I don't get to spend enough time on the things I like, like selling. As the owner who has the most vested interest, he's also the best collector. That can be tough. Then there's paperwork. In California, even small companies have to report to local, state and federal tax boards, plus the sales tax board and the public development department regarding payroll tax.
Strategic planning happens at nights and corporate strategic retreats occur on airplanes.
In earlier times he remembers working 30 hours straight without sleeping. It was exhausting but he still looks back fondly on the result. He was creating a computer program that is still being used many years later by a large insurer for provider certification. Now, he'll work at the office from eight to about six, then go home for dinner and play with his children, Madelyn, two, and Kaleb, five. At nine p.m. it's back to work until midnight.