A huge week at Sinclair Range — from Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar pay package to real-world bridge loans, litigation, and market opportunities. Scott covers it all in this episode of Week in Review, where business, deals, and persuasion meet reality.

Highlights:

• Opening Commentary: Elon Musk’s $1 trillion Tesla pay package — what it really means, why it’s more persuasion than pay, and how outrageous anchoring works in business negotiations.

• Lesson Learned of the Week: The five real ways a borrower can repay a lender. Forget the noise — Scott walks through the only options that actually exist, how companies get stuck, and what Sinclair Range sees in real debt restructuring work across North America.

• Startups & Capital: Founders, stop confusing fundraising with execution. Why mission, business plans, and adding overwhelming value come before capital — and how The Inner Circle: Deals & Capital helps entrepreneurs get clarity, feedback, and traction.

• Interesting Deal of the Week: Sinclair Range launches a $6 million Debtor-in-Possession (DIP) bridge loan in Alberta under CCAA protection — a fully secured, high-yield opportunity structured in investor-friendly tranches.

• Struggles of the Week: Updates on Sinclair Range’s ongoing litigation with Ninepoint Partners, plus a new case with Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (NYSE: ZWS) — a U.S. industrial giant celebrated for sustainability, yet accused in court of failing cleanup obligations at a small Ontario site.

• Musings of the Week: The massive $1-trillion-plus private debt market is booming. Scott explores how Sinclair Range is uniquely positioned in high-yield, secured turnaround lending — and whether it’s time to open co-investment opportunities for accredited investors.

From persuasion and planning to private debt and litigation, this episode gives a candid look at how real deals get done — and what happens when they don’t.