Ambush Interview #58 Sweet T

[SleazyDream]

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Ambush Interview #58

Sweet T


One of the largest hosts online, adult and mainstream, NationalNet defines class and business savy on the net. Sweet T's reputation as a business man and as a host is unparalleled. It's common knowledge that when he invites you out for the evening you drop everything and go because you're in for the night of your life.

1. What the fuck was the deal with not owning your proper URL name for NationalNet?
2. Why did you get into the limo business?
3. What's the big deal about the 'chase'? Why do you like it so much?
4. What does it mean when you cross your right and left index fingers in an ?X??
5. Is it true you don?t look at porn? Did you ever own/run porn sites? How were you able to do this not looking at the porn?
6. Do you still like mints?
7. How did you fall in love with GreyGoose and why Grapefruit juice?
8. Talk about your houses and properties. Pics. Describe the NatNet suite at the Georgia Dome.
9. What kind of car(s) do you own? Boats? Other toys? Pics
10. What are you RULES IN LIFE?
11. Talk about MikeAI, Marc De, and Lou.
12. Chris took Moe. Are you Lary or Curly?
13. Being a high income, high profile guy who public about his son; what would you do if he was kidnapped? Discuss this scenario in detail.
14. Talk about working at a funeral home.
15. Is it true you didn't graduate?
16. Talk about your advertising agency and newspaper?
14. Why did you buy a no booze nightclub?
15. Discuss your career with basketball?
16. Discuss how you came to own NationalNet?
17. How many companies do you own now? What are they all? Discuss.
18. What did you do for a radio station as a young man?
19. Did you ever do door to door sales?
20. How many adult conventions do you attend a year? Which ones? Favorites? How many girls do you usually bring to an adult convention?
21. What's the most amount of money you've ever spent on a one night stay in a hotel room?
22. Discuss some of your failed businesses. Talk about at least 3 of them in detail.
23. Talk about gambling. What's a "Well"? What's the appeal of Vegas to you?
24. Who really runs NationalNet?
25. What is the difference between buying gigs of transfer and megabits of transit?
26. Did loosing Matt hurt your business?
27. Who do you look up to in the adult business? Down on?
28. Discuss drugs and alcohol and your usage? Thoughts on others' usage at shows and in their personal lives.
29. Tell us about your life in Jacksonville, Florida.
30. What was the best party you've ever been to and why? Discuss.
31. How many women have you had sex with in your life? Most amount of women in one day. Most at one time. Any men?
32. What's the worst thing that has ever happened to you in your life? Second Worst? Best? Second best?
33. What are your thoughts on the adult business today and the future of the biz? Your role in it today and in the future. Any plans on selling out/retiring?





pics of Sweet T can be found on FUBAR

[Jason]

Look at Vanilla's Boobies....

(take note)

if you want to get down... look up Sweet T

[Phoenix]

i hear he has like 80 commercial units for lease...id like to find out more on that

[CaptainHowdy]

Sooooooowiiiiiit !!!

[kristin]

This should be a good one....

[ElvisManson]

This is going to be Good.

[JFK]

Sweet T is Da Man, one of the nicest guys I know in this business

[RogerV]

can you find Sweet T

[SleazyDream]

Originally Posted by RogerV

can you find Sweet T

oh my God that's funny - you could post a series of these pics in a where's waldo series with Sweet T - there's got to be hundreds like that out there!

[sweetums]

Originally Posted by RogerV

can you find Sweet T

It's like that scene in "E.T" where he's hiding out with all the stuffed animals in the closet....hahahahah

This is going to be a good one....looking forward to it

[GTS Mark]

Sweet T is one of the people I look up most to in Business. One of the most generous and gracious people I have ever met in my life and has a heart of gold.

I'll look forward to reading his answers as I'm really interested to hear about some of his other mainstream businesses.

DH

[JFK]

Originally Posted by RogerV

can you find Sweet T

I found him .............I FOUND HIM

[WiredGuy]

I've been looking forward to this interview for a while, I can't wait to read it.
WG

[Jman]

Tony is a Stand up Guy, I met Tony way back in Montreal in 99 during webexpo and since then he's always been great to me at all times.

Tony remember when we sent one of our coach bus in Curacao to go get 2 cases of grapefruit juice... Man that was hillarious.

Stay Gold T

[JFK]

here are a few pics of T from the past few shows, in case you didnt know what he looked like

[Peaches]

Damn, those are pictures from before he starting hitting the hair salon ;)

Sweet T is the best - one of the biggest hearted (if not THE biggest hearted) people in this biz or any other

[SweetT]

WOW! 33 Questions, huh? And some of these are funny as hell, Sleazy...or should I call you Sherlock? I don't know where you get your information from but I will tell you that you came up with some great stuff.....some of it I am *still* not sure how I am going to answer, but I will try.

LOL!!

I will get started now, but I will be in and out in meetings this afternoon so it may be a little hit and miss....work with me guys!

This should be fun!!!


--T

[JFK]

[JFK]

Originally Posted by Peaches

Damn, those are pictures from before he starting hitting the hair salon ;)

Sweet T is the best - one of the biggest hearted (if not THE biggest hearted) people in this biz or any other

You noticed did you ?

