As a small business ourselves, we know that the national crisis of the coronavirus is likely creating unexpected financial challenges for many of you. We feel it, too. But the good news is that support for small business is coming, either through state or federal government assistance or through organizations offe...
When Curt Richardson started OtterBox in 1998, he didn’t have a college degree. But that didn’t stop him from building a business that generated $1B in revenue in 2019. Hear how he did it in this inspiring interview on NPR’s How I Built This, with Guy Raz.
If you’ve followed along in this series, you’ve (hopefully) started the work of organizing your inbox and your physical environment in a way that allows you to focus on your priorities as a business owner. In this piece, we’ll home in on your most valuable resource—time.
To grow your business, you need a dedicated physical space to do the strategic work of growing it—a place for dreaming, thinking and planning. And many business owners don’t have that. Instead, they work from a mobile location, share a space with employees, or have a desk that’s more of a dump zone than a place ...
Employee Development Meetings are the key to unlocking your team’s potential. Our free guide gives you the instructions and tools you need to get started.
As the owner-operator of your business, you’re often the first point of contact for anyone trying to connect with any part of your company. So no doubt your inbox is a constant distraction—even a point of overwhelm. And no matter how diligent you are about managing your email, messages can still build up quickly. ...
Before you’re able to improve your business—and track progress—you need to understand where you’re starting from. Our Business Assessment will score you in each of the seven core areas of your business so you can see how you compare with owners like you—and where you have room to grow.
There are an awful lot of people out there today calling themselves business coaches. And when many of them don't have any real professional accreditations or associations, it’s hard to know who to trust—not simply when it comes to their methodology or the quality of their training, but also in terms of their appr...
To build a business with intention, you need a clear plan. Our New EMyth Roadmap offers an overview of our system for developing your business—which includes over 115 processes covering every aspect of your business from front to back.
Here we are at the beginning of a new year (and a new decade!)—an incredible moment that offers the opportunity to metaphorically wipe the slate clean and start fresh. And what if you really could start fresh, start anew? What if this were the year you could achieve the dream we know so many business owners have, ...
There’s no way around it: A successful business needs intentionally built systems; systems by design, not default. Our free Systems Guide helps you get your business on track and create the systems it needs to work predictably, consistently and without you.
The key to transforming your business is accountability. So tell us—what’s your business resolution for the year ahead?
I recently heard an incredible statistic about how working less boosts productivity. It came from a study done this year at Microsoft Japan, where for the entire month of August, employees worked four (as opposed to five) days a week. It caught my attention because Japanese work culture is notorious for grueling h...
