Todd Green on HeadBlade, entrepreneurship, and fair questions

I'm Vic Cohen, and it's a fair question. Hello, everyone. I am Vic Cohen, and it is a fair question. It is always a fair question. There's no such thing as a unfair or bad question here on the show. And we have tonight a awesome guest. You're gonna love this guy. He's a good friend. And he's also quite a bit of a celebrity in the business world. Did you know that? Yes, Todd, did you know? His name is Todd Green. Todd, welcome to the show. Thank you, Vic. Yes, now Todd is very well known. He's been on a lot of shows for being quite the entrepreneur. That's right. I wanna describe him to you right now. I'm looking at him. Now, here's the thing. I'm gonna describe him as bald. And that's gonna bother him because he doesn't like the word bald. He considers himself a man with a shaved head. Is that right, Todd? It's very true. Charlie Brown is bald. Larry David is bald. Okay, Todd Green, not bald. Not bald. Now, the reason this is an issue and why we're discussing it right now is because Todd Green is the inventor, the creator. He's the everything of a very popular men's product called Head Blade. Not Bald Blade. Not Bald Blade. That's correct. That would make you very angry if there was a competitor that came out. Oh, don't say that. Don't give people ideas. That's true. I don't wanna do that. Even though they've had ideas like that. So, Todd, you're- No, not a bald blade. Well, okay, in your own words, I want you to describe to the people listening exactly, and this has to be under 20 seconds. What is it that you do? I make men's grooming products for guys who shave their heads who aren't bald. Who aren't bald? Who aren't bald. Well, isn't- There's no such thing as a truly bald- Every man, a bald man still has the stuff on the side. I mean, unless you're God forbid going through chemo or something. I mean, you're never- No one's ever totally bald. Yeah, there are some people that are bald, but I would say- Who? What names? Really? It is a fair question. The Simpsons, Homer Simpson. Is he bald? He doesn't shave. Oh, good point. There you go. You had an answer. That's, you know your business. So, this product- What I love also about Todd, and I have to ask you, and I do think this is also- I can't see you. I have to turn around. Okay, yes. You gotta turn around. It's like a mirror. Yeah, it is. Except you have a little mustache. For those of you who know Vic, who haven't seen Vic, Vic is sprouting. Sprouting, is that a word? Yeah. I'm growing a mustache for a potential role. Tending. Tending to a mustache. Tending? Is that what you call it? Yes. Here's what I love what Todd has done. It's a brilliant move. He has decided, and it's actually working, that he calls this a lifestyle. I love that. It is. It's brilliant marketing. It really is. You think a guy with a shaved head, he has a fucking shaved head, but for you, it's a lifestyle. Totally. Describe the lifestyle. It's a choice, and that's the thing. When you talk about balding, it's kind of one of those things that it's something that happens to you. It's passive. When you start losing your hair, you'll always be balding until you don't have any hair left. I like to use the Charlie Brown analogy because, look, Lucy makes fun of him. She pulls a football away. He's balding. The minute you shave your head, you're shaved. It's a different, it's a whole thing where you've, if Nike didn't already have the just do it, head blade, and when you shave your head, something passive is now active. Okay. I just thought of a great new, I don't know. Tell me, what is the slogan for the company? Do you have an actual, because I don't remember. Yeah, if Nike didn't have just do it, that'd be ours. No, because I'm telling you what yours should be. I'm giving you something here. Well, against the grain is one of them. Okay. I like that. That's clever, but I got something better. I'm serious. Okay. I'm going to make you a lot of money. Coming down here is going to be worth your while. Big time, bigger than just. Already worth my while. Thank you. You have a plush studio, a nice mustache. Well, thank you. Yes. Just being a part of this show, I know is thrilling for you. It is. I like it. It's a great place, isn't it? It's nice. Yeah. Here's the deal. Okay. Here's your new slogan. Just shave it. Just shave it? Yep. I'm telling you, that is a great slogan. Just shave it. Wait, do we already? No. I'm so old. I think we may have. Just shave it. Let me tell you something. We had one that was called, can I kiss it? I don't, I'm telling you what you should go with. You can do what you want. I'm a creative guy. I could be in the marketing business like that. And I'm telling you, that's a great slogan. It is good. Very good. And I'm giving it to you. Just shave it? Just shave it. We had love head. Do you like that? I think that's too dirty. You know, I'm very clean. Oh, I didn't even notice it. I'm sure everyone loves a little head blade. Head blade, yeah. Yeah. Okay. Well, now that, like I said, yeah, I've done my work here. Now, the thing that's amazing also about Todd is he is a millionaire entrepreneur. I happened to run into him as he drove up in his Lotus. Now, he is living the lifestyle of a true. I love how you said that. And it's parked outside, right on the streets of LA. No, you're in a parking lot. He was very concerned about making sure his Lotus was tended to by a live human being. Who did not work there. Right. That's a nice thing. I'm the same way with my Prius. Okay. Don't think that's a good thing. I think the Lotus is so special. You're like my friend who has a Prius. He said, you know, I get five times better gas mileage than you. And I said, yeah, but I get 10 times more fun driving. I thought you were going to say 10 times the, you know. Love head. Something like that. Okay. It's a tiny car inside. Have you ever been inside a Lotus? No. I was looking at you in the front seat. I almost pulled my back. You're so low to the ground. It's so, such unsafe car. It's a very, it's a very scary car. It's like a go-kart. Well, here's the deal. Here's the deal. You are living the life style of a millionaire. And I want to know, what are you worth? It's a fair question. I've always wondered that and I'm waiting for, I was waiting for this moment. What are you worth? How much do I have in my pockets? No, I'm serious. Now, what do you have in your bank account? I mean, we've been calling you a millionaire. It's a fair question. It is a fair question. You go, you know, you've been interviewed by Joan Rivers on her show. Oh, I forgot about that. Yeah, you live at the beach. How is Joan? Hey, I want to tell you, I'm going to tell you something. You get profiled. You were in Time Magazine in 2000, I believe for one of the top inventions of the year. Out of my apartment. Okay. So I'm telling you. You know this, it's better. Here's the thing. Yeah, explain to me. Remember Fletch? Well, no, it's, what do you, when you told me, as an actor, you play what? I, I, you asked me my age and I said, I play 32 to 46. And your height? I play five, three to five, nine. Okay. I don't give any of that. Let's talk about my worth in the same way. Remember, did you watch movie Fletch? Years ago. In his apartment, it was actually where, close to Whitey Bulger, where he was actually found. In Santa Monica. Okay. And I think Fletch lived off of fourth. Now, just now I have to explain. And he went by. Whitey Bulger was a guy on the run for years that they found in Santa Monica recently. And he's an old time, he was, he was running from the law. With Lino DiCaprio or. Did they do a movie on it? Mark, Mark. I totally missed it. The movie, really? Yeah. But let's get back to what you were saying. So he drives by and he says, Just get to the answer. What are you worth? This is my palatial imitation apartment building. What am I worth? I'm not worth that much. If I build up my company, I sell it. Yeah. I'm worth so much more. Okay. So why, why don't you sell it? Because it's, it's, here's why I don't sell it. I've been approached before by companies that say, we love what you do. We love who you are. Especially if you use that Vic, Vic Cohen slogan, just shave it. But really in terms of the value of the company. So when you get approached. Let's get a quick answer here. Nothing too technical for the people at home. No, no. This is. We don't want to get into numbers. Follow on. And you know, like, go ahead. Okay. Keep it simple. I will. As he drinks milk with a mustache. Well, it's a frappuccino. Okay. Okay. The marketing people tell you, you're brilliant. You do more, you get more press than they do. And they have billion dollar ad budgets. And you do all the social marketing. And you have a great product. You win all the design awards. But when they get you in that room, and they start sweating you out with the accountants, and they start pulling out terms like EBITDA, and how much is your company worth? And let's take, by the way, who are you saying? The bean counts, the accountants. The people that say. At your company or? No, another company. Or were you to sell the company? So that's like someone saying. Okay, if you're going to sell the company. That's like when somebody wants to date you, and they tell you how great you are. And then when they break up, they