Building Margin
By Steve Coughran
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Episodes: 140
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Welcome to Building Margin: Strategies for Business Owners Who Want to Think Bigger and Earn More.
If you're a construction or service business owner working harder than ever, but still struggling with cash flow, profit margin, or burnout, this podcast is for you. Hosted by Steve Coughran of Coltivar, Building Margin helps you take back control of your business, stop guessing with your numbers, and start making decisions that actually move the needle.
Each episode dives into what really drives success: clear strategy, confident leadership, and a business that doesn’t depend on you for everything. You’ll learn how to grow your business with less stress, improve financial clarity, and create margin—in your time, your team, and your bottom line. Whether you’re trying to scale, step back, or just finally get ahead, this show helps you build something that lasts.
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Join Me for Strategy Meets Finance
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Part 9: Navigation | Building Margin for Construction
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Part 10: Margin | Building Margin for Construction
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Part 1: Let’s Cut to the Chase | Building Margin for Construction
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Part 2: Why Another Book? Why Now? | Building Margin for Construction
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Part 3: The Margin Crisis | Building Margin for Construction
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Part 4: Money | Building Margin for Construction
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Part 5: Alignment | Building Margin for Construction
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Part 6: Rhythm | Building Margin for Construction
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Part 7: Growth | Building Margin for Construction
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Part 8: Insight | Building Margin for Construction
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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128: Business Strategy Fails—The 2 Mistakes That Kill Growth
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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127: How Great CFOs Create Value Beyond the Numbers with Brad Collins
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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126: How to Know If Your Strategy Is Actually Working
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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125: Scaling a Profitable Construction Business with Jeff Calabro
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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124: The 1 Thing That Transformed My Contracting Business
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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123: Making $10M? Here’s Why You Still Might Be Broke
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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122: Why a 30% Markup Won’t Get You a 30% Margin
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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121: Profit Is Lying to You (Why Cash Flow Tells the Real Story)
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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120: Why Your Job Costing Is Always Off (and How to Fix It)
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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119: Your Financial Blind Spots Are Killing Your Business
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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118: The Financial Metric That Separates Winning Contractors From Broke Ones
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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117: Most Contractors Confuse Strategy with Planning - Here’s Why That’s Costing You
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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116: When Do You Actually Earn Revenue? (The 5 Rules You Must Know)
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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115: How to Fix Your Profit Without Working More Hours
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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114: The Real Reason Contractors Don’t Make Money (And What to Do About It)
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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113: The Hidden Cost of Growth (Fix This Before Scaling)
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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112: The 3 Metrics That Drive Profit in Construction and Service Businesses
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May 27, 2025 |
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111: The Financial Model That Helped Me Fix a $1B Construction Business
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May 20, 2025 |
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110: What Buyers Look for in a $10M Business
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May 12, 2025 |
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109: What Paris Taught Me About Margin
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May 05, 2025 |
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108: The Hidden Value Killers in Your Business Model
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May 01, 2025 |
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107: Is Your Business Actually Sellable?
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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106: The 5 Metrics Every Founder Must Know
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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105: Scale with Systems, Not Just Headcount
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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104: You’re Making Money- So Why Is There No Cash?
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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103: Why I'm Doubling Down on Construction and What That Means for You
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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102: Strategy Trivia You Must Know
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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101: A Resource to Help You with Strategy and Cash Flow
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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100: When It Comes to Strategy, Make Sure You Have These 5 Things
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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99: How Do You Know If Your Strategy Is Working?
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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98: What Is ROIC and Its Impact on Your Strategy?
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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97: How AI Will Impact Your Strategy and Competitive Advantage
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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96: Why Your Business Isn’t as Profitable as It Could Be
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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95: Winning with Strategy - The Surprising Power of the 'F Word'
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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94: Ready to Revisit Your Strategy? Start Here.
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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93: How Setting KPIs Can Make a Difference in Your Company
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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92: Strategy Explained Simply
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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91: 5 Financial Metrics You Should Know in Your Business
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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90: How to Unlock Value and Boost Cash Flow
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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89: Better Financial Results Start With This
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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88: Listen to This Before You Set Another Business Goal
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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87: The Key to Revolutionizing Products, Sales, and Operations
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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86: How Strategy Really Works
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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85: 3 Must-Know Fundamentals for Smarter Business Strategies
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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84: If Your Strategy Isn’t Working, Check These Things First
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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83: I've Spent 15 Years Studying Strategy. Here's What I've Learned
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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82: The 4 Ways Initiatives Help You to Crush Your Strategy
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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81: The One Truth I'll Never Stop Trying to Share
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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80: Straight Up Advice for Those Making Strategic Decisions
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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79: Mastering Strategy and Finance to Drive Value
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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78: 6 Key Financial Concepts You Should Know
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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77: This is Why CPAs Can Hurt Your Financial Performance
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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76: This is Why You're Stuck and Your Strategy is Broken
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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75: Stop Selling and Try This Instead
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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74: This is Why Profitable Companies Fail
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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73: What You Need to Know About Working Capital
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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72: Listen to This If You Think Finance Is for the Birds and Nerds
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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71: The 2 Value Drivers That Will Make Your Business Wildly Profitable
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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70: Do You Really Have a Competitive Advantage
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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69: 5 Fundamental Things Every Business Should Have
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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68: The 5 Responsibilities of Effective CEOs
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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67: My 3 Biggest Mistakes in Business and How You Can Avoid Them
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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66: Is Your Business Actually Profitable?
