Everyone I know trying to buy a business has this problem:
Finding a good business to buy.
It’s not surprising.
The advice out there now simply doesn’t work in today’s reality.
You see it in the results:
Many hunt for 12-18 months and never find a deal.
It’s sad.
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I’ve
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re hiring a Head of Video Strategy!
This person will lead us to success in Girdley Media’s video efforts across YouTube, X, etc.
Expect to work closely with me (
@girdley
, Chairman) and Ty Deemer (
@tydeemer
, CEO of Girdley Media).
You’ll get plenty of
This week’s GirdleyWorld episode is a fun one.
Watch how we used the EOS system to build a 10 year plan for our media business on a two day offsite.
What questions do you have?
Many think long-term planning takes a lot of time.
For our media business, we did our 10-year plan in 2 days.
In a house on the shores of Lake Erie, surrounded by Canadian retirees*
(*This isn’t important to the story but it was kinda weird so I added it :-)
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Anyway, to
Want to be a great leader?
It’s not about speaking better.
The best leaders actually ask the best questions to get 10x insights.
Over 20 years, I’ve learned how to do it.
I explain it all in this episode of GirdleyWorld (my weekly video show):
@David__Kaylor
@girdley
@Molson_Hart
It’s definitely something we’ve talked about doing more of (building in public). Good to know some would find it interesting!
As CEO of my first company, I forgot to do marketing.
I didn’t need to early on.
All our customers came through personal networks.
Everything was great…
Until customer demand dropped off a cliff.
It opened my eyes to reality:
Customers don’t just know about your business
18 months ago, I made a life-changing hire.
I doubled my productivity – and had more fun at work.
I had found a solution for the “Messy Middle”:
Tasks too complicated to offload to an EA…
But that had to get done.
I’ll tell you exactly what I did and how to do it yourself