Somewhere underneath it is the figure that actually services the debt and funds the distributions. Here is how to find it.
Five phases, one hundred days, and the questions that matter in each. The free guide for anyone taking a company on, or handing one over.
How to read a credit agreement the way an operator has to, rather than the way a spreadsheet does.
The first year has momentum and the benefit of the doubt. Neither renews automatically.
The org chart tells you who's accountable. The decision map tells you what breaks when they leave.
How to tell the difference between holding a conviction and being held by one.
Judgment requires space. Space requires doing less.
The psychology of letting go.Why some founders can walk away from what they built, and others can’t.
The decisions behind the cash.When to reinvest, acquire, distribute, or hold when the business is your own.
The work that compounds.Hiring, delegation, pricing, retention, and what actually makes a business better over time.
The applied kind, not the hype.Where AI and software actually fit inside a real operation — the workflows worth automating, the ones to leave alone, and what to do with a codebase older than your newest hire.
Building beyond the founder.Succession, governance, and what it takes to last for decades.