089: Understanding the Value of COOs with Bill Shepard
Wingman. The No. 2. The Second-in-Command – all of these terms describe the Chief Operating Officer (COO). Yet, when Bill Shepard pivoted from a 25+ year tenure in the C-suite…
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088: Partnering for Profit with Keith L. Scott
Business partnerships don’t have to end badly. K.L. Scott & Associates is proof. When Keith L. Scott started this process management consultancy, he wanted to do everything himself. Two years…
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087: Growing Past Bootstrapping with Chitra Lele
After getting blacklisted from a Silicon Valley company, Chitra Lele decided to start her own software consultancy. She realized entrepreneurship was the only way to achieve her vision of working…
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086: Selecting Business Partners with Jason Duncan
Great leaders surround themselves with smart people. But when it comes to business partnerships, “Proceed with extreme caution,” warns Jason Duncan. As the founder of a fast-growing lighting company that’s…
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085: Scaling Back Before Scaling Up with Dr. Terica Pearson
Dr. Terica Pearson spent her first year in business learning the ropes and getting key processes in place. By year four, she had a full staff of people to help…
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084: Niching to Scale with Meredith Moore
Meredith Moore isn’t afraid to pivot. As the CEO of Artisan Financial Strategies, she realized she’d have to break free of the traditional financial planning model if she was to…
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083: Downsizing & Rebuilding a Team with Mike Moll
When Mike Moll’s social media consultancy grew rapidly, he immediately hired more people. But he soon realized he didn’t have the bandwidth or business infrastructure to scale at the same…
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082: Scaling with SEO with Don Sevcik
Have you ever put your business on hiatus so that you could recalibrate? That’s what Don Sevcik, CEO of MathCelebrity.com, did and it paid off handsomely. After five years in…
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081: Outsourcing Core Competencies with Phoebe Cornog
“We just made really good money while being on the beach!” exclaimed Phoebe Cornog, CEO and Co-Founder of the Pandr Design Co. She recounted the day she and her business…
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080: Pivoting into a New Niche with Marco Champion
Marco Champion thought he’d have to forfeit his dream of being a professional skateboarder when he was struck and run over by a car during his teens. Told he’d never…
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