective of, like, determining, you know, whether something's a good buy or a shitty buy, right? I don't wanna be told by a marketer that I should buy something. Right? If people try to sell you stuff all day long, like the worst part of, you know, buying a car is the car salesman when you get to the dealership pieces, right? Like, that's one of the worst parts of the entire experience because, like, they're trying to push you into something, same with realtors, right? Worst part of the mining experience. In my opinion, these people can be and will be fees down and replaced over time, right, where there's not gonna need to be that component is gonna be purely community driven purchases, right? think it's just like, that's kind of the way things are going. People want that, like, that trust list or or very trusting opportunity to be able to buy stuff, either through verifying that something actually is good in in using technology or through, you know, a peer to peer experience, be able to decide if something is, you know, valuable or not. Yeah. I'm in 100% agreement. I think that that's the way that we're headed. And I think that's why even you see big brands now trying to push communities and getting their people in a group, and chats and things like that. I just think it's the best way to go forward. Let's do a little bit of a pivot and talk about the art. I think that your NFT is one of the ones that I would group into the IP potential products when you look at NFTs and you can see a few that look like Hey. I could see an action figure in this, or I could see a a plush toy in this. What was the inspiration for the artwork side of things? And how has that been going? It's been going really well. I'll actually show you some some stuff I got, actually, nearby. Awesome. I got This guy right here. Wow. That thing is huge. Yeah. Skye is the same size as a bare brick, a seventy centimeter model. This is, a kid called Beast.

Rafsby  [00:11:40]:

That thing is cool.

Andres Sanchez [00:11:41]:

