My Business Partner Locked Me Out And Smirked, “Sue Me—You Can’t Afford A Lawyer.” I Didn’t Sue. I Made One Quiet Call About The Unlicensed Enterprise Software Keeping Our Whole Operation Running… And 48 Hours Later, An Audit Notice Hit His Inbox And The Company Started Unraveling Fast.

Hey Reddit, settle in because this one’s about patience, planning, and watching someone’s arrogance become their obituary. Here’s how my business partner thought he could screw me over and ended up screwing himself into bankruptcy instead. Name’s Cameron, 38, male.

And before you ask, yeah, I’m the guy who built a manufacturing consulting firm from nothing, poured six years of my life into it, and watched my partner try to lock me out like I was some intern he could ghost. Spoiler alert, it didn’t work out the way he planned. Let me set the stage.

This gets detailed because the details matter. Back in 2018, I met Jordan at a supply chain conference in Chicago. Second day, “woohoo” session on lean manufacturing.

Guy was smooth, knew the industry, had connections I didn’t. Sharp suit, confident handshake, talked about market opportunities like he’d already mapped them out. We started talking about gaps in the market, specifically how midsized manufacturers were getting destroyed because they couldn’t afford the big consulting firms, but desperately needed operational overhauls.

The big firms charged $350 per hour minimum. Small manufacturers couldn’t afford it. They’d limp along with inefficient processes, bleeding money until they either got acquired or went under.

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