{"id":286,"date":"2024-01-18T02:09:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T02:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/dont-make-your-puppy-guard-the-yard\/"},"modified":"2024-01-18T02:09:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T02:09:06","slug":"dont-make-your-puppy-guard-the-yard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/dont-make-your-puppy-guard-the-yard\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t make your puppy guard the yard!"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n                \r\n                <figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> \r\n                <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Don&#039;t make your puppy guard the yard!\" width=\"1104\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QkEoFEDZMjQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n                <\/div><\/figure>\r\n                In my experience, many businesses falter within the first five years due to a lack of understanding of the fundamentals. At its core, business is simply about buying and selling. Investing, too, can be straightforward \u2013 using your money to make more.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nDrawing a comparison to raising a guard dog, starting a business requires time and care. Often, entrepreneurs focus on the appearance of a business, investing in various aspects without making sales. The key is to emphasize being a seller rather than a buyer.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nTo succeed, start by requiring minimal resources from the business and gradually strengthen it. Respect the process \u2013 businesses, like puppies, need time and attention to become reliable. Keep it simple, focus on being a seller, and nurture your business patiently.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s my perspective as Marcus V Brown. Until next time.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my experience, many businesses falter within the first five years due to a lack of understanding of the fundamentals. At its core, business is simply about buying and selling. Investing, too, can be straightforward \u2013 using your money to make more. Drawing a comparison to raising a guard dog, starting a business requires time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}