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2345.648 - 2367.849 Ben Gilbert

They're going to be quite risk-averse. So there's another good passage that I grabbed from Shoe Dog that explains this. Phil Knight. I was projecting $16,000 in my second year, and according to my banker, this was a very troubling trend. A 100% increase in sales is troubling, I asked. Your rate of growth is too fast for your equity, he said. Growth off your balance sheet is dangerous.