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𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞? Fires bring warmth and food. They also cause damage and pain. Your ideas are the spark to something big, and maybe you plan to use outside capital to blaze your bus...

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 Whether you’re trying to make the next payroll or IPO in three years, cashflow is life. Balance growth and spend to reach your goal. “𝐸𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑡...

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬? 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. There are many paths to grow your business. Here are many ideas you can apply or amplify to increase revenues. 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 · Many founders anchor their price...

𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 As a kid, stacking dominos and watching them fall is fun. As a founder, watching a mistake topple your business is heartbreaking. It’s tempting to ignore insuranc...

Excited to discuss “𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚” in AICPA's Financial Management magazine. Some excerpts: 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀. In communicating your organization's changes, put ...

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 – 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐞 People watching races want to see the competitors go as fast as possible and eagerly await the winner. Experts know to consider the course c...

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭 “𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑠: 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒” – 𝐶𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑔 𝐽...

𝐁𝐮𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 Installing the right processes and systems is critical for successful expansion, and many of those rely on software. “𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 ...

𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 As your startup expands, you face wider responsibilities and the need to specialize in areas outside your core knowledge. You cannot hire all the roles and cannot ...

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐭 Sometimes you have all the fuel needed for growth – ideation, motivation, and skills – but still need the spark. Business operations is often not a separate role in an earl...

𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐭 Similar to a Solutions Approach*, a Growth Mindset focuses on the opportunity instead of being mired in a crisis. You cannot choose situations, but you can decide your mindset. Peopl...

𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 In the picture, you may see a storm brewing or the sun breaking out. When a major crisis arises, the instinct is to focus on the problem. I encourage founders to i...