Are you proud of the work you do? Are your customers demanding? Is there enough revenue for you to do your best work? When I first met Julie she was trying to stay afloat. Her agency was doing $800K in revenue but she hated her job. When I brought her team together, I could tell that everyone was super talented
“Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.” ~ Jim Rohn (click to tweet) That quote cuts through the noise and sets the foundation for everything else in business. If you want to grow your business, you need a goal, a strategy and a way to review and monitor your progress. It’s a rhythm for success. That’s what
I’m the guy that gets the call when a business is in trouble… … when they need a business turnaround from the verge of bankruptcy to a successful business. Friends call me. Banks call me. If I’m lucky, the entrepreneur calls me before it’s too late. The truth is, it’s always challenging for me to see another entrepreneur failing… …
My hope for this week’s video is to help you avoid burnout. A few weeks ago I was coaching a client, a modern day martyr who voluntarily went through a 5 year grind of 100+ hour works and missed out on watching his kids grow up. He was first to leave in the morning and came home after they were
Do you think Google was the first search engine? AirBnb.com the first online vacation rental site? Dropbox the first online file storage company? No. No. No. Why does this matter? Because it’s the most common excuse wantrapreneurs like to give for staying on the sidelines. “Someone’s already doing this… it already exists.” is their reason. Bull-oney. It’s nothing but
I used to believe that ANYONE could be an entrepreneur. Until the day my friend Julie went bankrupt. When she started her business, I was pumped… probably more so than I should’ve been. She left our meeting excited to take on the challenges and get going. The reason she failed is because she didn’t understand her role in relation to
How much value did you create today? What about yesterday? Want to know the best way to score yourself? You need to learn the Entrepreneurial Scorecard (all credit goes to Todd Herman, creator of the 90 Day Year). This framework is the only one I’ve found that allows founders to self evaluate their daily activities and accurately measure how those
Even though he almost fired me after 2 weeks… … my leadership style came from a guy named Darcy. I was 21 years old, and just got a contract position with a company in Fort McMurray, Alberta working on the tech team at Syncrude. Somehow I was hired even though the people reporting to me were 10 years older. Darcy
Scared of growing your business? Totally cool with business as usual? Don’t want to get “too rich?”… … well let me tell you a couple of stories. One day I was talking to my buddy Matt and he was like, “Hey man, I love all the stuff you’re sharing, but is it okay if I just keep my business the
Imagine this… Our startup Flowtown was exploding, we’ve got thousands of customers, we’re growing at 30%+ month over month and we decide to raise our next round of funding. We start meeting with VC’s doing the Sand Hill Road shuffle, and they’re going great. Then one day as we sit in the parking lot of one of Silicon Valley’s biggest
