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Jonathan Courtney

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

I mean, in a way, it can be painful to watch because there are any awkward silences between you and I are still in there. I'd appreciate if your editors would remove some of that. But I think it's cool that you're willing to just put it out there and including the fact that you say these sayings and then forget them and just doesn't matter.

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

I mean, in a way, it can be painful to watch because there are any awkward silences between you and I are still in there. I'd appreciate if your editors would remove some of that. But I think it's cool that you're willing to just put it out there and including the fact that you say these sayings and then forget them and just doesn't matter.

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

I mean, in a way, it can be painful to watch because there are any awkward silences between you and I are still in there. I'd appreciate if your editors would remove some of that. But I think it's cool that you're willing to just put it out there and including the fact that you say these sayings and then forget them and just doesn't matter.

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

So I think this could be the title and this could be the clip here coming up because I feel like What is the thing that you find the most difficult and painful about entrepreneurship? So my answer to that question is that I do have the feeling that there's a lot of weight on my shoulders to make the decisions that move us forward.

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

So I think this could be the title and this could be the clip here coming up because I feel like What is the thing that you find the most difficult and painful about entrepreneurship? So my answer to that question is that I do have the feeling that there's a lot of weight on my shoulders to make the decisions that move us forward.

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

So I think this could be the title and this could be the clip here coming up because I feel like What is the thing that you find the most difficult and painful about entrepreneurship? So my answer to that question is that I do have the feeling that there's a lot of weight on my shoulders to make the decisions that move us forward.

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

the financial well-being of the people who are employed by me and like the direction and all of that. And then sometimes I'm like, man, I wonder, could I just make the same amount of money not doing all of that and not having all of this responsibility?

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

the financial well-being of the people who are employed by me and like the direction and all of that. And then sometimes I'm like, man, I wonder, could I just make the same amount of money not doing all of that and not having all of this responsibility?

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

the financial well-being of the people who are employed by me and like the direction and all of that. And then sometimes I'm like, man, I wonder, could I just make the same amount of money not doing all of that and not having all of this responsibility?

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

So for me, definitely there's this feeling of wouldn't it be great if someone else would just tell me what to do sometimes instead of having to be basically creative all the time? what do you find painful or negative or what sometimes really gets you about being an entrepreneur? I'm trying to get fucking anything out of you, man.

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

So for me, definitely there's this feeling of wouldn't it be great if someone else would just tell me what to do sometimes instead of having to be basically creative all the time? what do you find painful or negative or what sometimes really gets you about being an entrepreneur? I'm trying to get fucking anything out of you, man.

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

So for me, definitely there's this feeling of wouldn't it be great if someone else would just tell me what to do sometimes instead of having to be basically creative all the time? what do you find painful or negative or what sometimes really gets you about being an entrepreneur? I'm trying to get fucking anything out of you, man.

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

And then I would say, because I guess we're just different types of entrepreneurs, I would say that it would be difficult for me to go all in on one of them and really like, I don't know, I feel like right now with AJ and Smart, We've the last couple of years, we've been sort of like, are we a training company or are we a consulting company?

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

And then I would say, because I guess we're just different types of entrepreneurs, I would say that it would be difficult for me to go all in on one of them and really like, I don't know, I feel like right now with AJ and Smart, We've the last couple of years, we've been sort of like, are we a training company or are we a consulting company?

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

And then I would say, because I guess we're just different types of entrepreneurs, I would say that it would be difficult for me to go all in on one of them and really like, I don't know, I feel like right now with AJ and Smart, We've the last couple of years, we've been sort of like, are we a training company or are we a consulting company?

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

And I think actually we're about to go in a direction that will be more akin to the way you're doing it today. where we have a bit more separation between the brands. And actually, maybe all of this bullshitting I've been talking about in this episode is going to be all undone when people see the relaunch because it's a bit more holdco-y. But yeah, I think for me, I struggle.

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

And I think actually we're about to go in a direction that will be more akin to the way you're doing it today. where we have a bit more separation between the brands. And actually, maybe all of this bullshitting I've been talking about in this episode is going to be all undone when people see the relaunch because it's a bit more holdco-y. But yeah, I think for me, I struggle.

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

And I think actually we're about to go in a direction that will be more akin to the way you're doing it today. where we have a bit more separation between the brands. And actually, maybe all of this bullshitting I've been talking about in this episode is going to be all undone when people see the relaunch because it's a bit more holdco-y. But yeah, I think for me, I struggle.

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

First of all, uncertainty, absolutely. I think if you inherently struggle with uncertainty, I don't think you'll even go into entrepreneurship. Absolutely.

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

First of all, uncertainty, absolutely. I think if you inherently struggle with uncertainty, I don't think you'll even go into entrepreneurship. Absolutely.