tell you how you're not that great. So let's say you were Starbucks. Right. At its core, Starbucks just serves coffee. And you can say, what's Starbucks worth? Well, okay. You can go through the financials of Starbucks, and the coffee, and how much they profit, and the margins, and all that. But then you talk about the intangibles, the trademarks, the, why people go to McDonald's or Starbucks. So with a company my size, we really can't dictate, hey, the logo's worth a lot. Hey, the design is worth a lot. Hey, there's so much more in terms of the lifestyle. So it's the brand. They just look at the finances. And so we don't have, we're not one of those companies that right now, is in a position where we can dictate, we don't have a bidding war. Someone says, how much are you worth? So that's what. You have two people, and they're bidding you up. Okay. I hear you saying, so, so what are you worth? It's a fair question. That was a beautiful dodge. What the hell is your bank account? I'm curious. Not much. It's a fair question. Not much. Are you, now here's the thing about Todd also, which I love, I love this guy because he is a walking anomaly. He really is. He kind of, you live kind of like a, I don't say austere. I like Benny Hill. Benny Hill didn't own anything. You know that? Well, here's what I'm going to say. Todd, Todd lives in a very modest, I didn't know that by the way, about Benny Hill, but Todd lives, you would think that he's living in some palatial estate or, you know, some massive, he lives in a one room home. What, 400 square feet? 600? It's about 400. 400. It's small. I have a bed that I roll in and out of the wall. I have a raised bathroom in my bed. It's great because somebody comes over, they go to the bathroom, I pull out the bed, I think they're in the wrong place. Right. So it's very small. I mean, the, the apartment's very small. I got that. No, I understand. Well, you smile and your mustache just kind of goes up like a little cheshire cat. It's like a mood ring. You can sense what I'm thinking by looking at my mustache. So you live in Santa Monica. Yeah. I wasn't supposed to say that. I was trying not to say where you live. I parked the Lotus outside. And, oh, by the way, if anyone has a call, or wants to talk to Todd, the number here is 800-893-9516. And, that's 800-893-9562. And again, I'm Vic Cohen, and you are listening to Vic Cohen's It's a Fair Question. Do we have a call on the line? We do. We have a call. Yes, go ahead, please. Yeah, I got, my name's Marcus. I'm an entrepreneur, and I'm a big fan. Love what you've done. Thank you, Marcus. You're talking to me or Vic? You're talking to me. I'm talking to you, Todd. I'm, you know, I'm kind of in a similar situation. I think when you started your company, I have an invention, that I have been developing for years, and I'm ready to take it to market. I have created, they are utensils, that, they're edible. They're edible utensils. Once you use them, you can actually eat them, and they're sturdy until they are, they sit in water for five minutes. And, I've had some people at work tell me they think it's amazing. And I've spent pretty much my whole life savings on it. And I'm ready. How much is that by the way, may I ask? And it is a fair question. What it, when you say you spent your whole life savings, what are we talking? I've invested over the years, I'd say every year, probably about, this past year I invested about $12,000 in the development stage. I'd say in total probably in the, maybe about $22,000. Do you have a patent? I was gonna ask that. I was gonna ask, what is, is it the process, Marcus, of what you've made? That base, cause like I've, for instance, there are chocolate spoons. Have you seen those that you use for coffee? Yeah, this is very different. Okay. And the biodegradable plates and stuff, I don't know if they're from M Cafe or there's a restaurant in Santa Monica that has. Well, let me ask you this. I wanna get- Marcus. I wanna ask Marcus, I wanna ask you something. Marcus, what is your question by the way? Cause I think, I don't know the description, but we need to move along and I really wanna know what you're asking exactly. The question is how do I take it to the next level? I have it, I have it all developed. Okay. I haven't really done anything to protect it. I just pretty much have it and I'm ready to take it to the next level. Okay, okay. Okay. Marcus, Marcus, we got it. Okay, thank you. I'm not trying to be rude. I wanna get right to that. I mean, Marcus, I think, A, you're doing it in the right way in that you've developed the product, you know it works. Now's the time to bring in a lawyer. You know, you need to go out and see what kind of protection you can get for it. Whether the process can be protected or the design can be protected. Because really, you could be the first to market and depending on how good your product is, you know, they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and I don't happen to agree with that because obviously you don't wanna do all the work, have a great idea, come to market and then have somebody rip you off. So you need to get a lawyer involved and find out where the value of your invention is. Also, let's just get to the chase. I mean, I hate this expression, Marcus, but I am a straight shooter. You know, when we say it's a fair question, it also is gonna, I'm looking for a fair answer. Now, let's be honest, Todd. When this gentleman was describing his product, we had to hold back from laughing. Well, because it made me think of edible underwear. Well, I think it was because, no. I think what it was is- I was thinking of edible underwear. With all due respect, Marcus, I think you're gonna have a hard time with that product. Well, wait, wait, I got another question. Marcus? Yeah. Is the product made to be eaten by humans or biodegradable so that animals can eat it? Are you being serious? Yeah. I'm surprised we're even indulging this idea. No, I think it's, from all the ideas I've heard, there's merit to this because depending on whether it's just biodegradable- I think this idea sucks, to be honest. No, because- With all due respect to you. Think of it like this. If you have, if you had on a pillow, you know, a pillow, on a picnic, or if you want, you don't want to use plastics, let's say it's made out of something that animals can eat or biodegradable, you don't have to worry about throwing it away, maybe for camping. You know what I think, Marcus? I think you owe Todd a big thank you because he actually saved your product. You know, that sounds like- Let's hear about what it is. What is it about? I was just saying that the driving inspiration was that every time I threw away plastic, it was like there was a hole in my gut because I couldn't always recycle it. And I thought, well, what's the best way to do it? Then you can- You can just eat it. Humans can eat it. Sometimes it does hurt. It does cause some constipation. I'm still working that out. But the rest of it, the animals can eat it. Hold on a second. We're going to have to run, Marcus. But let me just, I just want, did you say you eat your plastic silverware? Well, that's what I've developed, yeah. Wait, you've been eating your own silverware out of- No, I created it out of, I put together a formula over the years and it has a little bit of plastic that- Okay, well, you know what? I'm going to have to eat it. I apologize. I don't want to be rude, but we need to move on. Okay. I think you have something there, Marcus. Talk to, yeah, talk to a lawyer. There's also a website that I'll tell you. It's called crazyideas.com? No, it's called ideacafe.com. Okay. There's a community of entrepreneurs and people that will help you that there's a lot of stuff to read. I'm not, in fact, I don't think it's a bad, I told you there are certain ones that I've heard over the years that just blew my mind. By the way, thank you, Marcus, for calling. Thanks, Marcus. Thank you, Marcus. Again, I'm talking to entrepreneur, owner, creator of the HeadBlade product line. Particularly, he has a razor that specifically is designed just for men. Well, I can tell you, Vic. For men who want to shave their head by choice. Yeah, go ahead. When I came up with the idea of HeadBlade, I had a lot of people that laughed it off, that thought it was a crazy idea. So I understand what Marcus is going through because you do- Come on, man. You and I were both cracking up because it was insane. That idea is crazy. I don't think it's crazy. Really? I think- Jeremy. The things that, here's what was going through my mind. A was edible underwear. Okay. B was how long do you have to wait from eating with utensil- Right, it's gonna melt in your mouth. It's ridiculous. Well, no, but that's what I'm thinking. There must be something where there's some chemical reaction that you- Maybe it's just a bad idea. I mean, we don't know. I think you're making it a lot better because you're, I don't think he was that- I'd hate if it had a half life but like 10 years you had to sit around after you eat and wait five years before you could eat it. But then what made me feel like if he's eating this stuff and it's giving him constipation, he needs to do a little more research at work. Well, Jeremy, you were laughing immediately. I mean, here's the thing is- Jeremy, by the