Stephen Bartlett

And if we keep our costs down, we might be able to have an actual model that we could either invest our own capital or bring somebody else and take it national. All of these, I have yet to find a business that can't get to $100 million a year, that has a permutation of it that exists. You're a dry cleaner. Fine. Well, cool. We'll build the model.

And either we can license the model, we can franchise the model out, we can get outside investors, we can scale it nationally, we can do it. But the crazy goals are only crazy because people have crazy timelines. They're actually very sane goals if you extend the timeline out. If you have a true 10-year goal or a true 20-year goal, almost anything is accomplishable. I mean...

And either we can license the model, we can franchise the model out, we can get outside investors, we can scale it nationally, we can do it. But the crazy goals are only crazy because people have crazy timelines. They're actually very sane goals if you extend the timeline out. If you have a true 10-year goal or a true 20-year goal, almost anything is accomplishable. I mean...

And either we can license the model, we can franchise the model out, we can get outside investors, we can scale it nationally, we can do it. But the crazy goals are only crazy because people have crazy timelines. They're actually very sane goals if you extend the timeline out. If you have a true 10-year goal or a true 20-year goal, almost anything is accomplishable. I mean...

Almost every multi-billion dollar company is about, you know, they get, it's usually between like year six and 10 when companies get to kind of like those big numbers. And most people who are listening to this are five years into entrepreneurship, but you're six months into the thing that you've been working on right now.

Almost every multi-billion dollar company is about, you know, they get, it's usually between like year six and 10 when companies get to kind of like those big numbers. And most people who are listening to this are five years into entrepreneurship, but you're six months into the thing that you've been working on right now.

Almost every multi-billion dollar company is about, you know, they get, it's usually between like year six and 10 when companies get to kind of like those big numbers. And most people who are listening to this are five years into entrepreneurship, but you're six months into the thing that you've been working on right now.

And you keep restarting the clock for getting to year 10 every time you start over. And I think that's the part that it took me a very long time to figure out. And I think it takes a lot of entrepreneurs. Like everyone messes around with a lot of stuff in the beginning because you just don't know what you're doing.

And you keep restarting the clock for getting to year 10 every time you start over. And I think that's the part that it took me a very long time to figure out. And I think it takes a lot of entrepreneurs. Like everyone messes around with a lot of stuff in the beginning because you just don't know what you're doing.

And you keep restarting the clock for getting to year 10 every time you start over. And I think that's the part that it took me a very long time to figure out. And I think it takes a lot of entrepreneurs. Like everyone messes around with a lot of stuff in the beginning because you just don't know what you're doing.

And so in my experience, it takes about five years for most entrepreneurs that I know to just like find something that works. Like it takes about five years to figure out which way is north.

And so in my experience, it takes about five years for most entrepreneurs that I know to just like find something that works. Like it takes about five years to figure out which way is north.

And so in my experience, it takes about five years for most entrepreneurs that I know to just like find something that works. Like it takes about five years to figure out which way is north.

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And then it takes like another five years. And a lot of people, that's it. Like they restart, they go off, crash and burn. And it takes another five years to build something that can create generational wealth. So it's about a 10-year slug. And here's the really hard truth about it.

And then it takes like another five years. And a lot of people, that's it. Like they restart, they go off, crash and burn. And it takes another five years to build something that can create generational wealth. So it's about a 10-year slug. And here's the really hard truth about it.

And then it takes like another five years. And a lot of people, that's it. Like they restart, they go off, crash and burn. And it takes another five years to build something that can create generational wealth. So it's about a 10-year slug. And here's the really hard truth about it.

If you have a job right now, for almost all of that five years, you quit your job because you don't want to work as hard as you are and you want to make more money. And as soon as you quit, you will realize that you are now going to work way harder than you were, and you're going to make less money for an extended period of time.