Helping business owners overcome Resistance
Leadership That Builds Enterprise Value (Not Just a Busy Schedule)
You can't build a valuable business without leadership, and I'm not talking about the kind you find in a leadership retreat workbook or plastered across LinkedIn posts. I mean the kind of leadership that builds enterprise value. The kind that drives systems,...
A Declaration of Boldness: The Time for Silence is Over
A Death That Shook My Soul Charlie Kirk's assassination has shattered something in me. Yesterday, at 31 years old, this young warrior for truth was cut down by an assassin's bullet while speaking boldly for biblical principles at Utah Valley University. I didn't know...
A Fiery Charge to Christian Business Owners
Charlie Kirk was 31 when he was shot and killed at a college event. Three days earlier, he said he wasn't afraid to die for what he believed. Most Christian business owners won't even risk losing a client. The Blood We're Pretending Not to See August 7, 2025 —...
The One Strategic Question That Determines Your Business Exit Value
Your competitor just sold his business for 4x what yours is worth. Same industry, similar revenue, but his check had seven figures while your business appraisal came back with a number that made you want to hide the report. The difference wasn't luck or timing. The...
Why I Tell Some Clients to Fire Their Business Broker
Last month, a client called me and panicked. His broker had just told him to drop his asking price by $300,000 because "the market's tough right now." The broker wanted a quick sale to collect his commission. My client wanted his full business value. I told him to...
5 Financial Ratios That Determine Your Business Sale Price
You've built a profitable business, but when that first serious buyer asks about your financial performance, you realize saying "we had record sales" sounds amateur. They want specific numbers that prove your company can make money without you working 60-hour weeks to...
Why Service Businesses Lose 73% of Clients (And the Simple Operations Fix)
Every morning, Mike checks his calendar and his stomach drops. Fourteen client calls are scheduled because his project management system broke down again. Three proposals have been sitting on his desk for two weeks because he keeps getting pulled into "urgent" issues...
Stop Letting Legal Loopholes Destroy Everything You’ve Built
Last month, I watched a seven-figure service business owner running a service-based business. nearly lost his house because of legal loopholes. He thought forming an LLC was enough. He'd been mixing personal and business expenses for years, treating his corporate...
Why 67% of Service Businesses Fail Collections (And the System That Fixes It)
Mike's crew was walking off the job site because paychecks bounced. Again. His Tampa contracting business was pulling in $85,000 monthly, but he had $195,000 sitting in unpaid invoices. Two commercial property owners hadn't paid their final draws in four months. His...
The Real Reason Your SWOT Analysis Sits in a Drawer (And How to Make It Actually Build Value)
Here's what I see happening in most service businesses: you spend half a day locked in a conference room with your team, filling out a SWOT analysis template, and then file it away, never to be looked at again. According to recent research from the Strategic...
How Service Business Owners Lose $200K Annual Growth Chasing Every Opportunity
Yesterday, I got off a call with an accounting firm owner in Charlotte who's pulling in $1.2M annually but hasn't taken a real vacation in three years. Sound familiar? You're juggling tax season, audit services, business consulting, and that bookkeeping side hustle....
