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...
by George Sotiropoulos | Feb 19, 2026 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
One of my first clients was proud of his spreadsheet.Massive thing. Hundreds of tabs. Colour-coded. Formulas nested inside formulas. He’d built the entire accounting and finance function of his business inside this beast.No bookkeeper. No finance manager. No...
by George Sotiropoulos | Feb 18, 2026 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
“My customers are different.”“My employees wouldn’t respond to that.”“My industry doesn’t work that way.”BSI hear these lines constantly. From owners in construction. Professional services. Manufacturing. Hospitality....
by George Sotiropoulos | Feb 17, 2026 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
A friend of mine owns a construction company.Every time I see him, he looks like he’s been dragged through a hedge backwards. Bloodshot eyes. Phone buzzing every two minutes. Always “just putting out a fire.”Last month I asked him why he...
