Brandon Steven
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when that company already has the infrastructure, already has all the things you need to expand your database, which in essence is your business inside of my company, our company. And that's what I've done inside my car business is I've enabled great people to market inside my company.
when that company already has the infrastructure, already has all the things you need to expand your database, which in essence is your business inside of my company, our company. And that's what I've done inside my car business is I've enabled great people to market inside my company.
Instead of doing everything you're talking about, building their own infrastructure, having all these resources, not having the funds to advertise and market, IT funds. I mean, there's so many things inside of my company that an entrepreneur can come in and just expand his business inside. which is good for some people. And some people want the pain. How did you know I was going to say that?
Instead of doing everything you're talking about, building their own infrastructure, having all these resources, not having the funds to advertise and market, IT funds. I mean, there's so many things inside of my company that an entrepreneur can come in and just expand his business inside. which is good for some people. And some people want the pain. How did you know I was going to say that?
And some people will just get lucky and have a great product that costs very little, and they get to produce a lot of income off it, and they get to take money home right away. But I would definitely say that's the exception to the rule.
And some people will just get lucky and have a great product that costs very little, and they get to produce a lot of income off it, and they get to take money home right away. But I would definitely say that's the exception to the rule.
It's interesting you say the word stressed out. I'm 51. I opened up my first business at 11 years old, believe it or not. And it's crazy. And I kept on opening, and I'm still opening businesses. And I'm still stressed out. It's crazy. My poor wife and my kids see me stressed out all the time. And some people will come up to me and say, gosh, celebrate, relax.
It's interesting you say the word stressed out. I'm 51. I opened up my first business at 11 years old, believe it or not. And it's crazy. And I kept on opening, and I'm still opening businesses. And I'm still stressed out. It's crazy. My poor wife and my kids see me stressed out all the time. And some people will come up to me and say, gosh, celebrate, relax.
A true entrepreneur is just never... I remember somebody told me 25 years ago, an entrepreneur in Kansas, a real estate guy that I just immensely still admire, he kept on saying, Brandon, it's just more zeros. And you're right. It's just bigger zeros. But the things that stress me out now would have literally murdered me 25 years ago.
A true entrepreneur is just never... I remember somebody told me 25 years ago, an entrepreneur in Kansas, a real estate guy that I just immensely still admire, he kept on saying, Brandon, it's just more zeros. And you're right. It's just bigger zeros. But the things that stress me out now would have literally murdered me 25 years ago.
And the things 25 years ago that stress me out now are like nothing to me. So they just get bigger. And the stress, unfortunately, gets bigger. Yeah.
And the things 25 years ago that stress me out now are like nothing to me. So they just get bigger. And the stress, unfortunately, gets bigger. Yeah.
Great money, but it does not mean they're not stressed.
Great money, but it does not mean they're not stressed.
Because if they're there and they're that high up inside of our company, they are like us. They want more. They see the 5% that's not done. They see the 12% that they could have got, they should have got.
Because if they're there and they're that high up inside of our company, they are like us. They want more. They see the 5% that's not done. They see the 12% that they could have got, they should have got.
You didn't exaggerate it, but I think the people that are that high up that have been with me for 30 years... They fill it with me.
You didn't exaggerate it, but I think the people that are that high up that have been with me for 30 years... They fill it with me.
And that's great for them.
And that's great for them.