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Welcome back, everyone. You're listening to Talk of the Town on KQA. Today is Presca Chamber Day.

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Today is Presca Chamber Day. We need kind of a little jingle, I think.

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We talked about that.

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Yeah, we could probably put it to a tune. We'll work on that.

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We've got to practice that.

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Absolutely.

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Well, you're here to introduce our first guest.

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Thank you, Sharon. Good afternoon, Sherry, and good afternoon, everyone. Our first guest is Trevor Warnke with Brotherhood Beyond Business. Welcome to the show, Trevor. Thanks. Tell us a little bit about Trevor before we dive into Brotherhood Beyond Business. Where you're from? Maybe a little bit about family.

SPEAKER_01 0:34

Yeah, I grew up in Iowa. I have an entrepreneur, dad, he built a pretty large corporation, invented a patent in geothermal. So I spent a lot of my childhood learning all about business and how to grow a business and learning the ins and outs of that. I'm one of five. Moved out here with my wife about three years ago. I built a couple uh facilities, uh gyms out in Chicago area, and that's where I met my wife. And then during the COVID time frame, we were like, hey, we want to move to somewhere a little bit more warm and get out more. And so we moved out to Prescott three years ago and just been building life since then.

SPEAKER_00 1:05

It's a cool spot, isn't it?

SPEAKER_01 1:06

Oh man, it's got everything I could dream of. I I'm actually lived in Australia and Wales, different parts of my life, and adventuring there, and that kind of taught me I want to live somewhere I can go out and adventure because they had mountains in both places. And so when I came out here, I was like, oh, this is we're better than Australia.

SPEAKER_00 1:21

How about that? Oh, you it really is. Australia is very cool.

SPEAKER_01 1:24

Very cool in certain ways, but not every single way. This place is pretty awesome.

SPEAKER_02 1:28

Well, that's a great testimony. We'll have to make note of that for future considerations. But well, welcome to Prescott. We're glad to have you. And we're we're excited to hear about Brotherhood Beyond Business.

SPEAKER_01 1:39

Yeah. So Brotherhood Beyond Business has been uh a dream of mine for many years. I've been building building businesses in different industries. And the thing I always realized was entrepreneurs need a space to escape a little bit. Kind of is the lonely on the top concept of when you're the boss, you're the you have employees and stuff, you've got to figure out everything on your own. And it's hard to really share those intimate details with your employees. And you don't have a group of other people to talk to us about. So that's why we started building these mastermind we call war rooms so that we can be have these conversations together and we make them male only because then we can talk about life, how to deal with kids as a as a as a dad or with our spouses and do these other aspects of life. So we build them as male-only masterminds. And our concept there is to give a space where we can be a board of directors for each other in business, life, and legacy.

SPEAKER_02 2:25

I've heard about that sort of thing, but it this is an awesome concept here. I think sounds like one of the first in this area.

SPEAKER_01 2:32

Yeah. Conceptually, what we're doing is probably one of the uh very rare in the United States in general. Masterminds themselves are pretty popular, but they're big group settings where it's like 400 people come and learn ideas. Ours is really designed where it's groups of 10 small groups, you have these intimate board of directors things. So it is unique to Prescott. Um, and these are local masterminds that will be happening popping up all throughout the United States. But it starts it's starting here in Prescott's our first version of it.

SPEAKER_02 2:57

Oh wonderful. So question it uh are are most of these in person or could they be virtual?

SPEAKER_01 3:03

And you could have people from all over the We have both versions. We actually have a national we call it a national level one where we I have people currently from all over the United States on these virtual calls, Zoom calls, and we meet twice a year in Orlando for live events where we get Airbnbs and do these in person. We found that's not the most scalable model because I'd have to be gone for my family every single week to make this possible. Um so we do have a national level one, but we're really focused on the local level one where we can bring people in the local neighborhood and build friendships with other entrepreneurs that you can actually do business with versus the people on the national level. You can't really do business together very well, but in a local level, you can be like a plumber that works with an electrician, that works with a home builder, you can build these intimate relationships with these guys and build business together too.

SPEAKER_02 3:47

Mm-hmm. Just kind of become like a a referral group, a networking group as well.

SPEAKER_01 3:51

Yeah. Networking is a ben a byproduct of it. We try to make sure that our group isn't associated with the networking concept because you're here to we actually work on business development and personal development. So we're trying to build the individual, and then when you build a good group of friends, people that you truly trust, referrals come naturally. Yes. We don't want people coming into the group thinking, I'm just going to get more leads from this. Right. The concept is come in and become the best version of yourself as a person and as a business owner, and referrals and stuff will come naturally.

