Tim He

[001] Being a business owner is just getting better and better at managing your money → flex.one

[027] Being a business owner is just becoming weirdly good at sounding calm over the phone while your heart does 200+ bpm Does this count as zone 2 training?

[026] Being a business owner is just the specific dread of a contract attachment titled "REVISED_FINAL_v7_actually_final"

[017] Being a business owner is just waiting (for your team, for a callback, for a payment, for a delivery, for pay day to pass) ☕︎ (,,•᷄ࡇ•᷅ ,,)?

[025] Being a business owner is just saying "let me check my calendar" when you already know you're free, but you just need to feel important and performative Also, we're not in middle school anymore. Replying instantly isn't cringe

[024] Being a business owner is just accepting that your therapist knows more about your P&L than your friends That's why finding fellow business owner friends is so important

[023] Being a business owner is just doing a victory lap in your kitchen at midnight that nobody will ever know about If people saw you smiling ear to ear alone in your car...

[022] Being a business owner is just going from having a boss you don't respect to being a boss you don't respect unless...

[021] Being a business owner is just is knowing that by discounting a price sensitive customer, you train them to leave you the moment a cheaper alternative shows up The move is to always adjust the offering rather than the price.

[020] Being a business owner is just forecasting future revenues and expenses the same way a fortune teller forecasts your doomed love life

[019] Being a business owner is just having a 5 year plan that states "be here in 5 years"

[018] Being a business owner is just dreaming about passive income except the reality is you replying to texts and emails at a wedding or in the shower

[011] Being a business owner is just kicking yourself over how underpriced your product/service was 6 months ago, every 6 months

[010] Being a business owner is just deciding which fires to let burn

[009] Being a business owner is just telling people you're your own boss except your boss is a maniacal tyrant who has unreasonable expectations and never takes a break

[008] Being a business owner is just loving the fact that you get to work as many hours as you want on building your dream, it doesn't get much better than that

[007] Being a business owner is just delegating a task to someone and then panicking inside when they only do it 70% as good as you

[006] Being a business owner is just measuring days by how much shit you got done rather than in hours like normal people

[005] Being a business owner is just "quickly checking 1 thing" before bed and then all of a sudden it's 4am and you've just redone the entire website

[004] Being a business owner is just realizing with each new hire another 10 undocumented things you've been keeping in your head

[003] Being a business owner is just knowing in the back of your mind you have that one spreadsheet that, if it broke, would end the company