We Lost our $3.5 Million Business 

"The other partners left and took all the clients and now we don't have a clue what to do for ourselves" ....is it just me or does it sound like she and her husband were the dead weight in the business that got pushed out by the other successful productive partners?

No-one can "steal your clients/customers...." Clients/customers Leave when they find a better deal/offer....!!!

The second caller was eye opening. You can't 100% trust your family in business. Things can change over time. Get paperwork from day one !!!

Dave’s advice on focusing on rebuilding trust and securing new clients is crucial for anyone restarting their business journey. It highlights the importance of resilience and adaptability in leadership, especially after facing setbacks. 👍

There's a lot shes not saying about why the business went down.

Ive had partners steal customers in unethical ways but stealing your whole business ?! You gotta be wildly incompetent for that to happen

I had a non-business experience with best revenge reminder of it the other day. Two Old evil weebils pretty much drove my husband and I from our old neighborhood. 11 others left the hood because of them so we were hardly alone. I had 4 years of the best time of my life looking for houses. I lived on zillow and still love it. I found parts of my city that I'd never seen before and found a warm, loving nearly perfect area in a house that's all one level to age in place. And we bought at a good time and our house is now worth double what we paid. They did us the biggest favor by ooking us out of our complacency. The other day I cut through there and saw them walking their dogs. Time has ravaged them and their houses look demo ready. Uh huh. Thanks Ladies and thank You Lord for the glimpse into the true them.

At my work they are pretty lenient with when you show up in the morning, understanding with appointments, etc. because everyone is working WAY more than 40 hours a week. (I get in at 8:30 after dropping my daughter off at school) If my supervisor demanded I be at work at 8:00 everyday I'd say "Yes Sir, absolutely, whatever you need." I'd be in by 7:45 am and I'd be walking out the door at 5 every day. Our leaders are smart enough to know that you don't bust someone's balls for being 30 min late in the morning when they are putting in 60+ hours a week. 2 weeks ago we had deadlines to meet for several projects and I was working 14 hour days. I had 40 hours in by Wednesday. Salary, no paid overtime. Hell I've worked 90+ hour weeks for over a month before. Wife was pissed but it earned me a massive raise and a promotion.

I’m listening to each and every episode of Entreleadership. I learned quite a lot, and love it . Thanks Dave ❤️🙏🏻❤️ You play a great role in helping entrepreneurs and business owners, thanks again.

Like a previous company i worked for the owner hired his nephew, the nephew worked there for 8 years and then took all contacts and started his own company with a coworker while the owner was passing away & still being on the company payroll. Both the guys divorced their wives, treated everyone like garbage and would laugh when they fired employees. They're still in business today and I've never seen such a toxic environment all for the pursuit of money. Why are people like this blessed financially?

“Your Ex-Partners are living rent-free in your head”. That is gold. To get over being wronged I have to own my part in the process whatever that was.

I love listening to Dave. He really grasps so many aspects about business. Every time I listen I learn something helpful and am also fired up to get my day started.

34 employees with only 3.5 million revenue revenue is not great margins….

They seem to have fallen into a niche where they had 3-4 built in clients and it didn't take any effort to grow the business (it took work but not effort) either luck, timing, or some combination there of. There is a big difference in succeeding when you have to battle to win vs the easy road they had the first time around. They need to do soul searching and decide do they have the skill and drive to build it back, an honest assessment, and if they do then commit and build it, if not move to a new industry or get a 9-5.

Its a tough story to like since there is no focused information on the business. I would have loved to hear the "villain" mentors side of the story as well.

"my brother likes this set up" 🤣🤣🤣well off course, he gets paid to do nothing

I wonder if with the high preforming recruiter on PIP, if she could work with someone that is good with documentation . It might allow her to add more value where she does it best.

We choose to learn from our past. Live in the present. And look to the future with hope and love. 😊

Meh, they are incompetent and got cut out.

Things like this happen all the time. Employees learn the business and go off on their own. It’s nothing new, it’s part of the business world.

All the advice from Dave on this episode was totally spot-on 👍

thank you Dave. I've been facing all these problems.

I'd love a what happened next for Jeff from Bowling Green and his brother.

Hello sir I am a 32 year old disabled man. My sister conned me by doing a word of mouth agreement and signing a document stating I was putting 9.5k into a house with her for mutual ownership. She never put the title in both our names, locked me out, and in 5 years has only paid back 1.9k and hasnt paid in over a year.

