09/23/2026
Former NFL player and broadcaster Ryan Clark recently left ESPN.
Now former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has joined Clark's Pivot25 Productions as an investor and strategic partner.
THAT caught my attention.
Not because everybody needs a media company.
Because there's a lesson here about ownership.
A company can give you a position.
A customer can give you revenue.
A platform can give you an audience.
But none of those things should be confused with what YOU actually own.
Your reputation.
Your relationships.
Your intellectual property.
Your database.
Your systems.
Your expertise.
Your brand.
Those assets can travel with you.
Entrepreneurs especially need to understand this.
Don't spend ten years becoming valuable while building absolutely nothing you control.
Income pays you today. Ownership gives you options tomorrow.
Whew.
Somebody needed that one.
Business owners what are you building right now that still belongs to YOU if everything around you changes?