What if I gave you $1,000,000? - Episode 100 (Part 2)

3 Jul 2025 · 11 min
11:07

Mike Andes walks through what he'd do with $1 million, $10 million, and $100 million in tax-free capital. He'd hire engineering and product talent first, then scale physical locations in Augusta, then use larger sums for M&A and franchising. His answers differ from what he said two years ago.

Questions this video answers

"four to five" really good engineers (mentioned as sufficient for small-scale needs).

"probably 15 engineers" (plus senior hires, marketing lead, CFO and designers/frontend/backend roles).

About 50% (he also stated 50 million for M&A as an example).

About $10–15 million in liquid capital to start proving a 100-location model; overall he suggested $10M would be invested to open a whole branch and $15M ideally.

Remainder split roughly as 10–15% for the 100-location initiative (10–15M) and ~35% toward talent acquisition (he summarized ~50% M&A, ~10–15% locations, ~35% hiring).

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