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My Vancouver Lease Turned Into a DISASTER — Time to Sublease!

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Channel: Mike Martins · 2016 · News & Politics

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This is another piece of my Vancouver journey from late 2016. Sometimes things don't work out exactly the way you planned, especially when you're dealing with business, leases, locations, expenses, and all the responsibilities that come with trying to make something work.

This video is called “Let’s Sublease My Lease Disaster.”

There isn't any spoken audio in this one, so the video itself tells the story. I'm documenting the situation and the process of dealing with a lease that I no longer want to be stuck with. The goal: find somebody interested in subleasing the space and turn a bad situation into a solution.

Running a business isn't always about the exciting parts. Everybody sees the finished store, the products, the customers and the signs on the wall. They don't always see what happens behind the scenes: negotiating leases, paying rent, dealing with empty space, making decisions that don't work out, and figuring out how to get yourself out of a bad deal without making the situation worse.

That's part of being an entrepreneur.

Sometimes you make the right decision. Sometimes you make the wrong decision. Sometimes circumstances change after you've already committed. The important thing is figuring out your next move.

This was Vancouver in late 2016, and I'm keeping this video on the channel as another time capsule from that period of my life and business journey.

Can we turn this lease disaster around and get somebody else into the space?

Thanks for watching and following the journey.

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