Resources to run a better business.

Do you have a person in your life—an employee, a relative, a passing acquaintance—who just gets under your skin? And whether it’s due to circumstance or an ingrained belief that you need to be nice, you grit your teeth and pretend to get along? Pretend not to see their flaws? Pretend, essentially, that you have a positive relationship with them, when the reality couldn’t be further from the truth? Here’s the thing: the only person you’re really fooling in this scenario is yourself.

To iterate or to innovate? What, actually, is the difference? I wasn’t sure myself until a few months ago, when I had the opportunity to listen to, and learn from, a genius named Duncan Wardle. Wardle’s creative credentials are as bona fide as you can get. And he articulates the concepts of iteration and innovation better than anyone else I’ve encountered. Here’s my highlight reel from Duncan Wardle’s talk—and what I’ve learned about the importance of iteration AND innovation in business.

If you want your company to grow, you must look for ways to make your business stand out. Make your business stand out. Not necessarily your product. Because the truth is, your customers are buying more than your product. What they’re really buying is an experience.

When a company is just getting started, it requires significant energy and effort from its founder(s). I can look back at my own recent experience, building this consulting company and the finance company that sits inside of it, and realize that’s true. But the older (and wiser?) I get, the more I recognize that holding on too tight, too long, ends up choking the thing I am trying to grow.

Crews & co. is pleased to announce Darren Fredette as the firm’s newest strategic partner and senior advisor!

Today’s article is excerpted from an academic paper written by Maggie So, one of our Growth Consultants. In addition to her consulting experience, Maggie has served as fractional CFO for many companies. In this article for Journal of Business Strategy, she and her co-author break down the key benefits of making a fractional finance hire.

Empower your business with a powerful scorecard - Join Founder & CEO Eric Crews in a free webinar to learn how to design a game-changing scorecard!

Want to get better at doing business? Start paying more attention to your competitors. Your competitors are a goldmine of information—and ignoring that goldmine is just plain lazy.

We’ve published a ton of content on being a CEO: what the role entails, how to do it more effectively, and even common mistakes that CEOs should try to avoid. To help you get access to all of these in one place, here is a compiled list of all of the resources that we have provided in the past. Hope this helps as a handy guide to level up your leadership!