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Originally Posted by vtec to vvel
One helluva ride at 32 years 
If you could go back in time to yourself when you first started the business, what one piece of advice would you give? Same question to Rusty as well 
And I wish the later Millennials and after, esp. Gen Z, would grasp onto the concept of hard work. The younger generation doesn't seem to want to lift a finger but demand respect and results. I know it's not fair to say all of them, but the ones I encountered seem to have this common mentality. I will say with the rise in social media, the smart ones have found a way to become multi-millionaires just from posting content and have a sh!tload of subscribers. Can you imagine if they went back in time and actually had to put in real effort and real work? |
If i had to do it over I'd go with less employees. Keep the business lean and mean. Employees are expensive. When tough times hit, (and they did) a lot out people overextended went belly up.
Chasing dollars to make payroll sucks big time. Another problem i had was accounts recieveable. It was industry standard in printing back then to give customers unsecured credit. I was constantly on the phone chasing my money. Over 32 years I was probably stiffed for over $750,000. The couple of guys left today doing what I did take Credit Cards and get paid in advance.
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