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If you want to scale (sustainably), do these 3 things

Last year, I focused on tracking the key things that made a big difference in my clients’ business growth. Not a fan of get-rich quick/grind-until-you-drop/hustle culture, I studied decisions and behaviors that not only led to financial growth, but also increased emotional well being, reduced stress and saved time. While there were many things that […]

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Where to find answers to your deepest questions

I forget the first time I noticed an obvious pattern. Maybe it was about 5 years ago when coaching one of my long-time clients on a communications issue. She is a relationship coach, so after pondering a solution to her problem, I realized that it lay in the heart of her core method. “Why don’t […]

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What are you building in 2020? (And why it is the perfect time)

One advantage to being in business for a couple of decades is learning that even in the bleakest moments, there is hope for a better future. I will never forget the economic crash in 2000, when I was working inside startups and technology companies in Silicon Valley. There were so many years of riding high […]

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What are your beacons for the new year?

Yesterday, I walked down the street with Nic Zito, our new City of Mesa project manager for small business and entrepreneurship. Nic just moved here from Chicago, and we were passing out fliers for an event we are holding tomorrow for Global Entrepreneurship Week. He had not yet had the opportunity to meet the shop owners […]

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Are you squeezing through the eye of a needle?

Being a creative in today’s world can feel like that Verizon (now Sprint) guy (real name Paul Marcarelli), walking around with a big crowd of people following him (Can you hear me now?). There are so many things to get done, and crushing deadlines, and kids’ homework, and dogs that need to be walked, and […]

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23 Lessons from 23 years in business

On August 15, 1996, I packed up my cardboard box of belongings from my desk on the 30th floor of Barclay’s Global Investors in downtown San Francisco, and headed out to the elevator. I was 29 years old, exhausted, and breathing heavily from the pneumonia I had developed from 10 years straight of striving, working […]

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8 Keys to Stabilizing Cash Flow

Cash flow is the lifeblood of every business. There is no single factor that causes more stress for business owners than not having the funds to pay bills and pay themselves.​ Having lived through two significant economic downturns in my business, I have developed a very specific approach to help me and my clients reduce the uncertainty of low […]

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How solid is your sales pipeline? 5 fixes that will change everything.

If I asked you, at this moment, how many opportunities in your sales pipeline were likely to close, what would your answer be? A quarter? Half? All of them? What’s a sales pipeline? Too much optimism There are a lot of things that go into generating and closing a lot of sales. I will talk […]

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How to create a vibrant company culture

Company culture develops whether you lead it consciously or not.​​The strongest small business cultures are built with clear intention and a powerful point of view, encapsulated in a manifesto.​​Get inspired by some effective manifestos and learn the process to create your own in this article I wrote for The Growth Center. ​/sponsored Company culture develops whether you lead it consciously […]

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Remember, this is supposed to be fun

  I have been digging into deep business growth and transformation with a number of clients. This is not work for the faint of heart. They are leaning into repairing and strengthening financial habits and systems. They are building teams and dealing with challenging performance issues and difficult conversations. They are managing feelings related to […]

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