Great story let me tell you mine. We have 3 daughters but we had 6 weddings. One of the daughters the youngest got married to the same guy twice once so he could stay in country and the next was the real affair (not sure why it had to be two. So how did we get to 6 well after the 4 weddings my wife decided to do the kitchen over (wedding 5 in terms of cost) and then she decided that we were getting older so she would have the master bath reconfigured to be more handicap access ale (in fairness I broke my leg shortly after that so it did come in handy) so that makes 6 and each one cost almost the same down to the penny, happy to see we are not eating ramen noddles and tuna fish all the time.
congratulations on running a successful small business. It’s much like running amazon except you dont have anybody doing all the things that successful businesses require. I ran a small business (30 employees in 4 different states) for 38 years and sold it when I was diagnosed with Cancer. the surgery went well and the company I sold to decided to put me on the board and put me in M & A so now I get to contact other people in my business and see if they want to sell. I have done that successfully 11 times in the past 13 years. So there is a life after you sell, and it may be something you never even thought of..
congratulations and good luck going forward JJ Gonzalez
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Great story let me tell you mine. We have 3 daughters but we had 6 weddings. One of the daughters the youngest got married to the same guy twice once so he could stay in country and the next was the real affair (not sure why it had to be two. So how did we get to 6 well after the 4 weddings my wife decided to do the kitchen over (wedding 5 in terms of cost) and then she decided that we were getting older so she would have the master bath reconfigured to be more handicap access ale (in fairness I broke my leg shortly after that so it did come in handy) so that makes 6 and each one cost almost the same down to the penny, happy to see we are not eating ramen noddles and tuna fish all the time.
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congratulations on running a successful small business. It’s much like running amazon except you dont have anybody doing all the things that successful businesses require. I ran a small business (30 employees in 4 different states) for 38 years and sold it when I was diagnosed with Cancer. the surgery went well and the company I sold to decided to put me on the board and put me in M & A so now I get to contact other people in my business and see if they want to sell. I have done that successfully 11 times in the past 13 years. So there is a life after you sell, and it may be something you never even thought of.. congratulations and good luck going forward JJ Gonzalez
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