Yeah. It's got like, I mean, it's basically like, yeah. It's my, my little avatar character. So, yeah, this thing's, like, a big engine. And, also, sorry, if you're not watching online, he just showed And if you're not familiar with a bare brick, it's like a figure. I don't know. How many feet tall do you think that is, like, 2 feet tall? There's 7, 70 centimeters tall, I believe, for the size. So they're like 2 and, 2 easy in a bit. That's awesome. Little ones and another size. So, like, little, I think, terrible size is Yeah. We're we're working on a lot of cool and good stuff. They're gonna be, they're gonna have, like, NFC chips in the head of the toys too, so you can, like, do different kinds of activations and different kinds of, like, cool features like augmented reality features or validating if they're authentic or not, or if they're counterfeit, which is something that augment industry hasn't really thought of, like, there's a lot more to read in that industry because it's a high ticket item, something that people, you know, the same type of people that, in a lot of cases buy sneakers and resell sneakers have the same audience that by art points. And, like, I think, like, sneakers do. Like, that's, a big problem usually solved. There's a ton of counterfeits for sneakers. Like, now they're in the easy craze. Like, know -- Yeah. -- happy easy on people speak with fake, if not more. Right? And, like, unless, you know, how to authenticate them and, like, you're an expert in knowing how to check the colorways. Like, I mean, if that needs a problem, you shouldn't need a third party to have to authenticate stuff in that way. Right? It would seem that, you know, you eliminate the forgeries. Right? Chips are very easy to produce. for authentication, the right cheap to produce to barely add any cost or margin to a product. And so, like, yeah, now we're looking at just like taking a lot of these, these ideas and just like adding them to the product already know and love and just making them better and improving their, and provenance, their, you know, abilities with what they can do and being able to, you know, reach the end collector being able to, you know, retain them as well too through different different activations by having these these toys chip. And what was the inspiration behind the design? Like, how did you come to what is now a kid called beast? For sure. So me and Caleb wanted to do, like, a really cool hype beast kind of art toy. We wanted something that was, coming of age kind of character, like, kind of expressing our inner child, but, like, with an o 2, like, the privacy component of, like, web 3, because web 3 is very much, anybody who's on Twitter or crypto, like, not a lot of people show their faces, right? People are generally anonymous, and that's one of the reasons people really like the ski mask was, something we want to incorporate in the character early on because the ski mask is like the classic, like, anonymous, you know, person kind of, outfit you would wear. Right? Like, it's either a hoodie or a ski mask. Right? Like, it's kind of like the way people kind of think of like an anonymous character if you ever go on like a a live video stream or whatever. he said, yeah, we wanted to, create a character that embodied, you know, Zapask is also, obviously, like, a cool, it's kind of like Bourbon kind of fashion piece, like, an accessory. So it kinda added to the whole hype installment. And, yeah, we want it to be like a a kid like character to, like, identify with everybody's kind of in her kit because, like, I feel like as long as you have that in her kit, you're always gonna have, you know, fun, like, be able to find, you know, creative outlooks for things and not take things way too seriously. And so we kind of combine these ideas. We're tinkering with a lot of naming structure and stuff, kit cuties, first album. His first next date was called a kid named cutty, or a kid called cutty. I really no. It was kid named cutty. So we use that kind of naming structure with hype, kind of toyed with names Caleb came up with a kid called Beast. He's one of the other co founders. And well, like, as soon as I heard him say it, I was like, that's the fucking name, like, for sure. That's the 1. And, so we've we we wrapped the name. The name's trademark now. and so we have, like, that is, like, a solid branding that we have. And when we're creating the character, we we kind of brainstormed a lot of ideas for how we wanted to look and feel, like, very inspired by, like, a lot of Japanese designs, art Simpson, spongy bob, cause figurines, like bear breaks, like, a lot of the classic kind of artwork skin robot, like, all that kind of stuff. And we found an artist by the name of Jamie Alvarez, really, really talented artist character creator. He's worked with, like, Nike Adidas, Sony, Instagram, Facebook, Meta. He's worked a lot of different, like, brands to kind of create a lot of characters for different commercials and activations. And so, yeah, we just basically, kind of show them our concept or idea, and, we went through, like, a ton of iterations till we got to where we're at now to character. So, yeah, we're really, I mean, we're really happy with the design. He did an amazing job of bringing the character to life and, like, very much, like, has a really cool vision for, you know, pushing the the character universe forward further. Like, you've just been exploring all these different cool art ideas. It needs to be kind of leading the way on the hard side of things. Yeah. I think there's, like, huge room for potential in that area. I feel like bear brick has and cause have really owned that space for so long. And there's tons of other ones, but None are staples. Like, those 2 are in, like, the large figurine. And I think as the younger generation, like, my generation, I'm 4. I've grown up knowing what cause and bear bricks were, and I want one in my house when I move out and go and get my living room and my, like, kind of area. So, like, something like that you guys have created with this toy is a perfect fit in my opinion. And I've been just following the NFT space a little bit lately. And I've been watching what Pudgy penguins is doing in the IP area. And in my opinion, I I think they're