There are a broad variety of assessments available for measuring how people may perform at work and in life, and how they get along with others, their style, etc. You may have taken one of these: DISC, Predictive Index, Myers-Briggs, Working Genius, StrengthsFinder,...
Every week I am asked questions about what drives exit value: What is my business worth? What can I do to make my business worth more? There are many areas of focus for that, but the one I want to share today is the “Swiss Watch” philosophy. If your business is built...
One of my favorite topics is the human journey, and entrepreneurs are known for some interesting roads to success. I cannot tell you how many times I ask an entrepreneur how he/she got started and hear some crazy story about their journey. I’ve heard… I am an artist...
Back in 1998 my call center company, Appletree Answers, was an absolute disaster. Started in 1995 it was only 3 years old at the time, but I was struggling to make payroll, was living on a twin bed at the office, and sleep deprived at a level I can’t even fathom...
John Ratliff, Founder of the align5 Companies, CEO of Scaling Up Coaches, and an overall Serial Entrepreneur and Pilot was honored to be a guest on The Beer Mighty Podcast hosted by Kyle Rheiner. They discussed John’s first business as a kid, entrepreneurship,...
A few weeks ago I wrote about how lonely it can be as an entrepreneur. I had a surprisingly large number of people reach out and share their own stories, and the theme was pretty consistent… “I just don’t have anyone to talk to”. It confirmed my story and what I was...
