John Waters sat down with Matt Nguyen and Trevor Jensen of Vivid Ventures for a wide-ranging conversation about what actually separates growing businesses from stagnant ones, and the episode is live now. Titled “The ‘What…
Family businesses run into a particular kind of growing pain when the next generation takes over: two people can share a bloodline and a company and still see completely different paths forward. That was the…
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In the summer of 2003, Dave Kotter left a commercial real estate lending company he didn’t enjoy working for and started his own: Integrity Capital. Over the next decade-plus, he built a solid book of…
Shannon Carfield and Dean Eckonrode started Kitchens by Good Guys the way a lot of contractors do:
Every small business owner dreams of success. Smart entrepreneurs know the best way to achieve their goal is through excellent customer service, delivering the best products and services with a positive attitude. But somewhere along the way, the hustle and bustle become a daily reality, and suddenly the personal touch and familiar feeling that comes with it are gone. And when customers don’t feel the same connection, they begin to feel like just another number, which spells nothing but T-R-O-U-B-L-E with a capital “T.”