Tint Wiz Was Acquired. Here’s the Full Story.
Watch the conversation below about how Tint Wiz started, why this partner made sense, and what’s next.
Feel Uncomfortable Asking for a Raise? Start With Clear Communication
Feel uncomfortable asking for a raise even though you want more? Here’s how clear communication and understanding your options can help you move up without resentment or guessing.
How to Get Promoted at Work by Taking Ownership
Doing your job well is not enough to get promoted. Here’s how taking ownership and solving problems builds leverage and puts you in position for more pay and responsibility.
Don’t Know If You Should Hire Yet? Start Smaller Than You Think
Not sure if you’re ready to hire full-time? Here’s how starting with part-time help can create space in your small business without taking on big risk.
Hire Before You Need To: How Hiring Ahead of Growth Scales a Small Business
Most small business owners wait too long to hire. Here’s why hiring before you “need” to can change your growth trajectory.
How to Know If Someone Is a Good Hire (Before It Costs You Money)
Hiring is always a risk in a small business. Here’s how to know if someone is a good hire by evaluating character, interview behavior, and reputation before it costs you money.
How to Hire Someone You Don’t Fully Know (Without Ruining the Relationship)
Here’s how I structured a three-year commitment to remove pressure, protect the relationship, and give both sides room to actually perform.
How to Hire in a Small Industry Without Burning Bridges
Hiring in a small industry is different. When everyone knows everyone, one bad hire can ripple. Here’s how I think about building a team without overcommitting or burning bridges.
How I Think About Hiring (and the Risk of Getting It Wrong)
Hiring in a small business is always a risk. Here’s how I think about hiring, what I look for beyond resumes, and why knowing when to let someone go is just as important as knowing when to hire.
Why Owners Get Stuck Doing the Work Instead of Building the Business
Owners often stay busy doing the work because stepping back feels risky. This post breaks down why that pattern stalls growth and what it really takes to build a business that can run without you at the center of everything.
Keeping Secrets Is a Loser Strategy in Service Businesses
This clip is from a talk I gave in 2017, but the idea has only become more relevant since.
In service businesses, keeping information hidden feels protective, but it usually creates friction, inconsistency, and slow execution. Real advantage comes from owning your process, sharing it clearly, and executing it better than anyone else.
Secrecy isn’t the moat. Execution is.
Why the Next 10 Years Will Reward Well Built Service Businesses
Many service businesses look difficult today because they were built for a different version of the industry.
This post explores why well-built operations may be positioned to benefit as service industries mature, consolidate, and reward businesses designed with long-term intention instead of short-term survival.
Why Two Service Businesses Can Make the Same Money and One Owner Burns Out
Two service businesses can generate the same revenue, yet feel completely different to run. This post breaks down why owner role, leverage, and team structure matter more than top-line numbers, and how growth without change leads to burnout instead of freedom.
Pricing for Survival Is Why Businesses Burn Out
Many service businesses stay busy but still burn out.
This post breaks down why pricing based on “what you can get” quietly caps profitability, how survival pricing feels logical in the moment, and why sustainable pricing is the difference between staying booked and building a business that lasts.
Why Service Businesses Stall Even While They’re Growing
Many service businesses keep growing on paper, but still feel stuck.
This post looks at why growth can stall even when revenue is up, how business identity quietly shifts over time, and why progress requires intentional changes instead of repeating what used to work.
The Easiest Growth Lever Most Service Businesses Don’t Use
Most service businesses already have a growth lever available to them. It’s free, it doesn’t require more leads, and it doesn’t add complexity. This post breaks down why intentional follow-up, done the right way, often outperforms chasing more volume—and how small shifts in attention can create outsized results.
More Leads Isn’t the Lever. Depth Is.
Most service businesses don’t have a lead problem. They have a depth problem. Chasing more calls and quotes often adds noise instead of growth. This post breaks down why going deeper with existing demand usually converts better than adding more at the top of the funnel.
Cutting Isn’t the Risk. Not Reinvesting the Time Is.
Many service business owners know they should cut low-margin work, but they don’t feel like they can afford to. This post looks at why cutting isn’t the real risk, and how failing to reinvest the freed-up time is what actually keeps businesses stuck.
Having More Options Is the Problem (Not the Advantage)
Many service business owners aren’t stuck because they lack options. They’re stuck because too many options compete for attention, slow decisions, and quietly add complexity.
Working More Isn’t a Strategy for Service Business Owners
Many service business owners are working longer hours with the hope that it will pay off someday. This post looks at why that math often doesn’t work, and why cutting can be more powerful than adding.
Addition by Subtraction: Why Most Service Businesses Don’t Need More Ideas
When a business wants to grow, the instinct is almost always to add. A new service, a new offer, another tool. This is about why simplification, not expansion, is often what actually creates growth.