If your business were public, would investors buy or sell?

If Your Business Were Publicly Traded, Would You Buy It?

Let me ask you something that might reframe how you think about your business entirely: If your company were publicly traded, what would the stock be doing right now? Would it be climbing? Flat? Would analysts be raising their price target or quietly downgrading it? Most business owners have never

You'd Fire Your Financial Advisor for This—Yet You Do It Every Day

Let me ask you a question that might make you uncomfortable: If your financial advisor put 90% of your portfolio into a single stock, how fast would you fire them? Immediately. It would be financial malpractice. Yet that's exactly what most business owners do every single day. For

Do You Own a Business or Just a Job With Extra Steps?

If you can't take a two-week vacation without the business grinding to a halt, you don't own a business—you own a job with extra steps and worse health insurance. That's the brutal truth most business owners avoid until it's too late.

The Advisory Board That Changed Everything (And Why You Get to Choose Yours)

When I first tell clients they need to build an advisory board, their reaction is predictable: "You want me to give myself bosses?" Yes. Exactly. "I didn't start my own business to answer to anybody else." I get it. That's the whole

The Reading List Behind "Go Public In Private"

Writing Go Public In Private wasn't done in isolation. Throughout the process of helping business owners transform their companies using public-company discipline, I've drawn inspiration and practical wisdom from several incredible books. Here are the resources that shaped my thinking—and that I recommend to any