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Build for Freedom. Not to Be Indispensable.

I started Solpak at 31.

I had saved a good amount of money. I thought it was enough. It was not. Growth outpaced capital. I ended up emptying every registered savings account I had to keep funding it.

That is a decision y...

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I was 18 years old in Ciudad Ojeda, working with my father.

I had run the numbers on a used car from Miami. Buy it there. Ship it to Maracaibo. Sell at a premium. Keep the spread.

Then I calculated the import tariff. Then I worked the timeline. Months, minimum, from...

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I was 18 years old standing on a sidewalk in Ciudad Ojeda, Venezuela, having just visited my fourth hardware store.

The price on steel rebar had changed. Again.

I thought they were all making the same mistake.

They weren’t.

My father had been operating in 30-35%...