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Slower and sustainable beats fast and fragile.
Nicole Sithithavorn, Founder of YC Partners. Full episode of Kicking Ass and Taking Names is out now. ๐
Nicole Sithithavorn grew a company to $45M. Zero debt.
No big line of credit. No shortcut.
Just planning, accountability, and margin discipline โ on purpose.
Slower and sustainable beats fast and fragile.
Full ep out now. ๐
Zero-debt growth isn't luck.
It's a trade-off made on purpose: prioritize accountability and margin โ accept you might grow slower than a company funded by someone else's money.
Without that intentionality, companies don't just stall.
They grow themselves out of business. Or the owner ends up carrying massive personal risk to fund growth they can't actually support.
Planning. Not hope.
Hard lines around accountability and metrics.
Every person in the company understanding how their daily choices hit financial performance and liquidity.
The assumption: she had access to capital other owners didn't.
The reality: she didn't have a big line of credit. Most small businesses can't get one without pledging personal property.
Nicole Sithithavorn grew a home improvement company from the low twenties to $45 million.
Zero debt.
Here's the real reason โ and it's not what you think. ๐งต
Showing up gets you noticed.
Following up gets you the opportunity.
Preparation gets you the contract.
That's the 50/25/25 rule.
Full episode with Ron Busby, Sr., Founder and CEO of U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. โ out now on Kicking Ass and Taking Names. ๐
Ron Busby, Sr.'s 50/25/25 Rule for Success:
50% showing up.
25% follow-up.
25% preparation.
"You ain't won nothing yet just because you showed up."
Showing up gets you noticed. Following up gets you the opportunity. Preparation gets you the contract. ๐
The business owners who get the contract may not be the most qualified.
They're the most consistent. Steadfast enough that when the opportunity shows up, they're the name already on the radar โ not a cold email starting from zero.
Ron Busby, Sr.'s 50/25/25 Rule for Success.
He gets about 100 emails a day. He's not following up with all of them. He can't.
But he's watching for one thing. ๐งต
Most professionals collect contacts.
Few build relationships intentional enough that the relationship itself becomes capital.
Full episode with Ron Busby, Sr., Founder and CEO of U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. โ out now on Kicking Ass and Taking Names. ๐
Ron Busby, Sr. vacuumed Senator John McCain's officeโin a suit and tie.
Not for the paycheck. To be unforgettable.
That relationship led to a Budweiser distributorship deal, a janitorial contract, and eventually the Super Bowl coming to Arizona.
Relationships are capital. ๐
McCain's wife owned a Budweiser distributorship.
Arizona was getting a new football stadium. Stadiums sell a lot of beer โ and generate a lot of mess.
Ron saw the connection.