> you’ll never start a rocket company > you’ll never build your own engines > you’ll never be able to use off-the-shelf parts > you’ll never survive three launch failures > you’ll never reach orbit > you’ll never win NASA’s trust > you’ll never launch cargo to the ISS > you’ll never compete with Boeing > you’ll never compete with Lockheed > you’ll never make rockets reusable > you’ll never land a rocket vertically > you’ll never land one on a drone ship > you’ll never reuse a booster > you’ll never fly the same booster 10 times > you’ll never fly the same booster 20 times > you’ll never fly the same booster 30 times > you’ll never recover and reuse the fairing > you’ll never lower launch costs > you’ll never launch every month > you’ll never launch every week > you’ll never launch multiple times a week > you’ll never carry astronauts > you’ll never replace Roscosmos > you’ll never fly civilians to orbit > you’ll never manufacture satellites at scale > you’ll never build the biggest constellation ever > you’ll never make satellite internet work > you’ll never make satellite internet fast > you’ll never make satellite internet affordable > you’ll never serve rural customers > you’ll never serve aircraft and ships > you’ll never build a methane rocket engine > you’ll never make full-flow staged combustion work > you’ll never build the most powerful rocket ever > you’ll never build a rocket bigger than Saturn V > you’ll never build it out of stainless steel > you’ll never launch Starship > you’ll never separate Super Heavy and Starship > you’ll never relight Raptor in space > you’ll never bring Super Heavy back > you’ll never catch a booster with Mechazilla tower arms > you’ll never launch 85% of mass to orbit worldwide > you’ll never change the economics of space > you’ll never force the entire industry to copy you > you’ll never win > you’ll never IPO   Congratulations to @elonmusk and the SpaceX team. You did what countless people said was impossible, and you did it time and time again.   Today is your day. You deserve this. May it be a glorious one.

A quarterback came to me last spring. I’ll call him Matt. Matt had just signed his first NIL deal. $900,000. He was 18 years old. Enrolled early. Hadn’t played a single college snap yet. His phone was blowing up. His family was excited. His teammates were asking questions. Nobody was talking about taxes. When we finally sat down, I asked him one question. “Matt, what did you set aside for the IRS?” He got quiet. “I didn’t think I had to do anything until April.” April came. His tax bill was deep into six figures. He had set aside nothing. The IRS classifies NIL income as self-employment income. You are not an employee. You are a business. And the IRS expects quarterly payments throughout the year. Not one lump sum in April. Here is what we built together: → A cash, tax and savings plan with accurate projections so we knew exactly what he would owe from day one → An LLC with S-Corp status so he could be paid as an employee of his own company → A real business with tracked expenses that reduced his taxable income → A quarterly tax payment schedule based on our projections, eliminating penalties and interest $900,000 is life-changing money. Only if you keep it. I work exclusively with athletes navigating exactly this. If that is you, or someone you know, my DMs are open. ♻️ Repost this. There is a NIL athlete somewhere who needs to read it today. Trust me.