Hi, I'm Tina Degge. My business is Therapy Center of Texas (therapycentertx.com), where I provide pediatric and adult speech language therapy through in clinic (Spring/Woodlands TX area), teletherapy, and home based services. I specialize in helping individuals improve communication, speech, language, cognition, swallowing, and overall quality of life. My outside interests are spending time with family, traveling, and volunteering with 2 non profits redM (joinredM.com) and Wounded Heroes hunting Camp (WHHC.org)

Launching a business is exciting, but doing it alone is risky. That’s why every entrepreneur should assemble a BAIL Team — your core group of trusted advisors: Banker, Accountant, Insurance Agent, and Lawyer. These four professionals help you protect your business, make smarter decisions, and avoid costly mistakes. If you have ever taken the Boots to Business training, then you have seen this presented before. It is one of the modules I teach all the time. Your Banker is more than someone who opens accounts. They help you understand lending options, lines of credit, merchant services, and long‑term financial strategy. Commercial bankers, SBA lenders, and credit union partners each bring different strengths. Your Accountant keeps your financial house in order. Whether it’s a bookkeeper, CPA, or tax strategist, they help you manage cash flow, stay compliant, and plan for growth. Your Insurance Agent protects everything you’re building. From general liability to workers’ comp to cyber coverage, a good agent helps you assess risk and choose the right policies — not just the cheapest ones. Your Lawyer safeguards your contracts, intellectual property, leases, and corporate structure. Business attorneys, real estate attorneys, and contract specialists each play a role. These advisors can be paid partners, trusted friends, informal mentors, board members, or even free SBA/VBOC/SCORE resources. I would also consider this community as an asset to your BAIL team. We have people with experience in all of these categories.

When I launched my roof rejuvenation company, I realized most homeowners had no idea what those black streaks on their roof really meant. To them, it just looked like dirt. But it was worse. It's algae slowly eating away at shingles and cutting years off a roof’s life. Here’s the problem: If people don’t understand the real issue, they’ll never see the value in the solution. That’s when I realized my first job wasn’t selling. It was educating them in my marketing. - Educating homeowners that their roof wasn’t “dirty.” - Educating them that replacement wasn’t always necessary. - Educating them that rejuvenation could save tens of thousands and extend a roof’s life by 6–12 years. The lesson? You can’t sell a solution until your customer understands the problem.

I've spent over a decade building my LinkedIn community. I am very selective to who I let in. Typically, turning down 9 out of 10 requests from people that want to connect. This is because I want to have a people of value, mainly, entrepreneurs, veterans, and supply chain specialists. I'm offering people here the chance to connect with me so I can help make introductions to people who may be valuable to you. I truly just love helping people. https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidjones214/ If you reach out, just let me know you are from the Skool platform.

I'm in the process of selling two of my Self-storage facilities. The buyer didn't want a cap on how much 1st lien bank debt they could leverage. I capped them to assure there is still equity in the property in case they defaulted because I was offering a 2nd position with $1.1M of Owner-Financing. They wanted us to take more risk so they could fully leverage the equity in the property if they had to. We were not about to make that concession. Sometimes it is just best to walk away, even if it is a multi-million dollar payout. Another offer will come.