SPEAKER_02 4:19

Hence brotherhood.

SPEAKER_01 4:20

Exactly. I love it. Great. And so uh when did you get started with this? So I've been in mastermind groups for 10 years now. I started my own group five years ago, which is the national level one. And about six months ago, we realized wow, this would work ten times better on a local uh spectrum. And what actually taught me that was moving to Prescott and realizing like I grew up in small town Iowa. I grew up in a town of 600 people, so I'm very used to very small town.

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Right.

SPEAKER_01 4:47

Moved out here and it's still a bigger area, but it still feels that small town feel. Exactly. And I realized, man, as I build my business, like there's other entrepreneurs around here that I want these relationships with. And that kind of woke me up to the idea is like, what if we did these masterminds locally and then we just put these we went to small towns throughout the United States and built these individual pockets inside the the United States with good good men trying to do great things for the community. I truly believe entrepreneurs are the ones that move the community forward because they're the ones employing people. And so that's our our method is to help those entrepreneurs have a group of people to talk to and then they can lead their communities.

SPEAKER_02 5:21

And I love I and what you said earlier when you opened up is w it was so true. You know, when you're at the top, it's hard to you don't have a network. You're you're literally there by yourself, you know, trying to figure out things. So to have someone to kind of bounce that off from, or like you said, have a board of directors to help you in that growth area is is a phenomenal idea.

SPEAKER_01 5:41

Aaron Powell It really is. It's the thing that people, when they first come in, don't think they need until they actually get that real honest advice. When all of a sudden you're about to make a pretty big mistake and somebody else is like, hey, I've been down that path before. Here's my warnings, do with the choice that you want to do, but here's my warnings. We we actually call it buying speed. You buy speed by everybody else's wins and losses. And so you have a group of other nine people that have these wins and losses that you can learn from instantly that can buy you speed in other aspects that you couldn't get from just going out and have a conversation with your buddy that might work for work somewhere else, and they don't really have control of ownership of it, whereas an entrepreneur you have to make these hard choices, and sometimes they're choices that nobody else will ever know about.

SPEAKER_02 6:20

Exactly. Um so how often do they meet and um time and is there a location and all those fun things?

SPEAKER_01 6:29

Yeah, so we are actually uh so Founding Fathers, they've given me the ability to do those out of there, which has been awesome. Grant's been amazing there. And so uh we do these at Founding Fathers once a month, so it's a monthly meeting, um, only for two hours. We do do personal events outside of there once we build friendships and then start to do events once a month together to build those relationships. But it's once a month, two hours uh for the time frame of it. Um we do that right now. Our meetings are Friday one to three. We're gonna be opening up other times as the groups grow into multiple groups to fit like people maybe 5 to 7 p.m. Um so we're trying to fit those those nice spots to fit all the different kinds of entrepreneurs based on their businesses out there. Um still very new. We just launched the group our first group in January. So we're doing our second official meeting this Friday.

SPEAKER_02 7:13

Oh, cool.

SPEAKER_01 7:14

So we do it the last right now, the meetings are the last week of uh the month.

SPEAKER_02 7:18

Okay. And then um, like so basically anyone who's an entrepreneur can join, like you it anybody like in is there any kind of markets or specific businesses that you're hoping to be in part of the group?

SPEAKER_01 7:31

So uh it is male only, so it's male entrepreneurs only for that's the first stage. Second is we do have to have a meeting, me with them in person and make sure it's the right fit. Because like we said before, we don't want people just coming looking for leads. We're looking for people building relationships and wanting to grow themselves first. If we build ourselves up, we can change the world, but if we just go out and try to build our business, our personal life can fall apart. Um so that's the main thing we're looking for is just a meeting with any entrepreneur. And an entrepreneur is a pretty broad spectrum. I've found in this area a lot of entrepreneurs are towards the retirement age, but they might have a son or somebody else that's about to take over their business. That person is also welcome in this group because we're trying to lead them into that next stage. Um I've noticed that's pretty unique to Prescott in the sense that a lot of people here are towards retirement age of ownership, and so that we're trying to work on that next generation to give them that group so that they can move to the next stage.

SPEAKER_02 8:20

Aaron Powell Well, thank goodness, because we need that. You know, that handoff is always so important. And and I bet this group would be very helpful to somebody like so you have like this is how I've always done it, but then you have the the new generation coming in with new ideas, and this group probably can really help with that.

