“It’s not about if you have it, it’s about if you want it.” Guests Tony Charlton and Joel Edwards are developers, investors, and entrepreneurs with several businesses and thousands of employees collectively. In this episode, Brian Corcodilos speaks with them about their highs and lows, challenges and triumphs of starting and growing businesses, especially during the peak and the aftermath of COVID 00:00 - Introductions01:42 - Becoming an entrepreneur03:40 - How Tony and Joel met06:04 - Today’s interest rates in real estate08:02 - Tony and Joel’s competitive advantage09:00 - Adopting new technologies12:39 - The effects of COVID16:08 - Pushing through ceilings to grow20:20 - Handling staff moral and workplace culture24:36 - Making your first $100K30:58 - Highs and Lows in business33:30 - Routines for being successful37:20 - Qualities of a successful entrepreneur 41:40 - Coaching and building up the people around you43:36 - Advice for new entrepreneurs45:50 - Wrap-up