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#168 Building With "margin for life" — Justin Jackson on lessons from running a skate shop, optimizing for profit, running a "calm company," co-founding Transistor, having kids early, designing margins and how money actually does make him happy

The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

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Navigating Entrepreneurship: Lessons in Profitability

Exploring the journey of a speaker from childhood influences to starting a skate shop post-college, highlighting the struggles, lessons learned, and mindset shifts in pursuing profitability in business ventures. Emphasizing the importance of maintaining high profit margins, implementing 'profit first' principles, and setting profit goals to ensure financial sustainability and growth in entrepreneurship.

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