One Ripcord Away From Closing 175 Tabs
TK Herman has started four companies and had four exits. Three were great. One was a disaster.
That one was an indoor pickleball business. By September 2024 he was $2.3 million deep and feeding it $50 to 60 thousand a month, with no end in sight. He was so stressed he thought he was having a heart attack. Then one morning, lying in bed, he made a decision. The real courage wasn't pushing forward. It was pulling the ripcord.
He called the franchise group that same day and was out within a month. He describes his mind back then as a browser with 175 tabs open. He just wanted to close them.
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