Inoculate Immortality in Your Business
If you know me, you’ve likely heard about my obsession: to inoculate immortality into small businesses. I call this mission “Eradicating Business Covid.” What is Business Covid™? It’s a pandemic quietly killing 180,000 small to medium-sized businesses every year. This silent epidemic takes 2 million jobs and 4% of U.S. GDP growth with it annually. […]
Build a Business That Wins Like the Tortoise
Years ago, I worked as an M&A advisor with Laszlo, the owner of an HVAC business. Over time, he became one of our best customers, snapping up every service we offered—valuation, acquisition advisory, capital raising—you name it. Laszlo was a mix of challenging and entertaining to work with. His curiosity and self-reflection made him a […]
Embrace the Pain of Building a Growth Business
In my last blog, we talked about the difference between Lifestyle Businesses and Growth Businesses. To recap: If you want to own a Growth Business, you need to: Sounds exciting, right? Here’s the catch: growth is painful. Why Growth is Always Painful Both spotting opportunities and building a scalable business require creating something entirely new—amid […]
How to Win Your Team’s Buy-In
Do you feel like younger generations just aren’t as motivated as we used to be? They want remote work, “Bare Minimum Mondays,” and “Flexible Fridays.” They don’t care about your company’s mission or your endless meetings. They just want to check off tasks and live their lives outside of your business. But here’s the thing—this […]