Quote Originally Posted by gaybucks_chip View Post
I may be optimistic but I'm also a pretty good businessperson. There's a big difference between encouraging someone/offering suggestions on one hand and making a significant investment on the other.

I'm not ready to go into business with Sam, but I'm willing to believe that he wants to do the right thing and I'd like to give him a little encouragement to do that.
I'm sorry. When you said "but I'm willing to give a 19 year old kid (Sam) a break. " I didn't know that just meant encouraging him.

I thought you were encouraging us to work with him and invest our time, money, and resources on the chance he might have changed.

If you're not ready to go into business with Sam then why should any of us?