by Douglas Brown | Aug 8, 2026 | Business Advising, Overwhelm
I’m not for everyone. I’m not the coach who’s going to tell you it’s easy. Or pretend you won’t have moments when you want to quit. Or sell you some fantasy that you can have everything you want without showing up for it. BUT If you’re TRULY tired of working 50+...
by Douglas Brown | Jul 18, 2026 | Business Advising, Someday reasons
Even though I have worked with over a hundred owners and buyers and shown them what makes a business valuable many times, I know what it’s like to struggle with being the one that the business depends on. Because years ago…that struggle consumed me. I know...
by Douglas Brown | Feb 18, 2026 | Business Advising, Liquidate, Owner goals, Retiring, Sell business, Stepping away
Every owner has four strategic choice to make. Not every day, but often enough to guide the general direction of the business for a while. Then there is Option 5: do little to improve the business, and don’t put money into savings or IRAs because they plan to...
by Douglas Brown | Feb 8, 2026 | Business Advising, Reality of the Market
The number one driver of business value, plus of course the way you get paid while owning it, is the profit that it generates. Rolls easy off the tongue to say “just increase your profitability” but if it was that easy, everybody would be doing it. And of course a lot...
by Douglas Brown | Aug 8, 2025 | Business Advising
We like to think of the small business owner as the daring entrepreneur battling all the odds and dealing with all the eventualities in order to make their business dream come alive and thrive. Owning a business is a team sport, whether you like it or not. You need...
