Should you track your time in your company? If you run any services business – especially an agency like I did, you might hate the idea. Time tracking is frustrating, painful, and for most services business owners it’s a major source of unhappiness. So why should you do it? I 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…
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…
This summer my dad nearly died. At first we thought he was just tired – and the ER near where we were staying in Maine had no answers. Two days later, his lungs were filling with fluid, so we drove to Boston – where he stayed for five days. Then Read more…
My business lost a major contract, so I cut the headcount of my company in half. It wasn’t a good start to that year. Even after the cuts, I thought we might not make it. I made some quick changes, and the opposite happened – we were more profitable and Read more…