Nick Ford

They're all over the place.

So finding that competitive advantage, that differentiator was pretty good for me.

And then as a result, I targeted...

Things like VFWs, things like American legions, like veteran oriented social establishments, because I have that instant credibility walking through the door as a veteran.

They like instantly kind of, well, at least listen to what you have to say.

Right.

So, so I started that, um,

And by the way, I've never really scaled any of these companies like big.

I wouldn't even say that I scaled them to a medium size.

These have always been side hustles, more of like an enjoyment exploration type deal.

However, starting that ATM business, right?

definitely gave me a safety net for when i was deciding to leave law enforcement when i was going back and forth should i do it should should i not um you know it gave me that and it wasn't necessarily about like the finances coming in because even the finances coming in from the atm machine business like wasn't wasn't much you know it was

Between that and merchant services, it was like, I don't know, maybe three, four grand a month, something along those lines.

Which is nothing to snark at, but compared to a full-time police officer salary, I couldn't leave policing and continue that part-time.

My point is that it wasn't the income that gave me that added boost of confidence.

It was the...

It was the fact that I actually created a business, that I actually got customers, that I actually made sales, and I was actually bringing in revenue.

That is what helped give me the confidence to finally make that jump out of law enforcement.

Because I knew if I could do this, I could do it again.

Or I could go to this and scale it and put full-time.