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Check out our deep dive essays (and podcast episodes) diving into the online business status quo with actionable ideas designed to cut the BS.

The Done-For-You Dilemma: Making Consulting Work for Your Agency

The Done-For-You Dilemma: Making Consulting Work for Your Agency

You’ve probably heard it a thousand times: if you want to grow your agency, you must double down on done-for-you services. Productize, hire a team,…

Overcomplication Is a Scam (And You’re the Victim)

Overcomplication Is a Scam (And You’re the Victim)

​​Ever found a recipe that sounds simple, 30 minutes, easy ingredients, only to realize you need six things you’ve never heard of, a $20 spice…

Don’t DIY Your HR: What You Need to Know Before You Hire with Kira La Forgia

Don’t DIY Your HR: What You Need to Know Before You Hire with Kira La Forgia

If you’re running a micro agency or online business, one topic makes you want to stick your fingers in your ears and hum loudly: employee…

The Follow-Up Fix: How to Follow Up with Clients Without the Cringe

The Follow-Up Fix: How to Follow Up with Clients Without the Cringe

If following up with clients makes you feel like a clingy ex texting at 2 a.m., you’re not alone. We’re all conditioned to think that…

No Sleaze, No Cheese: Discovery Calls That Actually Work

No Sleaze, No Cheese: Discovery Calls That Actually Work

Let’s cut the bullshit: If your discovery calls feel like a nightmare of giving away free advice and fumbling through awkward sales scripts, it’s not…

The No Drama Guide to Delegation

You didn’t start your agency to spend your nights fixing work you already paid someone else to do. But if delegation has ever left you…

The Micro Agency Advantage: Size Isn’t Everything

The Micro Agency Advantage: Size Isn’t Everything

If I see one more ad in my feed telling me to scale to 7 figures by hiring a massive team, automating everything, and launching…

Behind the Scenes of the Staying Solo Book

Behind the Scenes of the Staying Solo Book

Do you know what’s wild? I’ve been podcasting for 11 years, writing for even longer, and yet the minute I decided to write a book,…

You’re Not Playing Small (The Staying Solo Book is Here!)

You’re Not Playing Small (The Staying Solo Book is Here!)

What if everything you’ve been told about growing a business isn’t just wrong but actually making things worse for you? We’ve been fed the idea…