Grow My Business and Lose My Brother?

Today we've got a call from Sam in Columbus, Ohio. He went into business with his older brother when he was just 16. They've been 50-50, but now he's the one doing the majority of the work. And he's wondering. Do I just live with attention or do I buy out my brother and break up the family business?

Sam in Columbus, thanks for calling. How can we help, man? Hey John, I appreciate you taking my call. Thanks for calling. Of course. Yeah. So I run a uh video production company that I started in high school, uh, with my older brother. And we do about three hundred K a year in revenue. So we have about twelve employees that work with us. Um but You know, kind of like as you get older, right? I started when I was sixteen. I I kind of

I've started to notice that my partner and my older brother kind of isn't as into it as I am. Um so I wanted to ask about bringing up a buyout. With kind of keeping the family emotions out of it, if that makes sense. Aren't older brothers the worst? Uh yeah, they can be sometimes. Yeah, I'm the middle too. So I get the I get the shorthand the stick on both ends, is what they say, supposedly, right? I'm a younger brother too, so I I feel your pain.

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