Thought experiment (or maybe this has been happening to you already): an employee, whose comp review is at least 6 months away, comes and asks for a 25% raise.

What's the process of thinking things through in such situations as an agency owner? 👇 1) Think about the cost to replace the employee – the time, resources, & pure dollars spent to recruit and sign someone new. Is it a role that would be fairly easy or difficult to hire for?

Also, what would the cost of onboarding be? How much time before a new hire is fully

The Barrel partners meet each quarter for an all-day session. I pick a book for us to all read ahead of the meeting & make time for discussion. It's been 4 years since we started this "book club" approach, so I wanted to share the 16 titles and why they've been transformative. 👇 1. Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman - our introduction to the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), which was a helpful framework for getting us to work “on” the business instead of in it

I write often about the ins and outs of digital agency business. I've been running @barrelny for 15 years and have experienced all kinds of ups and downs.

This is an on-going collection of my pieces. They include reflections, lessons, & tools. Hope you find these helpful. ✌️ The first is my Agency Journey series. Each month, I write about stuff happening at Barrel and share highlights as well as topics that are top of mind. It's a space for me to gather my thoughts in writing & do some "building in public".

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Some nice nuggets from The Millionaire Real Estate Agent. Heard @nikocanner mention it on @InvestLikeBest — joincolossus.com/episodes/33225…

Going to add highlights from the book to this thread as I make my way through it. 📖 Love the clear conceptual framework laid out clearly at the start of the book: Leads, Listings, and Leverage and then the different stages of leveling up.