way, is running the board and he's also the big cheese here at Skid Row. Go ahead. I'm thinking of the food that you're eating with these utensils. Because these utensils are gonna be like candy, right? They have to be made out of something like that. So if you're eating a steak, do you want to have a candy necklace after you eat a nice steak? He makes a good point and- Right, there definitely has to be some kind of, think of when you have pills, right? When you take pills and they're coated with something that it takes maybe 20 minutes for it to dissolve. So maybe you have to use these and eat really fast. Okay, no, no, no. I think you're very, you know what, Todd, you have the ability and I've seen it just, you know, just here that you can actually do look on the positive side as far as how to make something work. Yeah, if he said he had a car that was edible, you could drive it and you wouldn't have to park it, you'd just have to eat it, that's unrealistic. Okay, now let's get back to you. You don't even need any food, the car itself is just- Well, let me ask you this. Since we are in this territory here, tell me, you said you hear crazy ideas that are pitched to you. People will think that, you know, they see you as an entrepreneur, they want help. Tell me, what is the craziest pitch you've had? Craziest one, and this is where, like I get a lot of emails, especially if I'm on TV. And I think I come across the TV as people say, oh wow, look at that guy. Oh, you know, if that guy can do it, anybody can do it. So then they write me and they say, how'd you do it? Because I'm trying to come up with my own idea. Well, I used to meet with these people. If somebody said, hey, I have an idea, I live locally, will you meet with me? And I went to lunch with this guy and he didn't tell me what his idea was until we were at lunch. Went to a Thai restaurant for a lunch special and he said, what's the name of the restaurant? The one you took me to that? No, this is the one in Santa Monica. Toy on Wilshire, no longer there. We're sitting there and he puts it on the table. The product. The product, his one and only prototype. And I said, what is it? And he said, it's the man pond. And I swear to God, you would've thought Kramer from Seinfeld was gonna walk in and sell this with his coffee table book on coffee tables. Right, what was the pitch? It's because when you go to the bathroom and after like, you just went to the restroom, right? You know how, like my dad says, you know, no matter how long you shake and dance, last few drops going down your pants. If you shake it more than five times, you're playing with yourself. Okay. Right, well, this guy's man pond was a thing that a guy wears. So when he drips, I don't know how, when he drips at the end, this little man pond catches it all and then he discards it. So how many of them did you guys sell? Oh yeah, yeah, there we go. You didn't go for that one? You didn't bite? No, no, I didn't even wanna test it. Well, you had to give him credit, right? For at least coming up with it. Was that a play on words? Hey, no, no, never. So tell me a little bit about you as a kid. You know, you're- I was born bald. Yeah, well, I had a dirty joke, but I'm not gonna say it. About me? About your birth. I can't, I was gonna say your mom was bald, but it was like a shave joke. Like, it's not cool, it's not, it's wrong. I've just lost my- My mom is listening. Not on the head. It was like- 2 a.m. in the East Coast, she's up. She just heard you. Hello, Mrs. Green. She hasn't been Mrs. Green since 76, but that's another story. Oh, okay, you developed a wonderful son. By the way, give us a- I was a forceps baby. You were? Yeah. Seriously? And you look at my ears, you'd think they didn't need forceps, they just pulled me out with my ears. Is that true? Yes. 310, excuse me, 800- Yeah, give me your cell phone number. 800, I was, I was about to give my cell phone number. 800-893-9562. If you just joined us, I'm talking with entrepreneur and the creator of Head Blade, Todd Green. Look him up on- On Google, you'll be blown away about what's been written about this man. And he's a visionary. He's really created an entire new market for men in grooming. And as he said, it is not just a razor, it is a lifestyle. What do you think of these commercials, Todd? They go, are you suffering from hair loss? They make it sound like a man who's losing his hair is dying. Right. And I listen to that, and I'm feeling good before the commercial. And then, F, do we have a call? Great. And then afterwards, I'm like, you know, what, what's going, you know, like I suddenly feel, did you say we have a call? Okay, then I suddenly- What, you think it's the wrong number? You really- I don't know, I'm shocked- Does anybody ever call here, Jeremy? This is the first couple of calls we've had, so. No, no, because it's showing up as the same number as before, but I'll take it. Let's go, who is it? Hello? Hello? Yes, hi, who's this? Hi, I was fascinated by this product, and I was wondering, I'm a woman, I know you guys are making the products for men, but, you know, I'm a woman, but can I use this on my legs? You can use this anywhere. You can use it on my legs. Anywhere? Anywhere. In Toledo? Oh, you should, if you go to our YouTube page, we have a new video commercial, and the tagline is, you can use it anywhere. It's the newest head blade, the ATX. The nice thing about the ATX, because it's, you know, I've been doing this for 12 years, and I've had four or five generations of head blade, the new ATX is actually great for women, and great for their legs, and the nice thing is, head blade fits on your fingers, so you don't have a handle, and you can shave anywhere. So, let's be, what is your name, please? Who's calling? Molly Shirley. Molly Shirley, okay. Molly, here's, when you said your legs, you did ask if it could be, were you thinking of other? I can ask for a fair question. It is a fair question. Do you shave everywhere? Well, I don't shave everywhere. I shave everywhere, but there's certain places that I wax, that I've not shaved because. Well, this is, okay. That's a very good question. This is a fair question. That's a good answer. Molly Shirley. Do you ever, do you shave your private parts? She waxes. She says she waxes certain parts. She waxes. Okay, well, okay. It's been a long time since Fink's been there. Go on, please. Call her. Shirley, Molly. I have, well, so it works for coarse hair? Yeah, the new ATX. She's got hair like a horse on her legs, basically. Is that worth saying? Oh, Fink is terrible. The new head blade, the ATX has a four blade cartridge that has flow through design. So yeah, it's great for, and you know, our older blades, like the double, the twin blade and the triple blade had a closed back plastic architecture. So it was like an old ATRA or a sensor. The new ones are much like the Mach 3 or the Fusion. So you can see right through the blades. ATX stands for? ATX stands for? Actually, it stands for all terrain. Wow, it's like you're planted this call, but it's ATX is all terrain and then the X is like the cross country. No, you stick with us on the phone caller, Molly Shirley. Stop calling me Shirley. And they're from? It is Molly Shirley. Is that right? Yeah. Where did you get that name? It's quite unusual. Are you from another country? Hello? No, I'm from, no, I'm from the States. Okay. Your last name is Shirley? I like that name. Molly Shirley. Okay. Is that? I mean, my dad is German. My mom is English. Okay. What part of the country are you calling from, Molly Shirley? I just like saying your name. Pardon? What part of the country are you calling from? I'm calling from Southern California, San Diego. Oh, okay. Now, where did you hear of HeadBlade? Just now? It got very quiet. I was listening. I happened upon the podcast and I was listening to the program and I thought, and that you're even talking about how it's for men. And I, and it sounded like a good product and I thought I would ask if I could get it for my legs. Well, I'll tell you, Molly, also our shave cream is the best shave cream. Like a lot of guys who shave their heads, they kind of have ended up using Skintimates and a lot of women use Skintimates. Our Head Slick Shave Cream is our number one seller. Well, let me ask you this, Todd, and I'm going to, and I think this is a fair question I'm going to ask on behalf of, I think I know what, and you can correct me if I'm wrong, Molly, but I think this is what you're really asking. She's tired of waxing her vagina and the vulva and, and the, you know, areas around the labia majora and menorah. And she's wondering, yes, the menorah, it's a Hanukkah thing. So what she's trying to, what she's really asking, and I- I need to do more research and development. We're going to have takeout and delivery pretty soon. No, hold on a second. No, hold on. This is what she's asking. She's really asking- How far is San Diego from here? Hold on. She's asking if you can use the head blade on her vulva. Right. The beaver blade, the pooter shooter. Necessary. It's really tough. But honestly- Yes. Honestly. How did, I mean, it's so sensitive down there. You don't think the head's sensitive? You shave your head. Yeah, I know. But it just seems like that area. I don't have a vagina, but I would imagine it would be very tender