Tommy DobczykOpportunity Zone Advisor, OZ Wizard · Director of Development | Certified Opportunity Zone Advisor

$100 Million Dream: The 1% Trap in Business #shorts

25 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this Deal Room short, Tommy Dobczyk discusses a marijuana cultivation business that could generate $100 million annually. The owner faces a dilemma: to achieve that scale, he must relinquish a $650,000 parcel of land—representing roughly 1 % of the potential $100 million value—for a nominal price (10 cents on the dollar). Dobczyk frames this as "tripping over a dime to get to a dollar," highlighting the tension between holding onto a small ownership stake versus unlocking a vastly larger upside. A second speaker expands the idea, asking whether one would prefer to own 100 % of a single company or hold small percentages across many, underscoring the broader strategic question of concentration versus diversification in entrepreneurship.

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Today in the Deal Room. Marijuana cultivation place because it makes him $100 million a year. So how can he move into making $100 million a year unless he gives up that $650,000 worth of land for 10 cents on the dollar? So again, this is where tripping over a dime to get to a dollar, right, is a big issue, is because that land is only worth it. Like, it's not even worth 10 cents of the $100 million he's going to get. It's worth like 1% of the $100 million, right? And, and so he's worried about making that 1% over the idea of making $100 million a year because he wants that 1%.
Yeah, this goes back to, you know, would you rather be 100% owner in one company or a small percentage owner in hundreds of companies, right?