 Last time on Common Sense Soapbox, Bob to the Future! Reperto! Any plans to open a restaurant? Those tacos were amazing! I would love to, but I don't have the capital right now. If you're looking for investors, I've got some money saved. And now for today's installment of Common Sense Soapbox, Bob to the Future! Oh yeah, I've got the location all picked out. Good spot too. I just need to save up a bit more before I open the restaurant. Does it cost more then? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 2, 25? Yes. Dang! I'll have to go for a smaller share. Bob, I appreciate that you're trying to help, but even in today's day and age, opening a restaurant is hard work, and Roberto's going to need a lot of capital investments to get started. What? Capital investment? You're a, uh, a capitalist? Say it ain't so Roberto, my beautiful taco man! Bob, a capitalist is just someone who owns capital. Exactly! Bob, do you know what capital is? I sure do. It's money. That's one part of it, sure, but it's a little more complicated than that. I refuse to believe anything could possibly be more complicated than I initially thought of it as. And yet, capital is a really broad term, and it covers a lot of things. Financial assets and debt, sure, but also stuff like chef's knives and tortilla warmers and a payment processing system, even delivery trucks and warehouses. Nuh-uh! Yuh-huh. Capital is just the tools we use to make the production of all the stuff people buy easier and more efficient. Exactly. And because it's more efficient, the final product, these delicious tacos, perhaps, will be more affordable and available for everyone. And if Roberto spends less to make the tacos, and customers like you and me spend less to buy them, we all end up with more resources for other awesome things. Everybody wins. So, capitals just, like, tools? Basically, yes. Like a screwdriver. So why don't you just make your own taco wrenches instead of getting investors and buying them? I know how to make tacos, not any of that other stuff. I want good tools, not the garbage I end up making. Charlie, I'll have my lawyer send some paperwork over to your financial planner. Yeah, you still have lawyers too? I told you it's not a utopia. You know what? The capital thing does kinda make sense. Roberto, you've inspired me. I'm going to become an entrepreneur and start my own company too. But I think I'm going to need some capital first. That's great. I know some places that are hiring. Hiring? Like, for a job? Yeah. Startup capital doesn't grow on trees, you know. You're going to need to earn some money and save up your resources, right? He may have been able to survive being frozen for hundreds of years, but can Bob survive full-time employment? Find out on the next exciting episode of Common Sense Soapbox. Bob to the future!