Why No Business Is Better Than Bad Business

The EntreLeadership Podcast

Ramsey Network

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.7 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Today, we’ll hear about: Dave Ramsey’s take on why no business is better than bad business A business owner looking for ways to attract quality talent Why you don’t need a business degree to be successful A young man wanting to know how to approach his grandfather about his business ideas Next Steps: 📞 Have a question for the show? Call 844-944-1070 or send us a message: https://ter.li/ask-us 📚 Learn about the EntreLeadership System: https://ter.li/system-p 💻 Get EntreLeadership Elite for your business: https://ter.li/elite-p ✉️ Sign up to receive tactical tools, advice and resources in your inbox every week: https://ter.li/enl 🏢 Attend EntreLeadership Summit: https://ter.li/summit 🎤 Attend EntreLeadership Master Series: https://ter.li/masterseries 📖 Order Dave’s new book, Build a Business You Love: https://ter.li/b4kru2 Connect With Our Sponsors: 💼 Go to Belay Solutions or text ENTRE to 55123 for their free resource! 💻 Visit NetSuite today to learn more. 🧾 Visit Payority for a free consultation! 📈 Get started with Sales Gravy’s free resource, The Small Business Owner’s Guide to Hiring Salespeople. 📝 Use code ENTRE15 to get 15% off your first year of Trainual. Listen to More From Ramsey Network: 🪑 Front Row Seat with Ken Coleman 🎙️ The Ramsey Show 💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights 🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 🍸 Smart Money Happy Hour 💡 The Rachel Cruze Show💰 George Kamel Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	From the headquarters of Ramsey Solutions, this is the Entree Leadership podcast, where I take calls from leaders like you about what it takes to win at any stage of business and leadership.
0:21.0	I'm Dave Ramsey, your host with over 30 years of experience leading in the trenches right alongside you.
0:27.2	I actually make payroll, so I know what it's like.
0:30.4	If you have a question and you want to ask on the show, well, just fill out the form at entreleadership.com slash ask or call and leave us a voicemail.
0:39.5	We'll get you on as a caller.
0:40.9	The number is 844-944-1070.
0:44.3	That's 844-944-1070.
0:50.6	Daniel is in Phoenix.
0:52.1	Hi, Daniel.
0:52.6	How are you?
0:55.4	Excellent. Thank you. I appreciate the call.
0:57.7	Sure. What's up?
1:00.1	Hey, I'm a landscape contractor with approximately 14 million in revenue, 85 employees, and work has been steady, but each contractor we do business with asks us to sign a contract that's incredibly
1:13.1	biased in their favor. And when I review these contracts, I go through and redline a lot of things
1:19.4	that I don't want to agree to. But lately, our clients are objecting fiercely to these redlines,
1:26.0	and we have lost some business as a result.
1:29.6	They'd much rather go deal with a subcontractor who will sign their contract without any red
1:35.4	lines.
1:36.2	What are you redlined?
1:37.6	Are you taken out?
1:38.8	What are you taken out?
1:41.5	So there's things like pay when get paid language, basically, which is we get paid when and if the owner gets paid by, or when and if the owner pays the contractor.
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