[Rinaldo]

Great interview this'll be

[BradShaw]

I knew tony before he was a blonde.

[Jman]

[QUOTE=JFK]


Don't you want to know what Tony is whispering in my ear Eh?

[Scott McD]

Originally Posted by JFK

Damn, ages since i last saw a pic of Nina...

[Realpascal]

Sig placement. Looking forward to this one !!

[JFK]

[QUOTE=JMan]

Originally Posted by JFK

Don't you want to know what Tony is whispering in my ear Eh?

Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..................... NO , but by the looks of it, you're getting a reach around

[Peaches]

Hell, I knew Tony when he was still flying coach!

[JFK]

Originally Posted by Scott McD

Damn, ages since i last saw a pic of Nina...

the pics are from The Nat Net after hours party in Montreal at the Cybernet Expo in 03

[Drake]

Should be a good read

[tony286]

Sleazy do you have a background in journalism , you ask great questions. Next internext you should do this on stage like the actors studio guy .That would very cool. Never met Tony but only hear great things about him, one day I hope to meet him considering he is only 15 miles away lol

[SweetT]

1. What the fuck was the deal with not owning your proper URL name for NationalNet?


Remember, that I actually purchased NationalNet and it's assets back in 1998 so I had no control over the domain name then. It had been branded as National Internet Services, Inc and the URL was http://www.national-net.com. From the beginning I did not like it. I went on a search immediately to find a better domain name and lucked up and found national.net was owned by a guy right here in Metro Atlanta. I hit him up and he and I made a deal for me to buy that domain for $5,000.....what a steal! I was on the way out the door for a trip so I left it up to someone else who worked as a contractor for us to contact the guy and finalize the deal. When I got home the following week the domain was owned by National A-1 Advertising. I was crushed. I have been trying to buy it from them ever since and would still pay good money for that domain (hint, hint, nudge, nudge).

At that point I started looking for another alternative and found that http://www.nationalnet.com was owned by a guy in Canada who had a personal site on the domain. I approached him to purchase it and he said "Sure! Send me $100k US and it is yours". You can imagine what my answer was to that. I continued to hit him up over the years periodically and I never got him down to less than $50k. At that point, I gave up and decided to buy http://www.natnet.com from a company called National Health Food Networks for about $3k and branded to that domain as much as I could....but I always regretted not getting one of the other two domains....especially the first one.

Now skip forward to a few months ago when I am on this very board and heard that the domain http://www.nationalnet.com was purchased by a competitor. For whatever the reason, the previous owner decided to sell it on the open market for less than I would have paid him for it and it was sold before I knew anything about it. I must admit that when confronted with entire story the competitor very graciously offered to give me the domain and we worked out a mutually amicable swap for the domain.

So, as they say, all's well that ends well


--T

[JFK]

Sweet T in Curacao .....03

[xclusive]

another great one thanks sleazy

[punker barbie]

oh man i cant wait for some of the answers....

sweet t is one one of the most caring, sincere and loving peeps in this biz. i have much respect for you tony XOXO

[NickB.]

sweeeet interview again!



SweetT is one hell of a party guy!

[SleazyDream]

Originally Posted by JFK

the pics are from The Nat Net after hours party in Montreal at the Cybernet Expo in 03

i think that was probally the BEST party i went to in this business ever.

I did several hundred thousand dollars of business with SweetT probally mostly cause I was sooo fucking impressed with that night. Thank you again Tony

[SweetT]

2. Why did you get into the limo business?


At one of the first January shows in Vegas, JoeE had chartered a limo bus for the week and I had a chance to ride on it. It was one of the first ones ever built by Krystal Coach and I fell in love with it. Prior to that, I had been chartering limos on a regular basis and for long stretches at the time. Many of you will remember the very first IA2000 and CyberNet shows in Florida where we had 3-4 stretch limos running people between hotels and events as a Courtesy Shuttle. That year, I looked at my P&L Statements and realized that we had spent more than $60k on Limo Rental and figured that it would be much better to just go buy a Limo Bus and hire our own drivers. So, we did...and that was the beginning of the NatNet Party Bus. We took the bus the way it came from the Limo company and added some special effects to it. Killer Sound, Light Show, Fog Machines, the works and people fell in love with it. In fact, it caught the attention of many limo companies both here in Atlanta and some of the places that we travel. A few years ago one of the limo companies here in Atlanta came to me and offered to charter out the NatNet Party Bus for proms in March, April and May (which are historically slow months for our big conventions). I agreed and less than 90 days later I had made enough money to pay for the operational costs of the party bus for the whole year! At that point, I knew that the Limo business was my next step. Skip ahead a year or so and we are now one of the best high-end limo companies in Atlanta. Our company is called Toxxic Transportation ( http://www.toxxictransportation.com ) and it specializes in large, custom party coaches. We have a fleet of Party Buses, Stretch H2 Hummers, Navigators, Excursions and we even own the QPartyBus ( http://www.allthehitsq100.com/lifestyles/qpartybus/ ) which is a Party Bus sposnored by the largest radio station in Atlanta.