and you know, it's, there's, you know, it's like shaving the inside of a mouth, isn't it? Well, or, or what about, can men use it on their private parts? Yeah. We have, we've actually been in a few men's gay magazines about shaving. Shaving people. Only gay men shave? This is news to me. Well, I want to tell you something. She asked a good question. That is a fair question. It is a good question. That's a fair question. But actually. Todd, have you shaved your balls today? It's a fair question. No, but when I do, I use clippers and trimmers. Really? I don't shave my balls with a blade. Really? I do. Really? Yeah, I love it. Really? I get really tight and close. It's wonderful. What do you do? You like tug it? Like it's a. I hate to say it. There's nothing to tug. I wish there was some tugging that could be done. I didn't know if you got a tug. Yeah, I'd have to flatten it out with bricks to keep it from. Yeah, I bet. Molly, have we answered all your questions? Thank you. Hey, thank you so much for the call. It's been a pleasure. And you made a. She made a great point. You know, that was a great question about women being able to use this product. And she did open up a whole new area. Yeah. About the genital. As I said, genitalia. But the genitals are. I've never heard this from you. That that's a. It's fair game. It's a. For the head blade. Yeah. Okay. That's interesting to me. From the head on down, use it anywhere you shave. That's one of our taglines. Okay. I didn't come up with that one. Just shave it. I did. Yeah. Very good. So the other thing that's so fascinating about Todd is he is. He's a designer. He came up with this aerodynamic type instrument to use for the shave. And tell me a little bit about. You're also quite an artist. Where did this come from? Because a kid. Were you particularly creative? Were you coming up with inventions as a child? Yeah. When I was a kid, I actually used to love to whittle. I mean, I grew up in Maine. So one of the things now, like when I lived in Seattle, I was an artist for a software company. We did CD-ROMs. Growing up in Maine, you really don't understand how things are made. Go on. Unless it's out of wood. And so I learned to whittle. And I used to buy balsa wood and make airplanes. I made miniature sneakers, a little tennis racket that I used to. I actually. What is it? When you string a tennis racket? I made a little miniature tennis racket and I strung it with dental floss. So God forbid you were ever homeless. That's something you could sell at Venice Beach. Well, when I lived in Philadelphia, I thought, well, if I'm ever homeless, I need to learn how to play the harmonica. So I bought a harmonica, but I never learned how to play it. And I thought, well, it doesn't matter because if I'm homeless, then I'll have plenty of time to learn. That's a good point. Well, you know, you are quite an artist. I find it probably. I'm always. I sometimes get jealous of people who have like these cross talents, you know, like where they can do six different things. And, you know, someone like you, you know, you're you're really an amazing artist. I've seen your work. I mean, like I've seen some drawings of yours that are top notch, like completely professional. Well, and beautiful. When I. Oh, thank you, Vic. I mean, I I think it helps as an entrepreneur where you I think I do a lot of things well and nothing great. And when I was in college, I went to Bowdoin College, which is a liberal arts college. And I remember I had a hard time deciding whether I want to be an art major or a math major. And then I realized all the people that I was taking math classes were they all thought I was an art major. And all the people I was taking art classes were with. They thought I was a math major. So it kind of showed that I really wasn't excelling at one thing. So I really kind of leveraged it over the years to try a lot of different jobs. And. Learn because this headlight is actually the first business I ever started. You know, and it's it's I know the failure rate everyone talks about, you know, how there's such a high failure rate with new businesses. What do you attribute your success to? There's a couple of cartoons that I saw. One was non sequitur. And it's a guy sitting at a big giant desk. And it said all the perks of self-employment. And on the back wall were all these framed pictures. And every framed picture said. Employee of the week. And every picture was of him. And so I think I get from my father the perseverance of if somebody tells me I can't do something, I'll do it. And I know that nobody's going to think it's more important than you do. So I will go the extra distance. I will do whatever it takes. And I'm I'm committed. You know, people used to say when I lived in Philadelphia and I was going to move to Seattle, I didn't know anybody in Seattle. And I actually went out to Seattle for a weekend. And stayed with a friend from college for the weekend. Loved Seattle. Sent myself a postcard. And I said, I'll see you here next year. When I got back to Philadelphia from that weekend vacation, about a week later, I get a postcard in the mail from me. And I think, hey, well, you know, I'm so nice, eh? But then I decided I was going to move to Seattle. And I told everybody at my work, I said, I'm going to, you know, give two months notice. And a lot of people said, why are you doing that? I wouldn't do that if I was you. I kept thinking. I kept thinking, you're not me. You know, I want to do something. I get it in my mind. And then it's, how do I make it come true? You know, you really have to visualize. And so for me, leaving Philadelphia and going to Seattle was just the progression. It was an adventure. And it was me living my life and not having anybody live it for me. So it's, it sounds to me like it's, you're really in tune with yourself. And you can trust your gut. Yeah. That's what it sounds like. Yeah. You definitely have to take baby steps and then learn from both your mistakes and from your successes. I may have missed something in your story. And I just wanted, just because I said the plot that I just, you mentioned you were in Seattle and you sent a card to yourself in Seattle. What was the purpose of that? When I went to, when I was living in Philadelphia, I had a great job, had no debt, had no wife, had no Volvo, had no kids. Right. And I'd always want to go to Seattle because when I was a kid, I played on a basketball team called the Supersonics. So one day I thought, I want to go to Seattle. And I was 22 years old. So I called up a friend who lived in Seattle. I said, can I come visit for a weekend? He said, sure. So I went out for the weekend. And when I was there, I really loved it. And I wanted to really, I think of life in moments. You know, when you're, let's say you're watching the sunset and all of a sudden you're like, wow, this is really beautiful. And you think if I could just capture this moment. And so when I was out in Seattle for the weekend, I was 22, 23. I had such a great time that I decided to buy a postcard, send it to myself. So when I got back to Seattle, I was like, I'm going to go to Seattle. I'm going to go to Seattle. I'm going to go to Seattle. I'm going to go to Seattle. And when I got back to Philadelphia and I got the postcard in the mail, it would take me back to that moment. And so in my life, I've really learned how to key in on those moments. You know, because life, especially as an entrepreneur, how do you say it? You say it so much better than I do. Life is a roller coaster. And if you can just really enjoy certain moments, that's what makes it worth it. Don't you think, Todd, that whether one is an entrepreneur or not, life is a roller coaster? It totally is. So, I mean, this philosophy really applies to life. It totally does, yeah. So do you consider yourself, the motivation that comes, obviously, you know, I always find that success comes from the doing. And usually the idea is the fun part, but the execution is what the discipline and the unfun part of it. It's getting through that that makes one successful. You've obviously gotten through that. You definitely have to believe in yourself. You definitely have to believe in yourself. Where does that confidence come from? Is it your father? You mentioned him as someone important to you. Yeah, there's a story about, like, my parents were divorced, and I actually lived with my father when I was in high school. And when I looked at colleges, like, I took the SATs, I think. I wrote my college entry, you know, your essay. And I looked at Dartmouth College, University of Michigan, General Motors Institute, and Bowdoin College. Bowdoin College was 30 miles from where I lived. And Bowdoin was the only place I applied. When the application was due, I drove it up to the college. I said, I'll see you next fall. I drove home. I got accepted by Bowdoin. So it was very, like, weird easy for me. And when I went to college, my dad, who was 30 miles from where I was in college, only visited once. And my dad had gone to BU and I think failed out. But he used to tell people, he dropped out of school because we were catching up to him. I mean, my dad's a funny guy. What do you mean we were catching up to him? I didn't get that joke. Well, because he was in school, we were catching up to him. It's like