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Wall Street has a playbook for beating independent businesses. Here’s yours, free every Wednesday. → https://t.co/vGCbmuErfx

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Ever wonder how your business is ACTUALLY doing?
Curious how your systems stack up?
Are you objective enough to do it yourself? ( Be honest).
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Most owners don't have a growth problem.

They have a "nothing happens unless I touch it" problem.

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Every independent owner I know is fighting someone with more money, more people and a better playbook. Today's Main Street Edge is about why that fight is worth it. https://t.co/vGCbmuErfx

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PE firms show up with analysts, systems and a playbook.

The independent shop down the street has an owner and a phone that won't stop ringing.

Not a fair fight. We're here to even it up.

Every Wednesday: https://t.co/vGCbmuErfx

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Every Weds I send out a short email called Main Street Edge.
No fluff. No sales pitch every wk. Just stuff I wish someone had handed me 20 years ago.
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Your P&L is talking. Are you listening?

Sales. Process. Margin. Incentives. It’s all in your numbers. Most owners never read them.

A Pulse-Check is where that starts: https://t.co/YxiMDEEZRs

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Tired of the same outcome? Your #independent business needs & deserves reality based action & strategy. We can help.

If not, best of luck with that conference. I'm sure it will "change everything" this time. 😉

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People & businesses fall into this loop all of the time. Easy to predict, hard to get out of. We discuss it Wednesday in the Main Street Edge Newsletter. Subscribe here ( 5 seconds & free https://t.co/NuZQfq2urW

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You definitely want to make sure you're subscribed for the newsletter to get this week's edition. It won't be for the faint of heart.

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Less listening. ( I know...I know...) More doing. The podcasts will keep coming. The work on your desk won't finish itself. Pick the one thing you've been avoiding and get it done today. "Do the work… fulfill your ministry." — 2 Tim 4:5

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It's true. If you operate poorly, the company will perform poorly.
Don't wait to FIX IT.
Book a Pulse-Check at the link https://t.co/WHkRs29rSE

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An ATL plumber turning 👇100's of PE buyout calls. His reason? The people who work for him.

That story kicks off Worth Fighting For, a new monthly series in my Main Street Edge newsletter. Each month: 1 real independent business holding its ground.
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Every business has a problem everyone works around. The extra spreadsheet. The step nobody remembers the reason for. The “just ask Linda.” Workarounds feel like fixes. They’re how problems get protected. Don’t protect the problem.

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For all of the companies that talk about #culture, it seems a great few know what it really is. Let @HamiltonAndrew make sure your operations match what you want your culture to be, #independent business owners.

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Most independent businesses run on a plan that lives in the owner's head.

Zingerman's wrote theirs down in 1994. It looked 15 years out and was shared with staff and customers. It gave them a clear filter for what to say no to.

Write yours down: https://t.co/VpKKh2bePG

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In 1982, two founders opened a deli in Ann Arbor. Everyone told them to franchise it. They said no.

Instead they wrote a 15-year plan and built a group of local businesses that now employs 700+ people.

Growth doesn't have to mean making copies.

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Before you open a second location, ask a different question:

What do your current customers already buy somewhere else that you could offer them?

Grow deeper before you grow wider.