Mike AndesFounder, Augusta Lawn Care and Homeworks · Founder of Homeworks and Augusta Lawn Care

I Ran My Business From A Hospital Bed

3 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this video, entrepreneur Mike Andes recounts a personal health emergency that forced him to manage his company from a hospital bed. He describes how the lack of operational systems caused the business to stall for nearly two weeks, requiring him to FaceTime his team and manually guide projects. Andes highlights his reliance on being physically present, the absence of automation tools, and his use of software like HomeWorks. He explains the extreme stress and financial danger of such founder‑centric dependence, noting that without a safety net (family or dependents) the situation could have led to bankruptcy. The narrative serves as a cautionary tale about the importance of building resilient, system‑driven businesses.

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it exposed that my company had to stall operations until I got better. And so I was literally on the hospital bed FaceTiming my crew, walking them through the next project because I didn't have systems in place that would run without me being there. And everyone laughs at me for making, talking about systems and putting software like HomeWorks into your business. If this happens to you, and I know that feeling, it is extremely debilitating and it's extremely stressful to know that if you're not in the business every day, the business will stop. And that's what happened almost for 2 weeks. And if I would have had a family or children or dependents at the time, I probably would have gone bankrupt.