he used to be a prize fighter. My dad was a fighter. He was a boxer. He said he was a boxer. He used to box chocolates in a factory. He used to lick them all. Like that kind of stuff, right? Right. So he's got a sense of humor. So he had his own company and he had a hardware store. And when I would go home in the summers, one summer he had me tar the roof. Another summer during inventory, he had me count screws. You know, you can count a hundred screws and then weigh them out, but I would have to count all, you know, 6,000 screws just to teach me a lesson. And to understand the value of the dollar. So when I went to college, I was actually, my parents got divorced. There's very few. I have a brother and a sister, no family photos. Like I don't have any family photos. From childhood? Yeah. So when I went to college and I stupidly told my father that I was failing a class and he went through this whole thing saying, you know, you were, you graduated third in your high school. You were class president for three years. You're student council president. You played varsity sports for three years. You know, you've always done everything well. You've been handed life, you know, everything out of a silver spoon. And now you're failing a class. He says, I don't care if you have to lock yourself in your goddamn room. You pass your course. You pass those classes. You don't come home. And that really kind of sent me for a little shock because I'd always done well in school. And here I was in college. I was failing out my first or second semester. And Bowdoin College is a very good, selective, you know, established, prestigious, private, you know, liberal arts college. So what happened was a week and a half before finals, my family called me and said, hey, you know, it's dad's birthday. We're having a huge birthday party for dad. We rented out the Holiday Inn. They're going to have all this blah, blah, blah. In Maine, that's all there is, is one Holiday Inn. There is. I had to go to another city to have my bar mitzvah. So anyways, they called me from the party because I didn't go. And they're all like, where are you? And I said, put down on the phone. And my dad goes, where the hell are you? I said, dad, look, when you told me and you said, you know, you need to pass your classes and all that stuff. I said, I'm taking your advice. I said, I'm listening. I'm locking myself in my room. I said, because you're the only one that I would understand why I can't be at your party. I said, so I've decided that I'm going to pass these courses or I won't come home. And the line went dead. I didn't hear from my father. And it was like the first time that I ever really, you know, laid down the gauntlet of, okay, I'm putting my money where my mouth is. I told my dad I'm not going to come home and I got to pass these courses. And he's not too happy about me not being at his party. So when you say the line went dead, does that mean he was not? He wasn't pleased with what he heard and he hung up on you? Yeah. Yeah. Which is odd because you were doing what he suggested. Yeah, but I'm a smart ass. Just like he's a smart ass, you know? And I passed the courses. And my dad had a wholesale hardware store in Maine. So when you go up to the wholesale hardware store, my dad's very particular. Everybody in my family is kind of OCD. Like when we go to the grocery store, we wipe off everything with a wet paper towel. Everything has to be really organized and neat. And I drove up to my dad's store and there were all these vans. Because whenever you would go to the hardware store, there was always like Favreau and Son and Smith. And all these electricians and plumbers who drive their vans and their kids work for them. And so a lot of the vans were kids that I had gone to high school with and their fathers. And I walked into the store and you could have heard a pin drop. Because everybody in the store just was like, it's Todd. And they wanted to see me walk to my dad's office because they knew the whole story. Of you not coming home to you? Of me, yeah. Of him saying. Of me saying you better pass those courses. So how did this, I mean, you weren't, this was on Mayberry RFD. How does everyone know you're the story? Oh, he told them. He said my son's not coming. This is before the internet, Vic. This is, I'm 45 years old. So anyways, I walked down the long hall and everybody's watching me. I go to my dad's office. And like I said, there's no family photos, right? Behind my dad's office, about three feet by four feet, was a photo of my dad, my brother, and my sister holding a photo of me. So that's. The only family photo that exists. And that's what hung up in the back of my dad's office. So it was kind of a, you know, you kind of, not the, you know, it was him getting back at me. See, this is a confusing story to me. Why? You were doing what he asked. You succeeded. Yeah, but it was. What's for him to get back at you for? Because I didn't go to his party. He had to have the last laugh. He had to F you. That sounds painful. No, it was, it was like. I love my dad. And he loves me. Well, you can still love him. I'm not talking about love. Yeah, but it was one of those challenges. Like, that was me. Like, I had a bar mitzvah when I was 13. You had a bar mitzvah, right? Or a bat mitzvah? Yeah. Yeah, I had a bar mitzvah. Well, you're shaving your vagina. I don't know if you. I had a bar mitzvah. Okay, so it was like me becoming a man. So when I was away from college, because my dad was paying for my college. And all of a sudden, I took it upon myself to do what I said I was going to do. And then I realized the power of saying, okay, I'm going to do something. I'm going to tell you I'm going to do it. And I'm going to do it. But why would he get back at you? That's what I don't understand. He's my dad. He's a wise ass. Okay, so it's a lighthearted thing. Oh, yeah. No, I loved it. Okay, good. Okay. You know, I'm looking at you and I'm seeing. And it could be just because it's late. You know, because we shoot. We record. Do I have bags under my eyes? No, but your eyes look watery. I mean, are you getting emotional talking about this? No. I don't have my glasses on. Okay, I don't know. I mean, your eyes look watery to me. And also, to me, it sounds like a sensitive story. And also, not having childhood photos. Yeah. I mean, that's not going to. That wouldn't make me feel good. Why? I live in a one-room apartment. I'm not talking about that. I'm saying your parents didn't bother to even take a photo of you growing up. Oh, they have photos of me. And they took photos of me. I mean, a photo of everybody together. Okay. A family photo. I misunderstood that. I thought you said there were no childhood photos. No family photos. I have photos of me as a kid. Oh, okay, but none of the family together. Is that? Because. Because of the divorce? Pretty much, yeah. Does that divorce, did that have an effect on you? And do you think as an adult in your professional life? No, I think in my personal life, not my professional life. Well, it's a good segue because, you know, you're in your 40s. I think you said you're 45, but you're somewhere in your 40s. And you're a single guy. You know, it's kind of a mystery to me a little bit. But on paper, you're a great catch. And I know you date a lot, right? You date a lot. Little. Okay. Not a lot. That's kind of a. Let me tell you something. You would think I do, but I like to stay home and cook and watch TV. Well, you to me, for a single woman, would be like catnip. And I'll tell you why. You own your own company. You're a smart guy. You love your parents. You've got a great sense of humor. Some money in the bank. I mean, what's going on? I would think partly. And it's funny because, you know, I met and married my. I used to say I met and married my ex-wife in three weeks. But then people say, why would you meet? Why would you marry your ex-wife? And I'll tell you, I never would marry her again. So I met and married my wife, who is now my ex-wife. In three weekends, I was living in Seattle. She was living in LA. We met online, not through a dating site. But I was working for ESPN. Dot com back in 96, 97. And we actually went to Vegas, got married by a rabbi that makes house calls. We because we only dated for three weeks and we were married for seven long, beautiful years wasted. People think that's a successful story. And it is. How long ago was that divorce? Six long, beautiful years. So is Mrs. Former Green. Mrs. Former. Former. Miss Todd. Mrs. Todd. Green. You sound like a title, but it probably was, right? Well, to live with you. Miss Green, 1990. No, but is she getting a little bit of a piece of every head blade product that's being made? No, she actually does very well for herself. She's now remarried with kids, which she does very well for herself. And when we got divorced, there was a house that we had purchased that I designed that she has free and clear that I. We got divorced very amicably. We got divorced very amicably. We got divorced very amicably. And I have my little studio on the beach and I am very happy. Yeah. I mean, your lifestyle is just fascinating. Thank you. It really is. And, you know, it's the car thing to me is just a promotion bit. I don't really think you care about a Lotus. No, I don't. The car is a great car. Two