Ever wish you could sell your business? Two important truths you need to know: Truth #1: If you want to sell because you’re exhausted, it means your relationship with your business is unhealthy. If your business makes you feel trapped, frustrated, or overwhelmed, it’s a sure sign that it can’t run without you. All the
Did you know the more predictable your business is, the more valuable your company is? That’s why you want to run your business like you plan to sell it. Because then you’ll be able to make decisions that will increase the predictability and value of your business. The key factors are: 1. Financial performance: Top-line
The more predictable your business is, the more valuable your company is. That’s why you want to run your business like you plan to sell it. Because then you’ll make decisions that will increase the predictability and value of your business. The key factors are: 1. Financial performance: Top-line revenue and bottom-line profit and how
“What do you MEAN you can’t go?” My husband said, staring at me as I dropped the bomb. Once again my business had taken over my life. I saw the disappointment in his eyes as I tried to explain that a critical project required my personal involvement. My team couldn’t do it without me. It
Ever have days where you wish you could just sell your business? Cash out and escape it for good? Like when your third operations manager in a row quits and you have to jump back into running the day-to-day. Or maybe it’s when your most talented employee quits and goes to work for the competition.
Your Business Should Work Harder Than You Do I used to run my business like my life depended on it. In my mind, it did. If it failed, it meant: I wasn’t smart. I wasn’t good enough. I’d have to work for someone else. So I tried to control everything.I thought it kept me safe.But
I loved handling the sales for my business and I was good at it. It was a strength.It was also a huge risk. A serious riding accident took me out of the business for months and forced me to see just how risky it really was. If I wasn’t making sales, revenue stopped and the
I know you love your business, but sometimes it can feel like a trap. That’s how it felt for me in my first business. We were stuck delivering complex, custom services for high-profile projects. We built data warehouses and predictive models. Each project was unique and intricate, with different systems and business rules. It drained
How do you forecast your business growth? Like when you’re projecting revenue and profit for this year, next year, and 3 years out? The easy thing to do is calculate a reasonable % increase based on what you’ve done in the past, or what others in your industry are doing. You can do that. It
We like to think that when it comes to difficult decisions, we use reason and logic to weigh the pros and cons. But the primitive part of our brain often works against us. It pushes for the option that requires the least amount of change. You’re subtly influenced by its most effective tool—fear of the
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