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I had a small business with my brother a few years back. It was hard to determine who the boss was as my brother had me acting as CEO while he was working for an insurance agency. I put a great deal of time and effort and ran the business without a hitch until Christmas time came around and he wanted me to have the company give him 500 dollars. Without working one day at the office he wanted or more correctly demanded 500 dollars. I was shocked he did what he did. Needless to say when you are up against my brother, he is able to lie and cheat his way to get his way. The whole point of this story is..don t do business with family. If it is your idea and your capital that is being used, then you call all the shots. If it fails then you have no one to blame but yourself. I wish our business would have been successful but with greed comes envy. I wish my brother had the sense God gave him to be a successful businessman but all he can ever be is a subordinate. He is determined to work for someone else for the rest of his life. That s all he can do! I wish him the best.
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