set for a home run with that toy and design and I think they're taking it the right route. How does that open doors up for you guys? Because you are one of those other groups, one of those other projects that I've grouped into The large IP potential because the character looks very desirable and something you can really take from the screen to reality and have it be something you'd want it to have hanging around. I mean, that some people might hate me for saying this, but, like, a board ape. Like, I don't think that's that cool to, like, I'm not gonna, like, ask for a figurine of my board ape or I'm not going to most likely hang a picture of it. Like, I want product in hand, and I use that as just an example because they're really popular NFT. But, again, Back to what I was saying, how does this type of new route to market? Like, focus on the IP, build an actual physical product off the community, and the artwork. How is that, like, in the plans for you all going forward? Is that, like, priority number 1? Is that -- Yeah. That's definitely like priority number 1. because, like, the way NFTs are structured, like, royalties are not my opinion, like, a viable business plan. Like, royalties are not something that are internal, especially when market fees change, during, like, a project's life cycle. I mean, if they were viable, like, there'd be so many projects from 2021 that would still be, picking around actually doing something. Right? And as we know, like, be around in 2021 and then FTRO during its, like, biggest boom, like, there's a lot of promises made, a lot of money raised, like 100 of 1,000,000 of dollars, collectively 1,000,000,000 of dollars, and how many of those projects are around today? Very little, right? There's like the board API clubs, the doodles, and the clinics, like a few of these types of brands that are, you know, actually actively still building, but, like, far between compared to what we had in terms of, like, capital raise there's projects that we raised, you know, tens of 1,000,000 of dollars that just disappeared without a trace. They didn't, deliver anything. They didn't even deliver a t shirt at the end of the call, right, which is super sad to see. Like, that that can be, like, makes no sense, like, kind of a wasted opportunity. Like, if you're looking at, like, the startup tech potential of this, if how, you know, how any of those projects delivered on their promises. We have a much healthier space. We'd have, like, much happier space. There wouldn't be, like, you know, as many people have said or, like, jaded or traumatized, from all the different rugs and scams they've been involved in, because I can think about, I mean, how many people probably left as a result of a lot of these projects, just not even delivering on any of their stuff that they promised their holders. So, yeah. No. I mean, we're trying to do things different. We're trying to build a really cool IP play. Like, we were we're going for that, you know, 2023 and beyond Mickey Mouse. that we can put on everything. Anything that's like cool, you know, bringing people together, combining music, fashion, art, gaming, like we're building a video game right now on mobile game, which is, gonna be kind of like a fortnightly Super Smash Bros meets Mario party kind of got a really cool concept we came up with. So we're gonna be beta testing that pretty soon. Toys obviously makes sense to do an art toy. with the character model clothing, augmented reality features like the the mask you saw me wearing earlier, something that's good for just content creation on the fly, whether you're on mobile or maybe you're at desktop streamer who's really good at gaming, but you wanna show your face because, I mean, let's face it. There's a lot of fucking weirdos a lot. Right? You might not wanna show your face. You might just wanna have fun in the game and be able to talk, but have, you know, expressive, character in place of your actual face. Right? So creating a lot of, like, really cool technology tools for people to be able to build and enjoy and be part of the process and know, we we'd lean towards our community for everything that we're doing, like, in terms of their feedback, them being, like, you know, the the first people, the ambassadors, the influencers behind the brand, and what we do. I mean, just kinda making sure that we're always steering in the right direction with their guidance, making sure that they ID, they let us know whether we're on the right track or the wrong track for anything, right? Cause I feel like if they we get their support and they're backing in anything we do, then it'll be very easy, like, to get the support of people outside of the space, because I mean, if they already committed and they fell in love with the brand and project in such a big way. Feel like, you know, that's kind of like the first step towards, you know, any any kind of mainstream adoption, any kind of mainstream so, yeah, that's kind of like, you know, how we're how we're doing things, how we're building. In terms of the IT, you know, obviously, Luca from budget penguins, the outstanding job for for bringing toys to to the masses in terms of, like, just getting them out there and creating awesome mechanism for onboarding new people into, digital collectibles and NFTs as a whole. I don't even like using the word NFTs, honestly. It's such a tainted name collectibles because, like, I don't really wanna be lumped from the same category. But, yeah, no, he, like, Lucas done an awesome job. There's a few other projects doing, like, a really great job obviously artifacts with Nike, and they're they're killing it. They're doing really cool things with physical goods. Obviously, you know, it's a it's a great, combination. Few other project are actually, like, building something significant that that is viable, that it's not just like, you know, profile picture, which at this point in time in me doesn't make any any sense, right? Like, am I being that much for an identity? Like, is like, I don't know. Like, anyone who disagrees to, like, because I'm putting their bags Yeah. It's a I agree. Like, we're past that portion of the NFT space now. And I I do agree. I think the word NFT is slightly stained. I mean, there was a lot of turmoil