people asked me if they could take pictures of it on the way here. Right. Well, I mean, I think you enjoy that, but I don't think I don't see you as like that typical L.A. douchebag type. No offense to anyone. I'm a much more special douchebag type. No, but, you know, but a typical douchebag would be driving around in a Lotus. No offense to you, Todd. And but you've got a banner on yours. So I don't know if that makes you a double douchebag. I did not. Not a douchebag at all. Well, I have when I tell you a story when I I had a Honda CRX from 1987 to 2003 or four. I actually sold it to a friend. And when I started Headblade, I painted the car from red to yellow. And I put Lovehead. On the side. And I had the phone number. And I remember I got so many calls when my ex-wife's mom came to town and she drove around my car. I had more calls than I ever had with a car that says Lovehead. And somebody actually wrote me and they said, I saw I was in Santa Monica visiting relatives. I saw your car. I went to the website. The Headblade looks amazing. I hope it works better than your piece of shit car looks. I thought, wow, I'm going to be serious about Headblade and I'm going to really be serious about branding. I need to have a car that is not a 17 year old car. Right. And then I bought an Isuzu Vietcross and I've had that for 12 years. So the Lotus, I got great deal on it. I got it four years ago. You didn't get that Lotus new, did you? It was it was two years old, but it was new on the lot. OK, the reason I'm bringing that up is because. Because you're a smart guy, you know, I mean, I know that the Lotus you're not trying to do that to impress women. I don't think you know when a guy. Women don't like that car. Well, when I see a guy in his 40s driving around in a Lotus, you know, I think that there's something going on. Like he's doing it to get girls, you know, women. And for you, I think I don't think that's the case. No, you're doing it to get guys. Yeah, there you go. Yes, thank you. Go on. Not there's something wrong with that. Go on. I. Yeah, thank you. The Lotus has Headblade all over it. And so does the Isuzu. So it is a rolling marketing piece. And it was been it's been in a video for Right's Head. Fred, we've done advertising with it. We had a play a shoot model shoot with a Playboy model and the Lotus. It does great, especially since I park it down the beach in Santa Monica. People take pictures of it all weekend long. I see when I go out, there's fingerprints all over the car. It's a great marketing piece. And, you know, a Lotus is not a practical car. I got a great deal on it. And it is all. And I remember I went on a date once with a girl. And I took her out twice and she asked me if I had anything I could drive without my logos on it. And another girl said to me, why do you wear clothes with your logo on it? And I said, well, because, A, it's my company and I'm advertising for the company. And I don't want my company to fail and to have thoughts at night going, wow, if I'd only worn the hat or if I'd only put stickers on my car. I mean, if you're going to start your own company and you're going to brand. Brand it. Be serious about it. I mean, nobody's going to care more than you. And you have to use every. I have a credit card. Did you see my credit card? I have not. Vic, did you see my credit card when I paid for dinner tonight? Yeah, you didn't see it, did you? We did dine earlier. Look at that. What's on my credit card? It's a logo. Yeah. So every time I buy something, hey, it's a cool logo. Right. You know, it's advertising. Do you think you're thinking about your company 24? Seven? Well, when you said about women and dating, and I think when I got divorced and I thought. How many years ago? Six long, beautiful years. Okay. Not that long ago, really. Seems like yesterday. I wake up with cold sweats on that one. Nothing was going to come between me and my company. So when I got divorced, you know, we could have gone through the mediator and said, okay, you have part of this. I have part of that. You know, she's successful. She makes good money and she has a house. Let me ask you this. And this is a fair. I'll give you my fair answer. But I didn't want to wake up in the morning and think that any part of what I did was going to my past. That's just the easiest, nicest way to put it because my company is mine. My future is mine. I just like that silence. Yeah. That's not good in radio. So I'm going to have to interrupt that silence. Are you telling me that you could have potentially gotten alimony? You said she was very successful. I don't know if what you were doing. At that time, could you, she'd be still making payments to you. Do you think? Probably, probably. I mean, if you look at the, but you know, here's the thing. When I moved down here from Seattle, I had some money, bought a car, you know, paid a bunch. So it was a working relationship, you know? And then when I was quote unquote, the inventor, you know, I remember when I went to Fred Siegel's once, cause I was in the apartment working out of the apartment and I came up with the idea and I was, I made my own website. I would pack up every single order every day. I'd walk into the post office. And once Fred Siegel was having a sale and I bought a really nice thousand dollar suit or maybe, but it was half price. Fred Siegel, by the way, if you don't live here in Los Angeles. It's Kitson from the 1990s, right? Well, no, Fred Siegel is a high end store that you got to spend a lot of money to get anything there. And I would go to the sale and I bought this suit, really nice suit. My ex-wife came home and I said, don't go in the bedroom. I've laid out the suit and some other items and I'm mixing and matching. And she said, what do you need a suit for? I said, what do you mean? I have my own company. And she looked at. The bedroom. And then she looked at the other room and she said, all you do every day is you go from this room to that room. Who's going to see you in a suit? I said, well, I'll wear it when I go pick up your dry cleaning. So, you know, over the years, our roles kind of changed. When I first came down here, you know, she was switching jobs. I had some money. Then I came up with a company and she was working. And so, you know, everything worked out, you know, and she's got kids and I. If I were to talk to her right now, if she were in the studio, what would you do? What would she say about you? I don't know. She'd probably look at her Blackberry. Seriously? I really don't know what she'd say. How would she say, what would she say about how you handled the divorce? Very well. It was, it was nice. We stayed friends for another year, year and a half, and she married her tennis partner. And then I think we stopped talking when the house that I designed somehow, somehow flooded and they tore it down. Do you think that your divorce was a, a result of your passion for the business? No. No. No. Did the idea for Headblade come while you were married? When I lived in Seattle, I was shaving my head. So you could say for five years before I was married, I was conscious of shaving my head. Because in the early 90s, to be a white Jewish guy from Maine, shaving your head. And you got every single stereotype, you know, that you really need to. Have a conviction for why you're shaving your head. And I used to talk to people about how they shaved their heads because it was very difficult for me. And that's the whole thing about Headblade is it was, you know, the better mousetrap. When you shave your head with a traditional razor, you have a handle and it's hard to shave the back of your head. You can't shave places that you can't see. You can't shave by feel. And if you're using a mirror, you end up using two mirrors, everything's backwards. So the whole idea, if you have never seen Headblade, you're not going to be able to shave your head. It's a traditional razor. It was my favorite razor ever. It was my favorite razor ever. It was my favorite razor ever. It was my favorite razor ever. It was my favorite razor ever. It was my favorite razor ever. It was my favorite razor ever. It was my favorite razor ever. It was my favorite razor ever. It was my favorite razor ever. It was my favorite razor ever. It was my favorite razor ever. It was my favorite razor ever. It was my favorite razor ever. It was my favorite razor ever. It was my favorite razor ever. It's you're bald, you're fat, and you can't clean your house fast enough. Right? All those things. So they always show a white guy with really dark hair. And if they show a black guy, he's got white hair. Right? Because most black guys who have dark hair, you don't see the bald patch. But if you're looking at a white guy with dark hair, that bald patch shows up really prominently. So I used to shave my head at night, but I didn't like the five o'clock shadow. So there was this girl actually who had a great fetish for head shaving. She used to come over and shave my head. I loved that. But when I got married, I had to stop that. So really, did that cause, was that the chicken or the egg? Well, I had to start figuring out a better way to shave because I couldn't have somebody come over and shave my head at night or in the morning or along with the other. You hear this all the time that this is how inventions come