Let’s talk about something most people avoid like a landmine in a job interview: getting fired.

I run an agency. Not a pretend one. A real one. With full-time staff. Payroll. Clients on three continents. Alumni from Mad Magazine and The Simpsons on the creative team. We do big, loud, sometimes legally-questionable-but-always-effective marketing work.

But here’s the part most people don’t realize:

Even with a team, I’m still a solopreneur.