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November 24, 2025
The Cracks Beneath the Surface: Twelve Issues That Break Small Businesses From Within (part 3 of 3)

From Scale to Succession In Part 1, we focused on the financial and compliance issues that threaten a business in […]

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October 24, 2025
The Cracks Beneath the Surface: Twelve Issues That Break Small Businesses From Within (part 2 of 3)

Roughly one in five small businesses fail in the first year. By year five, half are gone. Even among those […]

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September 12, 2025
The Cracks Beneath the Surface: Twelve Issues That Break Small Businesses From Within - Part 1 of 3

Roughly one in five small businesses does not survive the first year. By year five, half are gone. Even among […]

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August 31, 2025
What Stays the Same: The Overlooked Secret to Leading Change

As small-business owners and leaders we stand at the edge of uncertainty. We are constantly asked to make decisions with […]

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August 5, 2025
The Fog That Steals Your Profits: How Scarcity Blinds Small Business Owners

It usually starts with a pause. You’ve walked the client through every detail (the scope, the strategy, the numbers). You’ve […]

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July 22, 2025
The Double-Edged Sword of Small Business Pricing

Poor pricing quietly erodes a business across multiple domains, which is why it’s one of the most important strategies for […]

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July 7, 2025
Reflection – The First 60-Days

Well, maybe it’s a bit more than 60 days. The launch of Wrestling Against Time wasn’t exactly clean. It was […]

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June 29, 2025
The Small Business Pricing Reset - Preview

This is the working draft for chapter one of The Small Business Pricing Reset. The eBook and the video companion […]

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June 18, 2025
When a Small Business Dies

While doing some research for Defining the 12 Fatal Issues for Small Business, I stumbled across a 2021 study published […]

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June 12, 2025
Don’t be a Lemming! A revisit of From Machines to Organisms

This is a lightly revised version of an article I originally wrote in May 2024—one of the first pieces I […]

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November 24, 2025
The Cracks Beneath the Surface: Twelve Issues That Break Small Businesses From Within (part 3 of 3)...
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October 24, 2025
The Cracks Beneath the Surface: Twelve Issues That Break Small Businesses From Within (part 2 of 3)...
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September 12, 2025
The Cracks Beneath the Surface: Twelve Issues That Break Small Businesses From Within - Part 1 of 3...
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August 31, 2025
What Stays the Same: The Overlooked Secret to Leading Change...
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August 5, 2025
The Fog That Steals Your Profits: How Scarcity Blinds Small Business Owners...
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July 22, 2025
The Double-Edged Sword of Small Business Pricing...
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July 7, 2025
Reflection – The First 60-Days...
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June 29, 2025
The Small Business Pricing Reset - Preview...
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June 18, 2025
When a Small Business Dies...
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June 12, 2025
Don’t be a Lemming! A revisit of From Machines to Organisms...
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June 9, 2025
Chapter 3 of Defining the 12 Fatal Issues for Small Business: Weak Financial Controls...
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June 2, 2025
We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know...
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May 29, 2025
The Red Notebook: Scene 4 – The Audit...
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May 29, 2025
Chapter 2 of Defining the 12 Fatal Issues for Small Business...
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May 27, 2025
The Rope Is Out...
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May 21, 2025
Chapter 1 of Defining the 12 Fatal Issues for Small Business...
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May 21, 2025
Defining the 12 Fatal Issues for Small Business - Introduction...
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May 20, 2025
A New Book. A New Way to Build It. A Chance to Shape What’s Next....
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May 13, 2025
Visibility Does Not Equal Viability — Ineffective Marketing Is Silent Failure...
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May 9, 2025
The Red Notebook: Scene 3 – Salt Tablet or Poison?...
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