Jonathan Courtney

But generally, you mostly don't want to be surrounded by people who are questioning everything and being the devil's advocates and telling you all the ways things can go wrong when your business is just starting out and you're still under 20 million. You want to be surrounded by people who are enthusiastic advocates and who are excited about what you're doing. And I think there was a time at A.J.

But generally, you mostly don't want to be surrounded by people who are questioning everything and being the devil's advocates and telling you all the ways things can go wrong when your business is just starting out and you're still under 20 million. You want to be surrounded by people who are enthusiastic advocates and who are excited about what you're doing. And I think there was a time at A.J.

and Smart where I really...

and Smart where I really...

and Smart where I really...

brought a lot of people up to the top of the business who kind of opposed everything I did because I thought that that's what you're supposed to do and so it's like and in the end what happens is the founder or the person running the company just loses steam and gets less excited and the whole thing just kind of falls apart and so yeah I think as long as you're especially when you're like the company relies on your energy and you being excited and you being positive it's

brought a lot of people up to the top of the business who kind of opposed everything I did because I thought that that's what you're supposed to do and so it's like and in the end what happens is the founder or the person running the company just loses steam and gets less excited and the whole thing just kind of falls apart and so yeah I think as long as you're especially when you're like the company relies on your energy and you being excited and you being positive it's

brought a lot of people up to the top of the business who kind of opposed everything I did because I thought that that's what you're supposed to do and so it's like and in the end what happens is the founder or the person running the company just loses steam and gets less excited and the whole thing just kind of falls apart and so yeah I think as long as you're especially when you're like the company relies on your energy and you being excited and you being positive it's

curmudgeons are the ultimate like kryptonite for a founder. The problem is they're everywhere. And the other thing, the best quote I've ever read on this is pessimists will always be right, but optimists will always get wealthy. Something like that. Something around those. That's what it was.

curmudgeons are the ultimate like kryptonite for a founder. The problem is they're everywhere. And the other thing, the best quote I've ever read on this is pessimists will always be right, but optimists will always get wealthy. Something like that. Something around those. That's what it was.

curmudgeons are the ultimate like kryptonite for a founder. The problem is they're everywhere. And the other thing, the best quote I've ever read on this is pessimists will always be right, but optimists will always get wealthy. Something like that. Something around those. That's what it was.

Yeah, something like that. Right. And I think that's that's such an amazing sentence to have in mind. If you're building a business or if you're running a podcast or if I even as a guest on this podcast, I'm going to get curmudgeons in the comments telling me that I ramble too much or that I look stupid or that whatever. Fuck y'all. You know, I need the positive energy to even keep going.

Yeah, something like that. Right. And I think that's that's such an amazing sentence to have in mind. If you're building a business or if you're running a podcast or if I even as a guest on this podcast, I'm going to get curmudgeons in the comments telling me that I ramble too much or that I look stupid or that whatever. Fuck y'all. You know, I need the positive energy to even keep going.

Yeah, something like that. Right. And I think that's that's such an amazing sentence to have in mind. If you're building a business or if you're running a podcast or if I even as a guest on this podcast, I'm going to get curmudgeons in the comments telling me that I ramble too much or that I look stupid or that whatever. Fuck y'all. You know, I need the positive energy to even keep going.

You're not on this podcast. You're not out here running the startup ideas podcast like Greg is and putting all the effort into it. You're just sitting around complaining online. And I think that energy isn't, you're a hundred percent right. Like, That energy is not what you want to have around you.

You're not on this podcast. You're not out here running the startup ideas podcast like Greg is and putting all the effort into it. You're just sitting around complaining online. And I think that energy isn't, you're a hundred percent right. Like, That energy is not what you want to have around you.

You're not on this podcast. You're not out here running the startup ideas podcast like Greg is and putting all the effort into it. You're just sitting around complaining online. And I think that energy isn't, you're a hundred percent right. Like, That energy is not what you want to have around you.

And then people will say to you, Greg, which you've probably gotten, if you would do that as a post on its own on Twitter, people would say to you, oh, yeah, sure. Just surround surround yourself with people who just like, you know, brown nose you all day or whatever. And that's not the point. The point is you're not at the point yet where you need people to pick things apart.

And then people will say to you, Greg, which you've probably gotten, if you would do that as a post on its own on Twitter, people would say to you, oh, yeah, sure. Just surround surround yourself with people who just like, you know, brown nose you all day or whatever. And that's not the point. The point is you're not at the point yet where you need people to pick things apart.

And then people will say to you, Greg, which you've probably gotten, if you would do that as a post on its own on Twitter, people would say to you, oh, yeah, sure. Just surround surround yourself with people who just like, you know, brown nose you all day or whatever. And that's not the point. The point is you're not at the point yet where you need people to pick things apart.