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James Clift

Sep 24, 2026

12:31
So I'd be curious to just hear about sort of what that experience was like when you were running your own service business.
12:38
Yeah, so for me it was...
12:42
Second year university, I didn't want to get a job and I wanted to make some money.
12:48
And there are these franchises, I don't know how big it is in the US, but in Canada it's like college pro painting.
12:55
So you pay a franchise owner 20% of your sales to go paint houses and they kind of give you a playbook.
13:01
For me, it was, hey, what's a service that has demand? Low barrier to entry to start.
13:09
And I had done some labor before.

24 MINS LATER

37:22
It was a very different scenario, different time too.

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