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Category Archives: My Journey

Jan 18
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Take Your Destiny In Your Own Hands

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In my line of work, I see a lot of business owners who live under a ton of stress. They have great products and services, but they still aren’t able to enjoy the kind of lives they envisioned when they started their own businesses. For most of them, this is because they don’t have a systematic, consistent process in place to bring in a steady flow of qualified prospects. So one month things are good. They’re busy, and the cash is flowing. The next month, there’s no cash coming in at all, and they’re in a mad dash to find…

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Aug 28
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We Lost, Because We Lost Sight of Our Niche

By | My Journey, Scale Your Business | 5 Comments

A couple of posts back I shared with you how an old school manufacturing company I was part of catapulted to 4x growth by implementing 3 very specific principles (check out that blog here if you missed it). At the same time AMSL was having so much success, Boa Construction (the original residential home building side of the company) was also exploding.  (if you missed that story, click here). We were firing on all cylinders and tearing up our market. Eager to continue this growth trajectory, we were looking for new ideas.  So, in the midst of this success, we started a…

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Aug 05
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3 Principles to Catapult Your Business Success

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In my days working as CFO at Boa Construction, I was part of a lot of cool stuff.  Like I shared with you in the last My Journey blog, we developed a killer differentiator that our competition couldn’t hold a candle to.  (click here if you missed that post) Now, this tool wasn’t the only good thing the company had going for it.  We also had a great group of people that worked very hard, and an owner who was passionate about growth. In addition to Boa, there was something equally impressive happening within our sister company, Architectural Millwork of St….

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Jul 16
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Find Your Differentiator and Quadruple Your Revenue

By | Get More Customers, My Journey, Scale Your Business | 3 Comments

So there I was, a 25-year-old who looked not a day over 17, and all of the sudden I’m the CFO of a 20-year old company.  (If you missed the last step in “My Journey”, click here to get up to speed.) This company was Boa Construction, a company with around 100 employees, doing about $8 million annually.  That’s a daunting job for a nervous newbie, but I was ready for the challenge. And it certainly helped that Boa had some amazing advantages over the competition…which meant more beans for me to count. The Differentiator That Kept Customers Coming Back Most construction…

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Jul 01
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Goal Setting: Are You Exercising or Are You Training?

By | Mindset and Motivation, My Journey | 0 Comments

It’s a mindset shift that’s recently helped me in a lot of areas, and I think it’ll do the same for you. In your business and life…are you exercising or are you TRAINING? There is a big difference. I recently read this article “Why You Should Stop Exercising & Start Training” from Hone Life. The following quote really stood out to me. When you train, you prepare more than just your body.  You anticipate the obstacles you’ll face, the mindset you’ll need, and the feeling of accomplishment you’ll achieve if you perform well.  And therefore you prepare with intensity and…

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Jun 23
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How to Embrace Uncertainty: 1 Thing Successful Entrepreneurs Know

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Recently I shared the story of how my dad’s company was forced to shut its doors.  (click here if you missed that post) At the time, it was really devastating to me.  After all, I was planning on working full time in the family business after college graduation, which was now only a semester away!  I had to refocus, and fast. To Find Plan B, I had to Embrace Uncertainty I was majoring in finance because initially I had thought it would be cool to be an equity analyst.  So once my Dad’s construction business was no longer an option, I figured…

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Jun 09
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Cash Reserves: This Could Kill Your Business

By | Business Finance, My Journey | 0 Comments

A few days ago I told you about my earliest work experiences, and how working alongside my dad gave me my first true taste of what hard work really is. (click here if you missed that blog) When I initially started working for my dad, we were carrying drywall up flights of stairs together…but within a couple years, his business had grown to the point where he didn’t have to do the physical labor anymore. Instead of swinging a hammer, he managed the business, worked with clients, and spent a lot of time on marketing and sales.  He had positioned himself as one of…

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Jun 04
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Entrepreneur, Have You Done the Hard Work?

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After my brief “venture” in the candy business (click here if you missed that blog), I stayed away from money-making schemes for a few years. It wasn’t much later that I realized if I wanted to do and have the things I wanted in life, I would need to work. My parents made it very clear. They weren’t going to be handing me anything on a silver platter. “Oh, you want a car when you turn 16? Better start saving.” My first “legal” job was stuffing envelopes in a warehouse for a direct mail company. I was 15, and made…

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Apr 30
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I Got Caught Red Handed

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Stealing candy from your mom isn’t a long term viable business model. But when you’re 13, it’s a good introduction to the world of supply and demand, inventory, sales psychology, and hustling. Not to mention, I was making some money! (If you missed the beginning of the story from a few days ago, click here.) But one day I made a mistake, and my little venture was dead in its tracks. What was the mistake? I didn’t have a good cash management system.  What I had was a pile of cash and coins stored in an empty box of airheads.  Where did I…

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Apr 28
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Stealing from My Mom, and Selling

By | My Journey, Sales Strategies | 4 Comments

My first real taste of operating a “business” came when I was 13. This story is a large part of my entrepreneurship journey and I’ll be sharing a lot more like it with you over the coming weeks. I hope you’ll find it entertaining, but also be sure to look for the lessons that you can pull away and apply to your business! Now, before I share this story with you, I have to admit something. I had a couple year stretch as a kid when I was a bit rotten. Not mean to people necessarily, but up to no good…

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