Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses and I do it for an audience of real entrepreneurs.
A while back, I got an email from someone who listened to my podcast and said, “You know, Andrew, I’m running an agency and it’s hellacious.” I said, “Why?” I want to know what parts of people’s lives is hellacious so I can help guide my guests to answer the problems that my audience have.
So this guy said, “Well, I’m trading a lot of time for dollars. Yes, I’ve got an agency. Yes, it’s a real business. If I told you the revenue, you might be impressed, but what you wouldn’t know is how much of it is me doing the work and how much of it goes out to me spending money on other people doing the work and how it would all fall apart if I got sick for a little bit.” This is...