2nd hire from this process signed his offer letter today: It's Sam Trumps! Starts in June. Welcome, Sam!

I am sorry to inform Michael Girdley that subtweeting the New York HR administrator is a HR violation.

Many calls w/ Michael Girdley ended with “go find 5 ppl to put down a $100 deposit” or “there’s something you don’t know yet”. He was usually right, and we’d move on to the next idea quickly. Game selection is so important - make sure you nail it before sunk costs start adding up

We interviewed ~30 small business owners. They said two things: "I am making it up as I go along." "I am struggling to scale." If your business has w/ $500k-$5mm/yr revenue... We want your feedback on our proposed solution. Please DM Sam Trumps for details!

If your SMB is doing $500k-5M/yr in sales, reach out to Sam Trumps

ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re incubating a new business. It’s a CEO Knowledge Platform and Online Community. For small businesses with $500k-$5mm revenue and <30 employees. With something unique: A set of Playbooks for scaling a small business. We call it Scalepath (@joinscalepath).

80% of the pain points small businesses face are the same. Join a community of peers tackling similar challenges.

We’re building playbooks to solve pain points every small business has. Great example:

All of this:

How do I start multiple companies at once? Earlier this week, we launched Scalepath. It’s a unique CEO peer network for SMBs. Here are the steps I used to do it. (Without making myself a job!) 1st Step: Identify the right partner. Sam joined my Associate program last

It’s been a wild 4 weeks. We’re just getting started.

Most small business pain points are common (hiring your first sales rep). Don't start from scratch. Our playbooks and peers help you move faster.

So excited to have Heather Endresen onboard!

Excited about what we’re building at Scalepath You don’t need to reinvent the wheel for 85% of small biz pain points. Most owners start from scratch when faced with new (but common) problems. It doesn’t need to be this way. We’re working hard to fix it

Full story of Mark’s turnaround👇 joinscalepath.com/blog

Find a 1+1=3 partnership. Launch fast. Chili's Grill & Bar needs a time sq location. …we’re just getting started!

Another one! Kevin is helping us build a Biz Dev Program. SMB Owners shouldn't have to start from scratch when building a sales function

Great overview of how we launched Scalepath We love playbooks and Effectuation is a great one!

100,000+ small business owners participate in a peer group every month. They’ve been around for 150 years for a reason - they drive outcomes. Michael and I are building a modern version for the next generation of owners. PS - we’re adding more groups soon

What do you do when a client doesn’t pay you? It happens to everyone eventually. And it always sucks. I want to make it a little easier: Here are my 9 steps to deal with it. 🧵