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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65: 4 Fundamentals of Strategy You Must Know
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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64: The Most Important Ratio to Measure Your Sales and Marketing Effectiveness
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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63: From Victim to Victor- The Power of a Growth Mindset
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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62: Vision and Valuation with Patrick Donohue
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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61: Strategy for The Now
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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60: Why I Want You to Invest in Your Strategic Acumen
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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59: Why You Should Love What You Do In Business
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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58: Adversity to Advantage with Raph Mcgowan
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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57: Pricing Hacks to Grow Your Bottom Line with Mark Stiving
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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56: What You Need to Know About Financial Statements
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May 30, 2024 |
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55: How to Develop a Strategy for Your Business
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May 23, 2024 |
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54: 5 Things the Best Founders Do To Build Great Companies
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May 16, 2024 |
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53: How to Create an Ideal Customer Profile
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May 09, 2024 |
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52: LLC versus the S-Corp. Don't Make This Mistake When Getting Started
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May 02, 2024 |
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51: 3 Simple Stories to Scale Your Business with Akeem Shannon
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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50: How Attorneys Steer the Course In Business with Alex Prasad
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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49: How to Prevent This from Getting in the Way of Your Success
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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48: What You Need to Know About the 4 Phases of Strategy
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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47: Why Most Strategies Fall Short of Their Aspirations
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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46: Every Company a Tech Company
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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45: Is It Time to Change Your Brand with Jackie Bebenroth
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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44: Do Your Initiatives Include These 4 Things
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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43: Are Strategy and Strategic Planning the Same Thing
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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42: If You Want Better Results in Business, Listen to This
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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41: Debunking the Myths of Strategy
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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40: Why Sam's Club Is Investing in This and You Should Too
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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39: It's Time to Fire that Toxic Employee
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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38: The Dangers of Straddling
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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37: B2B Leads on LinkedIn with Automation and AI With Matt Clark
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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36: What You Should Know About AI in Innovation
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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35: Leadership Strategy for Navigating a Crisis
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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34: Pursuing Differentiation or Cost Leadership
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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33: Lessons from an Entrepreneur with Sam Meldrum
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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32: Ask Your CFO With Jess Meehan
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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31: What's the Best Way to Track Your Strategy
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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30: How to Revisit Your Strategy
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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29: Delivering an Exceptional Customer Experience with David Arato
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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28: How I Use Strategy to Turnaround Struggling Companies
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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27: The Grind, Grit, and Rewards of Entrepreneurship with Bruce Kraynak
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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26: ESOP Planning Essentials with Michael Bannon
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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25: The Ins and Outs of Strategic Finance with Keith Downham
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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24: Be Strategic or Be Gone with Rich Horwath
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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23: How Momentum and Speed Make or Break a Startup with Thomas Walle
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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22: Defining Your Strategic Problem
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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21: Crafting an Ideal Customer Profile
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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20: Aligning Business Strategy and Exit Planning with Dawn Bloomer
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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19: Choosing the Right Entity Structure
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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18: From Software to Skis With Ted Eynon
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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17: The Do's and Don'ts of Expanding Abroad With Dr. Shan Nair
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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16: How to Integrate Finance With Your Strategy
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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15: The Customer First Approach to Strategy With Debbie Levitt
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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14: Preparing People For the Uncertainty of Tomorrow with Chris Marshall
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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13: What is a Strategic Initiative
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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12: How To Use IARs to Drive Execution
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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11: Overcoming Biases in the Strategy Room
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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10: The Courage to Make Bold Moves with Steven Ginsburg
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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09: The Old and New Way of Building a Strategy
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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08: The Island of the Four P's With Ed Hajim
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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07: What is a Competitive Advantage
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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06: 5 Avoidable Reasons You Could Fail at Starting a Business with Daniel Villani
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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05: Taking Calculated Risks to Build a Meaningful Business with Paul Tamburello
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May 31, 2023 |
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04: How Strategy Drives Financial Value
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May 24, 2023 |
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03: Building a Strategy Blueprint
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May 17, 2023 |
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02: Getting Started With Strategy
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May 10, 2023 |
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01: What is Strategy?
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May 05, 2023 |
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Trailer: Building Margin
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May 04, 2023 |