Quote Originally Posted by bcr229 View Post
Show him the price of single-gene hatchlings in 2011 thru 2015 for common morphs suchas pinstripe, spider, lesser, mohave, black pastel, enchi... and work that forward with expected returns on the "product". Even assuming no disasters, vet bills, females slugging out, etc. the expected returns for a breeding business just stink. If he understands business at all he will tell you to go into business doing something else.
I didn't go quite into that detail, but did show him a few examples along with my 5 year plan for costs as well as showing the kind of contingency you have to have for when things go wrong and you should have seen the look on his face. Thankfully he understands this is a passion project for me and something I've been dying to get back into for about 5 years, so he didn't beat me up about it too badly. And he appreciated that I came to him for advice and info on the business side, without any expectations of him, 90% of the people he talks to every day are in his office for only one reason, to get his money, either for themselves, or for their client.