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54 posts tagged business-ops.
- Podcast June 10, 2026
stop DIY-ing your business growth
the oil-change story that almost killed me, and why still doing it yourself is quietly costing your business real growth. run the audit, hand it off, then go do the work that doesn't have a checklist yet.
- Video June 5, 2025
work less, earn more...then what?
I coached an owner to the point he didn't have to work much. a year later he called asking what to do with his time. the goal isn't less work, it's choosing what you work on.
- Video May 1, 2025
the 3 phase success framework, proven strategy for business growth
fast execution, high standards, mastery. the three phase framework I've used at every level of every company I've built. ideas don't make money, mastery does.
- Video April 3, 2025
14 rules for scaling a business without burning out your life
fourteen rules I use to scale multiple seven-figure businesses without giving up the life I'm building them for. focus, reverse engineering, and brutal calendar discipline.
- Video March 20, 2025
the leverage loop, how to hire without getting stuck
every entrepreneur hits the leverage loop. profit and time both dip when you hire. here's how to come out the other side.
- Video March 6, 2025
how a 15-minute meeting 10x's growth across 5 companies
the weekly meeting structure I run across five businesses doing eight figures. 15 minutes, every time. no exceptions.
- Video February 27, 2025
11 books that transformed my business and bank account
the entrepreneurial education stack. 11 books, sequenced by business phase, that took me from zero to eight figures.
- Video February 25, 2025
how to build a business that sucks (do the opposite and win)
the playbook for a terrible business. invert every step and you have the playbook for a great one.
- Video February 18, 2025
7 business time-wasters that steal your freedom
seven of the most common ways entrepreneurs hemorrhage time, and the cleaner replacement for each.
- Podcast January 21, 2025
quarterly planning, Bob Ross vs. Michelangelo
two quarterly planning methods, one for beginners, one for advanced operators. pick the one that matches where you actually are.
- Podcast January 16, 2025
growth vs. scale
growth is messy and ugly. scale is boring and clean. confusing the two is why most entrepreneurs stay stuck.
- Podcast January 7, 2025
the value-to-income ratio
profit lies. the metric I actually track is value-to-income ratio, and it tells you whether your time is worth what you think it's worth.
- Podcast January 2, 2025
danny matta, the first marathon episode
new podcast formats incoming: field notes, breadcrumbs, and marathons. kicking off marathons with a long conversation with my business partner Danny Matta.
- Podcast April 2, 2024
how to plan an effective quarter
one revenue goal with a profit target, three strategies under it: growth, business health, leadership and culture. three tactics each. that's the whole plan.
- Podcast March 26, 2024
make more money by creating more value
Blockbuster died chasing fees. don't be Blockbuster. revenue follows value, not the other way around.
- Podcast March 12, 2024
why you don't want to be an influencer
the average influencer makes $323 a month. social media is a support tool for the business, not the business itself.
- Podcast February 8, 2024
D.R.E.A.M., how I fell in love with business
data rules everything around me. find the thread between what you love and how your business grows, that's the convergence that changes everything.
- Podcast February 1, 2024
your real competitive advantage isn't what you think
most coaches and clinicians think their skill is the moat. it usually isn't. ask your team why customers actually stick around, you'll be surprised.
- Podcast January 30, 2024
my 2024 goals, data, speed, creativity, less of the same
the five big-picture goals I'm chasing this year. lead through data, move faster, track the better human business score, write more, refuse to repeat myself.
- Podcast November 29, 2023
december as a taper, think more and do less
borrow the taper from fitness. slow down on productivity, schedule real thinking time, be present with your family. january comes faster than you think.
- Podcast October 24, 2023
are you still sleeping on AI
ChatGPT programmed four weeks of my proprietary methodology cleanly because I fed it a 12-page rulebook. AI works in proportion to what you feed it. quit being lazy with prompts.
- Podcast September 21, 2023
biggest or best
you can't be both. biggest treats people as data points. best treats them as people. word of mouth picks one and runs with it.
- Podcast September 5, 2023
price raises and snakes shedding skin
raising prices feels like everything's about to break. it isn't. you'll lose a few, the rest will pay, and the business comes out the other side as a different animal.
- Podcast August 31, 2023
data speed, boring but big
the smaller you are, the slower you can be with data. the bigger you are, the more a tiny tweak matters. your CEO dashboard, weekly, with the metrics that move the business.
- Podcast August 22, 2023
smile 'til your cheeks hurt, the better human business score
watching my kids tube for the first time, my cheeks actually hurt from smiling. that's when I realized profit alone doesn't measure what matters. profit times days off does.
- Podcast August 17, 2023
no. 152 on the Inc. 5000, lessons learned
second year on the Inc. 5000. the award doesn't get you customers, but it's still worth applying for. and a fast-growing company still has plenty of problems.
- Podcast August 3, 2023
how to solve problems, the scientific method for entrepreneurs
entrepreneurs are chief problem-solving officers. six steps to actually fix what's broken instead of guessing your way through it.
