Matt Agnese

A paramedic with an MBA. For businesses, and the people ready to own one. Because Plan B Isn't Always Enough.™

[Matt Agnese @MattAgneseMBA]

@joebookout Wicked true. Nine times out of ten it's the one tracking leads and follow-ups. If nobody wants to open it, nobody's keeping it current either. Better to rip the band-aid off now than drag it into January.

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@inferencemaxx Sounds good, Divy. What's Coral Bricks working on these days?

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@gerrith777 Exactly. Get the next step on the calendar before you hang up and half the follow-up goes away. The tool's there for the maybes, not the yeses.

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@deividas_tok Ha, that's the classic one. You hire for relief and end up running a help desk. The fix is usually writing down which calls the new person owns outright, no check-in needed. Wicked hard to let go of at first though.

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I don't treat staying put as a failed ownership search. It can be the decision that protects the time you want outside work. Comparing options is useful even when you don't make a move. If you're weighing that, I'm glad to listen. https://t.co/9r8Ddu2aLt

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@BizExplorer_us Exactly. People look at the brand and skip the part where they picture their actual Tuesday. That's where the right fit shows up.

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There are hundreds of franchise brands, and many offer the same service. What separates them is culture, and what each one needs from an owner. You have your own wants and needs too. The real work is matching the two before you invest in anything. https://t.co/acTs6kbu1e

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@gerrith777 Book it before you hang up the first one. If it's not on the calendar while you're both still on the line, it usually doesn't happen.

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@theMinnieHuang Ha, that balance takes a while for everybody. Sounds like you already have the part most people struggle with. You actually like running a business. The degrees aren't wasted, they just need a new job. What kind of business are you leaning toward?

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I leave room in a Pipedrive budget for time with the team, not just licenses. If the proposed process doesn't fit their working day, I'd rather hear that before setup. (I'm a Pipedrive partner.) Let's look at it before you commit. https://t.co/FkG5pPIH3a

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@deividas_tok That's wicked common. Most owners hire for the workload and keep all the decisions. The hire starts paying off once you write down what they get to call without checking with you first.

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@scottbillows @bot Call notes, hands down. Most owners have years of them sitting in the CRM and nobody ever reads them back. The reason a deal stalled is usually right there in somebody's own words.

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@MannyJa20 That's a better spot than it feels like. Before you pick the what, get clear on who you are, what you bring, and what you want your days to look like. The what gets a lot easier after that.

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@AutomationRoman Nice build. Contract Sent is where a lot of teams lose a day or two, because it depends on somebody remembering. Take the remembering out of it and the deal keeps moving.

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@alijlari Seeing that firsthand. The tools are there now. What still separates people is knowing what they want the business to do before they start handing jobs to the bots.

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@TheJoeyPinz Leaving at 53 is wicked brave, and it's more common than people think. The ones who land well usually put the time in up front on what they want their days to look like, not just what they're running from.

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@reatylerwoodall Exactly. A business that needs you every day is still a job, just with more hats. The shift is building the systems so it can run when you're not in the room.

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@DebJohnsonWorks The trust piece is real. Most people I talk to leaving corporate aren't short on skills. They're short on an honest read of who they are and what they actually want. Get clear on that first and the path gets a lot less scary.

[Matt Agnese @MattAgneseMBA]

One man, nineteen bots, zero excuses.

Today I finished building my own digital team: nineteen AI assistants, each with one job and a lane it stays in.

If your business has outgrown how you operate, the systems behind mine are the demo. I can build this for you.