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Jonathan Courtney

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
3654 total appearances

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The Startup Ideas Podcast
Local businesses to start with NO startup costs

Well, the holding company I had, which I started, it's just a vehicle for owning other things.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
Local businesses to start with NO startup costs

But there's lots of legal and paperwork behind that. It's a whole other company.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
Local businesses to start with NO startup costs

But there's lots of legal and paperwork behind that. It's a whole other company.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
Local businesses to start with NO startup costs

But there's lots of legal and paperwork behind that. It's a whole other company.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
Local businesses to start with NO startup costs

I hate it. No, I hope some people in the comments understand me here. But I feel so much better when I'm working on one thing like doing like it's... I like simplicity and peace. And I would always choose that over complexity, even if it means way more money.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
Local businesses to start with NO startup costs

I hate it. No, I hope some people in the comments understand me here. But I feel so much better when I'm working on one thing like doing like it's... I like simplicity and peace. And I would always choose that over complexity, even if it means way more money.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
Local businesses to start with NO startup costs

I hate it. No, I hope some people in the comments understand me here. But I feel so much better when I'm working on one thing like doing like it's... I like simplicity and peace. And I would always choose that over complexity, even if it means way more money.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
Local businesses to start with NO startup costs

I don't sign every deal. Like $450,000 deals will come in, which I won't even see. It's more that I feel like I'm going to come across like a complete idiot on this call because this is the truth. Because my entrepreneur friends also think I'm stupid when it comes to this stuff. It is, there's more noise when I have holding company plus AJ and smart, plus a few other things going on.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
Local businesses to start with NO startup costs

I don't sign every deal. Like $450,000 deals will come in, which I won't even see. It's more that I feel like I'm going to come across like a complete idiot on this call because this is the truth. Because my entrepreneur friends also think I'm stupid when it comes to this stuff. It is, there's more noise when I have holding company plus AJ and smart, plus a few other things going on.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
Local businesses to start with NO startup costs

I don't sign every deal. Like $450,000 deals will come in, which I won't even see. It's more that I feel like I'm going to come across like a complete idiot on this call because this is the truth. Because my entrepreneur friends also think I'm stupid when it comes to this stuff. It is, there's more noise when I have holding company plus AJ and smart, plus a few other things going on.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
Local businesses to start with NO startup costs

There's more text messages, there's more emails, there's more slacks. And it doesn't matter how like automated and incentivized everyone is. Someone will always come to me and say, yeah, you know, I'd actually like to talk about my compensation for doing this thing in this company. And I, I simply don't enjoy the amount of new open threads it creates.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
Local businesses to start with NO startup costs

There's more text messages, there's more emails, there's more slacks. And it doesn't matter how like automated and incentivized everyone is. Someone will always come to me and say, yeah, you know, I'd actually like to talk about my compensation for doing this thing in this company. And I, I simply don't enjoy the amount of new open threads it creates.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
Local businesses to start with NO startup costs

There's more text messages, there's more emails, there's more slacks. And it doesn't matter how like automated and incentivized everyone is. Someone will always come to me and say, yeah, you know, I'd actually like to talk about my compensation for doing this thing in this company. And I, I simply don't enjoy the amount of new open threads it creates.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
Local businesses to start with NO startup costs

Someone we know, you and I know, Sam, somewhat, Sam Ovens, he has a similar brain in a way that he hyper-focuses on one thing and leaves infinite money on the table because of wanting to avoid complexity. And so for me, I view that as more complex than I want to go to, even though everyone tells me I'm stupid about it and I don't disagree with them.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
Local businesses to start with NO startup costs

Someone we know, you and I know, Sam, somewhat, Sam Ovens, he has a similar brain in a way that he hyper-focuses on one thing and leaves infinite money on the table because of wanting to avoid complexity. And so for me, I view that as more complex than I want to go to, even though everyone tells me I'm stupid about it and I don't disagree with them.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
Local businesses to start with NO startup costs

Someone we know, you and I know, Sam, somewhat, Sam Ovens, he has a similar brain in a way that he hyper-focuses on one thing and leaves infinite money on the table because of wanting to avoid complexity. And so for me, I view that as more complex than I want to go to, even though everyone tells me I'm stupid about it and I don't disagree with them.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
Local businesses to start with NO startup costs

So I agree it's stupid that I won't do the Holiko thing, but it just makes me feel stressed. It's the reason I also don't own a place. I have a very simple, easy setup life.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
Local businesses to start with NO startup costs

So I agree it's stupid that I won't do the Holiko thing, but it just makes me feel stressed. It's the reason I also don't own a place. I have a very simple, easy setup life.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
Local businesses to start with NO startup costs

So I agree it's stupid that I won't do the Holiko thing, but it just makes me feel stressed. It's the reason I also don't own a place. I have a very simple, easy setup life.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
Local businesses to start with NO startup costs

abstract away meaning giving it to other people correct dude it always comes back yeah it always comes back it like as in for me it it still like let's say um like there's always things that come back to the legal owner yeah you know what i mean eventually yeah obviously but you know it doesn't it doesn't have to happen like very frequently