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Profitability
To make a profit in the insurance agency business there are ...

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What is Spread?
I've talked before about the importance of knowing your ...

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Who's Running Your Business?
Insurance Agency owners are always asking me, how can I make more money on the business I'm already writing? That's a great question. I always ...

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Danger or Opportunity?
I'm currently reading William Manchester's three-volume biography of Winston Churchill. During the 1930s, Churchill ...

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Eliminate Things to Create Growth
Every good gardener knows you have to prune to grow a beautiful rose bush or a fabulous tomato plant. The same thing ...

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Eliminating Difficult Customers to Create Growth
I remember 1997 I got the opportunity to hear a man named Roger Sitkins speak for the first time, and he changed my ...

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Scarce = Value
"That which becomes scarce becomes more valuable." - Dan Sullivan Dan is ...

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Creating the Culture You Want
Nearly 25 years ago I became a partner in an existing business. While this was a fantastic opportunity for me it was a difficult ...

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EBITDA
I have talked to business owners a lot about this term EBITDA, and they look at me with a puzzled look. They've either not heard it before, or ...

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Cash Flow, Not Profits
I think people get confused about what’s important in running a business. You know, we talk all the time about the bottom line, the bottom line is ...