Bradley HamnerFounder, BlueprintOS · Founder - Above the Business & BlueprintOS

What if your business is a platform…

Name: What if your business is a platform…
Uploaded: 2026-04-29T19:30:03+00:00
Duration: 56 s
Channel: Bradley Hamner
Description: In this reflective monologue, the speaker describes how, after generating modest profits in the first years of their business, they chose to reinvest all…

29 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this reflective monologue, the speaker describes how, after generating modest profits in the first years of their business, they chose to reinvest all earnings into hiring talent and growing the company rather than taking personal gain. They emphasize that the true value lies in the education and lessons learned from running the business, which they hope to eventually give back. As the business becomes more successful, the speaker contemplates how to leverage the platform—considering travel, family time, or starting a charity—as part of a personal journey, maintaining a perspective that the business is a means to broader impact rather than a money‑making end.

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any tiny little profit that we were able to turn from the business for the first couple of years, I said, look, like, we want to do this right. We want to invest in good talent, and we're going to put all the money back into the business. I felt like I was in a really lucky position because, you know, it was pretty rough for a couple of years where I didn't have any money and it sucked. But I always kind of knew it's not really about the money. It's about like the education that I'm getting by running this business and all the learning lessons that I've gotten, the ability to like hopefully maybe give back on the things that I've learned too. And maybe like go and do more. And it's really interesting to me as we do, as we become more successful, the question is really becoming like, what are we gonna do with this platform? It's not about the money. It's like, what are you gonna go and do with it? Are you gonna go travel the world? Like, are you gonna go and spend more time with the kids? Are you gonna go and start a charity? I don't really know what that answer is, but it's a cool personal journey. And like the business is just such an amazing platform to allow that. So just keeping that perspective is like how I stay about the business.