# Who is paying the bills?
# Who is paying the bills
One way to get clarity is to ask “who is paying the bills?”
If someone is paying bills in a professional capacity, who is paying *their* bills?
Someone can multitask (Elon Musk etc.) or subvert (Softbank with Saudi money? ) but when a hard decision comes up people will go with whomever is paying the bills.
### Related
- [[It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it]]
- [[Innovation orgs need to be aligned with their money factory]]
- [[People always spend money for a purpose]]
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