--T

[kmanrox]

SweetT is a standup guy in my book, rock on brutha!

[JFK]

[JFK]

[JFK]

[pradaboy]

Saaweeeet... looking forward to this one!

[JFK]

[RogerV]

Originally Posted by SweetT

2. Why did you get into the limo business?


At one of the first January shows in Vegas, JoeE had chartered a limo bus for the week and I had a chance to ride on it. It was one of the first ones ever built by Krystal Coach and I fell in love with it. Prior to that, I had been chartering limos on a regular basis and for long stretches at the time. Many of you will remember the very first IA2000 and CyberNet shows in Florida where we had 3-4 stretch limos running people between hotels and events as a Courtesy Shuttle. That year, I looked at my P&L Statements and realized that we had spent more than $60k on Limo Rental and figured that it would be much better to just go buy a Limo Bus and hire our own drivers. So, we did...and that was the beginning of the NatNet Party Bus. We took the bus the way it came from the Limo company and added some special effects to it. Killer Sound, Light Show, Fog Machines, the works and people fell in love with it. In fact, it caught the attention of many limo companies both here in Atlanta and some of the places that we travel. A few years ago one of the limo companies here in Atlanta came to me and offered to charter out the NatNet Party Bus for proms in March, April and May (which are historically slow months for our big conventions). I agreed and less than 90 days later I had made enough money to pay for the operational costs of the party bus for the whole year! At that point, I knew that the Limo business was my next step. Skip ahead a year or so and we are now one of the best high-end limo companies in Atlanta. Our company is called Toxxic Transportation ( http://www.toxxictransportation.com ) and it specializes in large, custom party coaches. We have a fleet of Party Buses, Stretch H2 Hummers, Navigators, Excursions and we even own the QPartyBus ( http://www.allthehitsq100.com/lifestyles/qpartybus/ ) which is a Party Bus sposnored by the largest radio station in Atlanta.


--T

One of the great perks hosting with NAtNet is the Limo's they are so much fun to cruise around in and Sweet T is such a great host for his clients. I always meet new great people in the biz in the limo buses

[JFK]

[SweetT]

3. What's the big deal about the 'chase'? Why do you like it so much?


hehehe.....getting personal, now are we?? People often see me at clubs/resturaunts/conventions with different girls all the time. I explain to them that I love "the chase". It is something that comes from deep inside me. I think it also has to do with my Sales background. I like to idenitfy the prospect, make the pitch and close the sale. If I don't close it today, I will try harder to close it tomorrow...then even harder the next day....until I finally close it.....but after it is closed, I want to turn it over to someone else to do the maintenance on the account and I immediately start looking for the next prospect. I don't know why. It is a terrible trait....but it is me. It is what makes me a terrible choice for someone to want to have a relationship with, I know....but it makes for some fun nights


--T

[SweetT]

4. What does it mean when you cross your right and left index fingers in an ?X??

LOL!!!! When we are partying in a crowded club we have hand signs that we use to communicate with each other....for example if I scratch the back of my head vigorously the people closest to me know that it is my "Bullshit Detector" going off. This lets everyone know that whoever is talking is lying through their teeth, IN MY OPINION (had to get that in, just in case . If I hold up the "x" sign, that you refer to above, that is my international sign for "NO DRAMA". Usually this is seen when some female has begun bringing me down with stories of some other bitch she is mad at, or her last boyfriend, or her dog that died, or some other hard luck story that I am not interested in hearing. Everyone around me knows that 5 minutes after seeing this sign I will quietly get up, walk out the door, get on the bus, and go somewhere FAR away from the one causing the drama. If you are smart you will already be there...if not, then you should consider yourself left.

It is also very important to note that no matter how important you are to me...no matter how much I truly and unconditionally love you....no matter how much money you spend with me or how long you have worked for or known me.....I WILL LEAVE YOUR ASS.


--T

[SweetT]

Hey Guys and Gals...Thanks for the kind words from everybody. It means so much to me...I cant tell you how much all of you mean to me, as well.

I have to run out to a meeting. I will be back in a few hours and try to knock a few more of these out tonight.

It has been fun so far

Thanks, Sleazy!


--T

[Jman]

Originally Posted by SweetT

3. What's the big deal about the 'chase'? Why do you like it so much?


hehehe.....getting personal, now are we?? People often see me at clubs/resturaunts/conventions with different girls all the time. I explain to them that I love "the chase". It is something that comes from deep inside me. I think it also has to do with my Sales background. I like to idenitfy the prospect, make the pitch and close the sale. If I don't close it today, I will try harder to close it tomorrow...then even harder the next day....until I finally close it.....but after it is closed, I want to turn it over to someone else to do the maintenance on the account and I immediately start looking for the next prospect. I don't know why. It is a terrible trait....but it is me. It is what makes me a terrible choice for someone to want to have a relationship with, I know....but it makes for some fun nights


--T

AMEN Brother T ;-)

[JFK]

a few more to tide everyone over till T gets back

[JFK]