by George Sotiropoulos | Aug 5, 2025 | Business Value, Customer Experience, Scaling the Business
Ben Franklin said, “A penny saved is a penny earned.”But if he saw how some business owners run their books…He might’ve added: “…and a dollar saved the wrong way is two fifty down the drain.”Let me explain.Kareem owns a digital consulting agency. Lean team, good...
by George Sotiropoulos | Aug 4, 2025 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner
“He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” (Mark 4:9)That line hit me the moment I saw the raspberries.Ripe, juicy, and practically begging to be picked. My daughters sprinted to the bushes like it was Christmas morning.Here’s what was brilliant:This farm opened up...
by George Sotiropoulos | Aug 1, 2025 | Dependency on Owner, Business Value
It’s been a great holiday.The kids have stayed with both sides of the family — but sleeping?A bit of a pain in the ass.Because we’re not in our own beds.Last night I kept waking up in a dead sweat — even though it was 15 degrees outside and the windows were wide...
by George Sotiropoulos | Jul 30, 2025 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner
“I flipped it in 9 months and made EUR 150,000.”That’s what a friend told me this summer over a late lunch in Greece.He wasn’t bragging. Just casually mentioning how he bought, refurbished, and sold a small village house — all in under a year.It took three short...
by George Sotiropoulos | Jul 29, 2025 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner
In a small Greek village we’ve spent the last month, I saw a business die in real time.There was a restaurant — 30 years in the same family.Run by a man, his wife, and his brother.They were crushing it.Loyal locals.Repeat tourists with summer homes who came back every...
by George Sotiropoulos | Jul 25, 2025 | Business Value, Customer Experience
It’s our last weekend in Greece.We went to one of our go-to restaurants from the last 10+ years.“Can I get another half kilo of the rosé? And maybe some watermelon for the kids?”The waiter replied, curtly:“No, we don’t do that anymore. I’ll bring the dessert...
