Notes From the Messy Middle

Strategic thinking for Stage II owners. The growth phase no one warns you about.

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Mindset & Resilience, Sales & Marketing

The Small Business Pricing Conundrum: Underpricing

For many small business entrepreneurs, pricing is one of the most challenging aspects of their business. Properly pricing your services

Mindset & Resilience

As a busy entrepreneur, you spend the lion’s share of your day meeting the needs of others. You’re actively tackling

Strategy & Planning

There’s allot of talk about how we ‘set ourselves up for failure’. Whether its self-limiting beliefs, sabotaging behaviors, or an

Mindset & Resilience

Entrepreneurship is not for the faint of heart. It requires taking calculated risks, learning to live with uncertainty, and hard

Strategy & Planning

An entrepreneur-in-the-making asked how much “time” should be dedicated to growing a smart business. Hmmm, that’s a real thought-tickler. And,

Mindset & Resilience

If you participate in any sort of athletic activity (running, biking, hiking, walking, etc.), there is much to learn about

People & Partnerships, Strategy & Planning

Let me begin by saying I’m not a fan of the term “fire a client”. It sounds a bit egotistical,

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