What if finding new customers wasn’t so hard. What if it was just a matter of looking in different places? Here are seven ways that we expand the customer bases for our portfolio companies: ONLINE/OFFLINE: Are you an online business? Look to move offline. On the other hand, if you’re Read more…
Here’s how I guarantee that I’m never derailed from growing my company – and how you can do the same. Every week, I was getting pulled into a fire. Some customer problem, an employee issue, something. My company was going nowhere. The classic “working in the business, not on the Read more…
There are 4 kinds of employees. Two of them will wreck your company, and one will 10x the results. Here are lessons on how I learned to spot each kind, and how you can too. I used to think there were two kinds of employees – ones that “got it,” Read more…
I’ve created over 753 strategic plans for entrepreneurs. At the core of each one are two things: Simplicity and Scale. Here are eight things to cover in your strategic plan to grow with less complexity. Before we jump in – it’s important to realize that the same things that make Read more…
The year is almost over, and you’re probably going to miss the goals you set in January. Most business owners are in the same boat – BUT a few crush their goals every year. Here’s why your business goals aren’t working, and what you can do to fix them. Ever Read more…
I’m constantly getting pitched by agencies telling me they’ll get me more leads and sales. If you hire them, you’ve hired an interior decorator for a house that’s on fire. Here’s why I ignore Agency Spammers, and how I learned how to Scale Without Sales: The Hard Sell Agency Spammers Read more…
The way most entrepreneurs work gets them no closer to their goals. They’re just running on a hamster wheel. Here’s the process I’ve used for over 7,431 hours for myself and clients that guarantees you’ll beat procrastination make more progress this week than you did in the last month. The Read more…
I procrastinated and watched my first company tread water for two years. Other entrepreneurs got stuff done and I wondered what made them special. Here’s how to kill procrastination and hit your company goals. In my case, I was procrastinating on doing business development. I was getting referrals, but I Read more…
Every business owner or entrepreneur has heard, at one point, that delegation is the key to growing a business and staff management, which is absolutely true. As a force multiplier, delegation gives business leaders leverage, allowing them to get more done than they could on their own. However, force multipliers Read more…
Leaders always point out how important company culture is. They hear it everywhere and repeat it so often that they spend all their time focused on the idea of culture, rather than the company’s overall goals. Then, they end up implementing culture initiatives that derail where they want the company Read more…