Dave Evans
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
But it didn't work out the way you had in mind.
Well, this is one of those situations where, you know, how committed to reality are you versus how committed to what you're aspiring towards?
But is that aspiration getting in the way of reality?
Of course, it's a very slow beginning, you know, and it reaches a certain degree of success.
And he then wants to grow to the next stage.
And in fact, not only does it not go to the next stage, it starts to falter.
And so this thing begins to fail a little bit.
And then he tries to shoulder it up again with his own labor and a little bit of his own money.
And he keeps putting good money after bad and year after year.
And he does this for a period of about five years and finally had to set the company down.
You know, that his investors and supporters said, look, it's too much.
But he went bitter because for a couple of years after that, he just couldn't, you know, God's punishing me.
And I said, George, look, I mean, you tried real hard.