Field Notes

Useful thinking for people running the business.

Short, practical observations about operations, leadership, marketing, and the work of making an owner-led business easier to run.

From the field

Start here.

How to work on the business from within it

You probably need fewer marketing channels

Owner-dependent is not the same as owner-led

Workshop to newsletter

One conversation should create more than one useful thing.

The Field Notes grow from real owner questions, workshop conversations, and problems encountered inside operating businesses.

That keeps the writing grounded—and lets a good idea travel from a workshop to an email, a post, a conversation, and eventually a better business practice.

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