Rafsby  [00:21:09]:

from just bad managed projects and people who probably shouldn't be running big businesses, getting the chance to run them just built off that hype. But, I mean, in any market, that's what a market does. It cleans out all of those projects and the ones that are quality will survive and move forward. And it it is tough on the community because you might have been caught up in some of those things, but it's projects like yours that are the reason why people stick around and wanna continue to be in the space. Are the toys gonna be mass market a play? Are they gonna for members only.

Andres Sanchez [00:21:41]:

How's that? And if they're gonna be mass market, like, where can somebody go buy them or where can somebody go buy them in the future when they do come out. Totally. So as far as the toys go, we're gonna be kicking out a few different types of plays and approaches. Like, there's gonna be an online component to it for sure. There's gonna be exclusive drop for holders as well, and they can only be received if if you are a member. But then there's also gonna be a mass market component. We're partnering with a very, very large brand to do, an exclusive drop for a new marketplace that they're launching. And, you know, we're one of the, the launch pet partners for for this new thing that they're building. I can't talk too much about it, on NDA, but very, very exciting thing that we're gonna get to be a part of. so that'd be one of the first online kind of mainstream mass exposure plates that we're doing with the brand. And beyond that, we're definitely gonna be working with a lot of IP stores, our toy stores, to make sure that they have a kid copy some play in their store and and kind of making that show that, you know, we have that foot, that walk up traffic that, that mainstream kind of appeal. So we are, you know, you definitely built a there's a few stores I already have in mind I mean, you said you're in Miami. we're definitely gonna have, I keep up these, you know, sitting on shelves in a in a few stores, local to you. I love that. We we gotta chat. We gotta chat about that offline so I can go find them. Yeah. Yeah. There's gonna be, like, a lot of really cool components to it and just features too. Like, we want the the toy not just be, like, only a toy that sits on your desk. We wanted to have some cool, unique features that the Toy store, Toy is typically built in. They didn't really think of. Right? So I think that it'll change the game with with how people look these toys and with their potentials. For sure. And as being a NFT owner, digital collectible owner, you're kind of lumped into that crypto space. What are your thoughts on crypto now and in the next 12 months and same for the digital asset category? I mean, I got a very bullish perspective on on crypto as a whole. Like, I, think it solves so many problems, so many, like, utility problems. And, I mean, I love Miami for that reason. Like, mine is a very crypto. friendly city. Very crypto friendly. Yeah. They're they're they're pushing forward in a lot of the right ways as a city, very friendly place to do business. you're a crypto entrepreneur, but as far as crypto goes, I mean, if you think about it, it solves a lot of problems that, you know, traditional fiat faces, right? Like, One example, for example, is, you know, being able to transfer money on weekends. If you're trying to do a bank transfer, it's a little bit chaotic, right? There's certain, you know, hours of operation. There's limitations on, how many, you know, how much funds you can send over x period of time. There's speed issues, you know, how fast it can be done. It's not instant. In a lot of cases, like wires are not instant. There's a heavy fees involved, you know, a very, very bare minimum. You're looking at 3%, you know, transaction fees for credit card purchases, which I mean, I consider if you have purchased, you have know, massive fees involved in, you know, large wire transfers. And like the borders, I should do with transferring money. Like, there's different rules in different, countries and different, areas of the world that just becomes a, you know, massive, headache. I think, you know, crypto has much lower fees to transfer money. there's no borders, so you can you can transact anywhere. There's, you know, complete confirmation that when you send something from one side, you can see that it's been received on the other end without having to go ask the person to to see if tip received it. There's enough chargebacks. So there's, like, less fraud from the perspective of, you know, point a to point b as long as, you know, both sources are verified and trusted. Like, you're you're not at at risk that. Like, it doesn't shut down all weekends. Like, you can do it any time of day, any hour of day, any part of the world as long as you have Internet connection that you, like, you're good to go. You can send crypto to anyone. Right? think, like, these reasons alone are, like, you know, huge problem solves for, you know, why use crypto instead of fiat for, you know, transacting globally or even just like a peer to peer transaction. I wanna send your friend you know, some money or it's an emergency, whatever. Like, I feel like adult is great for that. And it also has, you know, probability and problems. Like, you can go on a blockchain and you'll figure out, you know, when the last transaction was made or, you know, just confirm things. You can go back, check things. You can verify things. I think that's, like, something that's really difficult to do with, like, bad transactions. Like, they don't even store your records at some point in time. Like, there's still a lot of paper records them in a lot of cases, just like recently moving over to, you know, paperless transactions. And they they're not gonna store your records for some time. If a bank were to ever have their servers go down or, I don't know, worst case, sorry, maybe a bank gets illiquidated, because they don't have enough assets. You run into so many risks in terms of record keeping and, like, just puts people on a lot of liability. Like, myself, personally, I I think people should be in charge of their own assets. They should be custodians of their own assets. They shouldn't have to necessarily trust another third party withholding their assets. Like, obviously, you need, you know, money in the bank to operate as a business. Like, that's a given. You need credit to be able to make purchases in the real world. In a lot of cases, especially if you're paying, you know, manufacturers and suppliers and retailers. But like personal funds, I don't know. I feel a lot better hanging on to my own money, instead of storing it somewhere in an institution where I know these people are lending it out, moving it around. There is a very real possibility for there to be a liquidity crisis let's say, you know, a good percentage of that bank's customers decide that they want to withdraw their funds at the same time. There's gonna be a shortage of, you know, debt access and, you know, how that works. for sure. So, like, to me, that's like a, like, a choke point for, like, storing your funds in a secure place. Yeah. Mhmm. That was that was great. And, like, I think that's just a kind of show that anybody who wants to learn if crypto is a good idea or not. For the just a first, you know, intro to crypto and what problems it solves. Like, Yeah. No. This is perfect and definitely something that we're gonna clip so other people are able to see it. And I I just think it's great. I think we we talked about where you started. We talked about your passion for the NFT Digital Collectible Space,

