entrepreneurship, pricing strategy, customer acquisition cost (CAC), lifetime value (LTV), passion projects, bad customers, product-market fit, painkiller vs. vitamin, business opportunity, people problems, employee roles, staff recruiter, hiring challenges, startup mistakes, scalable business, validation, bootstrapping, sales focus, work-life balance, business growth

online events, hosting, moderating, head of community, Q&A preparation, participant interaction, event planning, chat monitoring, audience engagement, pre-loaded questions, easy-to-answer questions, event start strategies, recording events, time management, event wrap-up, call to action, replay posting, YouTube replays, unlisted videos, privacy concerns, event follow-up, AI summaries

business books, My Years With General Motors, Alfred P Sloan, High Output Management, Andy Grove, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie, The Snowball, Warren Buffett, Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill, Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind, Shunryū Suzuki, The Daily Drucker, Peter Drucker, HMS Surprise, Patrick O’Brian, On the Road, Jack Kerouac, Barbarian Days, William Finnegan, entrepreneurship, business lessons, leadership, corporate management, work-life balance, mindset, lifelong learning, productivity, personal growth, friendship

underperforming employee, employee coaching, performance metrics, informal tactics, measurable KPIs, formal process, legal compliance, documentation, performance review, meeting tone, constructive feedback, action plan, follow-up meetings, employee progress, recognition, dismissal process, business policies, managerial support, performance improvement, accountability, employment law

entrepreneurship, nice life businesses, no-fail businesses, niche consulting, digital agency, franchise ownership, real estate private equity, staffing firm, commercial real estate broker, financial adviser, wealth planning, recurring revenue, inflation-resistant, work-life balance, headroom to grow, low capital requirements, business growth, entrepreneurship strategies, defensible businesses

small business, peer group, Slack community, retreat, hiring salesperson, ideal customer, value proposition, sales funnel, lead generation, sales scorecard, conversion rate, average order value, customer LTV, sales cycle, revenue goals, outbound sales, inbound sales, cold outreach, warm leads, job description, sales manager, compensation structure, base salary, commission, tiered commission, revenue sharing, profit sharing, onboarding, shadowing, reverse shadowing, sales metrics