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Dashboard: He Sold the Business. The Regrets Came Later
Kevin Donnelly was 44 when an unsolicited offer set in motion the sale of the telecommunications company he had spent nearly 20 years building. The b…
12 hours ago
She Thought She Was Building a Prospecting Tool for Herself
Episode 309
This week, Jaci Russo, Liz Picarazzi, and David C. Barnett talk about something entrepreneurs are always being told they have to do: innovate. But ho…
3 days, 12 hours ago
Dashboard: The Competitive Advantage AI Can’t Copy
When Nathan Miller started Rentec Direct almost 20 years ago, he wasn’t trying to disrupt an industry. He was a small landlord who couldn’t find affo…
1 week ago
We’re Growing. Now I Want to Make Money
Episode 308
This week, Sarah Segal tells David C. Barnett and Jay Goltz that she has decided it’s time to pay more attention to something that can occasionally g…
1 week, 3 days ago
Dashboard: Stop Asking How to Use AI
Business owners are being told constantly that they need to figure out how to use AI. Deb Weidenhamer thinks that may be the wrong place to start. In…
2 weeks ago
Best of: Selling My Business Nearly Broke Me
This week, we revisit a conversation with Laura Zander that we first published last year, shortly after she and her husband Doug sold Jimmy Beans Woo…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Dashboard: Is Staying Small Selfish?
I met Lamar Tyler, founder of Traffic Sales & Profit, a couple of years ago at a Zone of Genius conference, where I interviewed him on the main stage…
3 weeks ago
With My New Rent, I Will Clear Nothing
Episode 307
This week, we start with a business owner who’s just learned his rent is jumping 40 percent and who sees three options: accept the new rent and essen…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Dashboard: It’s Not That Earnouts Are Bad. It’s That Bad Earnouts Are Bad
Conventional wisdom about selling a business is pretty clear: If at all possible, get your money at closing. Don’t leave a big chunk of the purchase …
4 weeks ago
My Succession Plan Just Moved to Montana
Episode 306
Jaci Russo has had quite a summer. First, her husband and business partner, Michael, underwent an unexpected quadruple bypass. Fortunately, Michael's…
1 month ago