by George Sotiropoulos | Dec 15, 2025 | Business Value, Scaling the Business
Friday night was one of those perfect Dubai evenings.Good wine at happy hour.Then a short walk to a neighbouring restaurant where alcohol wasn’t allowed, but water and a cigar were.That suited us just fine.As two women walked past in outfits that looked like Devo had...
by George Sotiropoulos | Dec 12, 2025 | Business Value
This week had one theme:Owners sabotaging themselves — not from stupidity, but from the illusions that sound smart.Let’s review the carnage…MONDAY — The “Pearl Harbor Strategy”: Betting Everything on a Silver BulletOn the 84th anniversary of FDR’s historic speech, we...
by George Sotiropoulos | Dec 11, 2025 | Business Value
Yesterday I shared the story of Jason Weaver — the young Simba voice actor who chose $100,000 plus lifetime royalties over a $2 million upfront fee.Disney offered him money.He chose equity.And thirty years later, equity is still paying him. Not every business owner is...
by George Sotiropoulos | Dec 10, 2025 | Business Value, Scaling the Business
“Poor man wanna be rich… rich man wanna be king…and a king ain’t satisfied until rules everything”-Bruce Springsteen “Badlands”Bruce wasn’t talking about business owners.But he may as well have been.Because most owners get stuck in the first two lines:Poor man wanna...
by George Sotiropoulos | Dec 9, 2025 | Business Value, Scaling the Business
Last month, A Business owner “Sam” pulled me aside to tell me about his ex-employee – a brilliant operations manager — Sarah — who walked out of a $150K job.Not because of the salary.Not because of the workload.Not even because of him as the boss. She quit...
by George Sotiropoulos | Dec 8, 2025 | Business Value
“But always will our whole nationremember the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditatedinvasion, the American people in their righteous might will win throughto absolute victory.”Franklin Delano Roosvelt –...
by George Sotiropoulos | Dec 5, 2025 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
This week I had one theme:Business owners who fail because of the beliefs that run their business.Four stories.Four different owners.Four ways we sabotage ourselves without even knowing it. MONDAY — “To love my business… can it be that simple?”You read about...
by George Sotiropoulos | Dec 4, 2025 | Business Value
He was looking to sell his business and wanted to get the best price.His high-priced consultant told him… “It needs to be bigger.. now”Soon his friends and everyone else around him were hammering the same message:“Grow sales. Double revenue. Buyers love that.”So he...
by George Sotiropoulos | Dec 3, 2025 | Business Value, Customer Experience
“You know you need to fire her.. right?”“But she’s nearly half my revenue…”“True and she’s killing you and your business by a thousand gashes.. not cuts..”“How will I plug in that hole?”“We already talked about it….”— –When Rebecca orginally...
by George Sotiropoulos | Dec 2, 2025 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
I’m back at the outdoor café on a perfect 25°C morning — the same place the PigeonWaffe dive-bombed me last week.This time I made an adjustment.I picked the table furthest from any ledges, right under a row of thin string lights too flimsy for these flying dinosaurs...
