You’re probably seeing a lot of headlines these days about how overwhelmed people are feeling. There’s a lot of burnout, stress, anxiety and just plain overwork going around – and it’s impacting everyone. But if you’re a business owner or a leader, it’s a pretty safe bet that you’re experiencing a lot of those same […]

Start-ups are hard. You’re creating a business out of ideas, hopes and dreams and you literally have to solve for everything because all you have on day 1 is a blank page. But one area where start-up businesses have a huge advantage over ‘seasoned’ businesses that are up and running is the ability to prioritize […]

Next year will mark the 75th anniversary of what’s become a holiday classic. It’s a Wonderful Life is the story of George Bailey, a middle-aged man who in spite of working tirelessly in his family business experiences a calamity of events right before Christmas, that causes him to wish he would have never been born. […]

There’s a dangerous myth out there that if you want to grow your business / sell more of your product or service a great way to do that is to lower your price.

For a business to grow, repeatable systems and processes are a foundational component for creating a scalable business. The business of franchising businesses would not exist without this model.  It’s not an accident that a Big Mac tastes the same no matter where you order it. Healthy or not, building a Big Mac is a […]

It must be the time of the year, but I’ve seen two turtles attempting to cross busy streets just in the last week. One of them was a young turtle who looked to be wandering in circles (but still in the road) but the other one was a full grown box turtle that was plowing […]