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Successful Investor and Avid Educator, The Story of Simon Lerner
Learning how to trade stocks effectively is a hard task. For Simon Lerner, it took about 18 months to get to a consistent point where his winnings were larger than his losings. Now, he has made multiple seven figures by trading on the stock market. However, before all his success, he was on the path to becoming an engineer. While attending college, he found his engineering classes to be less than interesting. So, he switched his major to Business.
In the side, he was listening to business podcasts, learning how to trade in the stock market, and experimenting with various side hustles. He soon realized that he was learning more on his own and from the podcasts that he was listening to, than from his college classes.
After having a conversation with his economics professor, he decided to drop out of college. The conversation was about stocks. Simon had asked his professor for investing advice only to find that his professor doesn’t invest in stocks because his wife thinks it is a form of gambling. Simon realized that he was learning from someone without experience in the stock market, who has never started a business before, and who only makes $50,000 a year.
So, he dropped out of college, but he still decided to pursue an education—the unconventional way. He spent his money on tutors, books, events, seminars, and anything else that he found to be helpful. As he learned more and more, he applied what he learned to the stock market. Unfortunately, he lost around $15,000 in the stock market. But, as any entrepreneur knows, failure is a necessary step to success. After about 18 months of work, Simon had gotten to the point where his investing and trading began to be profitable.
He soon made over 7 figures in the stock market and decided to start a business—NetCon—to teach others how to do the same. NetCon brings in world-class speakers to share their business expertise at in-person events. NetCon also runs an online trading community where they provide educational resources for those aspiring to learn how to trade the stock market.
Unlike other trading communities, Simon realized the many problems in just having people copy the trades of another. So, instead, NetCon follows the old adage: “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” In other words, NetCon teaches its trading community how to trade, not what to trade. As a result, users gain valuable skills that can help them become financially independent.
Over the next few years, Simon hopes to continue educating others on the topics of stocks, real estate, and everything surrounding financial literacy. The end goal being to “help people reduce their learning curve.” One of the more important points we can learn from Simon Lerner’s journey is that it is important to only take advice from people who already have, or have already achieved what you desire to accomplish.
Simon explains: “If you went to the gym, would you take advice from a person who is 300lb overweight on how to get a six-pack? No. In theory, the person may know what needs to be done to obtain a six-pack, but he has never had one. He is not a practitioner and therefore I would not take advice from him. The same applies to other areas of life—business, relationships, etc.”
New York, NY – With Megan 2.0 officially making its debut in theaters today, film fans are flocking to experience the next evolution of the AI thriller. But earlier this week, a select crowd got an early taste of the future; not just on screen but at the premiere event itself.
Held in NYC, the exclusive red carpet affair brought the eerie charm of Megan to life with bold visuals, immersive production and one very memorable surprise: a robotic bartender that served up custom cocktails with style and precision.
The event perfectly mirrored the film’s themes of artificial intelligence and blurred human boundaries. That connection came to life through MixMaster II, a robotic mixologist provided by TLC Creative. From the moment it powered on, the robot captivated guests with its smooth movements, expert pours and almost-human energy.
“I’ve seen robots in tech demos, but never at a movie premiere serving drinks like a pro,” said one film executive. “It felt like we stepped into the movie universe.”
Two signature cocktails were created for the occasion:
- M3GAN’s Punch – bold, flavorful and as unpredictable as the AI star of the show.
- Slaying Summer – a lighter, tropical favorite that became an instant hit among partygoers.
Guests joked that MixMaster II seemed to be enjoying the night just as much as they were and may have even wanted to join the screening. “It kept facing the theater entrance like it was hoping someone would invite it in,” one attendee laughed.
Adding to the evening’s flair was Captain Morgan, who brought their own twist with customized “Captain Megan” branding on select bottles. The clever crossover between brand and blockbuster got guests talking and sipping.
“The branded bottles were genius,” said a well-known social media personality. “I’ve already posted mine. Everyone wants one.”
“Having MixMaster II on the red carpet truly elevated the experience,” added a TLC Creative spokesperson. “The Megan franchise is known for blurring the line between humanity and robotics so it was only fitting that we brought a real robot into the celebration.”
Now that Megan 2.0 is officially released, one thing is certain: the future of storytelling isn’t just on the big screen, it’s all around us and sometimes, it’s pouring your drink.
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Platinum Audio Engineer & Award-Winning Writer Mark “Savage” on Entering Management and Tackling Patriarchy
For years, Mark “Savage” Sanders bold, dynamic mixing style has landed him work behind the boards of major tours and hit records alike. Working with artists like Shordie Shordie, Lizzo, Coi Leray, Kevin Gates, Fetty Wap, Kelly Rowland and more, Mark sports an ever-expanding discography of cutting edge of popular music. We spoke with Mark to get insights into his career arc, workflow, and to understand how his unique sound is built upon a firm foundation of technical skill, knowledge and deep listening.
For starters, could you tell me how you got into engineering?
So at my high school they had an early college program where you could get your associates or a certificate by graduation. I wasn’t looking to be an audio engineer. I don’t even think I really knew what an audio engineer was, which makes it all the more crazy. I saw music production schools, but I went for audio engineering at Full Sail University.
What boards were you working on when you were doing live sound?
It was whatever the house had. Working on Mackie boards or Yamaha boards that only had seven inputs that worked—Avid and Midas consoles, the M32s, the Behringer X32, a lot of different stuff. Being a live sound engineer taught me so much signal flow and having to adapt to different spaces and different gear all the time. If I’m on tour and we’re generally using the same board, we’re probably never using the same monitors for front-of-house. The rooms are bigger or smaller—different places have different problem areas—being in a stadium or doing a festival where you have delays and all that stuff is just insane.
So you were ghostwriting, engineering, producing, and rapping in the beginning?
Yes I did it all except play an instrument.
Now today you’ve received a BMI Award, 2x Platinum, and over 12,000 sync placements how does it feel?
If I had to be honest I don’t care about any of it anymore. I want to see my Son win big like this. I’m more into family these days. I did everything I wanted in life and overachieved. I’m good!
We see you have Royalty ENTERTAINMENT & managing as far as entertainment goes what else can we expect?
Whatever God does. I’m not chasing anything anymore. Focused on living life, family, and wealth/health. Definitely support my DJ, DJ King, Ashley Blaire, and Pretty Liyah. Other than that I’m about to be out the way. (He laughs) I’m so burnt out. I’m chilling.
Last question, seeing that you did everything you wanted is there anything left that you haven’t 2025 going forward?
No just travel more that’s it. Like when I say I’ve given life everything I’ve had. I’ve given it everything. Plus I think most people are waiting for me to be famous or something which I’m avoiding and praying never happens.
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