SPEAKER_01 8:39

Aaron Powell It helps a ton. I actually have a lot of experience with that. My dad again owns a corporation, he's 78 right now, and he still runs it somewhat. Um and so I'm actually I took over a consulting role for them recently to help my siblings be able to t be passed on because that that situation isn't in a good position right now, meaning like it's not in a handoff position. Right. So I'm actually very experienced with that and going through that right now, too, to be able to help the old school philosophies that were great, got them there, but it's not probably what's going to take that next step with AI and all that stuff coming out. Um so yeah, I think this group is really good. It doesn't have an age limit. There's no age limit. I do think that it could be anybody that's um 25 years old, up to 75 years old, because the older the experience, there's still lessons and wisdom to take from it. Um younger, you've got to be also be in a position in life where it's like I'm willing to accept the ideas too. And then there's a certain age, I don't know if probably until like 32 was I really ready to accept real input and make choices with it, right? So but in general, yeah, I do think we are being able to be that stepping stone to move people to that in-between stage, but also for that person that feels like they're on an island alone and they just don't know where to go next, I think that's a good fit for us too. Is like, I'm an entrepreneur, I'm trying to figure out the struggle's real, but I don't I can't rely on my wife. I can't put the more burden on her.

SPEAKER_02 9:55

So wonderful. And uh, if someone is listening right now and wanted to get involved, um how would they connect with you?

SPEAKER_01 10:04

So one where area you can go is the Brotherhood Beyond Business website, says Brotherhoodbeyond Business.com. Um you can follow me on any socials which is trev.warnky on pretty much every social you can think of. Um Brotherhood Beyond Business is also on every social platform. The best way to get a hold of me though is going to our website, filling out our our connect form on there. And then from there I'll reach out to you, set up a conversation to like let's get coffee at Founding Fathers, and let's just have a conversation about why what you want to do in business and life and legacy, and we'll talk and just see if you're a good fit.

SPEAKER_02 10:33

Wonderful. That's awesome. We have a couple more minutes, so is there anything else you want to add to the conversation?

SPEAKER_01 10:39

Yeah, I think I want to talk about one thing that we really focus on in our group is also we have a little uh a faith perspective to it as well. And so the faith perspective is you don't have to uh have uh faith to be in the group. But we're gonna have conversations that are gonna be in that realm. So you've got to be comfortable enough when you're in the group to have conversations about faith or us to point you down a path that might be more faith-driven. And you you gotta know that before you step in the room, that it's like, hey, you don't have to you wherever you're at in your faith journey, that's your journey. But just know we're not gonna avoid those conversations because we are Christ's followers. And so because of that, we're gonna lead with that first, and that's gonna be where our heart is, our heart posture comes from that path. Um, we're gonna lead you in business for sure. We're gonna have a lot of business conversations, but we are not gonna avoid life. We're not gonna avoid your personal life. If your marriage is falling apart, your business isn't getting any better. If your life's falling apart, you don't have life outside your business, your business isn't gonna get any better. So we have to focus on all aspects of that.

SPEAKER_02 11:32

I 100% agree that, you know, and sometimes busy people they forget about some of these other avenues. You know, if you're busy or successful in business, but then you're there's your personal life. So that's wonderful that you have that whole all built into it.

SPEAKER_01 11:46

I actually wrote a book about it called The Brotherhood Beyond Business. So that book is out there too. You can go to Amazon look Brotherhood Beyond Business, and it's uh I wrote it in a parable story, so story form. So you can listen through my journey to becoming full well-rounded in all aspects of life, and that comes that's really what our mastermind is built around, is that that business that that book model.

SPEAKER_02 12:04

So Well, congratulations. Thanks. And thank you for being part of the Chamber family as well. And we appreciate you being on the show today. And best of luck. Thank you very much. And you've got uh something coming up this Friday, right?

SPEAKER_01 12:16

If this Friday we have our first uh brotherhood meeting, but we do have to have a meeting before you can join in that meeting. So the best way to get a hold of me is just literally just listen get on the website, fill out a thing, and we'll take it from there. Perfect.

SPEAKER_02 12:25

Thanks so much for being on the show. Thank you guys. You're listening to Talk of the Town on KQA, 1130 AM and 99.9 FM and Prescott, 95.5 FM and Prescott Valley and Cottonwood, streaming live worldwide, kq a dot com. A re-service that comes to you, trust High Country Rec V Center. We've got Travis Bard from Legacy Real Estate Network.