You’re incentivizing the wrong behavior. Reward the desired behavior with money. Right now you’re rewarding them with phones and music for mediocre performance.

Fuck yeah you should. Are you kidding? You’re not paying them to doom scroll and bullshit with friends. The policy should be emergency calls only, and emergency really means emergency, not scheduling drinks with friends.

You’re crazy to allow phones and music. It sends the message that fucking around is acceptable.

You grow the business to a level where a bank will happily give you a line of credit. It’s not difficult.

Become the garage door king of your area and delegate the drudge work. Stick to the high level tasks and enjoy the money and flexible schedule. Do not believe the high school graduation speech bullshit that your career has to reflect your passion. I get to hike a lot these days from my second home in Montana because I competed in a lucrative profession, not because I monetized my passion.

Do it with an option to buy back his 35% interest for $100,000 at any point in the future. That gives him a huge return. An agreement to renegotiate is not even legally enforceable. You can’t agree to agree.

I worked in businesses my whole life that didn’t reflect my core passions. But you know what? They subsidize the hell out of my core passions.

The second one is easier. At number ten it’s like, we need to find a dignified way to get you on the exit the ramp. (That’s my go to phrase.) Then, go pack your shit and if you behave you’ll get a check in two weeks. Now, back to my sandwich.

Bankers compete for the same deal all the time.

Show me some sample videos and some relevant case studies. Pitch me on an idea for my business.

My god those are awful suggestions.

Cunning Stunts.