The Hands-Off CEO Blog

How to Scale Faster by Funding Growth with Lorne Greenfield – E33

Lorne Greenfield was my guest on the podcast today. Lorne is the CEO of Capital Concepts LLC, his 21st startup company. A native of Montreal, Canada, Lorne holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master’s Degree from Stanford University. For the past 20 years, Lorne has focused on ensuring companies experience the growth they desire.…

Podcast Prospecting – Scale Your Marketing with a Podcast Hub with Steve Gordon – E32

Steve Gordon was my guest on the podcast today. He’s a 2-time entrepreneur, and bestselling author of Unstoppable Referrals: 10x Referrals, Half the Effort and The Exponential Network Strategy. He’s the host of The Unstoppable CEO™ podcast, and has published over 400 articles on marketing and sales for professional service firms. His firm, The Unstoppable Agency helps consultants and digital…

The Top 5 Reasons Why Consulting Agencies Fail at Scaling – E31

So you’re ready to scale your consulting agency.  Business is good. You have lots of projects coming in. You’re profitable. Maybe you’re even thinking about hiring more staff to help you out. This is a pivotal time in your business. And there are common pitfalls that can keep you from scaling successfully. In today’s podcast episode, Mandi takes a deeper…

How to Profitably Hire and Train a Great Assistant to Scale Your Consulting Agency with Tim Francis – E30

Timothy Francis from Great Assistant was Mandi’s guest on the podcast today. Through his work as a private consultant, Tim noticed that entrepreneurs desperately needed help with the minutiae involved with running a business – they needed to get those administrative and operational tasks off their plate. Tim started Great Assistant to help entrepreneurs hire an assistant, retain them for…

How My McDonalds Job Led Me to Teach Agency Owners How to Double Profits and 4x Fees – E21

I had to beg to be hired at McDonalds.  Newly married, my husband was in a demanding program at school, and I had to get a job. I was willing to do whatever it took to bring an income for my family. This McDonalds wasn’t hiring at the time, but even with an associates degree and 2 years experience at…

Optimizing and Innovating Systems with Kyle Racki – E20

In today’s podcast, Kyle Racki, founder of Proposify.com shares how he spends his time optimizing and innovating systems while his team runs the business. Listen in as Kyle shares about the Four Hour Work Week, creating repeatable systems, Gary V. and Free Trials (and Tribulations). It’s Not about the Four Hour Work Week It’s not that my business runs without…

Your Next Step to a Hands-Off Business

There are just so many things to think of and take care of when you are growing your agency or service business. If you want your business running without you to some extent, you now have even more added to that list. And you have no idea where to start. Do you hire a salesperson, or do you hire another…