Bill Hardy swims with sharks and shoots off an astonishingly large display of exploding fireworks every Fourth of July.
So when his friend and former colleague Doug Delano asked if he wanted to go into business together, honestly, it didn’t seem too scary.
Plus, they were at Red Lobster at the time. Those cheddar biscuits have a way of making everything seem just fine.
“I call it the day Doug proposed to me,” Bill recalls cheerfully. “A business partnership is a lot like a marriage. It has to be based on trust. You’re not always going to agree on everything, but you still have to figure out how to solve issues.”
He laughs.
“I accepted his proposal pretty quick.”