Smart Growth

To help people develop their potential, to articulate and become the self that they want to be, are capable of being, and that best serves them and others in the short and long term is what we as individuals and leaders strive toward. 

Take your business to the next level by identifying the opportunities in your simple numbers. Looking for an investment opportunity with the capacity for long-term high yields? Put your business to work for you! Greg Crabtree demystifies common accounting and reveals the growth potential going unnoticed in your balance sheets. Learn how to make decisions based on data you already have to guide your business to be its best, most profitable self.

This book documents and addresses the growing pains a company experiences as it evolves from the awkward early startup years into a mid-sized sustainable company with hundreds of coworkers. Calagione is candid in sharing his personal leadership challenges and success and calls on other seasoned vets inside and outside the company who inform and influence the journey of growth and creative expression Dogfish Head is on. This book is rich with practical information entrepreneurs and businesspeople can apply to their own professional journeys.

Do you wish you knew how to manage your team better, and get them to commit to your bold vision? The truth is...the majority of managers are simply not very good at goal-setting. (Because they were never taught how to do it properly.) Most corporate goals are never completed on time, and even your highly-educated employees are (usually) not working on essential tasks during the workday. This can be damaging to your career, and can destroy your productivity.

I’m now in my 15th year as an entrepreneur, and over those years my ideas around what an entrepreneur is, and how to build a business, have changed a lot. My university lessons in marketing didn’t serve me too well, but even as a business owner for many years, I continued this habit of looking for someone to give me the answer. Seeking permission. It didn’t work, but what did work was spending years piecing together a new way of marketing through trial, error, and some chance encounters with generous people.

The entrepreneurial path is full of excitement and risk. The stakes are high, and while it may seem like the sky is the limit, there are no guarantees. Businesses are prone to steep financial and tax challenges. Failure to address these issues could lead to drained accounts, mountains of debt, and doors closing. Mitigating these risks and maximizing services that lead to smart business decisions have the potential to do more than help an entrepreneur sleep at night; they can lay out a solid direction for both the company and the entrepreneur. 

Mitch Kruse learned the hard way that going to church three times a week while growing up did not answer the question: Have you ever thought about changing the scorecard of your life from money to wisdom? His pursuit to find the answer sparked a lifelong journey through the ultimate wisdom book, Proverbs, one that connects God's heart with street smarts.

You can have great tactics, strategies and information on how to create passive income - but to actually earn a passive income, having a winning, positive and empowering mindset is much more important to success. In this guide, we'll discuss some common traits and beliefs of successful passive income earners. We'll find out why they're so successful and how they overcome obstacles. We'll discuss some of the limiting beliefs and myths that many of us have about earning passive income.

Smart Ninja learns a big lesson about what breeds success and it’s not what he initially thinks. Soon, he trades in his fixed mindset in for a growth mindset.

Imagine if you knew the full contact information for every person who was in-market and actively pursuing a purchase of what you sell. If, as a skilled marketer, you had this information, could you convert them? In-Market Leads is an executive briefing that will serve as a fresh revelation and profound opportunity for marketing executives that heed its call.

Dumb things. We've all done them. And we wish we could go back to do things smarter. Be smarter in our relationship choices, our money decisions, our family situations, and our spiritual lives. Is there a way to do and be smarter? Absolutely there is!

Many of us can’t shake the feeling that we should try to understand God and figure out what we believe - but where do we start? Nicole Nelson shares her journey from skepticism to faith through stories and the answers to questions she had - and still has.