Oct 16, 2026 · 1 hr 19 min · 13 segments
Kyler Beal of Minivan Productions on moving a production company from Virginia to San Diego with a city scoring system, a partner who fired himself from the day-to-day, slicing pie equity, quarterly…
Kyrill LazarovHost
Dario NouriHostThey just get to work on work that they wanna do, and allows them to have more brain space and margin to be creative in that space.
And, um, one thing I'm curious about when, when you say Chris left, um, did you guys dissolve your partnership? Did you buy him out? Like, uh, what was that process like? 'Cause that's, that's part of the, the, the unglamorous side of the business, so, you know, in terms of, like, what happens on the back end.
Um, and it's like fairly unique, but I think it's an awesome system when you're, like, bootstrapping a company.
Uh, but it's risk-based equity, so like i- I'll try and give a 30,000 foot view.
Let's say, like, your time is worth $100 an hour, but you're doing it for free or maybe you're doing it for $50 an hour, like discounted.
Like it becomes slices in a pie that then you have a portion of, like the full company's risk, essentially.
And you also could contribute capital, and that gets at a, at a multiplier, 'cause cash is like the, the riskiest thing to, to put into a business because it's-- you already used a skill to earn it.
They just get to work on work that they wanna do, and allows them to have more brain space and margin to be creative in that space.
And, um, one thing I'm curious about when, when you say Chris left, um, did you guys dissolve your partnership? Did you buy him out? Like, uh, what was that process like? 'Cause that's, that's part of the, the, the unglamorous side of the business, so, you know, in terms of, like, what happens on the back end.
Um, and it's like fairly unique, but I think it's an awesome system when you're, like, bootstrapping a company.
Uh, but it's risk-based equity, so like i- I'll try and give a 30,000 foot view.
Let's say, like, your time is worth $100 an hour, but you're doing it for free or maybe you're doing it for $50 an hour, like discounted.
Like it becomes slices in a pie that then you have a portion of, like the full company's risk, essentially.
And you also could contribute capital, and that gets at a, at a multiplier, 'cause cash is like the, the riskiest thing to, to put into a business because it's-- you already used a skill to earn it.
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