Stories
Ryan sits down with one business owner at a time and writes up the conversation. No highlight reels. The decisions, the numbers, and the parts they would do differently. The Professional Advice Column runs alongside, where people who do this for a living answer the questions owners send in.
Nikki Belt, Anchor & Keel Consulting
Nikki spent 20 years in operations, from nonprofits to Google, and went in to her last corporate role already expecting the layoff. She talks about why a new tool almost never fixes the problem owners hire it to fix.
Allison Mann and Marialuisa Tame
Two U.S. Bank lenders with 38 years between them on what makes a loan application stand out, what to bring to the first meeting, and why the most common mistake owners make is waiting until they need the money.
James Shin, CBI, First Choice Business Brokers, Seattle Metro, Seattle, WA
James left a Fortune 500 IT career to broker business sales across the Seattle metro. He talks about the weight of having agents depend on you, and why the owners who sell well started preparing years earlier.
Jeremiah Graziano, Invision Marketing, Greater Seattle, WA
Jeremiah spent about a year applying for developer roles before starting Invision Marketing. The hardest lesson was not technical. It was how long it takes before anyone knows you exist.
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