Business Breakthrough Coming Your Way

Business Breakthrough Coming Your Way?

There is something that happens consistently on the journey of entrepreneurship, and yet, few folks talk about it.

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It is the breakdown.

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The moment when you realize that every tool, process, and system that exists inside your business is no longer serving you and likely overpriced to boot.

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Everything sucks and nothing seems to work the way it's meant to or the way it was promised on the product demo.

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Believe me, I’ve been there.

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And I can tell you: if you’re patient, intentional, and see this moment as an opportunity rather than an impasse, there is a business breakthrough coming your way soon.

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I know this because I’ve coached countless clients through moments like this, and because last year we unplugged and rebuilt just about every process and piece of software in Fearless Foundry.

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At first, it was painful and all too time-consuming, but now?

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Now, the results feel incredibly powerful.

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After 3 years of testing and trying what felt like every project management platform under the sun, we finally found one that made sense for the brains of both our team and our clients:?Notion. Not only is Notion cost-effective, it allows our team to communicate efficiently, ensuring our internal and client projects get accomplished in a timely manner.?

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After trying to paste together 3 different tools for proposals, payments, and invoicing, we finally settled on a solution that allowed us to do all of these things in?one?platform, while also managing our inbound inquiries and pipeline process. Cue the intro to?HoneyBook, our can’t-live-without clientflow platform.??

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Everywhere we saw a tool that wasn’t working, we paused and worked on the process first. We focused on developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and creative briefs that clarified how we wanted things to work, and then took our time to test and select tools that actually worked for the process we had defined rather than choosing the software first and attempting to work around it.

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The results for our business were utterly transformational, and the result has not only been life-changing—it’s been majorly cost-saving.?

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Over the past year, we’ve cut our tech budget by more than 60%, but have better tools and processes in place than ever before. Additionally, the ability to work better and more collaboratively online as a virtual team makes our projects more profitable and communication much easier.

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As frustrating as it felt at the beginning, it has been an all-around win, and that’s why I’m telling you about it.

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Technology has shifted SIGNIFICANTLY in just the past few years, and chances are, the business you are building has too.

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If you’re feeling exasperated or stuck in systems that are no longer working for you, be it in your life or in your business, consider it a much needed sign to walk away and rebuild something better.

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Something that actually works for you as you continue to grow and scale.

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After all, the fact that things aren’t working isn’t a bad thing, it’s an important indicator of your own evolution as an entrepreneur—a sign you’re ready to keep going and growing in new ways that work for you, not against you.

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If you need more ideas and guidance along the way, don’t hesitate to give me a shout and make sure to check out?my recent podcast episode on this topic.?

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Here’s to rebuilding for the better.

?— Madeline Reeves

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