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

This $1M Business is on the BRINK of Collapse

13 Mar 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief excerpt from Mike Andes’ YouTube discussion, Mike asks a colleague to hand over all decision‑making authority for the next few weeks, emphasizing that “whatever she says goes.” A second speaker points out that personal feelings are irrelevant to the outcome. A third speaker reflects on how emotions have driven past business choices, expressing contentment with the current state but also tension between the desire to stay small and the pressure to “go big or go home.” The exchange highlights a leadership struggle over control, the impact of emotions on strategic direction, and the clash between growth ambition and a preference for stability.

I need you to relinquish all control, decision-making power for the next few weeks. Whatever she says goes.
It doesn't matter how you feel about how that person's going to feel.
Well, that's what got us into this. Yes, feelings got us in this business. And I didn't want to. I'm happy with where we're at, what we're doing. It's just us. I was happy with it. And he was like, well, no, you go big or go home. And I was like, no, I want to go home.
The best case scenario is that by next Tuesday we get $130,000 in our bank. We don't need to do the layoffs. We don't need to renegotiate our contracts. They need everything spelled out for them. Them after these— those 4 things are done. There's inefficiencies. They don't have pay for performance. They don't have great culture. There's none of that. Now we are operating from the perspective of we are trying to save the business. Yes, that's how you position the team. We don't hate these people. We don't fire them. We're trying to save this business and make sure we all get a paycheck. From the employee's perspective looking in, they think everything is great. The owner's saying how much revenue they're doing, how much better they're doing, and they have no reason to believe that this business is on the brink of collapse.