by George Sotiropoulos | May 8, 2025 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
At today’s BX meeting, I spoke about dysfunctional independence — the trap of thinking you’re “free” because you own a business, while your life quietly falls apart around you.Example:Tony runs his own company.But at every family dinner or trip home, he’s glued to his...
by George Sotiropoulos | May 7, 2025 | Business Value, Customer Experience, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
Many business owners pride themselves on being “their own boss.” It’s a matter of pride to know you went on your own and have been paving a way for yourself – hopefully to a land of milk, honey and opportunity. So our freedom and independence are very important. But...
by George Sotiropoulos | May 6, 2025 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
When I played my last season of organised American football, the head coach made a big decision:No two-way players.No one would play both offense and defense.Why?The year before, too many got injured — and he wanted to avoid that catastrophe.But the problem was that...
by George Sotiropoulos | May 2, 2025 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
Her Head of Finance was a disaster.I asked for 36 months of financials to help value her business.What did I get?An Excel dump—one tab, months of transactions, font so small it looked like Morse code.And that came three days late.When I pushed back, he whined to the...
by George Sotiropoulos | May 1, 2025 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
In Star Trek IV, Spock dove into a tank, put his hand on a whale’s face, and figured out why the Earth was about to be destroyed.Dramatic, sure.But he got answers.I don’t need a whale.You don’t need a tank.You just need to show me one thing.And I’ll tell you whether...
by George Sotiropoulos | Apr 30, 2025 | Business Value, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
“Look now… remember when I was doing 100–200k a month?”He turned his phone screen to me.“Last month: $5.15M.”His business had grown 50x in less than 3 years.No hype.No overpriced coaching program.No army of blue-chip consultants.And here’s the kicker:He hasn’t set...
