by George Sotiropoulos | Mar 10, 2026 | Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business, Uncategorized
If you’ve seen The Founder, you already know the gut punch.Dick and Mac McDonald built something extraordinary. A kitchen that ran like a machine. Food out in thirty seconds. Quality that was consistent every single time. Customers lined up around the block.It...
by George Sotiropoulos | Mar 9, 2026 | Business Value, Customer Experience, Dependency on Owner
If you’re reading this from Dubai, Abu Dhabi or anywhere in the region right now then you already know…The last couple of weeks have been anything but normal.People I know are trying to get back while others are trying to get their families out. Friday I had...
by George Sotiropoulos | Mar 6, 2026 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner
Took the girls to the park this morning.Getting them some exercise.After playing ball they wanted to run and for me to time them.Then my youngest, Elliana, looked at me and said, “Your turn, Daddy.”I couldn’t say no.Go..I launched off my starting...
by George Sotiropoulos | Mar 4, 2026 | Dependency on Owner, Business Value
My friend is stranded outside the countryHis grown-up children are still here in Dubai.Desperately he wants to get back here…while I’m looking how my wife and I can get the kids out.What’s he not stressing about?His BusinessNo concernsEven with bombs falling it’s in...
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...