- Podcast August 1, 2023
be more like Taylor Swift, do things that don't scale
Taylor Swift built a billion-dollar fan base by signing autographs until everyone had one. early on, the unscalable stuff is the whole game.
- Podcast July 27, 2023
the problem you don't know you have yet
entrepreneurial scale math is fictitious but mathematically correct. the real ceiling on your business isn't leads or product, it's leadership. start with leading yourself.
- Podcast July 25, 2023
a simple productivity habit I picked up in pilot training
dash, plus, circle. the runway supervisory unit's system for tracking aircraft, ported to my task list. if it's not on the calendar, it doesn't happen.
- Podcast July 6, 2023
how to scale your company, when you think you can't
you're chasing the wrong number. 1% more customers gets you 3% revenue. 1% less churn gets you 7%. 1% more average revenue per user gets you 13%. math that should change your week.
- Podcast June 29, 2023
numbers to help you reverse engineer business growth
know your numbers actually means know your numbers per product. cost to acquire, fulfillment cost, profit margin per offer. the math that lets you decide which offer to kill.
- Podcast June 27, 2023
the maker vs the manager
Paul Graham's essay on schedules. why one meeting at 1130 ruins my whole Wednesday, and why I think the maker is the actual pinnacle of entrepreneurship.
- Podcast June 22, 2023
the tax strategy that will save you five figures this year
the Augusta rule lets you rent your home to your business 14 days a year tax free. business deduction one side, untaxed personal income the other. talk to your CPA.
- Podcast June 8, 2023
475% increase in organic business
Q2 numbers from the poles and water strategy. ad spend cut 50%, organic up 475%, the math behind diversifying your lead sources.
- Podcast June 6, 2023
making net worth decisions
assets are sellable, jobs are not. you can have a million-dollar company that nobody would buy. three steps to turn a job into a real asset.
- Podcast June 1, 2023
how to not screw up your finances with a simple weekly meeting
I'm the CFO for multiple companies and I run finances in 30 minutes a week. three steps from monday's deposit to deciding what to do with profit.
- Podcast May 25, 2023
how many companies you should start, my framework
the man who chases two rabbits catches neither. I run multiple companies. here's the test I use before adding one, and the Papa John's franchise I turned down.
- Podcast May 18, 2023
10x is easier than 2x, book review
Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy's case that 10x is a mindset, not a number. quality over quantity, unique ability, gap vs gain, and the entrepreneurial time system.
- Podcast May 16, 2023
3 lessons learned from making the Inc. 500
PT Biz hit no. 447 on the Inc. 500 with 1394% growth. three things that made it possible, and none of them is a marketing trick.
- Podcast May 11, 2023
how much does it cost to run an online business
hosting, a website, profit first, and a small marketing budget. the actual costs to start, with the back end things people don't think about until tax season.
- Podcast May 4, 2023
chances are, you're worse at communicating than you think
frustration equals unmet expectation. the plumber, the welcome email, and the meeting framework, three places communication breaks down and how to fix each one.
- Podcast May 2, 2023
how to say no
saying no to dollars now buys dollars later. how I declined coaching my son's soccer team, and the right way to turn opportunities down.
- Podcast April 18, 2023
the no fail way to calculate what your time is worth
your time is worth nothing. you get paid for the value of the problem you solve. neurosurgeon lawn care, the value equation, and how to actually move the levers.
- Podcast April 13, 2023
my top 11 books for business growth
300 plus books in. here are 11 that mattered, and the framework for picking the right one for the stage of business you're actually in.
- Podcast April 11, 2023
how I have scaled businesses
I went from $100K in debt to multiple companies and millions in revenue. three things got me there. this episode covers the first, the marketing clarity formula.
- Podcast April 6, 2023
how to hammer objections, with data
I'm not good at the psychology of sales. but I've sold a lot. the trick is data. how to collect the right one to three metrics that make every objection disappear.
- Podcast March 30, 2023
5 ways I'm leveraging AI for business growth
if you're not using AI in your business yet, you're behind. five places I'm actually using it day to day, from the low-impact stuff to the high-impact stuff.
- Podcast March 16, 2023
my 2023 business growth strategy
the poles in the water strategy. multiple lead sources in parallel, with me leading instead of implementing. how I'm scaling without being the bottleneck this year.
- Podcast March 9, 2023
how to stand out in a saturated market
stop doing market research on Instagram. focus on results for the people in front of you. how many customers do you actually need to live the life you want.
- Podcast March 7, 2023
the rules, part 2
five more rules from the journal. be a marketer, never say maybe, lead don't save, stop going wide and go deep, and expand your threshold for control.
- Podcast March 2, 2023
how to grow a business without being a slave to social media
every platform has an algorithm. you play it until you don't have to. how to build a subscriber base that frees you from Instagram, with the hub and spoke SEO method I use.
- Podcast February 28, 2023
the rules, part 1
five lessons I journaled the hard way over a decade. fail fast, think bigger, scale through people, first up last down, and get crystal clear on what you actually want.
- Podcast February 23, 2023
so it begins, again, better human business
relaunching the podcast after a four year break. why I'm tying personal development and entrepreneurship into one show, and what to expect going forward.