The Business Debt Trap That Destroys Companies

In my 20s, I built a real estate business on debt. It grew fast. It looked impressive. But then the bank called our notes. I went bankrupt and I got the opportunity to start over.

So when I started this company, I swore no banker would ever tell me what to do again. I'm not going into debt. No borrowed money, no borrowed opinions from investors or bankers, no building a house of cards that could collapse the minute someone else got nervous. We were going to build it slow, we were going to build it solid because we're going to pay cash as we go.

When you owe money You don't fully own your decisions anymore. You start making calls based on what the bank needs, what the investors want, instead of what's best for your team, your customers, and your long-term goals. So on today's episode, Entree Leadership's head coach John Falkins is sitting down with Ramsey Solutions CFO, Jeff Williams. to talk about what it really looks like to scale a business without debt so you can stay in control and protect your business from bankruptcy.

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