by George Sotiropoulos | Aug 20, 2024 | Business Value, Customer Experience, Scaling the Business
“You must cut down the mightiest tree in the forest – with a Herring!”Monty Python – Search for the Holy GrailAbsurd yes?You’d be surprised how many business owners want to sell their company one day but tackle their biggest challenge with a feather.Why?Because...
by George Sotiropoulos | Aug 19, 2024 | Business Value
“I should have sold…”I have heard that a few times, including a person I met recently at the local cafe.When he found out about Sophiall he shared with me how he had an 8 figure business that received an offer.As they were going through due diligence things were...
by George Sotiropoulos | Aug 15, 2024 | Business Value, Scaling the Business
Mary was near 70 years old and desperate to sell her small clothing manufacturing business.She wanted to retire and move halfway across the world and not worry about her business anymore.She had no children, and her extended family were mostly useless so passing down...
by George Sotiropoulos | Aug 14, 2024 | Business Value, Customer Experience, Scaling the Business
HI,20 seconds into her elevator speech I knew that Christy was in over her head.She was a young and attractive Entrepreneur in her 20s but her promise to everyone in the room was that she could do everything related to the marketing.And I mean everything.People tuned...
by George Sotiropoulos | Aug 13, 2024 | Customer Experience, Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
HI,My friend is in the middle of a negotiation with the bank on some financing.Yesterday he had a productive discussion with the bank and they agreed to touch base on Friday with further updates and adjustments.Today, a different guy called and wanted to be the face...
by George Sotiropoulos | Aug 7, 2024 | Business Value
Did you know that each day you own your business brings you one step closer to an exit event?You will exit whether you want to or not.. it’s as inevitable as death and taxes.And you cannot control 100% whether it’s planned on your terms or as often happens –...
by George Sotiropoulos | Aug 2, 2024 | Business Value, Customer Experience, Scaling the Business
When David came to me, he was feeling very frustrated.The business he and his wife had started with a bang had recently hit hard times due to Covid and other factors. Revenues had declined, and they were struggling with an expansion into a new market to try to stop...
by George Sotiropoulos | Aug 1, 2024 | Business Value, Customer Experience
One of my first clients (and who helped inspire my business) is the owner of a hair salon who was looking to sell the business in 3 years and do something else.So we started working together.When we started his business had previously peaked and was trending downwards...
by George Sotiropoulos | Jul 31, 2024 | Business Value, Customer Experience
Today is my 10th wedding anniversary which was held in Greece.Someone from my work at the time was staying in the same resort as us with his family and I invited them to the wedding.In fact, I was very keen for him to come and to have a great time.You see at the time...
by George Sotiropoulos | Jul 29, 2024 | Business Value, Customer Experience
“Dad be patient.”So admonished by 4 year old to me while we waited for someone to take our order.Normally after 10 minutes I would be fidgety..Now we are on 45 minutes and counting..But my daughter’s admonishment wasn’t needed..Because at this moment we were...
