For most of my career, I worked behind the curtains. Other people’s names went on the door. I sat in the room when the numbers came in and the founder turned around and asked, “So what do we do now?” I’ve spent twenty-six years behind the scenes of companies that scaled, and I think it’s…
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In 1997, Steve Jobs walked back into Apple after twelve years away. The company was 90 days from bankruptcy. He spent the first few weeks doing what most incoming CEOs do. He met with the product teams, reviewed the pipeline, walked the floor, and listened to the roadmaps. Then he called an all-hands meeting, went…
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(And why the business advice you’re being given is probably one step ahead of where you are) In October 2008, Howard Schultz spent thirty million dollars on a three-day conference. Ten million… a day. He did this three weeks after Lehman Brothers collapsed, in a quarter where Starbucks profits had fallen ninety-seven percent against the…
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You’ve hit the revenue goal, implemented the strategy, hired the coach, followed the framework step by step, and you’re more exhausted and busier than you’ve ever been, wondering why growth feels like pushing a boulder uphill instead of building momentum. You’ve Done Everything Right. So Why Does Your Business Still Feel This Hard? Here’s what…
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There’s something magical that happens when your business makes the six-figure shift and crosses the $100K threshold. Not magical in a woo-woo way. Magical in a practical, life-changing way. At $100K annually, your business stops being an expensive hobby and becomes sustainable and scalable. You can finally pay yourself properly. You can invest in support….
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If you want to grow next year, and navigate your next big growth plateau you’ll need much more than just tactics. So many business owners come to me after they’ve already invested in all the usual solutions, the business coach with generic templates, the untested group program, the marketing guru promising leads, the mastermind that…
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