by George Sotiropoulos | Jun 1, 2026 | Business Value
You know what’s funny about my business?The wide variety of industries and situations I get called into that differ significantly on the surface but share the same principles.Hazardous Materials Storage, Plastics and fiber optics manufacturing, Logistics, and...
by George Sotiropoulos | May 29, 2026 | Business Value
Last day of FAQ week. And this one is the question that separates the owners who end up with options from those who end up with regrets.“Be honest with me George. Is this whole exit-ready thing just a way to get me to buy consulting services I don’t need...
by George Sotiropoulos | May 28, 2026 | Dependency on Owner, Business Value
Day 2 of FAQ week.Today’s question hits a nerve with almost every owner I talk to.“You talk about building a business that runs without me but I’ve tried delegating before and every time I do the quality drops and clients complain. How is what...
by George Sotiropoulos | May 27, 2026 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner
It’s a holiday week all across the globe with bank holidays in the West and US, Eid here in the Mideast, and Pentecost both last Sunday (western churches) and this Sunday (Orthodox ones).So let’s keep the posts light and open 3 days of FAQ and...
by George Sotiropoulos | May 22, 2026 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
I recently met a business owner generating nine figures in revenue. Multiple suitors circling. The kind of interest most owners dream about.And none of them will pull the trigger.Because the business is a mess. Operations are disjointed across multiple areas with no...
by George Sotiropoulos | May 20, 2026 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
Paul and David both started logistics companies around the same time.Both built them to roughly $8 million in revenue with teams of about 30 people.For the first seven or eight years you couldn’t tell them apart.Then Paul did something that David thought was...
by George Sotiropoulos | May 19, 2026 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner
Yesterday I told you about the blind man and the Pharisees and how the experts who were supposed to see most clearly were the ones who couldn’t see at all.Today let’s talk about what that blindness actually costs you when you’re the one running a...
by George Sotiropoulos | May 18, 2026 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
In the Gospel of John there’s a scene that has always stuck with me.Jesus encounters a man who has been blind since birth and heals him. Just like that. A man who had never seen anything in his entire life can suddenly see everything.You’d think that would...
by George Sotiropoulos | May 15, 2026 | Business Value
Yesterday I ran an intimate M&A deep dive breakfast with eight professionals who all touch mergers and acquisitions from different angles and what came out of that room was something none of us expected.I asked one participant, a guy with experience across the...
by George Sotiropoulos | May 13, 2026 | Business Value
Last night I attended a hosted dinner featuring Gaston Hochar, the third-generation family owner of Chateau Musar, one of Lebanon’s most iconic wineries.Twenty-four of us around the table. Between us we probably had over a thousand years of collective wine...
