The internet wants you to quit your job, and I actually would ask you to think first.

I have built companies worth hundreds of millions, and I have watched people with twice the town that I have

blow up their lives by quitting at the wrong time.

Here's how you can actually prepare.

Get one paying client or project in your target market before you quit. If you can do that and get 25% to 50% of your salary, then you have a really good buffer. And if you can't even get a dollar, then that's really good advice too, which is like, maybe you're not ready to quit. You should get a different job or continue to level up your skills. There's nothing wrong with that. If you're not ready to quit, or at least to leave employment and start a business, maybe you should quit into a better job. Quit into a job that builds the skills you're missing. Ask if there's opportunity to build the skills you're missing in the job you have now. I did that so many times. I did way more times than I did quit to build a business. I did that once. I did this probably seven times. Number three, you have a financial floor, not just like a dream in the skies.

Okay, when we launched our supplement company, which was the second company I launched based off my first one,

I let my leaders staff up based on projections from our previous business.

So I said, okay, based on my other business, this sounds dumb now that I say it,

based on a business that's completely different,

built a staffing model based on that business for this business and I will provide you with the people. So then we hired like 35 or 40 people before the launch. And then I actually had one of the customer support reps reach out to me and they were like, hey, can you hop on a call? I was like, yeah, I can hop on my call.

What's up?

I hop on.

I was like, oh, interesting, why is Sally reaching out to me?

And she was like, hey, I you hop on a call? I was like, yeah, I can hop on a call, what's up? I hop on, I was like, interesting, why is Sally reaching out to me?

And she was like, hey, I can't accept the paycheck from you. And I was like, why? She was like, I'm only answering one, maybe two emails a day. And I know like eight other people with no work in this company. Like, I just, I can't ethically take your money.

And I was like, is this a fucking joke?

So we had used the completely money. And I was like, is this a fucking joke?

So we had used the completely wrong model because I was ignorant and I'd let them do that.

And because of that, I had to lay off, like, I don't remember, it was between 15 and 25 people.

And my glass door went from like a 5 to like a 2.2 in like 5 seconds.

And now here's the part that's interesting.

I had a business with revenue

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