by George Sotiropoulos | Jan 16, 2026 | Business Value, Scaling the Business
I love this story I heard at an event this week.Years ago, a founder walked into his office with nothing but a sketch of an idea and a head full of doubts. No funding. No product. No customers. Just conviction and a problem he couldn’t let go of.They worked on the...
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 8, 2026 | Business Value, Scaling the Business
Over the holidays I caught up with some reading including Dan Kennedy.He talked about Good Enough. How to not waste time and money trying to transform something good enough into absolute perfection.He spoke about a sales team and I could swear he was talking about an...
by George Sotiropoulos | Jan 7, 2026 | Business Value, Scaling the Business
35 years ago right before Christmas I was in Berlin.Table after Table were set up with memorabilia you could buy from the Old East German Regime including military uniforms.I ended up buying a border guard offer heavy coat.The coat was amazingly warm (one of the best...
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 15, 2025 | Business Value, Scaling the Business
Friday night was one of those perfect Dubai evenings.Good wine at happy hour.Then a short walk to a neighbouring restaurant where alcohol wasn’t allowed, but water and a cigar were.That suited us just fine.As two women walked past in outfits that looked like Devo had...
