Ownership
You build wealth by owning, not by earning
A job pays you once for work you already did. A business pays you again and again, and then one final time when you sell it.
Read— Insights
Why own?
Short essays on ownership, and on forming, buying, scaling, and selling the companies that create it. Adapted from my writing on LinkedIn.
Buying
Your first business does not have to be invented
You do not have to start from a napkin sketch. You can buy a business that already makes money, from an owner ready to hand it on.
ReadSelling
Sell before you are forced to
Owners who prepare sell high. Owners who wait sell scared. A great exit is a two-to-three-year build, not a ninety-day decision.
ReadCoordination
The coordination nobody gives you
Most buyers and sellers have a lawyer, an accountant, and an advisor who have never spoken to each other. That is where good deals die.
ReadMarket entry
The U.S. is not one market
Most founders entering the United States ship the product, form the LLC, and assume the market will figure itself out. It will not.
ReadLegal
Your most expensive line item is a bad contract
Not payroll. Not rent. The agreements that only exist in someone's memory, until the relationship changes.
Read— Before you buy or sell
The Business Readiness Checklist
The checklist I send clients before they buy, scale, or sell a business. Request a copy and I’ll send it to your inbox.