David Grau Sr.
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I felt so good about it.
And he finally walked over and just kind of slammed the door and he said, would you just stop it?
This isn't a law practice.
This is a business and it can't go any further than you if you're gonna keep doing that.
And I was kind of stunned and I thought,
Wait a minute, I'm solving all the problems.
Everybody needs me.
And that was the point at which I realized I was on the founder's treadmill and I had to figure out a way to get off.
But like any good small business owner and entrepreneur, I pushed back initially and I said, well, wait a minute.
I mean, why should we go higher ahead of marketing?
I'm passionate.
I know this stuff called.
I get up on stage and I can sell it.
I can talk to the audience.
I can get them to call us and sign up.
We don't need a head of marketing.
I'm head of marketing.
And I went, well, who's going to run the company?
I'm like, I'm going to run the company as head of marketing and a CEO.
And he goes, and CEO and CFO and CMO.