Great Episode Dave really liked what you had to say.

That lady is so emotionally attached that is preventing her from creating new connections, customers and jobs. If you didn’t once you can do it again..

First time listening to this podcast and it is great

Thank you Sir

Trust doesn’t get “taken away” I bet they fd up big time I hope they get it back together

Lol, I have been chronically late before in the past. My boss pulled me aside and pretty much told me that it was going to negatively impact my career if I didn’t get better. I also got a promotion. It’s definitely given me a lot more motivation to be more punctual.

Hallelujah!!!!!!!!!!! The daily Jesus devotion has been a huge part of my transformation. God is Good 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌was owing a loan of £47k to the bank for my son's brain surgery(Samuel). Now I am no longer owning after I invested £6500 and got my payout of £290k every month, God bless Elena 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

2nd caller - SEE A LAWYER, dude. 😒

True...Dave, the banker not the step uncle and half sisters. Dad

What was the industry she was in ??

I'm like the 3rd employee. Great at the job but could give 2 craps about the paperwork or apps/programs. Just let me make money in the field.

Having the people that mentored you, then invested in you and then aquire the clients from you to themselves, well. If i was the client, i would have a hard time giving my business to these people if i knew of this. I dont like giving my money to morally corrupt people. That is if it is as simple as told.

Hell yeah. You can't drive forward looking back

So this lady is doing "great" that must be why she is calling Dave Ramsey. Right? 😮

Her language is so reactive instead of proactive. She needs to stop focusing on what happened in the past and work on her and her business. Basically what Dave's saying.

Three clients is not a business. Having all your eggs in one basket is only one of the oldest saying in the book.

When you fire her production goes up. It’s like me and my middle schoolers. Do a write up and everyone else gets 💯 in line!

I died when that guy said "that's going to go over like a lead balloon."

How much would it cost to take on more calls every week? I’d pay a subscription to listen to more of these calls!!!

Best episode yet! Keep it up Dave!!

While there is often useful information here, when Dave gets into this bizarre rage, as he did with the second call, which seems to almost always revolve around hatred and destruction of family over money, it’s disturbing. He has to have some kind of deep seated issues that he has never resolved. And it is not good advice. It is definitely not Christian, as he professes to be. He also makes sweeping judgements based on incomplete information, almost always taking the side of the caller against people he knows nothing about, who can’t speak for themselves. On the first call, it seems significant that the “bad” partners were her husband’s mentors. Meaning, from their point of view, they made him, and maybe he wasn’t carrying his weight. On the second call, there has to be more to the situation. If these brothers built this business over 30 years with no problems, it could be that they’ve made enough money that they could all retire if they wanted to. The fact that the caller was thinking of offering a buyout suggests that’s the case. It would have to be assumed that for most of that time, decades, the other brother was doing his part in building this business, and deserves credit for that. Whatever the situation, going nuclear and destroying the family, including a 90 year old father, should not be the first response. It’s just plain weird. Maybe this is all “show biz” to Dave and this is his idea of being entertaining, playing games with people’s lives. But it’s really destructive advice if people take him seriously. He started dialing it back towards the end, probably realizing it was wrong, but the fact that that was his first response is disturbing.

Maybe it’s just me but 34 employees on 3.5 million in revenue sounds like way too many employees.

Sounds like a cleaning business.

I stead of a lawsuit...a doctor with ice cubes.

Leaving without money

NO WORK-IE NO PAY-IE

Success is possible if you stop.

But they made a song together to

Dude give your employees a yeay bonus!!!!

Now every song available...bc his GMA got one stolen

OMG how horrible

I can now

Why is a devout Christian talking about revenge? I don’t understand that.

Why am I just finding out about this podcast?

I have a life like I said..you won't get me to work so he will never work again.

38:52 Dave stop talking about me please

"I've been there, done that, I've got all the T-shirts!"

"Just fixed you buddy!"

Would love to get an update!

Suddenly my situation is okay.

10:30 that’s how karma works. Revenge thru better living.

And related to Elvis. By blood

Dave is all about revenge apparently.

Despite all the financial struggles i and my family faced, everything is finally falling into place! $47,000 weekly profit and riches I'll always praise the Lord.

Cry me a riverrr ...