Mark Evans DM reflects on ten years running a business: the loneliness of leadership, the weight of payroll when you're not taking a salary, and why you need people around you who understand the grind. A supportive team culture, he says, is what keeps you going.
An entrepreneurship is kind of an interesting sport, right? And sometimes it's kind of like lonely, you know. You know, you're talking to your team members, it's cool. I love these people, but, like, I can't talk to them about like, hey, we're having a tough time right now. Things are really tight. You know, I'm not taking any money. But you guys are getting paid, but you're still mad because you're not getting paid enough. Like, it's kind of like put you in a quorum, but, you know, getting around, like minded guys. It's my 10th year doing it. I don't know how long I'll do it, but I enjoy it. You know, I don't do it for the money. You know, money is important. But like, I genuinely, like, I'm proud to work with these guys. They inspire me to be better. I inspire them to be like, we have positive peer pressure environment going on. You know, everyone talks about peer pressure. Like, our peer pressure is very positive. Like, most of us don't drink. We're very family oriented. Not say drinking is bad. It's just, you know, we're focused on growing businesses and growing revenue and growing families. And so everyone's in different seasons. Some people have children, some people don't. Some people are married, some people aren't like. So it's kind of neat to, you know, we're all mentoring each other.
