by George Sotiropoulos | Mar 2, 2026 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
Saturday was the deadline to become a lifetime pioneer member of Fall in Love with your Business Again.Saturday, I had set aside all day to update the course and all the pages to reflect this deadline and implement the 1st of March pricing and changes.Then war...
by George Sotiropoulos | Feb 27, 2026 | Business Value
Wednesday I told you about Scott who was hustling hard on a newer business and doing everything himself.When I mentioned building an exit-ready business he waved me off. “I don’t have the time, George.”Scott will have time eventually. When his...
by George Sotiropoulos | Feb 25, 2026 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its...
by George Sotiropoulos | Feb 24, 2026 | Business Value
This week, police in North Carolina found Michele Hundley Smith alive and well. She’d been missing since December 2001. Left home to go Christmas shopping at a Kmart. Never came back.Three children left behind. The youngest was seven.Twenty-four years of not...
by George Sotiropoulos | Feb 23, 2026 | Business Value
In The Shawshank Redemption, Andy Dufrense didn’t wait until he was “ready” for his exit.When he picked up that rock hammer for the first time, he didn’t have a plan. Didn’t know the wall was soft enough to chip through. Didn’t have the poster to...
by George Sotiropoulos | Feb 20, 2026 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
His name was Robert. Engineering consultancy. Fifteen years in business. Solid revenue. Good clients. Respected in his industry.On paper, worth north of $2 million.Then his wife filed for divorce.Robert wasn’t a bad guy. Just busy. Always busy. He’d been...
by George Sotiropoulos | Feb 19, 2026 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
One of my first clients was proud of his spreadsheet.Massive thing. Hundreds of tabs. Colour-coded. Formulas nested inside formulas. He’d built the entire accounting and finance function of his business inside this beast.No bookkeeper. No finance manager. No...
by George Sotiropoulos | Feb 18, 2026 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
“My customers are different.”“My employees wouldn’t respond to that.”“My industry doesn’t work that way.”BSI hear these lines constantly. From owners in construction. Professional services. Manufacturing. Hospitality....
by George Sotiropoulos | Feb 17, 2026 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
A friend of mine owns a construction company.Every time I see him, he looks like he’s been dragged through a hedge backwards. Bloodshot eyes. Phone buzzing every two minutes. Always “just putting out a fire.”Last month I asked him why he...
by George Sotiropoulos | Feb 16, 2026 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
I once had a potential client who ran a logistics company.Smart guy. Built the thing from nothing. Knew every truck, every driver, every client quirk by heart.He came to me because he wanted to step back. Maybe sell one day. Get his life back.So I asked him:...