about through people trying to find a better way. A personal. A personal story. Yeah. And that's what we're hearing here. I was wondering if you would describe yourself right here, right now as a success. Oh, yeah, definitely. And why? Because I think if I died right now, it's like there's a saying, count no man fortunate till he's dead. Right? Don't name it Pete Rose Street or OJ Simpson Building. You know, because you could live a certain life up to a certain point. Right. Everything's great. Right? So right now, yeah, my life is a success because if I died today, there's nothing I regret. You know, I've done what I said I was going to do, whether it was passing the course when I was a freshman in college or moving across country and not knowing anybody or putting my money where my mouth is and meeting and marrying somebody in three weeks. You know, I, when I got married, actually, we took the landmark forum class, which I don't know if you're familiar with that. I've heard of it. And it's one of those. It's not. People say it's cultish. It's, you know, and I only did the weekend. And if you're going to spend what you think is going to be the rest of your life with somebody and they're they my ex-wife family was involved with it. She said, I really want you to take this. And it gives you a good vocabulary of how to relate and use words like authentic and be true to yourself. And I realized that I had been living really a true life like that when I wanted to go to Seattle. I just said, what's keeping me from going to Seattle? Strip that down. And I went to Seattle. You know, I can kind of there's a saying and I love sayings. But is think like a man of action. Act like a man of thought. Right. So it's that again. Think like a man of action. Act like a man of thought. You know, if you really want to do something, think about it. If you think about it, do it. So really, that kind of gave me some vocabulary of how I've been living my life and really honed in on. Okay. If I came up with this idea, head blade and people thought I was crazy. The guy who made my final prototypes who I met, who makes props for movies. He thought I was crazy. And he's now a great friend of mine. Five years after we made the original head blade, we had to make a prototype for another model. And this guy does a lot of stuff for Mattel and other companies. And he said to me, I've never been to China. And he's one of the most talented model makers I've ever met. And so when he did the prototype for the second model, he and I went to China together. And it was one of those things where it was somebody that didn't believe. And he told me, he said, when you came into my shop and you had this little prototype you made, he said, I couldn't believe it. I thought it was like the edible, you know. The call we got earlier. Yeah. Marcus's edible silverware. He's like, but then I saw the passion and I saw that you knew what you wanted to do and you were going to do it. And, you know, the first. The first year, the first day that I went to sell head blades, I had 500 head blades in my apartment. And I had two or three friends come down and we had a package to head blades. And we had to drill them out and do the little twisty tie to hold the head blade in the box. And one of my friends, I realized halfway through was left handed. And I said, you got to undo all the ones you did. You have to tie them the right way. Because those, you know, those are backwards. It's like we could sell those in Australia. The toilets flush the other way. You have to redo yours. We did the 500 head blades. The next day, I had my grand opening on Venice Beach. I rented a booth in Venice Beach. I had my ex-wife, a friend, two girls in bikinis selling head blades. And everybody that came up to me would be like, what is it? And I say, why don't I see it on TV? Why don't I see it in magazines? I kept saying, this is our worldwide introduction. I've been working on this for a year. And I burned my head because it was a hot summer day. And it was just a fiasco. We sold eight head blades that whole day. And I remember we packed up and we were leaving. And I was almost in tears. And I said to my ex-wife, I don't know why I'm doing this. She said, you got to look on the bright side. I said, what could be the bright side? We had 500 head blades. We sold eight of them. She said, well, you sold five. Everybody else sold three. She said, that's fine. That's big. I said, what am I, user of the, I mean, ploy of the month, like the cartoon I told you about? And it was one of those things where nobody believed in it. But I believed in it. And I have all those stories. Like when I was going to do a fair in San Francisco, and it was the Folsom Street Fair. And I flew up the day of the street fair, and I was going to set up the booth. And I got there really early, first flight out. And I got to San Francisco, went to 7th and Folsom, and nobody was there. Called my ex-wife. And I said, what's going on? And she said, look, there's a street fair here. But there's nobody here. There's a street, but no fair. It was the second largest street fair in California, and nobody was there. And I said, can you check the website? And she got on the website, and I hear her go, uh-oh. That was the year, that was the date it was last year. This year, it's in two weeks. Oh. I was like, so I walked around, and I found two stores that agreed to start selling head blade. So it was meant to be. No, don't say that. Because, you know, nothing is real. And that's my thing. Nothing is meant to be. Because, you know, my ex-wife used to say that. It was meant to be, right? And when we got divorced, it was meant to be. So, you know, don't have those self-fulfilling prophecies. Make your life. You know, visualize it, and then go get it. Are you a big motivational speaker? Like, do you listen to Tony Robbins? Did I just sound like Tony Robbins? No. You have a way about you that's motivating. Did you listen to a lot of... I wish I could do better when I'm in the car, and the guy in front of me won't move. What about thinking... I wish I could be more motivated. Just a little honk here or there. And I keep saying to myself, why can't I be just for one day? I want to be that person in front of me that's so slow. They don't have a Lotus, but they're so slow. And can't they... Why do they put their blinker on? Why do they just sit there? Can't they move? And I thought, one day I want to be that person. And then I thought about it, and I thought, one day I want to be that person. One day I'll be that person. You know what I'm thinking? What's wrong with that guy behind me? Right? Why does he keep honking? Right. Yeah. So am I motivational? Not enough. But have you been inspired by anyone like Tony Robbins? No. Or Think and Grow Rich? No, I don't listen to any of that stuff. Okay. Well, I wanted to ask you finally a little bit about your personal life. Is that okay, Jeremy? We have a few minutes. Okay. I wanted to talk to you a little bit about... We touched on it. Do you think at being in your... In your 40s, single, you got a little bit of the Peter Pan syndrome, like to kind of still be a kid in some ways? And that is a fair question. I thought you were going to say wear tights and jump around on buildings. That's a fair question too. That would be. And you probably do own tights. But... I used to love dressing up like Batman and Robin, but that's a whole nother... Right. Well, I'm sure you still do that at times. But let... And it works with our... What we're talking about here with the ladies. What's going on with you? With the... I mean, what is going on? Oh, the Peter Pan thing? Yeah. I do. You know, it's funny because I think about that. I am very content. I mean, I won't say I'm lonely. Sometimes you do want... I'm a helpless romantic. Like when Harry Met Sally was my favorite movie, you know, and I... When I met and married my ex-wife in three... Not my ex-wife then, but she was... When I met and married her in three weeks, I remember quoting when Harry Met Sally saying, when you know you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. Which also works when you get divorced. So, but really, when you watch those romantic comedies, what you have to understand is anything can be that great for two hours or an hour and 30 minutes. You know what I mean? Right. Even better if you have popcorn. Yeah, exactly. Your life could be a beautiful movie for an hour and 30 minutes. What I want is, I want the movies after the movie's end. I want to see that movie when it's all like, okay, cut. So I love my life. When I'm sitting... In my one room apartment, which I call the world's best hotel room. I love to cook. I make the best food. I have a nice TV. And I sit there and I go, what Bernie Madoff would do for this room right now, right? You have to appreciate what you have. And so here it is. The man who owns little is little owned. And happiness is wanting what you have, not having what you want. Say that last part again. Say the happiness thing. Happiness is wanting what you have, not having what you want. That's interesting. Is that, where did that come from? Bald desegregation? I don't know. Okay. Well, it's that, that's inspiring. It really is. But you haven't really answered my question in particular about... Peter Pan. Yeah. Are