Rafsby  [00:26:55]:

the artwork, and then we kind of wrapped it up with a conversation around crypto self, which is what the business is really built off of right now. So I think for anybody that's been listening, like, one NFT's digital assets are not dead, there's amazing projects like this still being built, still growing with real value and IP, not a lot of the and things that you dealt with during the big boom. So if there's a reason to get back in NFTs or look in NFTs, this is a perfect example. And then two, crypto. Like, if you wanna learn more, if you're interested in learning more, there's amazing people like Raspy who are passionate about the space and will really kind of go through and explain why there's value. And I think everybody should be educated on all of these different avenues of transferring money because you never know when things might shift or when things might change. So one, I think it was a great explanation. And 2, it's just been really interesting to hear your perspectives, like, all the way through. Something I like to do at the end of every episode is take us a little bit away from the hardcore business conversation,

Andres Sanchez [00:27:55]:

ask something super simple that you can answer however you want and that is what are you excited about in the near future? I'm just excited about, like, the merger of more technology in our society. I I I love what's going on in AI, for example, is the chat GBT thing that's just kind of revolutionized people's workflow on their thought processes. I love communities coming together, and helping brands make, you know, good decisions that are in the benefit of community members. I guess it's just all kind of like a more of a web 3 versus web 2 movement. Web 2 being like, okay. We can finally, like, socialize and interact with content that, you know, companies are are releasing. Web 3 being, you know, we're a part of that conversation, deeply, we we have ownership. We can trade these assets. These assets maintain value, you know, after the the initial sale and we're key decision makers and how brands move. I think, like, that's kind of, something I'm really, really excited about more brands moving towards that, that angle of, like, including their community. and making decisions alongside and in parallel to the community. I think it'll create better products. It'll create better services, and it'll create happier customers and happier people I'm right there with you on the excitement. I think that's a perfect answer and something I also agree with. I love technology. I think that there is so much more innovation to and I think that we are gonna be the beneficiaries of that. And if you're listening right now, go out and learn more about tech. Go learn about AI. Go learn about all cool things that we're building on a weekly and monthly basis, you will really thank yourself in the next 20 years because these products will be the reason why some people get left behind, and some people really do succeed long term. So do yourself a favor and go educate yourself because there's so many amazing things Raspy. This episode has been amazing, and it's an absolute pleasure to have you on the pod on the phone. Oh, boy. Long day. Yeah. for sure. Like, I don't know for, like, anybody who's, like, trying to explore being a entrepreneur and, like, being a self starter. Like, I think a really big angle right now would be getting involved in three d 3 d creation. You know, blender is a free tool. There's a ton of tutorials out there to learn how to use it. I think 3 d asset creations give me massive. We saw the introduction of, you know, apples. you know, hybrid wearables that are gonna, you know, incorporate augmented reality in a big way. I think if you're looking for a job creation and not opportunity merge 3 d creation and the skills that can be found in AI. And and I think you'll be really set up well, as an entrepreneur, or even, you know, if you're just looking for a high paying high value jobs, there's gonna be a huge, huge

Rafsby  [00:30:17]:

surge in demand, in my opinion, for these types of jobs over the next 5 year And that's why you stick around till the end of the episode. You never know when there's gonna be some gold drop. Like, that's the free game right there. free game. If you stuck around and got all the way through, you got some free information that might make you a shitload of money. So it's to your benefit to go take on that. People are really lazy, like I said early on. So I'm gonna have all your stuff linked in the description, but I want you to save the Twitter hand loud so people can go and reach you and and connect with you and maybe even become a part of the kid called Beast community. Yeah. Definitely. So we have only one website.

Andres Sanchez [00:30:53]:

a kid called beast.com. You have no other websites because there's just a lot of scams out there that people try to, like, take advantage of other people. So a kid called beast.com.

Rafsby  [00:31:01]:

Our Twitter handle is a kid called beast. My personal handle is just Rapsby, r a f s b y. Follow me on on Twitter or Instagram. I the same handle. So -- Awesome, man. Thank you so much for coming on the show. It has been an absolute pleasure getting to learn more about you. I know we briefly met in Miami, like, maybe a year and a half ago, and it's crazy how life brings things full circle. So, again, absolute pleasure having you on. I cannot wait to continue to follow your journey in what a kid called Beast has over the next 5 to 10 years. and I can't wait to stay connected. So thanks for coming on, and I look forward to this episode coming out. Appreciate it, man. Thank you.