--- title: Small Business Coaching, Resources & Tools | EMyth Blog | Client Stories description: Client Stories | The EMyth blog is the go-to resource for small business owners looking for help. You’ll find practical advice and simple tools to build a world-class business. --- # Client Stories [Client Stories](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/client-stories) ### [Learn to be a great manager](https://www.emyth.com/inside/aria-studios-management) If there’s one thing most business owners struggle with (okay, aside from creating a budget), it’s the transition from managing no one to managing everyone. Most clients who come to us simply don’t want to deal with management responsibilities—period. They hope (and act on the belief) that if they hire good people... ![Kirstin Fulton - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/kirstin-fulton.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Kirstin Fulton ## Latest Posts [Client Stories](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/client-stories) ### [How to get off the gerbil wheel: The Otterbox story](https://www.emyth.com/inside/business-owner-burnout-the-otterbox-story) [Client Stories](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/client-stories) ### [How Joe built the team his company needed to grow](https://www.emyth.com/inside/client-story-dibbits-excavating-and-landscape-supply) [Small Business Leadership](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-leadership)[Client Stories](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/client-stories) ### [How Maren and Christopher built a partnership and a business that supports the life they want](https://www.emyth.com/inside/client-success-story-boothby-therapy-services) [Client Stories](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/client-stories) ### [How Scott and MJ turned a hobby into a successful company](https://www.emyth.com/inside/client-story-xtreme-event-group) ![Smart Business Coach](https://www.emyth.com/hubfs/Smart-business-coach.png?auto=compress&fit=max) ## Request a free coaching session with a Certified EMyth Coach [![Talk to a Coach](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/411995/14924c09-8a82-42d7-90b9-55a5c68c5989.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/411995/14924c09-8a82-42d7-90b9-55a5c68c5989) [Client Stories](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/client-stories) ### [How Jason modernized his family business](https://www.emyth.com/inside/client-story-village-beach-market) EMyth Client Jason Keen didn’t always feel like a leader. But when his father and owner of their family business, Village Beach Market, passed away from a rare form of cancer, Jason had to step into the role of leader quickly and start planning for the business' future. Making the transition from Technician to Ent... ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team [Client Stories](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/client-stories) ### [How OtterBox broke $1B: Listen on NPR](https://www.emyth.com/inside/how-otterbox-broke-one-billion) 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. ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team [Client Stories](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/client-stories) ### [Client story: from dental technician to real entrepreneur](https://www.emyth.com/inside/client-story-barrington-dental) After more than four decades running a successful business, Ronald Powell decided it was time to make a change. Though he was a talented Technician who enjoyed his work, Ronald wanted to approach his business like a true Entrepreneur. Working with his EMyth Coach helped him discover his vision for his business and... ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team ## Want a self-sufficient business—and life you love? #### Get the latest insights, downloads, and practical tools, right in your inbox. ##### Get Our Newsletter [Client Stories](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/client-stories) ### [Client story: Morgan Spradling](https://www.emyth.com/inside/client-story-highline-cycles) This is a guest post by EMyth client, Morgan Spradling. When I started Highland Cycles in 2007, I wanted to change the way people thought about the motorcycle industry. Over the years, motorcycle repair shops have lost their appeal and have earned a poor reputation. Everyone told me it would be impossible to make ... ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team [Client Stories](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/client-stories) ### [How EMyth Coaching Transformed Lumagate into a Market Leader](https://www.emyth.com/inside/client-story-ulf-mansson) When I started Lumagate in 2006, it was because I saw a great opportunity in the marketplace. No one was looking to be the best player in Microsoft technology for system management. It’s a niche, focused, industry—but I knew we could do it. ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team [Client Stories](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/client-stories) ### [Client story: Danrae Waterproofing](https://www.emyth.com/inside/client-story-danrae-waterproofing) This story was written from the perspectives of Daniel Caruana, Director and CEO, and Wayne Spiteri, COO and Head of Sales, of Danrae Waterproofing. Our company operates throughout New South Wales, Australia, providing waterproofing and water-related repairs for new construction and remedial buildings in a variety... ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team [Client Stories](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/client-stories) ### [Client story: Creative Concrete](https://www.emyth.com/inside/client-story-creative-concrete) When Luke Spicer started his business, he never expected it to consume his whole life. But when the company grew quickly, he had less and less time to be with family or to spend on his passions outside work. He started to resent his business, and knew that if it was going to survive, he needed help. With his EMyth... ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team [Client Stories](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/client-stories) ### [Client story: Accu-Bore Directional Drilling](https://www.emyth.com/inside/client-story-accu-bore-directional-drilling) Mike Robirds began EMyth Coaching for his company, Accu-Bore Directional Drilling, in 2014. When a lack of systems was stagnating growth, Mike knew he needed to build more structure into his business if it was going to survive. Together with his partner and his EMyth Coach, he found the vision and values needed to... ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team [Client Stories](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/client-stories) ### [Client story: Big Busy B's](https://www.emyth.com/inside/client-story-big-busy-bs) The first day I started working for Big B’s Copies, Etc., the owner Brian put up a “Business for Sale” sign in the window. But 18 years later, here we are. We bought the company as a family-owned business in 1997. In 1998, we launched another division of our business, Busy B's Stamp and Scrapbook Studio. We do eve... ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team [Client Stories](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/client-stories) ### [Client story: Junior Reign Youth Hockey](https://www.emyth.com/inside/client-story-junior-reign-youth-hockey) My wife Joyce and I own Junior Reign Youth Hockey Club, a youth ice-hockey organization for all levels of play and ability with teams for children ranging from five to eighteen. We have kids that are just starting, to kids who are trying to pursue collegiate or professional careers. ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team [Client Stories](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/client-stories) ### [Client story: Capital Living](https://www.emyth.com/inside/client-story-capital-living) I had graduated and was starting my career, adjusting to a new job and city. But I realized that my free time was spent splitting and paying bills, being lonely and living with housemates I didn’t really like. I decided that I wanted to give young professionals like me a better experience of living in London so I ... ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team [Client Stories](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/client-stories) ### [Client story: Biddel Oil and Gas, Ltd.](https://www.emyth.com/inside/client-story-biddel-oil-and-gas) I got started in the oil and gas industry in 2010 and started my gas station company in 2013. Currently, I have a gas station and delivery trucks that deliver petroleum products to businesses and homes. My mission is to build a network of gas stations—about 1,000 of them—in Nigeria and then expand into other count... ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team