business owners
also referred to as: business owner
12 statements across 10 episodes · 1 bullish · 5 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Dec 15, 2020 by Peter van Eyprin · across every show →
Everything said about business owners, oldest first
Dec 15, 2020 negative
Van Eyprin: Founders Often Keep Costly, Zero-Revenue Features to Appease Complainers
“And most business owners are going to give into that. And I see that often, even giving into it at the point where It's an expense for them to maintain it. And there's literally no revenue left from having this feature. They just want to quote unquote, keep th…”
Dec 22, 2020
Halasnik: Founders need three years to learn a business, ten for mastery
“It really takes a business owner three to five years. I would say closer to three to really know what they're doing, you know, with their business. And it takes 10 years to learn how to be a really a professional business owner, you know, learning all the nuan…”
Dec 17, 2022
Weisbrot: If anything goes wrong in business, it is always the founder's fault
“One thing that a lot of people don't realize when they're running a business is if anything goes wrong, it's always your fault. Even if someone else made a mistake, it's your fault because you didn't give them the support they needed or you didn't give them th…”
Mar 8, 2023 negative
Furman: Founders cannot completely step away from their businesses during childbirth
“If you're working for your own business you really, Are like the last, you know, stop. And so if there's a situation or a problem you're the one that they're gonna be going to, and you can't just take a break because you having a baby, like literally having a …”
Mar 21, 2023 positive
Genas: Founders should design systems assuming staff only work their paid hours
“If you start from the basis that
Anyone that you hire or anyone you bring into your business is really just here to do the paid hours and need that support.
If you start from that base level, then anyone above that is a bonus and you still covered all basis …”
Mar 21, 2023 negative
Genas: Founders unreasonably expect new hires to match their passion and initiative
“I say that it's actually one of the problems that a lot of business owners, early stage business owners have when they're starting to build their team is they assume that everybody should have the same level of knowledge, the same level of passion, the same le…”
May 9, 2023 negative
Weisbrot: Founders taking all earnings home are just well-paid freelancers
“Sure you're making 20 grand a month. You're taking all of it home. You're a freelancer. You're not a business owner. You're just, you're a well-paid, you're a well-paid freelancer. So you know, those are some of the stumbling points for people is that they're,…”
Jan 25, 2024
Sean Weisbrot: Business Owners Cannot Be Both Primary Service Provider and Manager
“What I also learned was that you can't be the provider and the owner, because that was his problem. Because he was trained to be a dentist, not to be a businessman. And he didn't have a partner to help him to grow the business, so he was stuck being a dentist …”
Apr 16, 2024 negative
Apr 8, 2025
Bishop: Founders Struggle to Delegate Fearing Different Management Methods
“Most business owners, you know, they've, They eat, sleep and breathe their company. It's their primary source of value, of legal validation. It's their baby. And a lot of them would have a very difficult time turning over their business to somebody else to run…”
Apr 8, 2025 neutral
Oct 7, 2025 neutral
Bhargava: Independent PE firms rely on founder relationships more than megafunds
“So that's not something that I think you need to do as much if you are at a large established, you know, for 30 years private equity firm and you're one of, you know, 15 partners. It's much more important for us, you know, cause we're kind of doing everything …”