This week, we continue building the Skyscraper of Wealth. Specifically, we're talking about refinements and efficiencies—what we call tenant improvements.Also, Andrew's kids do not like the mac and cheese.=== Connect with Us ===Andrew is @cfoa

028: The Skyscraper of Wealth — Rough Construction

Nov 13th, 2020 21m 38s

After last week's detour, we return to our discussion of the Skyscraper of Wealth. This week, we talk about walls, roofs, and other structural necessities. Also, Brett switched back to an iPhone."Did you just presume my pandemic?" — Andrew=== C

027: Wherein Brett Finally Hires Somebody

Nov 6th, 2020 44m 6s

We take a break from our Skyscraper of Wealth discussion to unpack the hows and whys of Brett's first contract hire. Andrew then explains in painful detail why he needs another person.Also, Andrew's love is totally conditional.=== Connect with

026: The Skyscraper of Wealth — Scaffolding

Oct 16th, 2020 27m 7s

Once you've start building, you'll need to install some protections and tools to make sure you stay on track. This week, we discuss outfitting your Skyscraper of Wealth with scaffolding.Also, Andrew is going to replace his barbecues and loves 1

025: The Skyscraper of Wealth — Breaking Ground

Oct 9th, 2020 25m 15s

We've done a lot of preliminary work. Now you're ready to start doing actual work. More specifically, the foundational work.Get your shovel—we're breaking ground.=== Connect with Us ===Andrew is @cfoandrew on TwitterBrett is @mrbrettkelly on

024: The Skyscraper of Wealth — Architectural Drawings

Oct 2nd, 2020 26m 49s

This week, we continue our discussion of the Skyscraper of Wealth. Now that you have a concept for what you want to build and you've validated your idea, you start designing the business using what we're calling Architectural Drawings.=== Conne

023: The Skyscraper of Wealth — Permits and Lobbying

Sep 25th, 2020 29m 3s

Before you build your skyscraper, you need to check with the neighbors and, possibly, the authorities. Today, we talk about how your artist's rendering encounters a cold, unfeeling world.Also, Andrew cuts a hole in the side of his house.=== Con

022: The Skyscraper of Wealth — The Artist's Rendering

Sep 18th, 2020 24m

Before we begin doing anything, we need to figure out two things:What we're doing, exactlyWhy we're doing itThat's this week's discussion. === Connect with Us ===Andrew is @cfoandrew on TwitterBrett is @mrbrettkelly on TwitterBrett runs R

021: Welcome to Season 3

Sep 11th, 2020 23m 3s

This week, your boys are embarking on a new... thing.We're going to spend the next several episodes discussing The Skyscraper of Wealth. We've touched on this in the past, but we've decided to dive deep for the next few weeks. And we're calling

020: The Existential Dread of Being in a Good Place

Sep 9th, 2020 27m 37s

[Editor's note: This episode is out late. Uncle Brett regrets the error.]In this episode, your boys discuss the notion that, if everything is good, you wait for something to come along to ruin it—and how to deal with that fear.=== Connect with

019: Fixing Brett's Broken Business

Aug 28th, 2020 29m 14s

This week, Andrew educates Brett about scaling due to discomfort.=== Connect with Us ===Andrew is @cfoandrew on TwitterBrett is @mrbrettkelly on TwitterBrett runs Robot Army IndustriesEverything Andrew doesMile High by tubebackr | https:/

018: Nobody Likes Surprises

Aug 21st, 2020 27m 38s

This week, your boys discuss how the problem of mismanaged expectations is both hugely caustic and easily remedied. This gives way to a discussion about the interpretation and effectiveness of communication.Also, Brett gets a weird pizza and An

017: The Preponderance of Ignorance

Aug 14th, 2020 29m 26s

This week, Andrew delves into legal agreements, an activity which spawns a discussion of interpretation and the durability of the incorrect.=== Connect with Us ===Andrew is @cfoandrew on TwitterBrett is @mrbrettkelly on TwitterBrett runs Rob

016: Cost vs. Investment

Aug 7th, 2020 29m 50s

This week, Brett and Andrew unpack the difference between costs and investments (and why you should run headlong toward the latter).=== Connect with Us ===Andrew is @cfoandrew on TwitterBrett is @mrbrettkelly on TwitterBrett runs Robot Army

015: Formulae for Success

Jul 31st, 2020 24m 40s

Brett's digestion becomes a small example of how generally doing the right thing can still result in bad stuff happening. Your will .isn't enough.=== Connect with Us ===Andrew is @cfoandrew on TwitterBrett is @mrbrettkelly on TwitterBrett ru

014: Hold Success Loosely

Jul 24th, 2020 31m 48s

This week, we're talking about experimentation and failure. Successful experimentation is the result of unsuccessful experimentation."Nobody wants a bowl of warm gin and vermouth.""Lots of little failures are the key to avoiding big failures."=

013: Return Requires Risk

Jul 17th, 2020 29m 57s

This week, your bad boys chat about understanding, weighing, and accepting risk.Andrew splits hairs between confidence and arrogance. "You can't build business equity without risk."=== Connect with Us ===Andrew is @cfoandrew on TwitterBrett i

012: Jonesing for Work

Jul 10th, 2020 26m 24s

This week, your boys chat about how solos and small business owners can slip into a habit of overwork, the fear of stepping away, and the difficulty of recognizing and breaking that mode.Also, Brett doesn't want to hire and employee and Andrew

011: Level of Materiality

Jul 3rd, 2020 33m 48s

A lively discussion about growth, delegation, and comic books.=== Connect with Us ===Andrew is @cfoandrew on TwitterBrett is @mrbrettkelly on TwitterBrett runs Robot Army IndustriesEverything Andrew doesMile High by tubebackr | https://so

The Cost of More

Jun 26th, 2020 24m 13s

Andrew, entrepreneur par excellence, receives an attractive job offer. He then commences questioning everything.As with most things, Brett turns this into a discussion about opportunity cost.=== Connect with Us ===Andrew is @cfoandrew on Twitt

009: The Logical Fallacy of "More Money"

Jun 19th, 2020 35m 16s

This week, your homies discuss the idea of simply pursuing more money for its own sake, the generational cycles that govern our approach to mindset, and how Brett and Andrew troll their children.=== Links ===The Strauss-Howe Generational Theor

008: Nothing to do with Rent

Jun 12th, 2020 26m 4s

This week, your friendly old farts—mostly Andrew—unpack why giving away value is, counter-intuitively, your best bet."You create wealth not by protecting your knowledge—you create value by spreading it."=== Connect with Us ===Andrew is @cfoand

007: The Names on Your Jersey

Jun 5th, 2020 26m 41s

This week, los caballeros de trabajo discuss how to add value to your own self, why even W-2 employees should act like businesses, and children.=== Connect with Us ===Andrew is @cfoandrew on TwitterBrett is @mrbrettkelly on TwitterBrett runs

006: Find the Money

May 29th, 2020 34m 50s

Using Chris Guillebeau's book, The Money Tree, as a starting point, Brett and Andrew evaluate how people can apply effort and inventiveness to creating and monetizing value in unusual ways."No matter what's happening, there are always people w

005: Relative Wealth

May 22nd, 2020 22m 4s

This week, your favvy bois chat about how wealth is relative and how it's possible to see growth when everything else is taking a massive dump.Andrew informs Brett that you can't drink brown liquor before five o'clock. Brett calls hooey on this