Just another Fella

Decided to keep a running thread of my all time favorite business articles as I come across them. Hope you enjoy. forbes.com/sites/elisabet…

If you want to be successful you need to be watching Moneyball at least once a quarter. Particularly around the beginning of baseball season it is key. I don't make the rules, its just the truth.

@InsAgencyOwner Golf simulator

What’s going on up here?

@Bobbymays @WilsonCompanies

@WilsonCompanies “Stop every leak but the one you’re taking right now”

Everyone fights over Google, LSA, and Facebook. Meanwhile, I’ve spent $20k+ having my company’s messaging placed above 100 toilets at a local venue.

@blueprintsmb22 x.com/plasticboss/st… I think I found the guy making all the money off your resin increases

LOL. Did a short weekend trip with my wife, mom and daughter to Princeton, New Jersey to see the Princeton Art Museum (some nice Warhols and Monets) and walk around the area. Saturday was a gorgeous day with everybody walking around the Princeton campus, and I was thinking wow no one here is probably focused on the Strait of Hormuz situation or is aware that my resin cost has basically doubled year to date! Must be nice!

@bprintco Does rental not make sense? If you can line up sites back to back you’ll capture savings by just moving the equipment each time on the same monthly rate instead of multiple rentals

We have over $250k in scheduled jobs just in April alone A 5x increase over last April. Our biggest and most frustrating challenge by far is speed to scale. I could add another $250k with the click of a button, and I could press this button 30x over every 4 months. I could expand the service area and amplify it even more. But I can’t, because we can’t fulfill more than that without more equipment. I can’t just infinitely buy equipment either, it takes time to build up. The thought of taking on an investor has been discussed many times, but that’s another challenge, because it needs to be the right investor. Money alone isn’t the right investor. We need one that understands the industry and is well connected in it. We also have over 100 people ready to buy into a franchise model. A model that has already been built over the Winter. The possibilities are endless, but the decisions have become much more complex and more impactful.

Interesting butterfly effect question Does Ray Kroc takeover and build Mc D’s through real estate if he was making plenty through the franchising deal? "You're not in the burger business. You're in the real estate business. You don't build an empire off a 1.4 percent cut of a 15-cent hamburger. You build it by owning the land upon which that burger is cooked."

If you want to watch a great illustration of this, watch the movie “The Founder”

@StumpGuyTy Hell of a view

Today’s schedule: - 6:30-9 AM: BYU Lacrosse practice - 9-10 AM: Grab a Friday Bagel Sandwich and get ready for the day. - 10-2 PM: Play around on a vibe coding project I’ve been working on. - 2-5 PM: $600 stump job. Oh and I just had $2k worth of jobs next week accepted. Been really leaning into not optimizing every moment lately and life has felt amazing. Vibes are HIGH.

@BillDA With the vapor barrier down you can seal the outside vents which will reduce the humidity and work load of the fans + dehumidifier

I was quoted $10,000 to install two dehumidifiers in my crawlspace. I saved $7,500 by designing a DIY custom crawl space dehumidification system with Claude 🤑 I am not an HVAC professional. Here’s how I did it. Our story begins with the discovery that our new home needed a dehumidifier installed in the crawl space to prevent mold. The professionals told me it would cost $10k, since I’d need one unit on each end due to the size of the space, plus a second drain line installed. “Can’t we just use fans to move the humid air from one side toward the dehumidifier?” They wouldn’t do that. Enter Claude… I uploaded a floor plan of my crawl space and air volume dimensions, telling Claude what I was trying to do. It researched the best dehumidifier sized appropriately for my air volume (100 pints apparently). Found me the best price - $1,500. Now it was time for fans 💨 I had originally envisioned the single dehumidifier at one end of the space, with fans on the opposite end. Claude taught me that would just draw more moist outdoor air in through the vents on that side, creating a linear flow through the crawl space. Instead it modeled the air flow and suggested a circular vortex with 4 fans, one on each wall, in a circle. That sucks in minimal outdoor air, keeping cool dry air circulating. I told it to research appropriate fans. It found four 20” sealed bearing fans on Amazon (impervious to dust), with DC drive motors (more energy efficient than AC apparently). $120 each. 🔌 It told me to buy a smart plug for each fan and a few internet connected humidity sensors. Another $200. Claude mapped where to install everything in the crawl space. Here’s how it works - the humidity sensors monitor the crawl space air continuously. If it ever exceeds 60% humidity, the smart plugs switch on all 4 fans, circulating the air in the crawl space past the dehumidifier until the humidity is below 50% 🔃🔃🔃 Total cost ~$2,500 for everything and one Saturday of work for me. I saved $7,500 vs. the original quote because I didn’t need two dehumidifiers, and Claude tells me my version is nearly twice as energy efficient. Plus I learned a ton about my home and had fun. I didn’t know anything about dehumidifiers, fans, or air flow dynamics before starting. AI can do so much more than write code - the applications are endless.

@FICMBondTrader End of an era. Wonder what Peter Cancro honestly thinks. Guess he knew what he was getting into

Is jersey mikes the worst thing PE has ever done to a company ? It’s prob the worst slop possible.

I’ve found my future shop ceiling. Can you imagine laying down to bench press, look up and all you see are the stars and bars? Instant PR’s every single lift.

@shawngorham You asked what we thought he would choose. I assumed nationwide platform like the garages

@SMBfella not as big as a thing in CA - no basements either

Jordan Dublin - Guild Garage sold for $800M Listened to an episode with him - here is what he was looking for... 1) The next frontier that wasn't HVAC, Plumbing or Electrical 2) Residential home service with a $10B TAM 3) One Precedented transaction we could point to, in his case A1 Garage That was in 2024 - What do we think he would choose in 2026???

@Hayden__Slack @shawngorham Looks like those pesky sales reps are taking all of the profits

@SMBfella @shawngorham It’s terrible.

@gilmaman2 @SMB_Attorney @ChrisRamsey60 @SMB_HEFF @SBA_Matthias

Question for my SMB folks: Have you ever seen a small business with an EIDL loan, where the buyer of the business was successfully able to assume the loan? I’m hearing mixed things. @SMB_Attorney @ChrisRamsey60 @SMBfella @SMB_HEFF or anyone else?

@Itsjoeco Used to be a guy there who strictly sold knock off items like “Daracell Batteries” lol

Very fun afternoon at the Englishtown Auction Flea Market. Trying to explore all of New Jersey.

@CollinJHumphrey What are your thoughts/opinions of these one day bath remodel cos

My names Collin I am a GC who focuses primarily on bathroom/shower/kitchen remodels. What do you wanna know?

@MediaKing Nope, give me as much late sunlight as possible

I hate springing forward. I much prefer to fall back.

@_specofdirt @grok Ok, a whole minute passed without an answer. Technology has failed us

@_specofdirt @grok what’s the industry

I’m not much of a gambler but I’m betting you will never guess what we’re standing up in this space. This will be the first location on the east coast, business operations are illegal in 48 states, and the founders are looking for franchisees. A 98 billion dollar industry about to be flipped upside down, literally.