by George Sotiropoulos | Jan 9, 2026 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
This week had a theme about owners breaking their own businesses …Slowly, unintentionally, and with the best of intentions.Monday we met Skinny-Leg Arm Curl Guy at the gym.All arms. No legs. No base. No future.A perfect picture of what happens when owners obsess over...
by George Sotiropoulos | Jan 5, 2026 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner
Beat … Beat…. Beat… “Another One Bites the Dust”The music would blastThe lights would flashAnd he came out.Heaving curls… set after set…Big bicepsChicken LegsSkinny Leg Arm Curl Dude was in the house… or should I say the gym.His curls were a blur.So fast you could...
by George Sotiropoulos | Dec 19, 2025 | Business Value, Customer Experience, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
This week you would have noticed a pattern.Many businesses don’t fail just because of competition, the economy or the markets.They failed long before because they were optimising the wrong things.Chasing perfection instead of action, feedback, adjustment, and...
by George Sotiropoulos | Dec 5, 2025 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
This week I had one theme:Business owners who fail because of the beliefs that run their business.Four stories.Four different owners.Four ways we sabotage ourselves without even knowing it. MONDAY — “To love my business… can it be that simple?”You read about...
by George Sotiropoulos | Dec 2, 2025 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
I’m back at the outdoor café on a perfect 25°C morning — the same place the PigeonWaffe dive-bombed me last week.This time I made an adjustment.I picked the table furthest from any ledges, right under a row of thin string lights too flimsy for these flying dinosaurs...
by George Sotiropoulos | Dec 1, 2025 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
If you could go back in time, what would you tell your 18-year-old self?Most people say things like:“Don’t be so stupid.”“Grow up.”“Buy Apple, Amazon, Nvidia…”Me?I’d say one thing:“Believe in yourself.”Because a lack of confidence cost me years.The girls I liked? Too...