you, would you say that there needs to be some growing up with the ladies? That is a fair question. You're right. I was thinking when I go home and I put on my, my, my snowman pajamas, and I do all... Own snowman pajamas. Right. I'm like a little kid, right? I am a little kid, but we're all little kids. That's what we, you grow up and you become serious. When I lived back East, it's always, where'd you go to college? What do you do? Who do you know? I love being in Los Angeles because you can be whoever you are. You know, you don't have to be a socialite if you don't want. I'm a homebody. I love having fun. I love my pajamas. I love my little Lotus. I love working. Do you have intimacy issues, do you think, with women? Probably. Probably. Is that from the divorce? But I love cuddling. I love kissing. I love being romantic. I love being intimate. But I've known you for a decent amount of time and you date a lot of women. You have a voracious appetite. No, that's not true. It's true. It's not true. Okay. Well, we'll just agree to disagree on that one. Voracious appetite. You have a voracious appetite for the women. I'm not suggesting that you're in any way a slut. You don't sleep around. Not at all. You definitely have a hunger that's never sated. I. Okay. Well, we can disagree on that one. But you have an active dating life. But when I'm just wondering, is that just a way of dodging actual intimacy? Going from one woman to the next, to the next, to the next. And I know you have long distance relationship you shared with me, right? You're sure it's not. Yeah. But here. Am I projecting? Yeah. Because, you know, I see. Oh, all right. Forget it. Yeah. What I will say is, obviously, the divorce wounded me. That I said that my company was going to be first. That I love intimacy. I love companionship. I don't want. It's like when. I remember once my ex-wife said, you know, marriage is like work. It's like. And I said, but I. If it's a job I'm not getting paid for. That's not going to go up in value. That I just can't. I can't work overtime. Right? I have my company. But. That's funny. I mean, you aren't trying to be funny. It's true. But it's very funny. I have a job. I have my company. I love companionship. I love romance. In my mind. It's like when I used to get depressed. I'd say. You get depressed? I. When I feel down. Right? I have little tricks that I can do in my head. Which is very good. Great exercise for me. One of them is. If you go. Shopping. And you want to buy something. I would give myself. Hey, you get $100. You can go buy whatever you want. I'd walk through a store. I'd pick up some items. And I'd emotionally own them and wear them. While I'm still in the store. And then I'd say. Well, I'm going to wear this. You have to amortize. So you buy. You know, a shirt for $300. You say. Well, I have to wear this shirt for 300 times. For it to be about $100. It should be about a buck every time I wear it. Because which. You know, if you have a shirt. And you spill wine on it or something. It's not worth. Right? So you don't want to pay a lot for something. That's. Long story short. By the time I'm sitting there for like 20 minutes in the store. And nobody says anything to me. I figure out. I want to return the shirt. And I just put it down. Because I don't have to stand in line. I don't have to have a receipt. I don't have to go home. And then back to the store. I'm at the store. So really. I've helped myself out. Because I picked out what I wanted. I emotionally wore it. I amortized it. I decided I spilled something on it. Or I don't want it anymore. I wanted to return it. Hey. Boom. I'm in the store. I just leave it here. Is that. Is that a technique to use when you don't have the money to buy something? Oh, it's even better when you do have the money to buy something. And why is that? Because you. Well. Don't call me cheap. I'm not. Because I'm not cheap. I don't think you are. My dad said. You have to. You have to be rich to buy cheap things. Right? Because if you buy. Like. I have a set of silverware. I have plates. My plates. My silverware. Took me about a year to buy them. Because I wanted to buy a very particular model. I've had them now for over 20 years. Right? If I had Marcus's. I could just eat them. But then I have to go buy new plates. Right? Right. So. The. How do I say? I like to buy nice things. And nice things that I'll have for a long time. But I also like to entertain the idea of buying something. And then not buying it. And then not buying it. And knowing that I have that money. In the bank. Or in my pocket. Not in my pocket. Don't. Don't. Mug me. I don't have any money in my pocket. I have holes in my pocket. That's what my dad gave me for Christmas one year. Holes in my pocket. You know. But. To have the. To be able to buy something. And not buy it. That. Is great. Restraint. And it lets you just enjoy it. Emotionally. Now. That's a fascinating idea. I mean. I'm going to use this. I'm going to use this. I'm going to use this. I'm going to use this. Yeah. I mean. I'm going to use that. I'll tell you a book to read. It's called. Your Money. Or Your Life. Okay. Who wrote it? Well. It's. Well. You can find it. On Amazon. It came out in the early 90s. And then. It kind of. Went. It was out there. And. I. I. Read it. When. I. Was. In. Seattle. I. Loved. It. On. The. Ground. You. Pick. It. Up. That's. Income. You. Have. To. Keep. Like. A. Tab. For. A. Couple. Weeks. On. But. During. The. Recession. That. Book. Came. From. The. World. Of. People. And. It. Is. A.! A.! A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. that's it. Then I had this thing that I dated a girl when I was in high school. She worked at the Dairy Queen. When we broke up, I was really depressed. I was like 15 years old. And I thought, and I think I had the idea for the blizzard before they came out with it because she worked at the Dairy Queen. It was 1983. And I used to have her make me a vanilla ice cream with chocolate chip, chocolate chips and cherries. And I used to stir it all up. I think that was a blizzard, right? It sounds like I haven't had a blizzard. So when we broke up, I said to myself, once I have, and I hadn't named the blizzard, but whatever it was, I said, once I have this, I will never think about that again. And it's like a little trick. And I had it. It was delicious. Should have trademarked it, but I was done. You never thought about that relationship again? That doesn't work for me. Not that, I'll tell you a funny story about her. She's brilliant. Here's one last story. I graduated third in my class in high school, right? The top three people, give speeches, right? I was the only Jewish kid in my high school. I wrote a really funny speech on graduation. I went first. Kathy McPherson went second. My girlfriend, Steve Rand was a valedictorian. He won first. I mean, he won third, right? Not good at math. Anyways, so I was always mad because I said, I'm smarter than Kathy. And when we had our graduation, I gave my speech. I got up, I gave a speech. I thought it was really riveting, really funny. It was about being Jewish and history and all this stuff. And it was in, you know, my high school was 300 people. And so, my graduating class was like 100 and something. So, I got up to the speech. Only like 30 people thought it was funny. I was really upset. I was like, it's a great speech, but nobody really likes it. So, I sat down and Kathy went up to give her speech and she turned the microphone on. And I realized then that she was smarter than me. You know what I mean? It's like, don't compare yourself with other people. Don't say they're better looking than me. They're smarter than me. You are yourself. And that was such a humble thing because I realized I was worried about the wrong thing. I should have been thinking about the frigging microphone. Right? Because it was a good speech. But she was that much smarter than me. So, the lesson in that? Don't compare yourself to other people. Just be you, baby. Who loves you? Is that what you're thinking? Because you got a little caught up in the comparison and then when it came to just remembering to turn the mic on. Yeah. It's one of those things. Be, you know, yeah, let everybody live, live their own lives. You live your life. You be the best fit going you can. Mustache or no mustache? Today, it's a mustache. That's the best fit going today. Well, listen, Todd, you have been fantastic. You know, you've been, you've faced a lot of fair questions and you answered them all. We never did find out exactly your net worth. But, you know, that's why we have guests back. You kind of gave us an answer, but Jeremy, did you feel we got an answer? Nothing. All right. Todd Green, the creator, owner, founder of HeadBlade. You can see all that he's come up with at headblade.com. That's H-E-A-D-B-L-A-D-E. It's a good thing I know how to spell. Can you give out my dating hotline? No, but they can find you, I'm sure, on Facebook. Are you on Facebook? Oh, I am on Facebook. And it's T-O-D-D-G-R-E-E-N-E. Is that right? Yep. Okay. There's an E at the end of that. And I want to thank Jeremy again for running the board and being here as always. Thank you, Jeremy. You did a great job. Great job. And I want to thank all of you for listening. 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