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saw that vin baker article. the headline is foul, tryna make him sound super broke. he's training to become the manager of a starbucks he OWNS. standard protocol for anyone franchising a store, you have to learn the ins and outs of it.

He's in the process of buying a Starbucks franchise but is managing another one to learn the ropes. However, the original story makes it pretty clear that he lost most of his money.

It’s also the same Baker who battled alcoholism toward the end of his career. That addiction, plus a series of financial missteps ranging from a failed restaurant to simply too many hands dipping into his gold-plated cookie jar, combined to wipe out nearly $100 million in earnings...

...Financial problems were Baker’s next hurdle. He lost a home in a Durham, Conn., development he was a partner in and a restaurant, Vinnie’s Saybrook Fish House, soured. In 2012 he sued his accountant, Donald S. Brodeur, for mismanagement and breach of contract. Baker said that lawsuit has “been resolved, somewhat favorably,” but makes it clear he needs to work to support his family.

“When you make choices and decisions and think that it will never end, and then you get into spending and addiction and more spending, it’s a definite formula for losing,” he said. “If you don’t have perspective in your personal life and you don’t understand what this $1 million or $15 million means, it will go.”

The B/R headline isn't exactly a slap in the face.
 
calling that a seal has made my night.



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