Elite Entrepreneurs Blog

Many of us think of New Year’s as a time for reflection and setting new resolutions — where we look back at where we’ve been and the lessons we’ve learned, and then look forward and plan for the future we hope to achieve. We promise ourselves to set successful habits...

For this week’s blog we wanted to turn our thoughts to someone who probably never even knew the impact he had on us and then subsequently many others. In 2010 when Clate Mask, CEO of Infusionsoft (now Keap) and I were undertaking to build a great culture and...

 Congratulations! You’re in hiring mode. And that probably means things are going well for you and your business. But before that job posting goes up, let’s make sure your hiring plans lead you to even greater success. For most business owners, the cycle is the...

 Can we all agree that “bad” or “misfitted” employees top the list of “Things We Hate Dealing With” at work? At Elite, one of our focal points is helping business owners build the best team to grow their companies. With each of our customers, we review, revise,...

 Did that title say what I thought it said? Yes it did! You want to grow a successful business…Go on Vacation! I have a good friend and past client who early in our working relationship called me up because something about his business and life just didn’t seem...

 “NO!”After working with hundreds of entrepreneurs I have seen many patterns emerge that distinguish the ever striving but never succeeding entrepreneur from the truly great ones. One of the key differences is the ability to say “No”. I know, we are supposed to...

 A good manual car performs at optimal efficiency through acceleration when the driver shifts to the next gear at around 3000 RPM. Pushing well above that consumes more fuel for less increase in speed and causes unnecessary wear and tear to the engine. At some...

 So, I received a flyer in my mailbox today titled “CONFIRMATION NOW!” They were trying to get me to call my senator to have them support Trump’s nominee. What was odd to me is that they have not even gone through the process yet. We don’t care who the candidate...

 If there is one definitive word that describes a business owner’s path “to the top”, it would probably be “lonely”. Of course, you know this better than anyone. Because over the last few years, you’ve taken nothing and transformed it into an incredible,...

 I’ve been following a colleague of mine on LinkedIn. After years of success as an employee, then manager, then director, then area director, he recently landed the role of CEO at a fast-growing video marketing company. He seems to be settling in well. And he’s...