Meeting with Steve and Cory. Going over budgets and funding stuff. Looking for ROI (return on investment). Talking about spending money on different people and things. It's getting rough.

Steve had to jump on another call. Just Cory and I talking... talking about payroll and other projects. Cory was asking me to say "no" to other people who were asking for my time or attention and take care of the priorities that really need to be done first. How much it really takes to get things over the finish line. So many things come down to a simple setting, yes/no, do this, do that, work this way or whatever. It can get tricky.

Steve joined us again and we jumped back on to budgets. Talking about price increases, reoccurring revenue, etc. Talking about efficiency and getting more ROI. Talking about how much it takes to get a client fully onboard and fully happy and rolling (paying and happy). Talking about how to bring more revenue in. Thinking about the long game. We are being scrappy and doing a lot of bootstrapping (creative ways to make things happen).

Alan joined the meeting, and we were talking about his needs and where we are at. Everybody is running out of options. More budget talking.