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Alan Lee

Alan Lee

English book illustrator

Oct 5, 2026

17:54
Right?
17:55
Like, oh man, I'm going to bring home the bacon tonight, you know? But, uh, What you quickly find out, for those of you that are maybe new to this, is if you're making 50 bucks an hour as a W-2 employee, like you're employed by someone and you're making 50 bucks an hour, that's great money.
18:11
That's really good money.
18:12
But if you're making 50 bucks an hour as a handyman, a solo entrepreneur, like you're not making 50 bucks an hour.
18:19
That's not what you're bringing home because you have liability insurance, you have taxes, you have gasoline, you have tools, you have all of these expenses that cut into that $50 an hour.
18:30
So what I found out is I was charging 50 bucks an hour, but I was actually making, I was maybe bringing home the same or maybe even less of what I was bringing home when I was an automotive mechanic, because you just have all that self-employment tax and all that stuff is just absolutely insane.
18:46
So the biggest thing I learned was to actually do the math.

13 MINS LATER

32:06
Why can't I charge that? What are some things that they should kind of look at in themselves or their business?
2:57
Uh, what do I actually walk away with?
2:59
All right, um, 39 years old, I'm sure you also need to know whether what's next for you, what's the next journey here.
3:07
So first and foremost, you can actually just go to the imairready.asia, uh, website to find out about your, your, your own assessment.
3:17
So, uh, whether which level are you in there.
3:19
So of course, once you actually sign up there, that mean at least you are aware that, oh, this is actually my strength, this is actually my weaknesses.
3:26
Then from there, you will know already, uh, you are now at 39, what's next for you after 45? That means 45, all the job will be actually automated, all the job will be actually replaced.
3:38
New job will be created here.

8 MINS LATER

11:37
So what happened over there?
10:14
So, okay, so you discover this and then you, I mean, do you win? Is there a way to win?
10:20
Yeah, so basically these lawsuits are called Schedule A lawsuits.
10:25
And what it is, is just instead of suing one person, you can sue as many defendants as you want in one lawsuit, right? And these cases are typically done on a contingency.
10:37
So meaning, you know, you as a brand, you don't have to put up a lot of cash up front.
10:42
You know, you might have to kind of, you know, because it goes through an IP consultation process, right? You come to us and say, hey, I'm having these issues.
10:51
And then we examine kind of your IP portfolio to see, you know, if we were to litigate, is there actually teeth on these IP, right? Because not all IP is created the same, right? Or created equal.
11:03
So...

11 MINS LATER

22:18
So how long does this process take, you think?

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